Sunderland’s cross-Tyne neighbours put Spurs under pressure to perform at the SSOL by winning at Swansea, who were the North Londoners’ victims last week in what has become a 3-match losing run for the Welsh newcomers to the top League.
Richardson may be back for Sunderland – he always seems to play well against Spurs. What will Martin O’Neill decide to do with the side that played so well last week? Why change a team that came away with a point from the Etihad for the first time since February 2011.
Bridge could also return, but Colback did well in his place last time out. Cattermole will face a late test on his knee. Our injury list is just Angeleri (knee), Bramble (Achilles), Brown (knee), Westwood (hand), O'Shea (calf).
Spurs are missing Gomes (knee), Dawson (ankle), Bentley (knee), Jenas (Achilles), Huddlestone (ankle). Ledley King (knee) and Aaron Lennon (hamstring) may still feature.
We have been good at home, losing just once in the MON era and if we can keep up the intensity that we showed last week we may still get revenge for that narrow 0-1 defeat at White Hart Lane in December, when our new manager was still getting to know the team and his best formation.
The visitors are not on a good run and have failed to win away in 2012, and in their last 6 games away from White Hart Lane in the Premier League. This will be a stern test for the Black Cats though, but it would help our season from fizzling out if we can show up and win in a game like this.
A solid performance like the ones against Liverpool or Man. City would suit most fans, including me, fine…
©Lars J.S. Knutsen
Comments
Posted by Truong on 05/11/2012
I think Sammy Lee has a problem peirod! They shouldn't be as poor as they are at the moment, despite the fact that they haven't done to well in the transfer market. I think he may need a few more quality defenders, but hey? As for Campo, I'm sure there must be a reason, but you would think he'd be in there wouldn't you?
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Lars Knutsen was born in Sunderland of Norwegian parents across the Wear from the SSOL back when shipbuilding not car manufacture was the city’s main industry. His first game was in 1968 and he has followed the Black Cats since then, with great memories of the 1973 FA Cup. He hopes the “yo-yo” days are over and defines supporting a team by whether the result affects your mood (but maybe not in the way portrayed in the book “Fever Pitch”!) so has been cheerful recently. He endured school in Newc**tle, has a Ph.D. in Chemistry, a Professorship at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, and works in the Pharma industry as a consultant Medicinal Chemist.
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