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Two wins out of two – some thoughts on Spurs week

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Two Spurs home wins in five days have improved the mood after the demoralising loss at Palace. Continue reading

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Spurs Sunderland – stats, team news and Jermain Defoe

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This weekend’s visitors to White Hart Lane are a Sunderland side sitting 16th in the division. Gus Poyer’s team haven’t won in four games in the league and there’s only a point separating them from the relegation zone.

The big story is the likely return to White Hart Lane of Jermain Defoe. The former Spurs striker had Continue reading

Spurs Sunderland Preview – News, tactics and proposed team

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Spurs travel to Sunderland this weekend for a rare three o’clock Saturday afternoon kick-off.

The international break came at a frustrating time for Tottenham, having just lost 3-0 to Liverpool, the one setback in an otherwise positive start to the season. Last year’s Continue reading

Spurs 5 Sunderland 1 – Tottenham turn on the style at home

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5-1! Before this win, Spurs hadn’t even managed four goals at home in the league, let alone five. A great victory, although it must be noted that Sunderland are bottom of the table; on this showing they deserve to be there.

The day and the game, both started badly for our much maligned manager. First came reports that Sherwood would be picking up his P45 come the summer; hardly earth shattering news. The scoop was broken by Sky Sports – later Gary Neville would call it Continue reading

Spurs Sunderland Preview – From the sublime to the ridiculous

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Last week Spurs were at table toppers Liverpool, this Monday sees us host bottom of the division Sunderland. This begins a run-in of six very winnable games. If Tottenham could have stayed within striking distance of fourth place, we would have given ourselves a great chance. As it is, we’re left wondering what Continue reading