My English friends will mock, but
Stoke seems
like the kind of
place Englishmen take for granted and may even look down
at, but it is oddly delightful.
The hosts have been formidable
at home all season, the sort of side who always give travelling opponents a vigorous encounter in Lancashire, and so the Spurs chief desperately needs to see some character, some fighting spirit from his team much
like when his side went to
places like Stoke and Fulham earlier in the season and grounded out priceless away wins, as this morale - battering sequence of results is threatening to ruin what had been, up until the end of 2010, a fantastic campaign which promised endless possibilities.