The Year Kind Of Ends In 1

Tomorrow's away tie is going to be tricky. Fulham away is always tricky however we are (in typical Tottenham fashion) in a mother of an injury situation at our most crucial point in the season.

I love the FA cup and really want us going balls out to win it. Considering our prestigious history in the competition 19 years since we last won it really isn't good enough. Also a quiet show from the big boys leaves us with a massive opportunity to win it again. The year does end in one... kind of, which means it’s fate and we are going to win tomorrow.

Fulham, under the affable Roy Hodgson, hold the grand title of my 'least hated team'. This isn't because half of their players are ex-Spurs but from a general fondness for a well run club. They also have made the best managerial appointment seen in the Premiership for quite some time. A lot is made out of Spurs' progress under Redknapp however Hodgson’s influence over an ailing Fulham team has been immeasurable. Also he has done it without the benefit of £50 million to splurge.

Hodgson runs his club in a way that demands the most out of the players at his disposal. This quality is something Spurs have lacked for years. There has been massive improvement in former Spurs players such as Zamora and Konchesky which is of great credit to Hodgson. He has also revitalised the stagnating careers of the likes of Duff and Murphy who have flourished under his tenure.

So to quote the obvious we are going to be in a battle tomorrow. We currently have seven wounded soldiers (King, Dawson, Huddlestone, Jenas, Bentley, Lennon, Defoe) and two unavailable comrades (Kaboul and Walker) due to them being cup-tied. Such is the extent we are calling in the kids back from their foster clubs to make up the numbers.

I can't see how Harry is going to play this so am entering it with an open mind and leaving it in the hands of the man paid to do it. Whatever he does decide to do my opinion will depend on the result. Win and he's a genius and the team I would have selected would have been exactly the same as his. Lose and he's a dick. I'm getting the hang of this blogging lark you think?

It will be interesting to see also the line up for Fulham considering their monumental clash with Juventus. Will it effect how Roy sets his team up and also how they will play? One hopes they may rest a few individuals and also have one eye on a far more glamorous away tie in Italy. Can't see it happening though and I reckon they will be at full strength.

Still reckon were a match despite all our injuries but can only see a draw from this. Zamora's bound to score and go mental at both sets of fans in his own unique brand of goal celebration and Crouchinho to equalise with a typically uncoordinated effort working in polar opposites to his England form. 1-1 for me and a replay at WHL.

Last word to ITV. Although their coverage is shit and Townsend's a knob, playing every quarter final on terrestrial TV is a valiant effort and sorted my weekend out for me, much to 'er indoors'' dismay. Credit where it's due however one request would be to quiet down when the games playing so as not to ruin it for everyone, OK Mr Pleat?