Bag Packed, Shirt ready... the season can begin

Friday, 15 August 08, 01:57 AM · Comments(0)

I think I surprised myself last season (my first season away from England) by managing to get back for 11 home games at Ashburton Grove. Now I know there are many football fans who travel miles every week but I feel flying back from Switzerland on a regular basis must get me some sort of kudos, though not that much.

Anyway the routine starts all over again this weekend with my flight at lunchtime today, game (WBA) tomorrow lunchtime and late flight back tomorrow evening. Here's hoping I don't get delayed as much as my last trip back from Heathrow T5 (it's first week open!).

So what's going to be different this season and what will be the same as always. As each and every year Spurs expect this year "to be the year" and they've certainly spent on quality but it's a different prospect once expectation meets reality. I don't see them struggling like last year's opening but how well they do will completely be determined by how the new players gel in the fast and furious world of the Premier League. Apparently Michael Owen is injured so no change there along with half of Arsenal's midfield (so no change there either) and Rosicky is expected to be put in cryogenic stasis until a cure can be found for his hamstring strain. Everything else is up for grabs as they say and we'll know more in 3-4 weeks though the new age fashion of hyping up a club after a good win in the first game of the season (or "club in crisis" if they lose) will be bigger than ever.

As you may know Ido like my cycling so I also hope all the recording times have been set so I can gorge myself on Olympic track cycling finals when I get back home. I know it's a bit of a sacreligious thing to say but there are other things outside football.

Bag Packed, Shirt ready... the season can begin

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