Tottenham are now in the artic circle preparing for their game against Bodo Glint tonight. I promised myself if Spurs ever play in the artic circle again then I am going. That is twice in 6 month Spurs take the long journey up to Bodo Glint who have caused upsets in the recent past to a number of top European clubs. Their pitch is artificial so when the ball bounces, it bounces must higher than normal. So any street footballer would be more suited to a game up there. I am thinking the pigeon for one. So this is tonight. Last Saturday the game was on at 8pm against Wolves. The Waterford Spurs supporters club were in turmoil last month when the Wolves game which was already switched from Saturday to Sunday was now moving back to Saturday again. The reason why it was moved the first time around was because Sky wanted to televise the match. So it was switched to the Sunday. Then the Champions League draw took place and Spurs had to be in the artic circle for Tuesday night so the match was switched back to Saturday. Then Sky got the hump and still wanted to televise it so the only slot was Saturday night at 8pm. I try to watch every Spurs match and the brother in law had a thirst so he decided we go out for the match. Now I decided not to bring him to my local pub because it's a dive and the locals would be looking at him. In there a gentle nod would have the TV switched on in the same spot as usual. So we decided on a more trendier pub where the match would be also on. But the Ryder cup was on and even though I am into my golf , football does come first in my world. So we went to Morans, no football. Then we went to Eldons , another trendy watering hole. Only Ryder Cup, no football. For fuck sake, it was 19:55. When you take ordering pints of Guinness into the mix I am 3 minutes already into the game. Panic stations set in and I made a call. I'll handle the stares and the jokes about the Gourmet moustache. Went to where everybody knows my name. It's a shithole but it is my shithole and they were always very nice to my father which he made it his local pub after his own local had shut after been open for 40 years. It was a sad day for my father but these guys in the new pub were really good with him. Helped him with the transition. My father has Parkingsons but would still go to the pub every Friday as his few hours where he could chat and joke with his friends and forget about his physical problems. The barmen used to help him to the toilet. There was one day when I got a phonecall from the owner telling me he found €150 where my dad had been sitting and thought it was his. It was indeed his because my father would bring out a wad of money with him (just in case). That for me was really really good of them. They could have easily banked the cash and said nothing. So this is why I it is now my local. It's a pub where an 22 year old supermodel could be having a drink with an 85 year old man with a sheepdog underneath him. There are never any problems or fights in there because it wouldn't be tolerated.
Anyway back to the match. I had a pint of the black stuff in front of my by 20:05. Not bad , not bad. The Ryder Cup was on the other tele so that was great. But for now I was glued to Spurs playing bottom of the League Wolves. Spurs started well contrary to popular opinion . I actually through we played ok in the first half. We just could not break Wolves down. But I wasn't worried , Spurs were on top and they stayed on top. But during the second half Perriera made a couple of changes and Wolves started coming more and more into the game,. And then disaster struck in the 54th minute and Bueno scored a scrappy goal.
No Bueno for me
Anyway we fell apart after this goal and Wolves started gaining in confidence. The time whittled away. The brother in law was now solely watching the Ryder cup talking to a rough looking gentleman around the merits of Team Europe. This pub in particular has links to Adare Manors owner so if you want a ticket for the next Ryder Cup, it is in there you will get it which I find hilarious. Half the pubs locals were caddying at the pro am a couple of years ago and my uncle got to caddy for one Joe Lewis (Tottenham Hotspurs owner)
Anyway I disgress. Time was nearly up and Spurs hatchetman Palinha came to rescue with a lovely placed shot in the bottom corner to safe Spurs's blushes. He took off his top and celebrated wildly. The boy is ripped. But some say it should have been more in his line to go for the win as his teammate Brennan Johnson pointed out, Spurs were lucky to come away with a point but it is disappointing because they could have closed the gap on Liverpool and Woolwich.
In other news
Legohead can't stop embarrassing himself and his press conference after the 1-1 win to Man City when he said that CEO's , President's . coaches rang him over Arsenal's great display over Man City. The best display of any team playing against Pep's team ever. Someone should point out to Lego head that Spurs beat City in their own stadium 4-0 last season. Not scrape a 1-1 draw with a City team that are more on the downturn than League Champions. We also beat them again 2-0 a couple of weeks ago at the Ethiad. And here's this lad going on about the best display from a team ever against City. He needs to go off and have a chat to himself. And I thought @ogeewitty was delusional!!!
So that's it for this week. Romero did not travel to the north pole so it will be Danso getting a run out tonight.