Let's not underestimate them. They managed to beat Liverpool 1-0 and Arsenal 2-3 (despite being 2-0 behind to Arsenal at first), us 3-1 earlier this season, and drew with Man City.
Meh... the question should be: WHY DID WE ALWAYS SCREW UP WHENEVER THEY DID? We would've won the title by now if we didn't screw up as much as we did. Reality is also that we expected a backlash against Blackburn after Inter knocked us out of CL. We didn't get it. I REALLY, REALLY hope we will be Champions come 6 pm Sunday.
The guys better not get complacent and expect the ref to give decisions to us. They better score from open play to win the game. I'd go completely psycho if we loose or draw next weekend.
Some of the comments here said Eto'o is just as if not more influential than DD: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984949_1985240,00.html
I think the English FA should be more specific and add Premier League English Player Homegrown rule on top of the Premier League Homegrown rule. Example: Premier League English Homegrown players: 5 Premier League Homegrown players: 5 So clubs would be required to have 5 PLEH and 5 PLH. Otherwise clubs will just picked 13/14 year old boys from other countries and train them in England like BadBoy said.