Newcastle at home

mickman

This has the makings of a great game.

newcastle wont come up and play for a draw so it should be a good open game with bale having plenty of space

Holtby to score his first this weeken

3-1 to spurs or 4-2

irishmover

Very optimistic scoreline there... Newcastle have a new lease of life in 2013... I'm not so sure we'll score 3-4 goals to be honest.

mickman

irishmover wrote: »

Very optimistic scoreline there... Newcastle have a new lease of life in 2013... I'm not so sure we'll score 3-4 goals to be honest.

this new lease of life is why i think we will score a few. They will be attacking and wide open at the back

SuprSi

I agree, I think there'll be plenty of goals in this one, and a lot will depend on who we have up front. If Ade starts, and is arsed, with Bale and Lennon in great form, stick Holtby on and we should have a great chance. If Ade plays and does his disappearing act, we'll struggle. Cisse is scoring plenty of goals and although these new French lads may not have settled yet, they look like decent players.

It will certainly be an open match anyway!

2nd Row Donkey

Newcastle might saunter into town thinking their troubles are behind them after signing half a new team and beating chelsea, so now would be a good time to catch them cold...

However, we play better on the road these days and struggle at home with 1 striker let alone none. I'm going for a 1-1 draw.

Hatch99

Really hope we win this one, my folks are gone over and the old man will be like a lunatic for the weekend if we don't do the business

ziedth

It'll be tough one, hopefully Ade is up for it. Im gling for 2-1 with Ade and Bale again.

2nd Row Donkey

Anything official on Ade, has he been training since his return etc.

thudd

Seems as though he is available - http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/team-news-07022013.page?

leonidas83

Fancy this to be a draw, we've only won one match away so far this season & we were hanging on for dear life in that game. Yes we have a new lease of life but we're still extremely vulnerable at the back, the new signings will need time to bed in too & Cisse is struggling to consistently find the net.

In saying that though, Spurs away record this season has been stronger than their home, not the kind of form you want to show if your serious about getting back into the champions league. Maybe they feel the pressure more when their at home.

1-1

pleasant Co.

leonidas83 wrote: »

In saying that though, Spurs away record this season has been stronger than their home, not the kind of form you want to show if your serious about getting back into the champions league. Maybe they feel the pressure more when their at home.

1-1

I think that's more relevant when a team isn't doing very well, if our home form was better while still maintaining our current away form, well there's no doubt that we'd be at the top of the table.

MrKingsley

Team id like to see

Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Vertz, Benny, Parker, Dembele, Bale, Holtby, Lennon, Ade

To be honest i think that he might go with Dempsey up top with holtby playing off him and I dont think that would be a bad shout. To me demspey is getting better for us every game

SuprSi

leonidas83 wrote: »

In saying that though, Spurs away record this season has been stronger than their home, not the kind of form you want to show if your serious about getting back into the champions league. Maybe they feel the pressure more when their at home.

I don't think it's a pressure thing. Spurs are now viewed as a top team and most teams coming to the Lane do so with the intention of not conceding a goal, rather than trying to score one. Look at the Utd match - they had 4 shots on goal and only 1 on target, their lowest in the league some time. Not many teams come to play ball!

If Newcastle come to the Lane to play, it'll be a very interesting game. If Pardew fancies his chances and lines up with an attacking team, he runs the risk of being caught out. Oddly enough, I think Newcastle will have a better chance of getting a result by keeping things tidy and trying to stifle Spurs. They have enough skilful players to do damage and if they frustrate the home team for long enough, the crowd will get restless and nerves will start to settle in.

SuprSi

MrKingsley wrote: »

Team id like to see

Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Vertz, Benny, Parker, Dembele, Bale, Holtby, Lennon, Ade

To be honest i think that he might go with Dempsey up top with holtby playing off him and I dont think that would be a bad shout. To me demspey is getting better for us every game

I agree with everything you said there except for the Dempsey getting better part!! I still don't see it and it's frustrating the hell out of me. Yes he has scored some extremely important goals but the difference when Holtby has come on of late has been huge. He's so much more creative. I'd like to see your starting line up and if Ade gets tired, bring Dempsey on up front.

Antisocialiser

I've a 5er on a Spurs win and Gareth to score wincast. I'd really love the win here not least because Pardew is a smug fúcker.

Anybody fancy taking a guess on the likely team? Here's my shout:-

Lloris
Walker Dawson Vertonghen BAE
Lennon Parker Dembele Bale
Holtby
Dempsey

With Ade making an appearance later in the game.

Lloris
Gallas Dawson Vertonghen BAE
Lennon Holtby Dembele Bale
Siggy
Adebayor

The above is an experimental side I might put out were I the manager Thought Gallas looked very sharp in at right back last week and Walker is a feckin liability. Parker has also been very poor; seems to be playing a different sort of game to the way he used to. He's not getting the nittygritty tackles and is instead attempting more complex passes which aren't coming off. He probably just needs game time tbf!

Also I think there is more to come from Siggy!

Antisocialiser

Also...

Predicted Newcastle line-up: Krul; Debuchy, Taylor, Coloccini, Santon; Perch, Cabaye; Gouffran, Sissoko, Guttierez; Cisse.

Definitely a different proposition than meeting them prior to the Jan transfer window! :pac:

MrKingsley

SuprSi wrote: »

I agree with everything you said there except for the Dempsey getting better part!! I still don't see it and it's frustrating the hell out of me. Yes he has scored some extremely important goals but the difference when Holtby has come on of late has been huge. He's so much more creative. I'd like to see your starting line up and if Ade gets tired, bring Dempsey on up front.

Im not talking about goals though. To be honest he was really poor against united despite the goal. I just think his workrate, hold up play and quality of passing is improving steadily(barring the united game)

mickman

one hell of a strong bench by us today

mickman

verts on bench which is a little odd

celt262

mickman wrote: »

verts on bench which is a little odd

Wasn't he on the bench against United aswell>?

How will spurs line up formation wise lads? Is Bale through the middle today?

mickman

celt262 wrote: »

Wasn't he on the bench against United aswell>?

he was ill that day, he is still hardly sick

irishmover

Really excited to see Holtby starting...

Feel confident!

Mark Bosnich saying good management by AVB to put ade on the bench.

Here Precious

Story with the 'get well soon joe' tshirts?..joe Jordan sick?

Antisocialiser

Line-ups

Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Caulker, Naughton, Dembele, Parker, Lennon, Holtby, Dempsey, Bale. Subs: Friedel, Vertonghen, Gallas, Assou-Ekotto, Livermore, Sigurdsson, Adebayor.

Newcastle: Krul; Debuchy, S.Taylor, Coloccini, Santon; Cabaye, Perch; Gutierrez, Sissoko, Gouffran; Cisse. Harper, Yanga-Mbiwa, Anita, Tiote, Marveaux, Obertan, Shola Ameobi.

mickman

why isnt benny playing ?

davycc

Allez Le BALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

irishmover

A free kick? Well ill be damned...

irishmover

Gouffran making Walker look like an amateur at the moment...

Have zero confidence in the lad.

Antisocialiser

Newcastle playing well. Looks like there's goals in this one! ;(

Antisocialiser

well that was coming... 1-1

davycc

balls

irishmover

Awful defending.

irishmover

Dembele is a shadow of the player he was the first half of the season.

mickman

irishmover wrote: »

Awful defending.

it was a deflection, what could be done about it

eoinola

Is it just me or does Dempsey frustrate the hell of everyone!!! Painful player to watch.

SuprSi

Well Newcastle are well up for this, and see that they can get at least a draw here. They're sticking a lot of players up the pitch and we don't seem to be able to get past them. It's a worry that we're spending a lot of time in our own half but hopefully we can come out in the 2nd half and step up a gear.

irishmover

mickman wrote: »

it was a deflection, what could be done about it

Let me correct myself then. Awful defending in the build up to the goal. There's more to a goal than just the shot.

tippspur

mickman wrote: »

it was a deflection, what could be done about it

Naughton was left for dead for their goal,he's poor.

tippspur

Should get Ade on for Dempsey pronto.

eoinola

tippspur wrote: »

Should get Ade on for Dempsey pronto.

Agreed by a million. Game there to be won. But we need a bigger man to make Taylor etc work.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

irishmover wrote: »

Dembele is a shadow of the player he was the first half of the season.

That's because he's playing with Parker, who offers him very little.

This is the quickest tempo I've ever seen us play, and it seems to be Parker setting the tone. Why?? Why isn't he, and the rest of the players, taking their time in possession, and actually trying to create something from proper football rather than blinding pace, which not even Barca would be able to do. When Parker gets the ball it's like he's trying to race everyone else to the end line, I just don't understand it. He shouldn't be looking for possession, he doesn't have the technical ability nor the positional awareness to damage the opposition, and I'm sick of him plondering forward and the other players like Lennon being forced to pass to him.
Remember when Sandro was playing, how often did he plonder forward? Very little from what I remember. He knew his role, and he knew not to go into the final third. Parker needs to be told that. He's hindering our offensive progress.

eoinola

Oh and when will walker learn not to ball watch!!! Every week. Surely opposition mangers target our full backs!!! Very weak there from a defensive point of view.

irishmover

Actually watching it again. Awful is putting it light.

First of all 4 players around Gutierrez. Allowed to play the ball. Nobody marking Sissoko. Dawson and Walker both follow Cisse allowing Gouffran to find loads of space to make a heavyish touch on the ball and get his shot off. Woeful.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

WHAT THE FCUK is Dawson doing lumping the ball up the field Carragher-esque style!!?? I'm hardly the only person that's just bloody sick of seeing him lump pointless balls up the field..

SuprSi

Dempsey!! FFS, he keeps trying these ridiculous shots from distance :mad:

irishmover

THFC wrote: »

WHAT THE FCUK is Dawson doing lumping the ball up the field Carragher-esque style!!?? I'm hardly the only person that's just bloody sick of seeing him lump pointless balls up the field..

He always does it. He's been doing it since he was at Nottingham Forest. Another player I never rated. I must have something against English players...

It wouldn't be so bad if he was capable of doing it but he can't.

PogMoThoin

Ade for Dempsey please

irishmover

Has there been a worse performance this season? Not one single player has been playing well.

SuprSi

Holtby instead of Dempsey? Weird one.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Parker is just utter shít..