As a lifelong Spurs fan, I feel obliged to come in here and tell all you Arsenal fans that the Shelf, the Paxton and the Park Lane End were all much tougher than the North Bank, let alone those little skinheads up the Clock End.
Looking at the two sides:
Arsenal are at home, in the Top Three and the Champions League. They have consistently performed well over many years, have an excellent manager, a team of star players, one of the best strikers in Europe and no obvious weaknesses.
Spurs on the other hand have never risen above mid-table mediocrity for years and were flattered by only losing 1-0 at home to Bolton last week with JJ Okocha hitting the bar 3 times. We have no manager, the caretaker is trying to get the job on a full time basis by getting as many 0-0 draws as possible, we've got terrible form against some really ordinary sides and our defeat of Leicester away was one of the luckiest wins I've ever seen. Only an invisible forcefield kept Man City's 25 shots out. With a full side we beat West Ham in the Carling Cup by catching them cold at the start of extra time. Our two central midfielders have a combined age of 70-odd and can't win the ball or run. Our game plan is to pray that our 'keeper makes a series of brilliant saves, that Stephen Carr beats the rest of the opposition on his own or that Kasey Keller then kicks long to 2 dwarf strikers, who accidentally bundle the ball in. Our only form striker (Kanoute, also the only forward who is tall enough to head the ball) is out for at least 2 weeks, our best striker (Keane) has to run back to midfield to get the ball, we're trying to sell our star signing of last summer (Postiga) already and neither of our wide midfielders can cross the ball. Our defence is stacked with 6 foot 2 players who appear to be in the side because they are black and therefore wrongly assumed to be able to run athletically and/or defend.
WHAT DO YOU RECKON???????