They Shoot Horses

The performance against Newcastle wasn't actually dreadful. Rather the scoreline reflected a workman-like determination on behalf of newcastle that has come to mark their post Souness run. So that aside, where did Tottenham go wrong? Last thing's first, Jenas' miss in the secod half was intollerable. As were BOTH of Edgar Davids' fouls on Bowyer. The first foul was a penalty too and perhaps if Bowyer had made a little more he might've got a little more. The foul that earn't the spot kick was awful. The ball was arguably going out. The player on the ball was not in a goalscoring position.The foul consisted of both Davids both clutching Bowyer and shoving him. This is play straight out of the 'John Terry Book Of Soccer Skills' and consequently, is not what I expect fromSpurs. Much has been made of Davids decline after the leg fracture. Certainly his passing was erratic, both in terms of accuracy and power. Davids was playing deeper here, possibly in a holding/attacking on the break position. Consequently, the replay shows that it was Davids that failed that continue his marking run on Bowyer who was left therefore with space to hit home in the 65th second. I felt whilst much of the criticism was deserved, the spleen ought have been vented at Jol. Davids don't pick the team. I fear that Jol bought too heavily into the whole 'hard man' guff and what we got was a string of substandard games from a player reduced to trading on his reputation. Van Nistleroy had a bad injury last year and it was ages before he was 'right'again. Common sense dictates that we have bought Danny Murphy, a man with the highest assist rate in the Premiership BEFORE he joined us and he should replace Davids. I'm not going to continue with an account of Edgar's negatives in the Newcastle game. Because I love him too much. Suffice to say he should be rested and brought back to burst into the first squd as he did when he joined us. It would be easy to say that if he was a horse he'd be shot. But some horses come back. Beef Or Salmon, Ruud Van Nistleroy... the list goes on. Let's put Edgar on that list.