The Giants have been product of their scheduling

The little English man has been is fantastic form since the turn of the year, and has forced himself into Fabio Capello's plans for South Africa.Twice in the first 10 minutes his pace took him away from Ryan Shawcross and Etherington and his crosses almost led to Tottenham taking the lead after he found Peter Crouch at the far post but Simonsen clawed the effort around the post. Moments later Crouch went close again, this time the provider was Krankjaer, but again Sorenson's replacement was equal to the effort.Spurs had to swallow a bitter pill after all their good early work as Jonathan Woodgate had to leave the pitch with an injury to his thigh. It was the centre half's first appearance of the season following severe injury problems, his replacement was Michael Dawson who had only played for four minutes thus far this season.Lennon continued to be Spurs most creative force, and his superb cross was met by Peter Crouch who directed his header towards the top corner with the 'keeper well beaten only for James Beattie to acrobatically clear thegoal bound effort with a hooked clearance.Moments later Niko Krankjaer smashed a shot off the foot of the post as Spurs began to turn the screw in search of the opening goal.Stoke were devoid of creativity apart from Rory Delap's long throws. In setting up his team Redknapp went with Palacios and the ever present Tom Huddlestone in central midfield, and Crouch up front in place of the suspended Jermaine Defoe.The extra height that Crouch and Huddlestone provided at the back gave Spurs a firm foundation for dealing with Stoke's inevitable aerial attack through set plays. And their lack of ambition in their play gave all the impetus to Spurs, but this Stoke team are more than capable of a smash and grab and as the two teams trotted in at half time it was easy to see which manager was the happier.Spurs started the second half in the same vein as the first, Aaron Lennon broke away from ex-Manchester United player Shawcross on the right of the box and found Keane with aslide-rule pass, the Irishman's first time shot was brilliantly saved by Simonsen but the ball squirmed free of his grasp and Crouch slid in to capitalise, but a brilliant defending tackle by Faye denied Spurs a certain goal.The ineffective Delap was replaced by his fellow countryman Glen Whelan in the 60th minute as Tony Pulis looked to stem the flow of Tottenham's incessant attacks, but Spurs went close again moments later.Tom Huddlestone's shot was deflected wide for a corner, and from the resulting set-piece Steve Simonsen pulled off a miraculous save from Crouch after he had leaped like a salmon to meet Krankjaer's corner.With Spurs piling on the pressure, Redknapp then chose to change things around and the hard working Robbie Keane made way for Pavlyuchenko as Harry signalled that Spurs would go more direct for the last half hour.There has been all kinds of transfer speculation surrounding the big Russian this year, and at one stage it looked as if he was on the verge of a transfer back to Spartak Moscow for a reduced fee of 10 million only for Spurs to pull out of the deal at the 11th hour.The Potters then almost snatched the lead after Matthew Etherington tore down the left and found Beattie with a brilliant cross. The ex-England international rose between Bassong and Dawson but he headed wide with Gomes flat-footed in the Spurs goal.The tiring Tom Huddlestone and James Beattie then made way for Jenas and Tuncay respectively as both managers looked to eek out a winner in this tight affair.The match was becoming a midfield battle of attrition before Jermaine Jenas broke from the centre with a driving run on goal, but his penetrative run was brought to an abrupt halt by Salif Diao whoreceived a yellow card into the bargain.The freekick was in an ideal position, 20 yards from goal and slightly to the right. Assou-Ekotto lined himself up from the free but Jenas took the kick and it went high and wide, much to Harry Redknapp's annoyance as he thought the young Cameroonian was going to take it.With 10 minutes to go Spurs were dealt a hammer blow as Aaron Lennon was forced off the pitch with an injury, as Harry had already made his three substitutions Spurs were forced to play out the game with ten men.The extra space due to Lennon's departure gave the impetus to Stoke who sensed blood and all of Tottenham's hard work was then undone as Ricardo Fuller'spowered down the right with a forceful run.

He powered into the box past Assou-Ekotto and cut the ball back for Whelan who guided his sublime shot into the top corner to give Stoke an unlikely lead. (Spurs 0-1 Stoke)Fuller had been picked out as thedanger-man by Harry Redknapp in the pre-match pressconference and his old player did everything Harry thought hw would. He worked the Spursback-line tirelessly, chasing lost causes and causing all sorts of problems.As the game moved towards it's end, Spurs launched attacks from all directions but Stoke dealt with them easily. Steve Simonsen collecting the ball from Peter Crouch's head just when his team needed him to be big and justifying his man of the match performance.Spurs cried foul as Ryan Shawcross seemed to bundle Niko Krankjaer over but it was no foul and the Tottenham players pleas fell on deaf ears as Stokedeservedly ran out 1-0 winners.. ) The 5-1 New York Giants will play host to the 3-2 and suddenly resurgent Arizona Cardinals Sunday Night on NBC. The Giants are coming off their first loss of the season in which they were utterly embarrassed by the New Orleans Saints. The loss solidifies the Saints as the clear cut favorite in the NFC, if not the league, while shedding light on the very overrated New York Giants.The Giants have been product of their scheduling.

The only marginal team they have beaten is Dallas while the rest; Washington, Tampa Bay, Kansas City, and Oakland will all be slotting themselves somewhere in the top 7 of the 2010 NFL draft. The Cardinals will be the first real test for the Giants as the Saints where clearly out of their league. Live Cardinals vs Giants Odds – Expert SNF Picks – Cards vs. Giants Prop Bets The Cardinals are finally starting to resemble something of the team we might have expected following their surprise Super Bowl run last year. Kurt Warner has had a passer rating of over 100 in each of his last 2 games, throwing for 4 touchdowns to only 1 interception. More importantly, Warner has only been sacked 1 time in those 2 games. The running game for Cardinals still remains what is was nearly a year ago, awful! They are ranked 31st in the league in rushing offensive with only 288 total yards this season That averages out to an abysmal 2.9 yards per carry. Kurt Warner will be forced to throw the ball at minimum 40 times to keep the Cardinals close which has been his average for the first 5 games of the year.The Cardinals inability to do anything on the ground sets up perfectly for the Giants to line up 4 and get plenty of pressure on Warner every time he drops back. Warner has already proven to be as immobile as any quarterback in the league combined with his inability to avoid the fumble is bad news for Cardinals fans. The Giants rank in the top 10 in sacks and have plenty of powerful and speedy pass rushers to build on that this game. Justin Tuck is leading the team with 3.5 sacks and along with Umenyoria at 3, should provide plenty of hurries, pressures, knockdowns, and ultimately sacks on the aging Warner.The Giants offensive front should see similar success as their defense.