This weekend sees a repeat of the fixtures on the opening day of the season. A lot has changed at White Hart Lane since then, and it is two different managers who meet in the game this afternoon.
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Spurs should improve while Arsenal deteriorate
Before the season began, much was made of the success of Spurs’ transfer strategy. The conventional wisdom was that Daniel Levy had turned a potentially disastrous negative – the loss of Gareth Bale – into a positive. We may have lost our best player, but we had ended up with a much more balanced squad. Well at least that was the narrative the media had chosen.
Derby Disappointment
Tottenham were brought down to earth with a bump in this chastening defeat.
There has been a great deal of optimism at Spurs since the change of manager. There have been some good results, not least at Old Trafford, and most importantly the team finally scoring some goals. It really felt that Spurs could carry this momentum into the game and record a famous victory. It didn’t turn out that way.
FA Cup Team to face Arsenal
Some fans are suggesting we should play a second team in our FA Cup 3rd round tie against Arsenal. This depresses me; if you don’t think a cup game at the Emirates is important then you have some mixed up priorities. Besides after beating United we have some real momentum now and beating Arsenal would be invaluable for our confidence.
Man United 1 Spurs 2
A great win for Spurs, albeit we were a bit lucky to hold on at the end.
- This game was almost a mirror image of our performances at home earlier in the season; losing the possession battle but looking the most likely to score.
Spurs 3 Stoke 0
After a long gap, the blog’s back with some quick thoughts on our most convincing win of the season.
- 442 works at home against Stoke but we may need a rethink at Old Trafford on Wednesday. A mixture of Eriksen coming infield and, suprisingly, Adebayor tracking back made sure we weren’t overrun in midfield.
Anything But Penalties 