Spurs times two as City entertain

After a nail biter at Turf Moor, Spurs just about made it to Wembley to ensure we play them in both cups. It could have been oh-so different if Burnley hadn't switched off for just one second at the end of extra time but once Pavlyuchenko's goal went in, the second was almost inevitable as Burnley streamed forward looking for the goal to take them to penalties.

After the game, Harry once again demolished his team's fragile confidence (following his assertion that Cesar isn't good enough and that his missus could have scored Darren Bent's chance from the weekend) and has stated that he'll be fielding a weakened team at Old Trafford in the FA Cup game on Saturday. Mind games or will he really? Either way, he'll be facing a weakened team given our injuries. I've heard Ferguson has called a meeting to discuss ideas with Fletcher being touted as our fifth right back of the year. Five. Not so long ago I stated on one of my forums that we didn't need defensive cover. Seems I may be wrong, eh? Could De Laet step in at right back already? I'll not hold my breath.

On a lighter note, our friends from across Manchester are having an entertaining transfer window. Entertaining for us, at least. In Nigel De Jong they have actually signed a potential gem, he's a very solid player who could flourish in England. Bellamy is also a player who I think could do a really good job, if he stays fit. If he is joined by Santa Cruz, they shouldn't need to worry about relegation as they'll score enough to stay up, even with their hilariously bad defence. It's good to see that the rest of the footballing world seems at least to be catching on to the fact that Micah Richards is all about pace and power and not about any real footballing ability and rumours of a move to Bolton for £5m wouldn't surprise me. City must be annoyed that they didn't move him on when there was talk of great things, based on the back of a couple of lung bursting runs up their right flank. The refusal to admit defeat in the Kaká saga is the main source of hilarity. How they don't see that they're a laughing stock defeats even the most simple of minds. I'll also have a good laugh if they buy the massively overrated media darling that is Shay Given. If they replace a bright, young, English talent with a goalkeeper who never learned to command his box and is woeful positionally then surely it won't be because Mark Hughes wants it to happen. Maybe he's a stand in until Buffon or Casillas signs in the summer...