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Not the Spurs of Old

January 21, 2013 By mabbs 6 Comments

I thought that was going to be the most painful result of the season thus far. To hammer the league leaders like that and come away with nothing from the game would have been extremely hard to take. While the first half was a bit more even, Spurs absolutely dominated Sir Alex Ferguson’s men in the second and although it looked as if it would be another setback for Tottenham in their bid to become one of the established big four, that turned out not to be the case.

Admittedly, Manchester United have been leaking goals this season. I doubt that their approach to games is ‘if you score three, we’ll get four’ but that seems to be the way a number of their matches are working out. This was not the case at White Hart Lane yesterday. Their game plan was undoubtedly to nullify Tottenham’s biggest threats keeping the ball and squeezing the midfield when losing possession. This worked up to a point early in the game and Robin Van Persie’s goal was textbook but those eleven players could not stop Tottenham from having the bulk of the game.

The introduction of Tom Huddlestone reminded me of the online Super Bowl XLVII betting I’d been looking at earlier in the day rather than make me think he’d be a game changer for us. For anyone interested in the upcoming NFL showpiece on 3rd February, you can get plenty of Superbowl 2013 information online. While the injury to Sandro is very disappointing, it was fantastic to see Scott Parker back in the fold and I don’t think you could ask for a much better replacement.

Two tough away fixtures await Andre Villas Boas men in the coming weeks but going on this performance, we should approach those matches in a positive frame of mind and continue the push for Champions League football next season. In seasons gone by, I’d never expect Tottenham to have enough about them to come back from 1-0 down against Utd, but I genuinely believe things are changing and the best is yet to come from this young side.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: robin van persie, sandro, scott parker, sir alex ferguson, superbowl, tom huddlestone, tottenham, villas boas, white hart lane

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  1. JOHN ADAM says

    January 21, 2013 at 1:00 pm

    Certainly, the best is yet to come for Spurs after seeing them play last night. They attacked with great gusto from beginning till end having far more ball possession than Man United. I really felt proud of my team seeing them play with such motivation and determination. It paid in the end. I hope they will continue to show this same fighting spirit in the remaining matches of the season.

  2. Peter Blight says

    January 21, 2013 at 3:21 pm

    So good it felt like a win 😀

  3. Painemnya says

    October 16, 2015 at 1:36 pm

    Haven’t seen him lot, he’s Belgium fancy he’ll decent aditdion.Nah fairness decent signing 7m euro, 5m quid talented cover wing, AM role. Spurs champs football soldado imo

  4. http://www.url2go.site/snobol4.darwinports.com says

    December 10, 2015 at 8:26 am

    I can’t believe you’re not playing with me–that was so helpful.

  5. http://panaceamediaproductions.com/ says

    April 2, 2016 at 7:37 pm

    I’m impressed by your writing. Are you a professional or just very knowledgeable?

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