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everdead.ie

Hey Guys I know it's early but I'm already anticipating a great game and I'm hoping we get off to a great start I'm also wondering how are we going to line up?

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Gomes
Kaboul--Dawson--King--BAE
Gio---Huddlestone--Modric--Bale

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Keane--Crouch/Pav

I went for Gio on the right because Lennon has a strain and might not be back and Defoe is the same I reckon hee'll start crouch as Harry loves he guy and Palacios didn't impress against Fiorentina so I'm hoping Modric will act as our second Midfielder I think it's a pretty nice line up

SuprSi

That's a very attacking line-up - I like it! I hope Keane starts as he deserves a chance considering his pre-season form. Him and Pav would be my ideal front pair. Our defence is really going to have to buck up because City will be very fired up for this one.

everdead.ie

SuprSi wrote: »

That's a very attacking line-up - I like it! I hope Keane starts as he deserves a chance considering his pre-season form. Him and Pav would be my ideal front pair. Our defence is really going to have to buck up because City will be very fired up for this one.

Gio has really impressed me with his tracking back and Modric showed last season he can play cm now I think it'd be great

mickman

SuprSi wrote: »

That's a very attacking line-up - I like it! I hope Keane starts as he deserves a chance considering his pre-season form. Him and Pav would be my ideal front pair. Our defence is really going to have to buck up because City will be very fired up for this one.

keane most likely wont be at spurs by the start of the season .

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gomes

corluka --- dawson ---- bassong ---- bale

lennon ---- hudd

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wilson

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modric

crouch --- defoe

WHL

With Defoe doubtful and the form that Keane is in, I would hold him at least until Defoe is fit and well. Gio is worth a start instead of Lennon as well

mickman

mickman wrote: »

keane most likely wont be at spurs by the start of the season .

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gomes

corluka --- dawson ---- bassong ---- bale

lennon ---- hudd

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wilson

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modric

crouch --- defoe

my post looks foolish now, apparently he is staying now. we wont know anything until season kicks off and prob 1st sept

mickman

will gio start on sat?

SuprSi

I hope so. He's been in great form and if he's to show us what he's capable of there's no better chance than this.

mickman

with his luck he will prob get injured in tomorrow nights international

Saab Ed

mickman wrote: »

will gio start on sat?

Doubt it . He's far to light for the PL. Probably worth a fortune to sell to the Spanish or to Italy but I dont think he'll ever cut it in England. Shame because there's no doubt about the talent.

As regards my line up - this is what I'd like to see

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Gomes

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Cor

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Dawson ---Bass

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Bale

Lennon ----Wilson ---Thud ---Modric

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Young

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Defoe

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Bench : Cud, King , Kranj , Sandro, Bellamy , Keane , Crouchy.

daveman16

Don't get me wrong I am a big fan of Gio but I think we need Palacios on Saturday. We need a hard tackling ball winner against Man City's creative mid field. He might not have impressed in his last game, but he has on countless other occasions.

Stedub

i would be worried about boetang getting at cor... so how about

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Gomes

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Cor

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Dawson ---King

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BAE

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Wilson

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Thud

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Lennon

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Modric

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Bale

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Pav

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everdead.ie

Is Bale going to be fit come Saturday?

whitey21

Saab Ed wrote: »

Doubt it . He's far to light for the PL. Probably worth a fortune to sell to the Spanish or to Italy but I dont think he'll ever cut it in England. Shame because there's no doubt about the talent.

As regards my line up - this is what I'd like to see

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Gomes

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Cor

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Dawson ---Bass

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Bale

Lennon ----Wilson ---Thud ---Modric

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Young

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Defoe

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Bench : Cud, King , Kranj , Sandro, Bellamy , Keane , Crouchy.

Far too light for the PL???? I seem to remember people saying that about modric, now he's almost 1st on the team sheet

ziedth

Gomes
Corluka
King
Dawson
Bale
Lennon
Pal
Hudd
Luka
Robbie/Defoe
Crouch

I can't see it changing much more then that, I'd love to see to see robbie prove everyone wrong and come out swinging for the fence and grab a couple.

Great to see it back.

Mosiki

Think Kaboul might play a larger part this season. Obv, they need to use the squad more selectively with champions league on the horizon (fingers crossed).

therecklessone

everdead.ie wrote: »

Is Bale going to be fit come Saturday?

Unlikely I would say.

Saturday will be warm and wet chaps:

everdead.ie

therecklessone wrote: »

Unlikely I would say.

Saturday will be warm and wet chaps:

BBC have Bale in but Pav out for the Match meaning Crouch will start although I'd love to see a top two of Gio and Keane

mickman

why not defoe?

everdead.ie

mickman wrote: »

why not defoe?

Calf strain I think

KingdomYid

therecklessone wrote: »

Unlikely I would say.

Saturday will be warm and wet chaps:

The worst kind of weather Ronan, too warm for the coat but then will get soaked What time you landing in the morning?

therecklessone

I'm on the 8:10 out of Dublin Donal, want to check into my hotel then make my way to the Coach and Horses for about 11.

everdead.ie

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Gomes;
Corluka, King, Dawson, Assou-Ekotto;
Lennon, Huddlestone, Modric, Bale;

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Crouch, Defoe.
SUBS - Cudicini, Bassong, Kaboul, Giovani, Palacios, Keane, Pavlyuchenko.

Gio on the bench

Hart
Richards, Kolo, Kompany, Kolarov
De Jong, Barry, Yaya SWP
Silva
Tevez

Subs
Given
Zabaleta
Lescott
Vieira
Johnson
Jo,
Adebayor

mickman

thats one hell of a bench for us

mickman

i look at both teams and we just a lot more balanced. we should win but then again everyone is tipping us to win , thats never good

niko not even in the squad!

frag420

hey,

Someone help, slept through alarm and missed lift into town to watch game!!

Anyone know where to watch it on the tinterweb per chance?

coys

frAg

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

Given not playing for City :eek: God I hope that backfires on city

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Very defensive formation by Mancini - 3 holding midfielders! Perhaps he's trying to pull off a José Mourinho and hit us on the counter-attack. I presume he's playing a 4-3-3...

everdead.ie

frag420 wrote: »

hey,

Someone help, slept through alarm and missed lift into town to watch game!!

Anyone know where to watch it on the tinterweb per chance?

coys

frAg

Did you find a stream?

T-b0n3

Spurs are playing amazing. Bale should probably have a goal and an assist already. What a player. The work rate all around has been great too, Defoe and Crouch even getting back and working hard.

Great display. We defo deserve to be winning though.

COYS

Kold

Gamesnash.ie (Pat) wrote: »

Given not playing for City :eek: God I hope that backfires on city

Unfortunately not. Hart is playing out of his skin to keep the ball out. We are looking twice the team though. Looks like some atmosphere inside the Lane. Hopefully once we get one in, they'll be completely opened up. They don't deserve anything judging by their first half.

Absolutely cracking efforts from Hudd, BAE and Defoe.

ziedth

It's great to see,

A part of me thought we wouldn't be out of the blocks till December.

Hopefully we can burry them now.

frag420

everdead.ie wrote: »

Did you find a stream?

yeah i did thanx.

great first half eh. hard reminding me of some of gomez's performances from last season!!

heres to a winning second half

COYS

frAg

T-b0n3

Absolutely gutted we didn't get the 3 points. We certainly deserved them. :mad::mad:

everdead.ie

Dissapointed 2 points dropped although it was a great performance

mickman

everdead.ie wrote: »

Dissapointed 2 points dropped although it was a great performance

wudnt say it was a great performance. we were great in patches but just good overall. luca was totaly off form today whatever happened him.

im happy with a point after opening day against one of the contenders. we NEED players though, some extra bodies i.e. bellamy, richards etc

T-b0n3

mickman wrote: »

wudnt say it was a great performance. we were great in patches but just good overall. luca was totaly off form today whatever happened him.

im happy with a point after opening day against one of the contenders. we NEED players though, some extra bodies i.e. bellamy, richards etc

I thought Modric did well today. And I thought it was a great performance overall (bar not scoring). Just one of those games. We created plenty of chances and should of had at least two.

mickman

modric made a few good interceptions but that was it, his passes were all over the shop. attempts at shots were the usual weak efforts

Kold

I wanted Gio to come on for Modric rather than Lennon alright.

ziedth

I'm gutted too but I'll take it TBH, shows everyone what we're about.

yiddo59

Enjoyable game (if you were a neutral ) Modric faded badly and was lucky not to have been replaced. Our lack of a top drawer fox in the box finisher told against us today. We won;t achieve our full potential unless we sort that out.

tippspur

T-b0n3 wrote: »

I thought Modric did well today. And I thought it was a great performance overall (bar not scoring). Just one of those games. We created plenty of chances and should of had at least two.

I thought Modric done ok he was prob a bit tired after his international game during the week,we def let City off the hook today but I am very happy with the performance by Spurs with a bit of luck we could have won 3 or 4 nil,it gives me great hope for the coming games..COYS...:)

ruiseal

yiddo59 wrote: »

Enjoyable game (if you were a neutral ) Modric faded badly and was lucky not to have been replaced. Our lack of a top drawer fox in the box finisher told against us today. We won;t achieve our full potential unless we sort that out.[/QUOTE]

Sums up the day's performance.

everdead.ie

Realistically who is their? Who would you get in to be our "fox in the box"?

Kold

In fairness, it was just freakish that Hudd and BAE's volleys were stopped, nothing wrong with Defoe's swivel shot either.

everdead.ie

Kold wrote: »

In fairness, it was just freakish that Hudd and BAE's volleys were stopped, nothing wrong with Defoe's swivel shot either.

Wift of Hull and Wolves game last season tbh

yiddo59

everdead.ie wrote: »

Realistically who is their? Who would you get in to be our "fox in the box"?

Dunno but I'm Arry does if Levy would just loosen the pursestrings. The 4 strikers we have aren't bad players but theyre a notch down from the very top drawer.
If we get over Young Boys I'd expect to see some qUlity coming in upfront.

everdead.ie

Stoke away next that's going to be a really difficult game hopefully we can take the three points

Rahl

I thought we played well today, pity we didn't manage to put away one of those chances. But in fairness Hart played a storm.

I wonder if Pav will start ahead of Crouch next game?

yiddo59

Rahl wrote: »

I thought we played well today, pity we didn't manage to put away one of those chances. But in fairness Hart played a storm.

I wonder if Pav will start ahead of Crouch next game?

don't think Pav did enough to justify starting next game.

keane=cock

everdead.ie wrote: »

Wift of Hull and Wolves game last season tbh

i was at that match. changed from the 9-1 wigan match for a boring nil all!!:eek: