Spurs v Man City 16th December

yiddo

Arry to get things back on track with a 2-1 win.

mickman

im not confident to be honest. 0-0

SuprSi

The importance of a result in this game cannot be emphasised enough. We're at home, where we've a pretty crappy record this season, against one of our direct competitors for the top 4, who are not getting results away from home.

We're evenly matched, playing against a team that will try to play football, and who will undoubtedly score as Adebayor always scores (unless he's injured) against us.

I'm thinking 2 - 2, which is not good enough as we badly need the win now.

mickman

id go with crouch up front for this one. keane was crap on saturday , again!

thought hudd was bad too, id play jenas but he didnt even make the bench on sat. bentley and pav not on bench either.

our confidence will be down a bit over sat i reckon .

StillRickyVilla

Nothing short of a win will do for me.

I have stuck by the players when a lot of posters have been moaning about the attitude and focus of the players. But now i'm starting to think they were right. We have thrown things away the last few games which is so frustrating. We have slid from a position of strength to now needing wins just to stay in the mix.

A win and we can all say that Wolves was the kick up the back-side they needed and lets push on and not let it happen again. We would be back in the mix and HOPEFULLY the win would give them the confidence to have a great Xmas programme.

A loss and apart from being behind them played a game more, I honestly think that Man City will just get stronger and stronger as the season goes on which we just won't be able to cope with, ability-wise or physcologically. We would probably also drop behind Villa and Liverpool. The Top3 are obviously nailed on.

keane=cock

would be happy with a draw after the scod half performance ateverton and saturdays performance against wolves. think we should win but id settle for the one point to be honest.

here is hoping im wrong.

ill still be watching!

ohnoigotsick

anyone care to guess the starting XI

gomes

charlie dawson bassong benny
lennon wilson modric krancjar
crouch defoe

mickman

same as sat id say. i want modric to start but i dont think harry will start him

John W

yiddo wrote: »

Arry to get things back on track with a 2-1 win.

mickman wrote: »

im not confident to be honest. 0-0

SuprSi wrote: »

The importance of a result in this game cannot be emphasised enough. We're at home, where we've a pretty crappy record this season, against one of our direct competitors for the top 4, who are not getting results away from home.

We're evenly matched, playing against a team that will try to play football, and who will undoubtedly score as Adebayor always scores (unless he's injured) against us.

I'm thinking 2 - 2, which is not good enough as we badly need the win now.

All of these predictions are delusional - ARSEnal put 3 past us, Chelsea put 3 past us, Man U put three past us - man City can score goals, and against our makeshift defence they will Tevez, Robbinio and Adabyyor will turn poor old Dawson, Corluka and Bassong inside out.

Our only hopw would have been to score more, but if you hadn't noticed our strikers have unfortunatly gone off the boil.

1-3 Citeh

StillRickyVilla

John W wrote: »

All of these predictions are delusional - ARSEnal put 3 past us, Chelsea put 3 past us, Man U put three past us - man City can score goals, and against our makeshift defence they will Tevez, Robbinio and Adabyyor will turn poor old Dawson, Corluka and Bassong inside out.

Our only hopw would have been to score more, but if you hadn't noticed our strikers have unfortunatly gone off the boil.

1-3 Citeh

If your right (and you very well could be), there will be no way back for Spurs this season. I just wouldn't see our team recovering and maintaining a CL challenge.

This game is pivotal for me. You never know with Spurs they may surprise us!

StillRickyVilla

mickman wrote: »

id go with crouch up front for this one. keane was crap on saturday , again!

thought hudd was bad too, id play jenas but he didnt even make the bench on sat. bentley and pav not on bench either.

our confidence will be down a bit over sat i reckon .

I don't know whats happened but most players seem to have lost focus and form - and you have start to question Harry, its his responsibility. Upfront Keane is off-form, Crouch i've never rated to be more than a 7ft bean-pole with a below average scoring record, even Defoe looked out of sorts on Saturday. Midfield, I am sick of Jenas and Hudd, all potential but they just don't want it enough, JJ is obviously happier spending his millions on cars and nightclubs than fulfilling his potential. Even Wilson hasn't been on form. Defensively, I don't know whats happened to BAE and Bassong. Dawson is a great defender individually, but doesn't organise the back-four like Leds and Woody does. And the rest of them (Bale, Bentely, Pav etc) aren't even trying hard enough in training to get on the bench!).

I don't really care who plays on Wednesday. I'm hoping for a rousing and sudden return to form for the players. Something like a performance we started the season with. Anything less, and it really does confirm we are on the slide.

Hatch99

yiddo wrote: »

Arry to get things back on track with a 2-1 win.

I pray to the man upstairs that you are bang on.

yiddo

Hatch99 wrote: »

I pray to the man upstairs that you are bang on.

so do I. heading over Wednesday morning

Hatch99

yiddo wrote: »

so do I. heading over Wednesday morning

Super stuff sir, enjoy and have a beer for me

And bring back 3 pts.

RichMc70

Hatch99 wrote: »

And bring back 3 pts.

Was that 3 points or 3 pints you're looking for Hatch .

Anyway what with Man City being the current draw specialists, I can't see anything else other than a draw, so I'm going for 3-3.

John W

RichMc70 wrote: »

Was that 3 points or 3 pints you're looking for Hatch .

Anyway what with Man City being the current draw specialists, I can't see anything else other than a draw, so I'm going for 3-3.

That would be about the best outcome I could see - and our strikers would have to get back on form (don't see it) But this score at least is a maybe!

This is not a game to sit at home comfortably on the couch, could be tense, sad, disappointing, or even down right miserable - If you have a small dog, I would keep it out of the way;)

ruiseal

John W wrote: »

If you have a small dog, I would keep it out of the way;)

:D:D

SuprSi

John W wrote: »

If you have a small dog, I would keep it out of the way;)

Is that speaking from experience John!!

mickman

not good

"Luka came on for the final half-hour on Saturday. "He couldn't train on Monday because he was so sore," explained Harry. "He's not quite ready for a start. He's trained hard but there is nothing like playing matches and the game took its toll.""

mickman

jenas has food poisining so thats why he wasnt on the bench sat.

looks like same team as saturday with crouch up front instead of keane id say

DOC09UNAM

mickman wrote: »

not good

"Luka came on for the final half-hour on Saturday. "He couldn't train on Monday because he was so sore," explained Harry. "He's not quite ready for a start. He's trained hard but there is nothing like playing matches and the game took its toll.""

I dunno, it shows that he's desperate to get back playing, I think spurs hit the jackpot with him.

mickman

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

I dunno, it shows that he's desperate to get back playing, I think spurs hit the jackpot with him.

dont know what you mean here. im saying its bad news cos he was very sore after the 30 mins so he wont be back to 100% until well after xmas

DOC09UNAM

mickman wrote: »

dont know what you mean here. im saying its bad news cos he was very sore after the 30 mins so he wont be back to 100% until well after xmas

I doubt it, i think they'll try give him another 10-20 mins tonight and see how he goes... if not I'd say at the weekend, I reckon he'll be back around boxing day, maybe new years.

mickman

s right philips is out though and so is bellamy

DOC09UNAM

mickman wrote: »

s right philips is out though and so is bellamy

SWP is out??

Sh1t, that's not good for my FF team .

I'd like to see Spurs beat city too

BERBA

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

I doubt it, i think they'll try give him another 10-20 mins tonight and see how he goes... if not I'd say at the weekend, I reckon he'll be back around boxing day, maybe new years.

No chance of Modric getting 10-20 mins tonight...he might get that tomorrow night though

tippspur

Villa win again tonight,Birmingham level on points with us after there win also.Tomorrow nights game is looking more crucial than ever.

Hatch99

tippspur wrote: »

Villa win again tonight,Birmingham level on points with us after there win also.Tomorrow nights game is looking more crucial than ever.

You got there ahead of me, bang on. Massive game, 3pts needed to keep us in the mix.

mickman

villa are getting stronger. we are getting weaker

they have beaten chelsea, the pool and united. two of them away. they have arsenal away next weekend. if they get a result there then they are top 4 material

ohnoigotsick

mickman wrote: »

villa are getting stronger. we are getting weaker

they have beaten chelsea, the pool and united. two of them away. they have arsenal away next weekend. if they get a result there then they are top 4 material

while they are on a good run i dont think they are getting stronger - they tend to play on the counter attack and while that will suit against the likes on chelsea and united , how will they fare against the stoke and other teams who tend to sit back.

with talk of a few players leaving in january - we'll see how they get on in the new year

John W

SuprSi wrote: »

Is that speaking from experience John!!

Lets just say I used to have 2 dogs, now I have One:eek:

John W

mickman wrote: »

s right philips is out though and so is bellamy

Unfortunately De-Jong is back - so there MF up against our (lacklustre lads) is Barry, Ireland, De-Jong! Not good.............considering they couldn't break down Wolves........

el diablo

Spurs have beaten City in 9 of the last 10 meeting as far as I know but I reckon 2-3 tonight. Glad Bellamy is not fit but Adebayor always scores against us.

mickman

im going for 6-1 to spurs 2nite @ 150-1

el diablo

mickman wrote: »

im going for 6-1 to spurs 2nite @ 150-1

bookie's best friend. ^

(Hope you're joking)

keane=cock

team news

STARTING XI - Gomes; Corluka, Bassong, Dawson, Assou-Ekotto; Lennon, Huddlestone, Palacios, Kranjcar; Crouch, Defoe. SUBSTITUTES - Alnwick, Bale, Hutton, Jenas, Modric, Keane, Pavlyuchenko.

ohnoigotsick

Come on you spurs

tippspur

Krancjcar unlucky with that shot.

tippspur

Yesssss !!

tippspur

2-0 great stuff !!!:)

Kiith

Get in there Defoe!

Kiith

Krancjar!!

3 - 0

keane=cock

super result. great performance, never looked in trouble. great response from the lads. never was confident before this game. super result.


come on you spurs

tippspur

Great display tonight when it was badly needed,I thought Daws and Bassong were very good at the back, Ekkoto had his best game for a while,Happy man tonight....COYS

Mullo76

great performance and good win. keeps us up there. Back 4 looked good. Wilson needs to go back to passing school, never seen so many misplaced passes.

And at least John W dog survived this one..

keane=cock

by the way was niko Kranjcar the best buy of the seaso for 2.5 mill???

Hatch99

yiddo wrote: »

so do I. heading over Wednesday morning

He was listening to me alrite, top man is that bloke upstairs

el diablo

Great performance and result and goals. I'm pleasantly surprised as I was a bit pessimistic after Saturday's disaster.

tippspur

John W wrote: »

All of these predictions are delusional - ARSEnal put 3 past us, Chelsea put 3 past us, Man U put three past us - man City can score goals, and against our makeshift defence they will Tevez, Robbinio and Adabyyor will turn poor old Dawson, Corluka and Bassong inside out.

Our only hopw would have been to score more, but if you hadn't noticed our strikers have unfortunatly gone off the boil.

1-3 Citeh

Is your faith restored after tonight's result John

Hatch99

Mullo76 wrote: »

great performance and good win. keeps us up there. Back 4 looked good. Wilson needs to go back to passing school, never seen so many misplaced passes.

Ye hit the nail on the head Mark.

RichMc70

Delighted with the result and performance tonight.

Tbh I was pessimistic going into the game this evening but fair play, the lads put in a all round good effort and got a well deserved win.

Man of the Match: Niko Kranjcar
Moan of the Match: How many shots did Hudd have and never hit the target once ?

Let's hope we can keep this up.

coys