Right, after a week of girding our loins and dispatching the house of horrors that was Villa Park to the trash can let us get back into positive mood.
Tottenham Hotspur, named after Harry Hotspur of the famed Percy family based within Alnwick Castle, arrive on their ancestral North East turf for a mighty match of Champions League destiny. There is much more than three points at stake.
So here are 10 reasons for Geordies to be optimistic:
