Our season is looking bleak. We’re at the edge of a cliff looking down at a drop into the Championship and the fixtures we are facing do not exactly instil confidence. To Tottenham for the first of those tough away games, against a side which are having an up and down sort of run with Tim Sherwood at the helm. So here are some of the players that have featured for both sides with a few names that will be sure to raise an eyebrow or two.
Whether they are young guns or experienced players, clubs have the odd flop – Bebe at Manchester United immediately springs to mind as I write this. So as we head into another critical game, here are the players that came in and, well, didn’t exactly fire on all cylinders during their time here and at West Ham.
That time of the week again and this week, it’s looking at the lads that have recently played for us and Norwich. No ‘Hollywood’ names in this one I feel but enough to conjure a list that will make the memory bank tick once more!
So after a wonderful run in both League and FA Cup has come to an end, now the focus returns the main objective; survive relegation at all costs. This week we will take a look at the five players that have an international background as well as playing for both SAFC and Crystal Palace. First up…
With the Capital One cup final drawing ever closer, as well as our Premier League game tomorrow, we thought we would bring the best of both worlds with the winners of League Cups or related (you’ll see why) that have played for both Sunderland and Arsenal. Just to add that bit of excitement for you before Wembley way is full of fans, punters and of course, cheesy chips!
After last night’s disappointing postponement thanks to ridiculous and dangerous high winds, I felt compelled to look back at how we faired in previous postponed and rescheduled games for the same reason. Note; I’m just including match postponements, rather than abandoned games such as that infamous home match against Fulham. Do you remember any of these? Have I missed any out?
After the fabulous mid-week win in the first leg of the Captial One Cup semi-final comes the mundane return to battling at the bottom of the Premier League. The fans are rightly buzzing at being on the brink of a visit to Wembley Way and hopefully the players will be able to carry that into a crucial basement battle.
After that fantastic extra time triumph over Chelsea on Tuesday night, we go into the crucial home fixture with Norwich on Saturday with at least something to cheer. However, having marked the West Ham and Norwich games as ‘must win’, a draw at the Hammers means we really need three points on Saturday to keep our slim survival hopes alive. Really, really need three points!
Despite the fact the most fans didn’t expect many points to be harvested from back-to-back home games against Chelsea and Spurs, the manner of the latest defeat seems to have left fans a little more gloomy than before (if such a thing were possible). Today we play West Ham United and with that at the forefront of our minds it seems quite apt that we take a look at past results and a player who lost his way at both clubs.
This week proved difficult to conjure up with a topic for the history piece, but little did I know that it had been slapping me in the face for days, may be even weeks leading up to this fixture – Gavin McCann.
