Pardon me while schadenfreude takes over for a moment, but I did enjoy the question on football365 today.
In a story with the headline “Let’s all laugh at Tottenham”, it says:
Again. The team that was supposed to be taking a Champions League spot from Arsenal remain just a point above the relegation zone after being beaten 3-2 at home by Alex McLeish’s Brum. Considering that the only teams they’ve managed to beat in the league this season are Wigan and Derby, is it time to consider Spurs as genuine relegation candidates?
Sadly, the answer must be no. Their team is too good to go down, but then they said that about West Ham didn’t they?
Talking of whom, West Ham have drawn Man City in the FA cup. Not great, but at least its not the other Manchester team and at least its at home. A good chance to get revenge for the season’s opening match though. If Horsham manage to get past Swansea, they face a much easier prospect – I wonder if they fancy a swap?
Not surprised you did not mention West Ham’s performance this weekend. They most definatly are not the team of Moore, Hurst and Peters anymore – I thought they were going to try and kick a win out of Chelsea in the first half. How many yellows did they get?
Having said that Chelsea seem to pick up a few later on and most of them seemed to be due to fouls against the West Ham player (sorry can’t remember his name) that aimed the kick against Chelsea’s goalie after he had got the ball.
Have you not read the Guardian’s regular Monday feature in the sports section – The Most Dangerous Team In Britain?
I think Chelsea gave as good as they got. A nice old-fashioned physical game 🙂 Mind you, I didn’t see all of it, and didn’t see the goalkeeper incident.
Still not as good as the Harrogate/Mansfield game where four players all went in feet first towards each other. Spectacular!
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