United Away

Our visits to Old Trafford are usually met with a gut feeling of trepidation and the faint aroma of excrement. I don't need to explain how long it's been since we've won there as it gets mentioned often enough but lets just say it's been a long while since we emerged victorious.

However this weekend sees us travelling to Manchester in great form having scratched our eleven year Arse itch and followed that up with a battering of Chelsea in our back yard. We are the form team in the league and that shows with the confidence positively oozing out of the players and evident in our play. More reasons to be cheerful is the return of Sarge and Charlie from suspension and injury whilst Azza blud may hopefully get amongst the subs.

United on the other hand haven't been in the best of form as they continue to stutter with their reliance on a half-injured Rooney. Regardless the events of last week still sees them challenging for the title race. Although they make look weaker than the usual force, beating United at Old Trafford is still a task of Herculean proportions. The crowd at White Hart Lane have been nothing short of extraordinary in our last two games and without a doubt every fan in the stadium contributed to the last two results however can this team perform to the same standard away from home without such immense support.

One of the most pressing questions is do you break up a winning team? With the return of Wilson from suspension to fit him into the team would mean to break up the partnership of Hudd and Luka. Palacios should be considered too valuable a commodity to consider leaving on the bench so he has to start which will switch Luka to the left. Although Luka has performed admirably in the middle, away from home the bite and aggression of a fit, rested, yellow free Sarge will avoid Fletcher and co. taking over the midfield battle. Harry just needs to put on his best Mr Burns accent and, 'release the hound'.

By shifting Moddle to the left would see Baler moving to left back which will make it harder for G Nev and Valencia to double mark him. Rather predictably the 'Bale to United' rumours begin in earnest coincidentally just before we play them. I seem to vaguely remember a similar rumour about Moddle this time last year too. It amazes me that the media have managed to conjure this up. United has an ageing, dynamic, Welsh left winger. We have a young, dynamic, Welsh left sided player... How do they come up with this stuff, you must need maaad skills to be a journalist. Hopefully we will get to see Bale, Bale, Bale tear Neville a new arsehole and make the £20million quoted sound ridiculous.

Every Spurs fan (myself very much included) must have been unbearable to be around for any of our rivals and for this run of form to continue would most likely send us all into a state of unbearable smugness. The difference between this and previous years is the belief that we can go and get a result. Three points would send us into raptures but a point would be just as respectable. Realistically we have to look to get something out of this game. If we do then we are well on our way to earning ourselves that fourth spot.

Score draw from me and the mongs from down the road to beat City.

COYS!