Well it's the first home game and it's a nice sunny day.
We've got the Bin Dippers at the Lane and I'm quietly confident we're going to turn them over
I've already had a cheeky couple of quid on us to win 2-1 and 3-1 on Skybet so it's time for a pint.
My mate I usually go with has just had a baby boy and he's not coming so after a quick one I head off to the tube for the 90 minutes journey.
Passing through Liverpool Street they're obviously filming another T-Mobile ad. Funny seeing "Nuns" dancing LMAO. Typical the way us loyal fans just walk through the middle of it all, nothing's going to get in our way in our quest for the Lane!!
Arriving at White Hart Lane station and it's into The Bricklayers for a cheeky one. They're in fine voice as usual and there were two groups of Scandanavians, Swedes and Norwegians, trying to out sing each other in the corner. I like the atmosphere in there, but I still miss the Cockerel.
So it's a short walk in the sun down to the East stand where I have my season ticket. They're just announcing the team as I walk up the stairs to my seat. Have to admit I was a little surprised that we were starting Keane and Defoe. But I did like the look of the midfield and was still confident we would be able to keep Gerrard and co quiet in that area.
Sitting down and saying Hi to the same old faces I really did regret I'd forgotten to bring a hat or sunglasses. I'd almost forgotten what a sun trap the Shelf can be for afternnon games.
Well not going to do a match report but Benny's shot was awesome!! I grabbed a beer at half time and was still finishing it off when we got "that free kick" and even before the ball was placed on the floor I turned to the guy next to me and said "Modric free kick, Bassong header". Wish I'd been standing by the bookies rather than the bar!!!
I was a great feeling after the final whistle walking up to The Coach & Horses for my after match ritual pint or 3. Never any point going straight to the station anyway, the queues are too long (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it)!
Good chatting for the gang and catching up on all the off season news, but mainly a good feeling having not only got the 3 points at home against a "big 4" team but also done so in a quite convincing manner.
Typical really that first Rafa and then the media concentrated on his misplaced feelings of injustice, rather than the fact we out played them in all areas of the park for probably 75 or 80 minutes of the game overall.
I'm not going to get over optimistic on the basis of one result, we played well but Liverpool were poor.
It maybe have been we put them off there game, we did press them a lot and hardly let them have the time they usually seem to get. Our fitness did seem a whole lot better than it has done for a couple of years and hopefully they'll only get better as their match fitness increases.
But whatever the reason we got the points by being better than them.
Let's hope we can repeat that kind of performance in the next couple of away games!!