Spurs on the Telly

Keep it under your hats but Spurs can go third tonight. Yes. Exactly. Ruddy heck. In a season where the City of Manchester is shaking off the ghastly idea of having to actually compete with the rest of the league and instead branching off and starting their own SUPER AWESOME MEGA league where non-local types aren’t even allowed past reception, there’s a feeling that anything’s possible in the race for, well, everything else. The mighty Tottenham sit fifth as we speak but fourth and third are by no means out of reach. Needless to say, it’s all gone a bit mental.

It’s Aston Villa who’re looking to put the brakes on our grand ascent this evening. A team who’ve overcome the handicap of a having cheerless ranga in the hot-seat by possessing a strike-force that’s turning out to be rather tasty. Gabby Abonglohor is playing some of the most intelligent football of his career and Sharron Bent could score goals on Mars. You get the impression that if they had better service from the chaps behind them- a midfield that’s all-too-reliant on the form and fitness of Sylvian Petrov- Villa would be pushing that quintet of teams on twenty-odd points teams a bit harder. Charles N’Zogbia has been utterly woeful. To think we were interested in him a few years back. From big fish in a little pond to a half-frozen crab stick lying on the bottom of a swimming pool. Or something.

For Tottenham good news arrived via the medium of Twitter today (where else?) as Rafael Van der Vaart declared himself hamstring-trouble free and ready for action. This, the man who singlehandedly beat the Midlanders last season; in both home and away outings his goals were ultimately decisive. And when I say decisive I mean he got all of them. Right, here we go, then. Anyone care to offer a prediction? I’ll stump for a 4-2er to keep it lively. COYS!

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