When Peter Beardsley speaks, you listen. Mainly because you really have to concentrate on what he’s saying. But also because the man speaks sense.
One member of The Spoiler team in particular is a massive Beardsley fan, having owned a pair of his branded shin pads back in the 1980s. They weren’t the best, it must be pointed out. Put them up against the Bryan Robson set that most kids favoured at the time, and it was like comparing superhero body armour to wet tracing paper. Still, he was great, that Peter Beardsley.
And just today, the old England hero has thrown his hat into the ring concerning who should partner Rooney up top for England. He said this (as reported in the Daily Mail):
For those of you too busy with household chores to find the time to sit down and take in a football match, above are the highlights of last night’s match between the gentlemen of Leeds, and Tottenham Hotspur’s nightclubbers. Little Jermain Defoe scored a hat-trick, bless him.
It was a good Tottenham show against Man City last night, and certainly one that has reinvigorated the high hopes for the season after the spluttering mess against Wolves. So much so that Harry Redknapp appears to be dreaming of more than just a top four finish.
That’s right, how about a top three?
“I’ve said since the start of the season that the champions will come from Chelsea or Man United but after that it’s up for grabs.”
With Spurs now in fifth place, just two points behind Arsenal and Villa, things are hotting up at the top. But does his team have the consistency to pull out Man City performances week-in week-out, or is there always a savage Wolves one lurking in the shadows?
Let us know your thoughts with a vote and a comment.
Whilst the rest of the nation spend their Sundays attempting to counteract the effects of binge drinking, or nervously dry puking at the prospect of another Monday morning, some hardened football hacks are working around the clock digging up news about transfers. Here’s what we learned over the weekend:
According to the Mail on Sunday, Fernando Torres is being closely monitored by the robed men at Manchester City. Convinced that he’d be unwilling to forsake Champions League football - should Liverpool’s worst nightmare come true - they’re ready to pounce with a £50 million offer.
Obviously this all depends on whether Mark Hughes (should he last the course) can steer his side into the top four. Which, on current form, he can’t.
It’s a worry, watching Mark Lawrenson becoming ever more disheveled on the MOTD sofa - where this week he was singing the praises of Michael Owen’s fox-in-the-box prowess, whilst looking increasingly like a man who got dressed in the car. His opinion being that Owen should go to the World Cup, as a fifth striking option.
An opinion probably blown out of the water less than 24 hours later, when Defoe casually slotted his fifth as Tottenham buried Wigan in a nine goal ravaging.
Bad news for Michael, eggy-face for Lawro, but magnificent news for Jermain, who can now claim his seat at the five-goal table with fellow Premier League hitmen Andy Cole, who got five against Ipswich in 1995, and Alan Shearer, who managed the same feat against Sheffield Wednesday in 1999.
A great achievement, only slightly marred by the rather boring company.
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