Coming into this game we were on the back of a three game winning streak in the league including a traditional glory night in Europe courtesy of a very mediocre AC Milan but take nothing from it, our victory was well deserved. Now back on more familiar...actually not so familiar because most Spurtans may recall that we hadn't played Blackpool away since our FA Cup meeting back in 1991 (we won 1-0).
The winning run was bought to an end at Bloomfield Road as two first half goals and a third 10 minutes from time saw the three points deposited in Blackpool's Premier League account.
After being caught out twice in the opening 45 minutes, the team went all-out attack in the second with the introduction of Jermaine Jenas and later Niko Kranjcar and how our 'goals for' from this encounter remained at just one is one to ponder. A combination of resolute defending, inspired goalkeeping and a few wasteful finishes goes some way towards explaining.
The goal by Pavlyuchenko although overshadowed by the loss was straight out of the top drawer and a possible contender for goal of the season. No matter, we have ten days before our next fixture at Wolves and knowing Spurs, we will win that one and maybe in the process get back a few of our injured personnel which includes Redknapps ego. Spurtans rule!
