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Thursday, 31 March 2011

Spurs hoping for repeat performance in more ways than one.

By: Elmesy | March 31st, 2011
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bagdes Spurs travel to Wigan on Saturday for an away trip that brings back good memories of last season. As the season comes to a close there is a feeling of deja vu for us spurs fans. Have we not been here before? A boggy churned up pitch at the JJB stadium, Wigan struggling at the bottom while Spurs are fighting it out with Man City for fourth. Of course we have seen this before.

Last season, the situation was almost identical going into the corresponding fixture as Pavlychenko and Defoe grabbed the goals in a three nil win as we ran out comfortable winners.

Roll on twelve months and only a fool would predict an equally comfortable victory this time round, as a stuttering Spurs side are in danger of passing up the opportunity to establish themselves in the top four. Even less of a man would go for Defoe and Pavylchenko to get the goals (or any of our strikers for that matter). With our forwards hitting more blanks than Les Dawson and his chequebook and pen, there is much cause for concern as the 2011 version of this fixture draws nearer.

Roberto Martinez has got Wigan playing some good football since he took over the club and that is exactly why they find themselves at the foot of the table. It is a testament to Martinez pav scores that he has tried to adopt this total football ethic. Particularly at a club that is not blessed with the quality of squad that some managers may have at their disposal. It seems to be common among the up and coming managers these days that attractive football is the way forward. Holloway, Martinez and Di Matteo have all adopted this philosophy and although it has won the team many neutral admirers. The more important commodity of points has not been so easy to come by.

Teams that are struggling at the foot of the table have to dig in and produce the fighting qualities that are needed to survive a relegation scrap. Playing your way out of trouble in the premier league is almost unheard of. Many teams have been relegated despite attempting to play good football and the phrase “they are too good to go down” usually applies to these clubs. Teams like Stoke City and Birmingham have prided themselves on their dogged performances and never say die attitudes that have kept them afloat in the premier league in recent seasons. Martinez will need to instil some of this fight in his side if they are to remain a premier league club for next season.

Of course Spurs are the stronger team and of course we will be clear favourites, but despite all the similarities with the fixture of 2010 one glaring difference if apparent. In 2010 Spurs did not have the distraction of a Glamour tie against Real Madrid waiting just round the corner.

Having to focus on qualifying for next seasons champions league instead of enjoying the over achievement in this years competition, is something that has proved beyond us in recent games. One could lay the blame at the feet of our strikers, but they would probably miss that too. Luckily for us, these dropped points and misfiring games have come at a time when other teams in the top echelons of the league have also dropped points or taken them off each other.

martinez Due to our slip in form recently the league table is taking another familiar look to that of the 2010 season. The showdown with Manchester City at Eastlands looks like it could once again determine the outcome of the much coveted fourth spot.

The good news is that City are falling apart quicker than Gareth Barry’s England career. First they had the Kolo Toure slim fast plan, and now Mario Balotelli seems to be on a mission to prove he can waste his undoubted potential by becoming the biggest self obsessed idiot in world football. He is currently more “Moron d’Or” than “Ballon d’Or”. The problems at the club are rife and the pressure on them to qualify is more than it is for Spurs and this will work in our favour.

After Wigan away at the weekend we will play five home games and three away games in the league. Despite the away games being Chelsea, Liverpool and of course City, the home games are very winnable (including the scum). That sets the importance of the Wigan result even higher. As the saying goes “every game is a cup final from here to the end of the season”.

In reality, the only Cup Final Spurs can play in is at Wembley in May. That would be after victories over the two best sides in World Football. That’s some ask, and with reality in check our players need to realise that if they don’t beat Wigan on Saturday, they had better make the most of their visit to the Bernabeu, because it could be the last time they get to go there.

Some Related Spurs Posts:Spurs Are Where They Should Be, Without Over-PerformingSpurs’ Ideal ScenarioPressure Is Getting To Spurs In Push For Fourth PlaceJermain Is Not A Happy TeddyThe Dynamic Way Forward For Spurs.

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