Kingstonian 1-2 Spurs XI: My thoughts
A Tim Sherwood-led Spurs XI successfully overcame a plucky Kingstonian outfit 2-1 to get their pre-season campaign off to a winning start.
A Tim Sherwood-led Spurs XI successfully overcame a plucky Kingstonian outfit 2-1 to get their pre-season campaign off to a winning start.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if they finished sixth. They didn’t rotate enough. They don’t have depth on the bench,” were the words from Vedran Corluka, currently on loan at Bayer Leverkusen from Tottenham Hotspur.
Relegation form. That is exactly how Tottenham Hotspur are playing at the moment.
This is it. I never thought that, at the beginning of the season, an away day at Loftus Road would be pinpointed as Tottenham Hotspur’s biggest game of the year.
I bloody love a good trip to Wembley.
Goals from Anthony Pilkington and Elliot Bennett condemned a lacklustre Tottenham Hotspur to only their third league defeat at White Hart Lane this season.
Friedel; Walker, King, Kaboul, Assou-Ekotto; Lennon, Livermore, Modric, Bale; Saha, Defoe
Subs: Cudicini, Nelsen, Rose, Sandro, Van der Vaart, Kranjcar, Adebayor
Tottenham Hotspur were made to settle for a solitary point during the Saturday lunch-time kick off against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
An Emmanuel Adebayor brace was enough for Tottenham Hotspur to pick up their first Premier League win in six games after Gylfi Sigurdsson had cancelled out Rafael Van der Vaart’s opener.
Swansea City travel to White Hart Lane on Sunday to take on Tottenham Hotspur, who are looking to go level on points with third placed Arsenal.