Tottenham V Liverpool-4pm Sunday November 28th

larry1

Heading over to this one (unless the predicted Snow affects travel:()

Will we see VDV & JD together?

Line up/score predictions?

COYS

keane=cock

fancy us to nick this by the odd goal in 3(thats 2-1:) )

usual sspects at the back.

gomes
hutton, kaboul, gallas, BAE
lennon, modric, palacios, bale
VDV crouch.

yidweiser

Looking forward to this one. I don't think Roy is though!
Modders played brilliant last night and Aaron set up 2 goals.
I think as the game drew on, he got more confident and played like he can.
Least we forget, Lennon was class last year.
As Harry said after the City home game last year, "I said to them to just give him the ball!"
It was great to see us get a clean sheet as well.
I know the opposition weren't great but Gallas and Kaboul looked sharp.
I hope we can push on from last week's heroics.
I'm going for 4 nil Spurs.
Jermaine Defoe.......he's a yiddo:D
Have a goodun Larry and all those heading over.

SuprSi

Yeah it was really good to see Lennon threaten so much, and for him to be well fed by some great passes by Hutton. More of the same please. If he plays that way it makes us very difficult to live with because you're obviously going to double-mark Bale, but what about Lennon and VDV?

I'm hoping we win. I said in another thread that there's no point in beating Arsenal away only to not beat Liverpool at home. A good, up-for-it performance with a couple of goals and a clean sheet, send them home empty handed again.

ziedth

I would do ANYTHING to see us maul them, im not feeling it but sure will I'm gonna say a 4-1 win. Defoe with 3 and VDV with the other.

Kiith

Nice and optimisitc there ziedth...i like it

I'm (obviously) hoping for a win, and a comfortable one at that. All we need to do is contain Gerard and Torres, and we should do fine. Need to be solid at the back though, as Torres has been dangerous lately.

kakee

contain Gerard and Torres

Gerard is out injured at the moment. We need to contain Maxi and Kuyt

2nd Row Donkey

WB offered no attacking threat what so ever mid week, I expect Torres to be more of a handful. As usual it will be a case of who scores the most. 3-2 or 4-2 to Spurs!

Hatch99

Could be a start for JD by the looks of it...

Harry Redknapp rates Rafa van der Vaart's chances as '50-50, at best' to face Liverpool on Sunday.

The Dutch playmaker picked up an injury just above his anke in Saturday's 3-2 win against Arsenal and that ruled him out of Wednesday's Champions League victory over Werder Bremen.

Jermaine Jenas is Harry's other main doubt after limping off early against Werder Bremen with a calf problem.


"Rafa's chances are 50-50, at best," reported Harry on Friday morning (November 26).

"He's not going to train with us today, so tomorow is really the last chance for him to be fit.

"We did okay though on Wednesday night, played with two strikers and always looked dangerous.

"Jermain Defoe is also getting fit and he will be involved again. If Rafa's fit, great, but he's doubtful.

"JJ has a tight calf and he's going for a scan today. We're all hoping it's not a tear, we'll have to wait and see on that one."

Good news sees Michael Dawson return to full training with the first team this morning.


Ledley King (groin) remains out alongside longer-term injuries Jonathan Woodgate (groin) and Jamie O'Hara (back).

ziedth

Great to see Dawson back,

Any idea how long Ledley will be out?

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

ziedth wrote: »

Great to see Dawson back,

Any idea how long Ledley will be out?

He's going to see a specialist now in Denmark to see whether surgery or conditioning is the best course of action. I'd say it'll be another month if he's lucky.

Hatch99

As I have said before, we are better off forgetting about Ledley and building without him. As good as he is , we cannot rely on him.

Mr. Guappa

Hatch99 wrote: »

As I have said before, we are better off forgetting about Ledley and building without him. As good as he is , we cannot rely on him.

He should be considered no more than 4th choice IMO. If he is available when someone else is injured then great but we should not be relying on him to be a star performer once a week. Ideally I'd like a new CB to partner Dawson with Kaboul 3rd choice and Ledley to fill in if required.

As for the Liverpool game: I'm not convinced that Lennon and Bale should be the widemen in a 4-4-2 or a 4-4-1-1; they both hug the touchline leaving us looking very open through the centre of midfield. If you look back to the start of last season we had Lennon RM and Modric/Kranjcar on the left but tucking and making us more compact through the middle. Lennon's injury coincided with Bale's intorduction to the team and we usually had Bentley or sometimes Modric on the right playing a lot narrower than Lennon does. We can get away with Lennon and Bale together against weaker opposition, but against stronger teams I think it's a huge risk to leave ourselves so light in the centre.

Bodie Doyle

Really looking forward to this one. As Spurs fans in Ireland we are outnumbered by the masses supporting Man u and Liverpool over here. It always give me great pleassure when we beat either (doesn't happen very often i admit but it is sweet when it does). We are playing great stuff at the moment and I cannot see anything other than a home win on Sunday.
Keep Torres quiet and we should win.


Great times to be a Spurs supporter going into a game against Liverpool with so much optimism.

Hearvee

Info for anyone going to the match, there's a tube strike planned starting 7pm on Sunday, November 28 and ending at 7pm on Monday, November 29
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/

I am writing to let you know that the RMT and TSSA unions have called a Tube strike. If the strike goes ahead, there is likely to be disruption to Tube services from the evening of Sunday 28 November and throughout Monday 29 November.

We expect London Overground, DLR and Tramlink to run as normal, but they may be busier than usual. In addition, extra Bus and River services will be in operation. Cycling or walking may also be practical options for many.

We will keep as many stations open as possible and will run as many trains as we safely can, so please check local news and travel reports.

For information before the planned strike, outlining the services we intend to run and stations that we expect to be closed, or for live travel news during the strike, please visit tfl.gov.uk

Thankfully I'll just be using the overground rail for this one!

Hatch99

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

As for the Liverpool game: I'm not convinced that Lennon and Bale should be the widemen in a 4-4-2 or a 4-4-1-1; they both hug the touchline leaving us looking very open through the centre of midfield. If you look back to the start of last season we had Lennon RM and Modric/Kranjcar on the left but tucking and making us more compact through the middle. Lennon's injury coincided with Bale's intorduction to the team and we usually had Bentley or sometimes Modric on the right playing a lot narrower than Lennon does. We can get away with Lennon and Bale together against weaker opposition, but against stronger teams I think it's a huge risk to leave ourselves so light in the centre.

Liverpool dont worry me in the middle of the park, they dont exactly have someone who could control the game in there. Torres for me is the obvious danger.

tippspur

If Wilson P can play as well as he did against Bremen on W ednesday night he'll do well for us against Liverpool.

everdead.ie

Winning tomorrow would make this a really good game week

SuprSi

Yeah it would bring us nicely closer to the top few. Stoke taking two points from City means we really need to use the game tomorrow as an opportunity to catch up with them.

markesmith

500th post (woo-hoo!) Never been as confident going into a match against the 'Pool!

Kold

Beating Arsenal, Bremen and Liverpool on the trot would be quite an achievement. Hope it happens.

PogMoThoin

Any word on the team selection? Is VDV gonna play?

everdead.ie

This is meant to be Liverpools team
Reina;
Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Konchesky;
Kuyt, Lucas, Meireles, Maxi;

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Ngog, Torres

everdead.ie

TEAM NEWS FLASH - Rafa fit and starts. JJ out, Wilson starts. JD on bench. Line-ups soon...

everdead.ie

TEAM - Gomes; Hutton, Gallas, Kaboul, Assou-Ekotto; Lennon, Palacios, Modric, Bale; Van der Vaart; Crouch.

Kiith

Palacios really needs to sort out his short game.

everdead.ie

Terrible first half 1 down we need Harry to light a rocket under us doesn't help to Loose VDV and Kaboul so early either palacios is killing our play

Kold

Would like Sandro on for Wilson but Arry will save the last sub to bring Pav on for Crouch.

Wilson is so out of sorts. BAE has slipped up a few times too.

-gilly-09-

Been terrible so far, if palas can wake up we should control midfield.

keane=cock

some of our passing has been terrible today.

nothing falling our way in the box(either end!)

need a bit of magic.

COME ON YOU SPURS.

keane=cock

at what stage does someone say to f@ckin defoe. get away from penos. u cant take them!

fu@k

Kiith

Get in there!

ziedth

Get in!!!!!!

keane=cock

theres the magic. super run modders

Gamesnash.ie: Pat

ziedth

that is all

Kiith

Lennon you beauty!! 2-1, 92nd minute!

Kold

Modric and Lennon back on form. That is good f*cking news.

ziedth

Big big win,

Fact that we were shocking at times makes it all the more sweet.

BERBA

super super win , great week for us

Everything In Its Right Place

lennon legend

everdead.ie

Great week in the end up to fifth if Defoe had been on form he could of had 3 then again If Torres and Maxi had been on form it could of been any score.

yidweiser

Ya boya Aaron
He's back!
Hard game and I think if Torres could finish like he can, it would have been an entirely different result.
Apart from Torres and Rodriguez Pool don't seem to have any finishers.
Well happy with those 3pts.
Bassong did well.

keane=cock

smashing comeback. great game. my nerves were shockin near the end ther. made a few quid outta it too:)

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

keane=cock wrote: »

at what stage does someone say to f@ckin defoe. get away from penos. u cant take them!

fu@k

Missed five of his last six.......................:eek::mad::(:mad::mad::mad:

everdead.ie

Must say special props to Modric for the first goal because that was top top class made Liverpool look like amatures

Antisocialiser

1 point behind city

Also Charlton or Luton at WHL in the FA cup

To top off a bad day for Liverpool they got United at Old Trafford :P

tippspur

THFC wrote: »

Missed five of his last six.......................:eek::mad::(:mad::mad::mad:

That's shocking.

tippspur

What a week,Modders and Lennon were class,Bassong did great when he came in.Liverpool had the chances to finish us off early on and paid the price for not taking them.

tipperaryjim

I've always thought that it's a sign of a good team when you play very below par for most of the game, yet still scrape a good result. Look at United doing it week in, week out

Absolultely delighted with the scoreline - over the moon for Lennon, hopefully this will be the right shot of confidence he needs to bring him back to full flying form

YID ARMY!

mayospur

keane=cock wrote: »

fancy us to nick this by the odd goal in 3(thats 2-1:) )

usual sspects at the back.

gomes
hutton, kaboul, gallas, BAE
lennon, modric, palacios, bale
VDV crouch..........................what a great week!