It's that time of year. As always, I'll be hoping Arsenal take a big step toward challenging for the title. Let's talk football.
I picked up Newcastle as my cross-Atlantic team midway through last season. Mostly because it gives me an excuse to drink Newcastle on Saturday mornings, but also because the fan base seems to be a good fit with my Philadelphia fan background. Would love to attend some league games across the pond one day soon.
Unfortunately, I think Spurs title dreams are over already. I was listening to BBC 5 live football phone in yesterday and that also seems to be the opinion of all the panelists as well as them saying their European chances are about zero as well.
One enthusiastic Spurs supporter called in saying that Spurs can win everything this season still, and that they are definitely still able to win the league. The "experts" slaughtered him on air, but I had to admire his belief in his team even if it is misplaced at the moment.
I haven't watched every Spurs match this season, only 3 in fact, but I am still of the opinion that Dier is their major downfall. He is horrid for England, I wouldn't even pick him if it were left up to me (which it should be), and he absolutely isn't good enough to be starting for a top 5 or 6 team in the Premiership. The lad had some talent while growing up with Sporting, but since coming to Spurs he just hasn't progressed at all. I would much rather see them giving Winks a lot of minutes on the pitch this season as they try to win one of the domestic cups.
...Harry scores for the second time in August(!) and Lucas Moura seems a good addition from last spring.....