Premier League Footy Guide
A late goal by Juventus was enough to beat local rivals Torino and give us
another winner, though hopefully the next one will not be so tight!
On that subject I am going for Spurs to beat Aston Villa tonight in the
Premier League clash at White Hart Lane.
Spurs early season form has been baffling as I feel they have one of the
best balanced squads in the league and the criticism of Martin Jol is also
something I have trouble understanding.
Spurs sit 18th in the league but that is surely a false position and I
believe it will not be long before they improve on their record of 1 win 2
draws 4 defeats 10 goals scored and 12 conceded. The last of those figures
is the most worrying although they have been without Ledley King for me
they have a deep enough squad to cover his loss and they need to tighten
up their defence sooner rather then latter.
At home Spurs have lost 3-1 to Everton, beaten Derby 4-0 and lost to
Arsenal 3-1 so an over 2.5 goal bet could also prove fruitful.
Their opponents tonight Aston Villa has started to show signs of
developing into a useful team and a win tonight could take them up to 5th.
They have won 3 drawn 1 and lost 2 scoring 7 and conceding 4 so far this
season but their away record is 1 draw and 1 defeat in their 2 games so
far scoring none and conceding 1, drawing at Newcastle and losing 1-0 to
Manchester City.
What tends to sway me in Spurs favour tonight is that they have more in
the way of fire power with the likes of Berbatov, Keane, Darren Bent and
Defoe who to me is worth a place in nearly every other Premiership side.
Spurs will know tonight they cannot have another home horror show and Jol
will I believe rally his team who have shown their support of him, my only
small concern is how Berbatov will play, my personal opinion is that he
has drifted in and out of games more then he did last season and I wonder
if his mind is completely on the job, I thing for sure is that if it is
tonight he will cause the Villa defence more then one or 2 headaches.
As far as Villa are concerned I believe Martin O`Neill is only one or two
players off having a very useful squad. Gareth Barry to me should be an
England regular and they have a strong defence and solid midfield. My
concern is the forward line where Carew has yet to hit form whilst Ashley
Young, Gaby Agbonlahor and Luke Moore are all talented players but are a
season or 2 off the finished article.
History is on Spurs side tonight as Villa have yet to record a win at
White Hart Lane in their last 7 visits and the last meeting at the lane in
December last year saw Spurs come out 2-1 winners with 2 goals from
Jermaine Defoe and with Gareth Barry getting a late strike for Villa.
Team news at the moment is the Jermaine Jenas should be fit to return to
his midfield role for Spurs whilst long term injury victim Ledley King is
still out along with Antony Gardner.
Villa are likely to be missing John Carew for tonight's clash and Shaun
Maloney has an ankle problem which should see him also miss out.
So for me it's a Spurs win at evens with both Skybet and Totesport and I
will also have a small investment on over 2.5 goals also at evens with
Betfair.
Now to prove the lengths I go to bring you winners I have to say for those
that do not know that I am a life long Gooner!! And you will not know how
painful it has been for me to tip a Spurs win tonight!!
Seriously I have a lot of respect for the "smaller" North London side and
hope they don't let me down tonight.
Good Luck
Silverfox.
