Round Up

Weds 18th August

So over the last few days, we have seen Tottenham play with the Young Boys (Sorry, it had to be done), with the Young boys coming out winners 3-2.

Harry Redknapp's side saw themselves staring into a black hole after the first half hour of complete and utter destruction from the Young Boys side from Bern. The artificial pitch can be cited possibly as a reason, however whatever the reason was, Spurs should have been taking this oppurtunity to reach the group stages with both hands. However after half hour they saw themselves 3-0 down and pretty much out of the competition.

However a header just before the half time mark from Bassong at a corner gave Spurs a foothold within the game, and not conceding again was important, as Roman Pavlyuchenko managed to smash in a goal in the final ten minutes of the game to give Spurs a great chancce of being able to turn the tie round at White Hart Lane. This goal could prove vital to Spurs this season, as if they do not even manage to make the Champions League proper, many Spurs fans will see this season as pretty much over before it has even begun.

In other news this week, Craig Bellamy has joined his boyhood club, Cardiff City on loan. This has been seen as an absolutley huge coup for Cardiff in their aim to be able to propel themselves to becoming the first Welsh team to compete in the Premier league. The move however was surrounded in controversy as Motherwell have threatened to send Baliffs to the home game Cardiff are playing on Saturday to collect cash for a supposed payment Cardiff still owe for players bought in January.

However, disregarding Cardiff's financial situation, the loan signing  of Bellamy is massive for Bellmay and should bring Cardiff some major respect points from surrounding teams in the Championship. Cardiff fans are obviously giddy with the prospect of seeing Craig Bellamy playing for the bluebirds, and will hope that he can nick a few crucial goals this season to give them the extra points to get them to the Premier League.