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"Tottenham's bench is deeper than Arsenal's" | Tottenham striker Robbie Keane has kicked off the rivalry that will be renewed this weekend as Arsenal host London rivals Tottenham Hotspurs. The Irish striker has revealed his belief that it is Tottenham, not Arsenal, that has the deeper squad. According to Keane, Tottenham are well equipped to beat the Gunners to a spot in the top four this season.
”You look at the two squads and we’re definitely on a par,” he said. ”In the last four or five years Arsenal always managed to get ahead of us but if you look now it is even.
”It will be judged at the end of the season but if you look at the bench we have, it is probably a bit stronger than their bench.
”The mentality around the club in previous seasons was that we would be happy to finish fifth or qualify for the UEFA Cup, but there is a different feeling now. The players have the feeling that we want to get to the Champions League.
”You can take away Saturday’s game because anything can happen in a north London derby – but we need to be judging ourselves against teams like Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea over a season.
”It’s still early days but we’re in the top four now. If we can get to Christmas still around there, we’d certainly have every chance.”
Tottenham currently sits fourth in the Barclays Premier League table, tied on points with third placed Arsenal. The Gunners, however, have a game in hand.
Catch the North London derby this Saturday, October 31st, at 12:45pm GMT, 8:45am EST.
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Assuming the Arsenal first team looks something like this :
Almunia,Sagna,Glichy,Gallas,Vermalin,Song,Fabregas,
Rosisky,Arshavin,Nasri,V Persie.
The players left out will include:
Fabianski,Eboue,Senderos,Eduardo,Diaby,Vela,Walcott,
Denilson,Ramsey,Silvestre,Bendtner – all of whom are full internationals.
robbie keane’s a clown… he tried it at a big club like liverpool (he didnt get a fair chance) then he runs straight back to spurs and they make him their captain… he has to come out with this statement, but he knows, and all spurs fans know, this is absolute bs!
“Tottenham’s bench is deeper than Arsenal’s”
It has to be to fit Huddlestone’s fat backside on it….