Derby hopes upset by ‘unscripted’ Spurs

WITH the sun splitting the trees for our penultimate matchday stroll around to our Home of Football on Saturday, it seemed as if the stage was set for a marvellous Derby day swansong.

Sadly Carrick, Davids, Keane and the rest of their Spurs counterparts hadn’t read the script!

Obviously, the fact that we only had half a team out couldn’t have helped. Thus, there was much consternation over Arsène’s decision to leave Henry, Fabregas and Eboué on the bench. In truth, Wenger was in a no-win situation, doing his best to balance the physical demands of two incredibly intense games over the course of four days, on an already over-stretched squad.