Birmingham

everdead.ie

I know this is early but just been looking it up and if we win away at Birmingham(big ask) we will go ahead of the points total we had this time last year which in reality would be a pretty big milestone considering our bad start to the season.
I think we will have to play 4-4-2 with VDV out but I thought Defoe's touch was awful on Sunday he's obviously not back on form but it's a shame we have to throw him in the deep end.

Seb to come in for Kaboul(who has been great for us) and Defoe for VDV nothing else will change imo great that we have a week off hopefully now we can spend a day practising penalty's because we have been lucky so far this year we haven't lost any points due to them some tough games coming up though so three points would be epic.

Mr. Guappa

Birmingham have a big derby against Villa in the Carling Cup QF on Wednesday night which should give us a slight advantage as they will be preoccupied with that match until Thursday.

I'd agree that Bassong and Defoe should be the only changes from the Liverpool game. Ideally I'd like to replace Palacios as well but I don't think Sandro is a better option at this stage. Hopefully Wilson comes good with a run of games in the team.

ziedth

I'd love to see Wilson come back with a bang but he does seem to be the weak link lately.

I think this could be a tough game but given our run you'd hope maybe we could do them.

SuprSi

Well it's looking like we may have two form wingers for the first time in ages. Bale is obviously on form and will have had a good rest this week, and Lennon seems to be as effective as he's ever been, and nothing scares an opposing team more than pace on the wings, allied with good delivery.

If the two wingers can play well, and we get a good game out of Modric and either Defoe or Crouch, we should really be able to win this. It's also a good chance for Bassong to stamp his name on the first team and playing alongside Gallas, with his experience, should help. Having said that, I firmly believe his has some sort of draw written all over it

SuprSi

I'd just like to add that we need to stop conceeding the first goal. While it's great to come back and beat a team from behind, we won't be able to do it all the time and we need to start winning without having been behind at all.

ziedth

^ very good point. It's good to be known as a team that can comeback but you certainly don't want to be relying on it.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Dawson back in the squad according to SpursOnSide

keane=cock

THFC wrote: »

Dawson back in the squad according to SpursOnSide

great news

Hatch99

I have a strange sneaky feeling we might catch Brum on the hop after there good result the other night and beat them.

Antisocialiser

Im going to say 2-0

-gilly-09-

Tough game but Birm are not as water tight defensively as they were last year. Hopefully we can try keep a clean sheet against a side that don't score many goals. here hoping anyway:D

yidweiser

2-1 to Spurs

Weekend accum:

Spurs away win.
Chelsea home win.
Stoke away win.
West Ham away win.
Blackburn draw.
Villa away win.

I'll be picking the keys up for the bookies if it comes in!

Hootanany

Hope you are wrong:D

galinka

yidweiser wrote: »

2-1 to Spurs

Weekend accum:

Spurs away win.
Chelsea home win.
Stoke away win.
West Ham away win.
Blackburn draw.
Villa away win.

I'll be picking the keys up for the bookies if it comes in!

You can throw in that Utd will not beat Blackpool - well at least not on Saturday!

ruiseal

galinka wrote: »

You can throw in that Utd will not beat Blackpool - well at least not on Saturday!

Good call there!

everdead.ie

Gomes
Hutton Gallas Seb BAE
Lennon palacios modric Bale

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Defoe crouch

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davycc

any stream?

this is a must win game for us the way the "big 4" are dropping points:D

Mr. Guappa

everdead.ie wrote: »

Gomes
Hutton Gallas Seb BAE
Lennon palacios modric Bale

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Defoe crouch

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As expected really.

Bench is Corluka, Dawson, Sandro, Kranjcar, Pavlyuchenko, Cudicini & Pletikosa!!

Great to have Daws back.

fabvinny

2 keepers on the bench?? what the hell is goin on?? cudicini and pletiklosa named as subs!!! are we down to the bare bones of our 25 man squad??

2-1 to spurs.

SuprSi

We're a little early so I can't tell if this is a real stream, but it might work;

http://www.atdhe.net/29832/watch-birmingham-vs-tottenham

mayospur

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

Birmingham have a big derby against Villa in the Carling Cup QF on Wednesday night which should give us a slight advantage as they will be preoccupied with that match until Thursday.

I'd agree that Bassong and Defoe should be the only changes from the Liverpool game. Ideally I'd like to replace Palacios as well but I don't think Sandro is a better option at this stage. Hopefully Wilson comes good with a run of games in the team.

is the game online anywhere?

ziedth

2 keepers? Madness IMHO, surely some young fella could go on the bench and give him a bit of experience just being there like.

SuprSi

SuprSi wrote: »

We're a little early so I can't tell if this is a real stream, but it might work;

http://www.atdhe.net/29832/watch-birmingham-vs-tottenham

This one is in English

SuprSi

Good play up front though Defoe is still rusty.

SuprSi

Get in there Bassong!!

davycc

1 nil bassong

SuprSi

We're all over them at the moment. Need to get that second goal though.

ziedth

Happy days, keep it up Lads.

SuprSi

Jaysus, if Crouch's first touch was better we could have 2 more goals. Brutal there when completely unmarked.

marty2002

hate that cnut b ferguson :mad:

keane=cock

SuprSi wrote: »

We're a little early so I can't tell if this is a real stream, but it might work;

http://www.atdhe.net/29832/watch-birmingham-vs-tottenham

this working? its not for me?

SuprSi

Yeah it's working fine

SuprSi

Decent first half, Birmingham haven't tested Gomes at all, but we really should have put another one away. A little too much fancy stuff by Modric & Bale - keep it simple and just put the ball in the net. It'll be interesting to see how the 2nd half starts though because if McLeish puts another striker on it'll allow more room for Bale & Lennon.

marty2002

keane=cock wrote: »

this working? its not for me?

ye need to dload that v share ****e to get this channel working.
there are a few links here
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=97211&part=sports

Kold

Oh how I wish Crouchy had a striker's touch.

everdead.ie

We are going to need to score soon after the restart to win this I think, their is a history of 90th minute goals in this game.

keane=cock

ive been on this one..

http://domacifilmovi.us/

some foreign language but its a very good steady stream

SuprSi

Good save Gomes, but he's so precious at times it pisses me off. You got a ball in the nuts, that's all. Get on with it.

SuprSi

Balls anyway.

keane=cock

been coming

SuprSi

Not a bad result, though we really should've scored a second in the 1st half. Very poor in the 2nd half, Bale was quiet enough, Defoe is still not sharp enough, and Crouch's touch was awful on at least 2 key occassions. Shame to drop two points but we've had 3 wins and a draw in the last 4 games so can't really complain.

keane=cock

yeah i thought we were in total control first half n let them back into it. poor second half performance but i would have taken a point there before the match.
very stange bench today. two keepers? hope some reporters ask harry about that.

Kold

Is it just me or did Lennon look like he just didn't want the ball at times?

keane=cock

Kold wrote: »

Is it just me or did Lennon look like he just didn't want the ball at times?

i get that feeling off him a lot to be honest. he is starting to find a lillt bit of form again though. he was very poor start of the yr i felt

everdead.ie

Two points very much dropped we should of scored more than once Defoe needs to find his scoring touch.

marty2002

keane=cock wrote: »

i get that feeling off him a lot to be honest. he is starting to find a lillt bit of form again though. he was very poor start of the yr i felt

He might give that impression but i have been at a few games this year and hes calling and waving for the ball all the time, this was especially evident at the last CL game against Bremen.

tippspur

Thought we might hold out for a win and a clean sheet today but not to be,there a hard team to beat at home.

Cianan2

I thought Pav should have started ahead of Defoe today, but can't really complain with a point at St. Andrews. Yes, we should have won, but Brum are really good on their home turf. Pity we didn't close the gap between us and Chelsea today, though.

Hatch99

Watched the game on the net. Played quite well in the first half, but I had said it to a mate after the first goal, that we needed a 2nd bigtime. They were always gonna have a spell when they would make a couple of chances.
JD & Crouch should have finished the game between them, and as football goes, when you dont take your chances, you will always get punished.

Need to avoid defeat next weekend to keep in touch with 4th.

Kold

Forget our strikers, whack Krancjar on the left and play Bale up front