Onward to Stoke
Morning, campers. I shan’t keep you long.
To Stoke we travel, then. The burning question in my eyes is; are they still any good? They’ve certainly ballyhooed some money about this summer- with the air of a team on the up- most notably in procuring the working man’s Adebayor, Kenny Jones. Eight million they shelled out for him. Not quite the twenty we reputedly were close to handing over a few moons back, but enough to make Pulis and the board slap palm to face when he pirouette rather nastily on his ankle after only thirty-minutes last weekend. Amazingly he’s fit enough for a start. Elsewhere, it should be the usual compound of grit and gravel with licks of pizzazz in the shape of Tuncay and Etherington. Rory Delap is still open for business, too: doing a remarkable job of prolonging a football career by virtue of having ferocious guns.
He could literally play like Uri Geller and still be first on the team sheet.
Our team sheet is looking less straightforward. The Legoland pitch of midweek has played havoc with our frontline and only Crouch has returned home in good health. Modders, JD, Keane, Pav- all absent with varying degrees and shades of gammy leg. Some of which rife enough to make Wednesday’s Euro qualifier a doubt, too. Cripes. In the meantime, everything points to a heavyweight five-man midfield with Palacios shimmying in alongside Huddlestone and one other. Or, even, GDS linking off Crouch in an alternate vision of the big man/little man routine. There’re options. Plenty of options.
Right. That’s it from me. Time is not my friend this morning. Let’s hope the men of the Britannia are more wieldy this afternoon and permit our lot to run riot. We’ve already reached must win territory. That didn’t take long.
3-0 to the Hotspur.
COYS!
**On an entirely different note, Edgar Davids has signed for Crystal Palace. I do hope we get a home draw with them in the Cup. Davids? Back at WHL? Standing ovation? Ooh, go on then..**
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