Player of the "week", 1st-9th January  

Technically not "week", since it's been longer than a week since the last one, but this time, player of the week goes to Tottenham's Russian striker, Roman Pavlyuchenko.

Much maligned since his move to English football in the summer after excellent performances at Euro2008, Pavlyunchenko has struggled to fit into the Premiership. But in cup competitions he's doing much better, with 7 goals in five games, and he continued his excellent cup form this week, with a man-of-the-match winning performance against Wigan in the FA Cup, including two goals, and lead the way with another goal and two assists against Giant-killing Burnley in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final.

Considering Jermaine Defoe was introduced back to the White Hart Lane faithful at that very same match, Pavlyuchenko's run of form couldn't have come at a better time, with Harry Redknapp hoping to form a very promising partnership between the two.