Kasey likey to start as Spurs hope to play spoiler for Chelsea's remote Premiership ambitions. Kickoff's at 6 a.m. PT/9 a.m. ET (and 12 midnight Melbourne time for me here). Game's on PPV in the USA and on free-to-air in Australia for me, live across most time zones on SBS. The news round-up's coming right up...
* * *I'm William, and this is the news* * * [*]Team News -- sportinglife.com [*]England call justifies Defoe's decision -- sportinglife.com [*]Van Bommel set for Spurs talks -- sportinglife.com [*]Spurs facing Van Bommel fight -- sportinglife.com [*]Pleat waits on trio -- sportinglife.com [*]Jamie (Redknapp) to start? -- Spurs' official site [*]Team news -- Spurs' official site [*]Match preview & OPTA stats -- skysports.com [*]Antic coy over Spurs job -- skysports.com [*]Spurs heading for new Mali row -- skysports.com Over Kanoute, again [*]Match preview & form guides -- Soccernet [*]King may miss Chelsea clash -- Yahoo's UK site, via TeamTalk [*]Trap door closing as Spurs target eyes Azzuri stay -- Yahoo's UK site, via TeamTalk [*]Match preview, complete with facts & figures -- The BBC [*]Spurs facing anxious wait over Doherty -- London Evening Standard Should also add that a live audio webcast is also available via a Spurs-related site.
If anyone wants to handle the PbP on this one, go for it. I have to get to bed here-- especially if I wanna be up by 5 a.m. local time here for the start of the MLS season. Busy day ahead tomorrow, but that's life.
FT 0-1. Spurs had a couple of chances to draw level but just couldn't quite get it together in the box.
Here's a ratings thread from Glory-Glory. http://www.gg-forums.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=285 From the thread starter: "Keller 8 - made a couple of great saves in the second half when they hit us on the break. Couldn't have done anything about their goal." Of course the next guy gave Kasey a 3, heh, I guess for poor distribution. Most gave him 7's, saying what we already know...good shot stopper, questionable distribution. A few did defend Kasey somewhat, pointing out that there was rarely anybody to distribute the ball to (everyone having their backs to him, not running up the field far enough to boot it to, etc.).