It has seemed a long summer as an avid spurs fan, and as previous posts have detailed their has been an air of optimism quietly building as the squad has been added to prepare sufficiently for an assault on a top four finish this year.
This optimism was still lingering with our first trip away to Sunderland, and although we have never been our best on the road over the last two seasons, I still found my self believing this year we would be off to the flying start we have needed last year.
After seven wins out of as many games preseason I felt this optimism was justified, but was sorely brought down to earth with a bump after watching the first 45 minutes of the opening fixture of the season. Not an ideal advert for the most exciting league in the world I am afraid!
With the second half much the same, Sunderland added to the disappointment by nicking a late 94th minute winner when there was only 3 additional minutes to be played. *First gripe of the 2007-08 season*
Overall I am not that worried, I didn’t expect too much from this fixture and in fact bet on the draw, but home to Everton tomorrow is a different matter. I expect nothing other than three points from the fortress that is The Lane to put us in good stead for my own trip to The Lane this Saturday to watch our match up with another newly promoted side - Derby.
We will need the points over these next two outings with both Man UTD and Arsenal in our next three games, closely followed by both Liverpool and Newcastle who are also hoping to have promising seasons after a busy summer period.
