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my comment was really meant for 1-2 who 'got it' from the Everton game... the reasons are there but its not for everyone to understand... Didnt Varrt also score against Everton ??.... and didnt we still have a problem breaking out of our own half for sustained periods ??
just enjoy the game on Sunday... theres a good chap..
we play Vaart ...... we lose.
I think Arry might well drop Varrt for this game,
Funny enough the key to beating MancU is not VDV but Defoe and an on form Lennon. Lennon keeps Evra in his own half by running past him without fear, while Defoe keeps the midfield open for Godric to play with the threat of his pace behind the CB's.
The fact we had no pace in attack against Everton allowed them to close the midfield and stop us in our own half (plus they took every oppotunity to kick GB up in the air).
C.O.Y.S.
id agree but feel he may opt for palacious to shore things up in the middle and break up play. If he gets booked early he may be sacrificied for jenas. Our left side of bale and bae will be key to our success based on how they push forward and also how they deal with nani. If we get off to a good start and dont concede early we may do well.
anyone know the referee for this fixture??
I also hope Palacios plays instead of Jenas, He's much better at breaking up the play - hopefully he can keep out the ref's book too.
I'd keep the same back 4 that played agaisnt Everton. If Bale isn't fit for United maybe VDV on the left and Pav and Defoe up top
Hoping Nani has a terrible game and all his shots give us throw-ins. Better yet I hope he scores an own goal after the fiasco last time at Old Trafford.
Its time....its Super Pav time!
Imo he has to start Sunday in a 4-4-2 with JD along side him.
I really cant understand why Harry is not giving him more game time...the lad never lets us down when he plays.
He's a big game player!!
Look at the goals he has scored for us.....he scored the winner against an undefeated Liverpool team a while back.....goal against Fulham in a quarter-final replay.....the 2nd against Twente away(massive goal for us that was)...then another 2 against same team at home and the decisive third goal against Inter.
Harry has to start playing him more often...he will get goals...he has been doing it his whole career.
Just f**king play him Harry :tickedoff:
Its time....its Super Pav time!
Imo he has to start Sunday in a 4-4-2 with JD along side him.
I really cant understand why Harry is not giving him more game time...the lad never lets us down when he plays.
He's a big game player!!
Look at the goals he has scored for us.....he scored the winner against an undefeated Liverpool team a while back.....goal against Fulham in a quarter-final replay.....the 2nd against Twente away(massive goal for us that was)...then another 2 against same team at home and the decisive third goal against Inter.
Harry has to start playing him more often...he will get goals...he has been doing it his whole career.
Just f**king play him Harry :tickedoff:
Pav has no idea what a 'channel' is so Defoe next up.
fellow defenders Ledley King and Jonathan Woodgate are still out.
gareth mate are you winding us up, van der vaart should be the first name on the team sheet, this guy is pure class, next youll say Ars*nal should drop fabregas.
the fundermental flaws with Vaart-Defoe or Vaart-Crouch havent changed...
and what you gain with the home-game status, you lose with the quality of opposition (a tad better than Everton and even Wet Spam)...
Biggysy
1) the season before Berbatov came when we finished just outside Top4 due to Lasagnegate, it was a chap called Mido was the primary striker.... Defoe and mainly Keano played alongside him.... Defoe-Keano hardly ever featured unless Mido was unavailable (mainly African Nations Cup period)..
2) and the season before that, there was a chap called Kanoute who played a similar primary role to Mido..... with Keano n Defoe alternating again..
I'm quite surprised at you not remembering.... you being a Spurs supporter and all..
back to today..... hopefully we go more 4-2-3-1.... Bale n Lennon better step inside it more today...
Mido was such an automatic pick, we decided to not buy him and keep Defoe and Keane?
Nice one :up:
well done tottenham hotspur today, well played guys, we were excellent, and it shows how far we have come, we outplayed manure, and if it wasnt for vidic, who was absolutely excellent, we would have scored no doubt, he was everywhere, and deserves praise.
the only player who didnt do it for me, and im not slagging him off, was peter crouch, the guy just isnt very good at scoring, he tries, he sets people up , a bit, but we so need a class striker, to finish some of our wonderful moves, which deserve goals, peter crouch is a good option player, but not a starting eleven player, he is just so limited, he is plan b, not plan a.
well done you spurs, i really enjoyed that performance today, and i think most other spurs fans did also.
Keane and Defoe were 1st choice for Harry at the very beginning of last season (Fall '09) and Crouch was the impact player...
Back to the game...my wife made an excellent point post-match. When she asked about the result, I informed her that it was a scoreless draw. She then asked why I wasn't pleased. I replied that I believed we should have won and that we had let an opportunity pass. She laughed and said, "Just look at how far Spurs have come! A year ago you would have been happy to prevent United from scoring, now you EXPECT to beat them! Sounds like they're doing great."
She's right. We may be in 5th place, but there isn't a single team in the Premiership we should fear. In fact, the only team in the world I would not EXPECT to get a result against is Barcelona at Camp Nou. I sincerely hope that we can bring in a top-flight striker. No one will want to play us then. We would have finished ManUtd with a little more class up front.
ugs glenn hoddle was my favourite player, he was a magician, he could walk by opponents, he could pass a ball to a fellow player, over half the pitch, and drop it on a sixpence, and his shots were absolutely fantastic, and dont forget his goalkeeping skills, he was good at that also, modric is a great player, but is no glenn hoddle, i wish he was.
Keane and Defoe were 1st choice for Harry at the very beginning of last season (Fall '09) and Crouch was the impact player...
Back to the game...my wife made an excellent point post-match. When she asked about the result, I informed her that it was a scoreless draw. She then asked why I wasn't pleased. I replied that I believed we should have won and that we had let an opportunity pass. She laughed and said, "Just look at how far Spurs have come! A year ago you would have been happy to prevent United from scoring, now you EXPECT to beat them! Sounds like they're doing great."
She's right. We may be in 5th place, but there isn't a single team in the Premiership we should fear. In fact, the only team in the world I would not EXPECT to get a result against is Barcelona at Camp Nou. I sincerely hope that we can bring in a top-flight striker. No one will want to play us then. We would have finished ManUtd with a little more class up front.
Great post and I totally agree...... I'm gutted we never beat them but the gap in class between us is so small now you couldn't tell who the league leaders were but just watching !!!!!!
I think we should now break the bank and sign Andy Carroll and no matter what happens Luca Modric must stay at the Lane, I'm beginning to think this little Croatian wizard is going to be as much of a legend at White Hart Lane as a certain Mr Hoddle !!!!!!!!!!
:ohyeah:
United defended very well yesterday but we played into there hands, pumping high balls up to Crouch all the time....thats bread and butter for Rio and Vidic!...that is not the way we play, but we always go for that high ball when Crouch is on....i hate it!....put Crouch back on the bench....i cant believe he didnt start with Defoe either!
Thats one that got away yesterday..but as WilsonJet has said we really are closing the gap on the likes of United and the rest.
What a preformance from Modders...the guy is outstanding..a class act...as Harry has said, if we sell him...we might as well all pack up and go home....we have to keep him at all costs.
corn-rows= bae on top of his game, he was a class act yesterday.