Spurs v Wigan

tippspur · 10-01-2009 12:15am #1

It looks like Bent and the Hudd will be fit for this game and with Jenas back from suspension and Defoe eligible to play Harry has a strong side to pick from on Sunday,I presume he will start Pav and Defoe up front, it will be interesting to see how that works out,I hope he gives O hara a start he showed plenty of passion against Burnley the other night.not for the first time this season the 3 points are badly needed, lets hope we get them..COYS..

Kiith · 10-01-2009 7:28am

This is a must win for us. I know Wigan are doing well, but we are in desperate need of points. I just hope to god that Defoe and Pav link up well, though it will probably take a few games before they do. O'Hara will start as well i'd say.

Gomes

Corluka-Woodgate-Dawson-Bale
Lennon-Zakora-Modric-O'Hara

Pav-Defoe

keane=cock · 10-01-2009 7:19pm

agree with your line up, prob the best available at the min.

in desperate need of points and think o hara is suited for this type game

RingoSpur · 10-01-2009 7:55pm

Looking forward to seein to defoe back with us and he has a bit of a habit of scoring on debuts. I reckon it will end 1-1

Kold · 11-01-2009 1:32pm

Gomes

Dawson---King---Woodgate
Corluka

Bale

Zokora---Modric----O'Hara

Defoe

Pavlyuchenko

Bent
Bentley
Huddlestone
Lennon
Cesar
Jenas
Campbell

That's a fairly strong bench. Interesting starting 11. See how it goes.

Kiith · 11-01-2009 1:41pm

Interesting formation. Bale does love to get forward, and having the three centre backs will keep the defense solid with himself and corluka on the attack. Actually, it now seems like King is in CM position, with modric, and corluka is playing centre back. Not really sure whats going on there.

SuprSi · 11-01-2009 1:54pm

Bright enough start. We're definitely the better team at the moment and O'Hara has already hit some nice passes. Ledley in the middle is interesting and seems to be working quite well at the moment.

SuprSi · 11-01-2009 2:11pm

I retract my previous statement. We are now crap. Good save by Gomes to keep Heskey out.

keane=cock · 11-01-2009 2:23pm

wigan look more likey to score in my view.

think a sub of lennon for zokora maybe or anyone for bale. he is having a night mare

Kold · 11-01-2009 2:23pm

Pavlyuchenko seems M.I.A. We need to be more attack minded, Lennon should add that. To many passes back and then losing possession in midfield. Awful shot from Zokora.

Kiith · 11-01-2009 2:47pm

Yup, not soo good now. Almost a howler from Gomes, and Bent has come on for a pretty disappointing Pav.

Kold · 11-01-2009 2:52pm

Thud could add that bit of strength in the middle now. We're being outmuscled at the front.

Kiith · 11-01-2009 3:22pm

Well **** that...

SuprSi · 11-01-2009 3:22pm

Hmmm. Can't say we deserved anything though, second to the ball, slower, and not as physical as Wigan.

Kold · 11-01-2009 3:26pm

The time to get something out of this was the first half hour when we were all over them. Apparently we prefer possession in our own half to actually moving forward with any intent. Would be interested to see what Appiah adds.

Bale was just outmatched by Valencia.

keane=cock · 11-01-2009 3:29pm

bale was piss poor. i always said he was good but i dont think so anymore. he is sub standard since he signed for spurs.

why was gomez not taken off. he couldnt kick the ball or move freely ffs!

tippspur · 11-01-2009 3:33pm

What a sickner...time to start worrying now i think..

Rich1691 · 11-01-2009 3:34pm

Poor loss for spurs there, Taking off Dawson for Jenas was a big mistake and it cost them the game!

Liam Byrne · 11-01-2009 4:38pm

We could make a few excuses (the combo of Dawson being taken off injured + Gomes' injury gifting them the goal) but in all honesty we simply weren't capable of breaking them down and making proper chances.

It was better than the Burnley match's 1st half, but piss-poor....

We need to make chances and stop giving the ball away so easily with stray passes.

Dublin Spur · 11-01-2009 5:08pm

Depressing game
Depressing performance
Depressing result

Leinstersqspur · 11-01-2009 5:10pm

From the sight of the team sheet I knew we were in trouble...

3 f'in centre halves plus Zakora in the middle of the park, you couldn't get further away from creative.

We put ourselves into a dogfight against Wigan and deservedly lost.....

Possibly the worst performance under HR yet, with the Fulham 4-5-1 on Stephen's Day a close second.

With the amount of talent on the bench, the midfield mess-up & the Gomes debacle there goes 90mins I could have spent a bit better...

Role on Pompey!

keane=cock · 11-01-2009 6:30pm

Leinstersqspur wrote: »

Role on Pompey!

disagree,

i am not looking forward to the portsmoth game in the slightest.

was painfull today, when the board went up for 4 mins i couldnt believe it. then they scored.....

it got worse and worse and worse and worse

keane=cock · 11-01-2009 6:46pm

Harrys response to sky sports:

http://www.skysports.com/video/clips/0,23791,12606_4780794,00.html

plus he says he is not lookiing for any more players?

Woodgate · 11-01-2009 6:53pm

Really disappointed with everything today.

Can't understand why we went for such a drastic change in formation. Was obviously not working as we had no chances and wigan still had plenty even with our "defensive" set up. Ledley looked slow and cumbersome in the middle, he played there for england once upon a time but that was when he was properly fit, not up to it now. Why sacrifice all that we have and give such respect to Wigan, that game called for 4-4-2, certainly with Lennon starting wide right and O'Hara on the left, Luka and Zokora in the middle. Bale was poor again, I hope he can come good as I thought he would make a great player before that injury last season. As for Gomes if injured as he was he should have gone off, making the 3rd substitution before we we sure on the keeper was also wrong.

All in all a depressing day.

But as a Spurs fan I'm well used to it. We'll go out and stuff Pompey next week and all will be good again.

Leinstersqspur · 11-01-2009 10:47pm

Surprised to see Harry slating the underperformers this evening?!

I would of thought he should take some of the flak himself given the crazy formation and Gomez debacle!

Nevertheless, JJ should be brought out and shot!

Think its time for the King to hang up his boots too:(

cmcsoft · 11-01-2009 10:57pm

I was surprised HR went for such a defensive formation. I don't think it suited Spurs, they should have had enough quality in the squad to take Wigan.

Hatch99 · 12-01-2009 9:39am

Fcuking crap performance. No Balls or will to win. We are right in the mix now, and going by recent performances, we will be relegated.

Gomes - Why the fcuk was he still on the pitch when he could'nt kick a ball.
Corluka - Decent
Bale - Poor. Looks like a wimp who is afraid to make tackles. A million miles from the player we thought we had signed.
Woodgate - Solid as always.
Dawson - Good, looks a different player under Harry.
King - Decent, but are we accomodating him at this stage ? Not a midfielder.
Zokora - Poor
OHara, Solid, just what you need for a tough away game.
Modric - Poor
Pav - Invisible. No service
Defoe - ran around a bit, but that was about it.

Bent - Ran around a bit but that was about it.
Lennon - Ran around a bit but that was about it.

Overall, I thought we were shi*e. Created fcuk all. Once again, going by this we will be relegated.

positivenote · 12-01-2009 9:44am

dont know how harry can blame the players solely this time. He picked a team that included 3 center halfs and ledley and zokora in the middle... what type of creativity was he expecting? simple 4-4-2 formation with lennon and o'hara on the flanks would have done it yesterday, same as 2nd half against burnley.
we are sh1t at the moment and on the current form we're in it till the last few games.... we need to be out of it by the last one of the season either way.

flyswatter · 12-01-2009 12:51pm

Poor performance, we're in real trouble if things don't pick up quickly.

spurs rooster · 12-01-2009 1:51pm

I think to be fair hr picked a team to combat a very tough inform wigan side. He picked the team to keep heskey and zaki quiet. worked to a point . I think our failing was 2 or 3 players didnt step up to the make to put in a battling performance. bale, zakora and modric. because of this our forwards only got scraps. Hr will sort this problem out you can be rest assured. No need to panic yet. good result against pompey will go along way to getting us up that bloody table. going over to it also. roll on.

BOLT · 12-01-2009 8:53pm

spurs rooster wrote: »

I think to be fair hr picked a team to combat a very tough inform wigan side. He picked the team to keep heskey and zaki quiet. worked to a point . I think our failing was 2 or 3 players didnt step up to the make to put in a battling performance. bale, zakora and modric. because of this our forwards only got scraps. Hr will sort this problem out you can be rest assured. No need to panic yet. good result against pompey will go along way to getting us up that bloody table. going over to it also. roll on.

Given that we were facing, in your own words, 'a very tough, in-form Wigan side', why was Huddlestone (Built like a brick ****house) on the bench and Modric on the field????

Strange selection in my view (though could have been worse, he could have put Bentley out as well......) :mad:

BOLT · 12-01-2009 8:57pm

Waits for 'Huddlestone's not mobile enough' posts....Ho hum...

tippspur · 12-01-2009 9:52pm

Several times we have had games in which a win would have lifted us a good few places up the table and every time we have failed to do it, the Wigan game was another chance to move up if we won but we couldn't do it, if we keep losing games and some of the other teams go on a good run we could find ourselves stranded with no way out and i cant see the likes of JJ,Defoe,Bentley etc digging us out...:mad:

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