Spuds

Something to ponder for the weekend:

Looking at this I’m fairly sure we’re going to see a change this weekend, if not in personnel then at least in philosophy:  there’s no way Jimmy Bullard’s going to play that far forward for one thing.

On the top you see Danny Murphy, our admirable shielding midfielder.  Below you see what Spurs did away to Man City.  That’s Modric, Jenas and Zokora all in advanced positions and all very close together.   True, they were playing ten men, but still it’s a threat, especially with David Bentley lurking on the right and Darren Bent in extraordinary form.  We’re going to have to cover this somehow.  I’m not that worried about Bent – he’s a streaky player and Ian Pearce handled him very well a couple of years ago – but the Modric/Bentley/Jenas thing (supported by Huddlestone and Zokora) is going to be hard to play against.