Swansea v Tottenham

[Glenn R]

Anyone know why Lloris wasnt playing?

Lloris has a problem with his knee. He should be back training tomorrow, though. So, just a precaution.

The good news is that we've got a good goalkeeper in reserve; just in case.

[Paul Finch]

     I would say we have SEVEN important games coming up not TWO!!!!


 

[RiffHard]

     I would say we have SEVEN important games coming up not TWO!!!!


 

As Lloris put it before the game with Swansea - we have eight cup finals ahead of us.

[Paul Finch]

           
           " AIN'T THAT A FACT"


   Its MAKE or BREAK time. Now is the time to Stand Up and Be Counted , Put Up or Shut Up , and hope to Christ we don't get any injuries to any Key Players and Levy's inability to sign some players in JAN doesn't cost us a Champions League place.


     

[ugs]

           
           " AIN'T THAT A FACT"


   Its MAKE or BREAK time. Now is the time to Stand Up and Be Counted , Put Up or Shut Up , and hope to Christ we don't get any injuries to any Key Players and Levy's inability to sign some players in JAN doesn't cost us a Champions League place.


     

Again !!!!

[Glenn R]

     I would say we have SEVEN important games coming up not TWO!!!!


 

Of course we have Seven important home games coming up. But let us deal with the first two first. Take every game as it comes. At the same time hoping that teams like Ars*nal, Chelsea and City drop points.

[spursjoolz]

Skin of the teeth win to me. We will have to do better if we want to qualify for the CL.

[RSS61]

Skin of the teeth win to me. We will have to do better if we want to qualify for the CL.

Yes indeed. Aparently AVB's instructions at half time were to go out and get the 3rd goal to kill off the game. Unfortunately Adebayor wasn't listening. Then the old old problem of defending set pieces cropped up yet again. Ridiculous really after the 1st half performance.

Our constant inability to keep a clean sheet, and the poor form of our strikers would seem to be the likeliest reason for disaster over next 7 games. Surely we must cure one of these problems ??

[Paul Finch]

   We cannot rely on other teams dropping points, we have to ensure that WE DO NOT DROP ANY, by doing that we are then the Team in the Driving Seat applying the pressure, not the reverse!!!


 

[Paul Finch]

      I think Adebayor's problem is a complete lack of confidence at the moment, you could see by the expression on his face that he is so desperate to score, if he can find the back of net I think he will start to score again, Defoe is having the same problem, he can score for England but just can't do it for us. Its just the Strikers curse. Van Persie is having the same problem, not that I give a stuff about whether he scores or not,  I don't think he has scored for about 9 games.


 

[Yiddite]

I think with Adebayor and Defoe there is an element of frustration as well
in the way they are playing and not scoring.

[RiffHard]

      I think Adebayor's problem is a complete lack of confidence at the moment, you could see by the expression on his face that he is so desperate to score, if he can find the back of net I think he will start to score again, Defoe is having the same problem, he can score for England but just can't do it for us. Its just the Strikers curse. Van Persie is having the same problem, not that I give a stuff about whether he scores or not,  I don't think he has scored for about 9 games.

He did score for Holland, though. So, pretty much the same scenario as it is with Defoe.

[spursjoolz]

It is true that we cannot rely on others to drop points, but as I cannot see us winning all our remaing games, we will have to keep our fingers crossed and hope that the Arse and Chelsea have a few bad days as well, which is not at all impossible. 

Having said that, we are 3rd and a few points ahead, albeit a game behind. It's  all in our hands, but if we play like we did against Swansea, we will be lucky to finish 5th.  I think we all dread a repeat of our dive towards the end of last season.  Fulham was one of them and Swansea was almost another.

On the sublect of Adebayor and Defoe. They are both awful atm and the longer it goes on the worse it will get.

[Paul Finch]

       Yes frustration/confidence/desperation amounts to the same thing, possibly trying too hard. The upside is they are both getting themselves into scoring positions, I think I would be more worried if they weren't, just a matter of time before they hit the back of the net, trust me it will happen sooner or later, I just hope and pray that it is sooner, they are both proven goalscorers.


 

[Paul Finch]

   Joolz
           Just try and remain positive, we are far too good a side and I feel sure that AVB and the Players do not want a repeat of last season's run in.
        POSITIVE THINKING, WE WILL FINISH TOP 4, WE WILL FINISH TOP 4. TRUST ME I AM AN ENGLISHMAN, I DO NOT TELL PORKIES.(Well not very often).