FC Twente. Tuesday. 7th Dec

Balfie

Anyone even care about this game? I understand that if we win this game, we top the group, or we can lose an hope that Bremen beat Inter.. Not very likely..

Myself personally, I'd rather Harry put out a weak* (not a full squad, give Bale, Modric, and the likes a rest) and see what happens, we are through. We have to start looking at the League now.. Chelsea at home next..

What you guys think?

COYS!

Kold

I think play a strong squad, we can always take players off if we go 2 up. Topping the group would be a dream as the worst we'd have to fear would be pulling Arsenal or Milan (granted Milan would be a disaster) which improves our chances of making the quarters drastically.

Hatch99

Balfie wrote: »

Anyone even care about this game? I understand that if we win this game, we top the group, or we can lose an hope that Bremen beat Inter.. Not very likely..

Myself personally, I'd rather Harry put out a weak* (not a full squad, give Bale, Modric, and the likes a rest) and see what happens, we are through. We have to start looking at the League now.. Chelsea at home next..

What you guys think?

COYS!

Do I care ? Play a weakened team ? :eek:

Are you for real. This is a massive game. We need to top the group as it would give us a massive adavantage in the first knockout phase. Avoid Madrid/Barca and I fear nobody to be honest.

Mr. Guappa

We don't have a weakened team to field even if we wanted to. From the bench on Saturday the only players that could come in are Kranjcar, Corluka, Pavlyuchenko and possibly Dawson.

Finishing top of the group is a major advantage for the next round so we should be going all out for the win.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Agree with Hatch here. We should go all out to top this group. Twente arent a great side and we should really be winning this game by 2+ goals. Would set us up perfectly for the QFs too if we win. I'm drooling thinking about it!!

Gomes
Hutton --- Gallas --- Bassong --- BAE
Lennon --- Palacios --- Modric (C) --- Bale
Crouch --- Defoe

COYS

Antisocialiser

Luka is on the bench due to a bout of flu according to the spurs site. As much as i agree the priority is finishing first I think harry will try and get the win with the weakest team he can. Sounds like Keane may be in contention for a start too.

keane=cock

Balfie wrote: »

Anyone even care about this game? I understand that if we win this game, we top the group, or we can lose an hope that Bremen beat Inter.. Not very likely..

Myself personally, I'd rather Harry put out a weak* (not a full squad, give Bale, Modric, and the likes a rest) and see what happens, we are through. We have to start looking at the League now.. Chelsea at home next..

What you guys think?

COYS!

that should answer ur own question. yes i care. we may only have 3 games left(this and the home n away leg of the knock out) in the champions league especially if we dont top the group!!

as someone pointed out i dont think we can get ARSEnal in the next round. although i may be wrong but i think u cant draw a team from ur own country.
am i right?

LeGinWasGod

Need to win this game, if we finish second in the group, look at the teams we can get drawn against!

Lyon/Schalke
Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Real Madrid


We can't play the scum, Chelsea or United

The second place teams aren't that much easier but it gives us more of a chance to progress, especially if we perform as well as we can at home.

Lyon/Schalke
Valencia
Copenhagen/Rubin Kazan
Roma
Marseille
AC Milan

Win this game and we have a fantastic chance of progressing. No one will want to come to the Lane. Not after what we did to Inter.

ziedth

This may sound crazy,

But I want Barcalona. I'd love to see us top the group of course because the majority gave us little or no chance of getting out of the group and it would be great to turn around and say a big screw you but if we do finish second tonight I want to see us at camp nou.

It's been my big dream since we qualified to play them and now since thet played Real off the pitch (Some game that) everyone is touting them as the best team in the world and clear Favorites.

Aim for the stars I say.

SuprSi

I think injuries are forcing our hands a little with this team selection. Modric, Jenas, VDV all out, Dawson only just coming back. I'd start with Bale and Lennon anyway as it would be great to beat them as I feel Inter have a much better chance of beating ze Germans than we do of beating the Dutch.

Hatch99

ziedth wrote: »

This may sound crazy,

But I want Barcalona. /QUOTE]

Keep them for the final I say

Kiith

Play the best team we have. If we can top the group, we should be doing everything we can to do just that.

Kold

Hatch99 wrote: »

Keep them for the final I say

Yeah, at least we may have less injuries then

WHL

Hatch99 wrote: »

ziedth wrote: »

This may sound crazy,

But I want Barcalona. /QUOTE]

Keep them for the final I say

It wasn't so long ago that some of us (including me ) were speculating that we might end up in the Aviva in May. Feels good to be speculating about the Camp Nou instead

Kold

Wtf, what channel is this on?

WHL

Corluka in for Hutton, Kranjcar for Lennon and Pav up front

Gomes,
Corluka, bassong, Gallas, Benny,
Kranjcar, JJ, Wilson, Bale
Pav, JD

WHL

Dawson, Keane and Giovani on the bench along with Cudicini, Lennon, Crouch and Hutton. Doesn't look too bad overall

keane=cock

ziedth wrote: »

But I want Barcalona. .

seriously i say no.

i think barcelona could do serious damage against our ropey defence.
i think they could shatter some of our confidence and actually ruin a few players for life.

SuprSi

I don't like Krancjar on the right - he never really performs there. At least he's getting game time though. I'd expect to see Bale spending some time on the right wing tonight though.

Kold

Is this on TV at all? If so, why the f*ck not and can I get a stream?

SuprSi

Kold wrote: »

Is this on TV at all? If so, why the f*ck not and can I get a stream?

It's on Setanta Ireland

SuprSi

And here's a stream in case

http://www.atdhe.net/30153/watch-fc-twente-vs-tottenham

larry1

Kold wrote: »

Is this on TV at all? If so, why the f*ck not and can I get a stream?

Sky Sports 4

Balfie

why oh why do we have to listen to pat dolan doin commentary? Is it not bad enough when he does pundit it the studio, we have to listen to him for over an hour an a half, sweet Jaysus

davycc

get in there og tfw:D

Balfie

that was brilliant Haha

SuprSi

Absolutely ridiculous penalty decision.

davycc

SuprSi wrote: »

Absolutely ridiculous penalty decision.

I think the ref must have felt sorry for them after that howler of an own-goal:mad:

Yid Army:cool:

Cianan2

I feel for the Twente goaly after that, and I also feel bad for BAE - it seems whenever we concede a peno, 9 times out of 10 its he who concedes it! There was no way that should have been given, very harsh..

Gomes having a bit of a shocker tonight!

everdead.ie

Cianan2 wrote: »

I feel for the Twente goaly after that, and I also feel bad for BAE - it seems whenever we concede a peno, 9 times out of 10 its he who concedes it! There was no way that should have been given, very harsh..

Gomes having a bit of a shocker tonight!

What happened?

Antisocialiser

Oh Em Actual Gee.

Jenas got the softest yellow ever.

This ref is a complete joker!

Cianan2

everdead.ie wrote: »

What happened?

The ball bobbled over their keepers foot for our goal.

Rosales smashed a volley goal-bound (may have been going wide though) and it was flying straight for BAE's head, he put his arm up as any sane person would do and the ref gave a peno.

Gomes has dropped the ball twice now, and the penalty went straight through his legs - was unlucky not to save it, but pure luck for Twente that it went in!

Jenas gone off injured, lennon on and Kranjcar moved into the middle.

Cianan2

Antisocialiser wrote: »

Oh Em Actual Gee.

Jenas got the softest yellow ever.

This ref is a complete joker!

That was the worst yellow card ever, as the commentator said - adding insult to injury! He misses the next game now because of that, an absolute joke.

davycc

everdead.ie wrote: »

What happened?

Well Gomes is flapping at every cross & entire back 4 are nervous as fook:(

BAE "blocked" a 100mph facebreaker shot with his elbow whilst in process of turning his back to block the shot...ref gave a peno the muthertrucker

keane=cock

SuprSi wrote: »

Absolutely ridiculous penalty decision.

we got the exact same pen against liverpool and ARSEnal. we cant complain

SuprSi

keane=cock wrote: »

we got the exact same pen against liverpool and ARSEnal. we cant complain

Completely different. The ball in both those cases was going well over their heads, not directly towards it. Inter a goal down

keane=cock

i think we are playing very poorly. some of our passing is terrible. very shaky at the back. need to get to half time n get it sorted. on the plus side inter losing!

SuprSi

I agree, we're not playing well at all. Pav as usual offering nothing up front.

keane=cock

i disagree spursi

u wont convince me that any of them are pens ours against the ARSE or liverpool and that one against us. its natural instinct to protect ur face.

Cianan2

Valencia beating Utd too, if it stays the same we cant get them in the next round as far as I know!

Cianan2

SuprSi wrote: »

I agree, we're not playing well at all. Pav as usual offering nothing up front.

To be honest, Pav has done way more tonight then Defoe. I think Pav has been playing quite well tonight. I'd sub Defoe before taking Pav off, based on that half.

Balfie

inter losing 1 nil to bremen so far, and another good thing that I'm enjoying is that man.u are losing against valencia too... We can still win this game, and even a draw is good enuf since inter are losing..

Kold

This ref has made some shocking decisions.

everdead.ie

Sweet hopefully Bremen do the biz

keane=cock

Cianan2 wrote: »

To be honest, Pav has done way more tonight then Defoe. I think Pav has been playing quite well tonight. I'd sub Defoe before taking Pav off, based on that half.

defo been in the game more than defoe but the service to the front 2 has been shocking to be fair to jd and pav. centre mid seems non existant. easy to know they were not our two regular midfielders.

Kold

That would've been so painful if BAE had caught that in the face.

Cianan2

Just saw the half time highlights of Inter v Bremen, and it looks as though Bremen are all over them.

Bremen had 6 or 7 attempts on goal, Inter only having 1! Plus, t'was an own goal for Cordoba, which makes me happy!

Mr. Guappa

keane=cock wrote: »

we got the exact same pen against liverpool and ARSEnal. we cant complain

These were different.

However one of the pens we got against Twente at the Lane was just as soft. We got 3 that night, at least 2 of which were debatable, can't complain that they got a soft one tonight.

davycc

Balfie wrote: »

inter losing 1 nil to bremen so far, and another good thing that I'm enjoying is that man.u are losing against valencia too... We can still win this game, and even a draw is good enuf since inter are losing..

Exactly & Carrick gave the ball away in their last 3rd trying to be a too clever:D

ps defoe:cool:

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

What an assist from Lennon! Slick finish too, delighted to see JD back on the scoresheet.

keane=cock

super from lennon. i thought he was gonna swing his lefty at it n thought "oh no" but great tru ball n defoe off the mark! thats better. get one more n knock the fight outta these boys