‘W’ is For Wolves: All Your Pre-Match Needs in One Place

Like one of the good folk at Royal Mail unceremoniously jamming mail through your letterbox and scarpering before the dog starts up or you realising they’ve pinched your birthday money, this afternoon’s post shall be a quick one. Not quite a micro-blog, not quite a half-baked text message (lol), but certainly short enough whereby that opening line and this line you’re reading right now are pretty much the main bulk of the whole darn thing. So, enough time wasted.

On with the show.

Wolves at the door. I’m not using that. Tottenham take on Wolves this weekend. Leg four of our quintuplet of games against teams beginning with ‘W’. So far it’s been somewhat of a bogey letter for us with not a single victory procured. But, what with tomorrow’s patently winnable game and West Ham next week, there’s every chance fortune should swing our way. Ledley King, in super serious mode, has issued fair warning about the effects of a mid-week hangover. I bet he has. This time, however, he’s not referring to Carling Cup celebrations, half-mast trousers and the resultant two sachets of Ibuprofen. He is, of course, talking about our time in Deutschland and the start of Spurs’ Champions League adventure. Basically, no good everyone extolling the fine work on the Continent if our League form turns to chuff. Obvious, I suppose, but at least there’s some sense of priority and this team of ours isn’t chucking all their eggs into the one glittery, silk woven basket. Three points against a team who did the double over us last season is a must, then.

Doyle is their main threat by a long shot. His name was ballyhooed about a bit this summer- several posters around the blogs were enamoured by him- and I’ll be honest I didn’t pay much attention. His surname didn’t sound all that exotic to my ears, so frankly that was enough to tell me he wasn’t worth the bother. But, you know, he’s really rather good. Did you see that goal against Andorra (Yes, I know, Andorra). I’m no expert but I think, throughout the ninety minutes, it would be in our best interest to prevent him doing that. Twas a wonderous strike.

Right, I’ll leave you to talk to out. Time’s sadly run out for me. Let’s hear your line-ups and all manner of pre-match musings.

With Modric back and Bale just plain miraculous, I’ll plump for a 2-0 to the Hotspur. But in fairness I’d take an edgy 1-0er

COYS!