The fate of Charlton has been sealed - they are relegated. 'Nuff about them and more about us - Spurs move back up to 6th spot, and in one of the UEFA Cup positions. Only two games to go, both at home against Blackburn and Man City and it should be a formality now.
My man Berba got Spurs off to a great start scoring after only 7 minutes. After a clever flick on the half way line, his strength and speed took him past El Karkouri and running with the ball direct to the goal, he was never going to miss. He's just too good. His 22nd goal of the season and oh what a snip at £10.9m!
Charlton managed to win plenty of corners which is always a concern for us as we've leaked so many goals this season from set pieces. There were a few heart stopping moments, however, I have to say our defence looked much more solid tonight. I was slightly disappointed with the lack of chances we had in front of goal though. Early in the second half, Berba had a long range shot which quite rightly the goalkeeper saved but had to wait until the last minute of the game before Defoe was put clean through by who else, Berbatov, and he looped it over Carson to make it game over.
Lennon looked very off form tonight and Jol subbed him at the right time, in my opinion. He was playing on his favoured right as well; I dunno what was up, he just didn't make any impact on the game at all. JJ had a decent game with some good defensive tackles. Tainio, back from injury played well too. Despite my luuuuurve for Berba, I was quite surprised that he was awarded man of the match - it seems he gets it automatically every game now! I enjoyed Martin Jol's response after the match when asked about other teams having interest in Berbatov. He said how he'd only yesterday had a conversation and Berba expressed how happy he is at Spurs and that MJ is happy when his players are happy. Let's hope that 'happiness' remains for a good few years yet, because holding on to our best player by a mile is a must for the club if we are to progress to bigger and better things.
Just digressing a little, I watched the dvd of 'Those Glory Glory Days' earlier on today. It's all about a 13 year old girl who's obsessed with Spurs and her idol Danny Blanchflower. I remember watching it in the 80s as a teenager and thinking how that was just like me, my hero being Glenn Hoddle at the time and always wanting to walk onto the White Hart Lane pitch. Anyway, it was great to see that film again approximately 25 years later. Let's hope the glory days return to Tottenham very soon.
(Posted 7 May 2007)
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