FA Cup Match Thread: Fulham v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

[Gino Ginelli]

The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON - Quarter-Final - 6th Mar 2010 - KO 17:20 - John Craven's Cottage (Ha, bet you weren't expecting THAT on Countryfile were you?!)

Talk about the big cup tie in here! Wembley here we come!!!! COOOOOYYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSS!!!

[olly27]

Tough one this, and would be more than happy with taking them back to the Lane.

Our injury concerns being the main problem here. It will also be interesting to see if Modric comes inside. I am convinced Harry will bring in Benny to accomodate our injury concerns, which probably means pushing Bale up on the LW.

I'll go for 1-1. Bale to score.

[berbzy 'G']

This game has got a blatent draw written all over it.

[Gino Ginelli]

This game has got a blatent draw written all over it.

Are the voting options up to your specifications today sir? :rolleyes:

[berbzy 'G']

Are the voting options up to your specifications today sir? :rolleyes:

Well today's voting poll isn't wacky like your usual ones I suppose.

[Gino Ginelli]

Well today's voting poll isn't wacky like your usual ones I suppose.

As long as you're happy...

[TURKISH]

Gutted Hudd is missing, he has been oustanding this season and glad he has put me in my place. We need him fit alongside WP if we have any chance of finishing top five along with an FA Cup run.

My Team.

Gomes
Charlie
Bassong
Dawson
BAE

Palacios
Modric
Niko
Bale

Defoe
Pav

[matthius23]

Defoe is a doubt :blushing:

[MarlowSpurs]

Defoe is a doubt :blushing:

fookin ell anyone else???????????

[Gino Ginelli]

SSN are saying Defoe's out. Pav / Crouch anyone? How's Gudjohnsen coming along, he's struggling for match fitness and form isn't he?

[deadleyledley]

how many injuries are we gonna get.

im going for a win. the league game was dire and poor. 0-0 says it all.

this time i reckon pav will add the extra class.

gomes

charlie daws bassong bale
niko wp livermore modric
pav crouch

[olly27]

Would be very surprised if EG starts, doesn't look anywhere near match fit. Kaboul and Walker are cup tied so I would expect our line up to be:

Gomes

Corluka
Dawson
Bassong
Ekotto

Kranjcar
Palacios
Modric
Bale

Crouch
Pav


King is out and with the two being cup tied we could be buggered if we get an injury along the back line.

Two in form strikers start...Livermore and Townsend on the bench - with EG. It will be the weakest bench we will have had all season - in terms of experience anyway.

If Bale has another stormer we have every chance, but how Modric fairs in the middle will be crucial.

[TURKISH]

Would be very surprised if EG starts, doesn't look anywhere near match fit. Kaboul and Walker are cup tied so I would expect our line up to be:

Gomes

Corluka
Dawson
Bassong
Ekotto

Kranjcar
Palacios
Modric
Bale

Crouch
Pav


King is out and with the two being cup tied we could be buggered if we get an injury along the back line.

Two in form strikers start...Livermore and Townsend on the bench - with EG. It will be the weakest bench we will have had all season - in terms of experience anyway.

If Bale has another stormer we have every chance, but how Modric fairs in the middle will be crucial.

Townsend is on loan at mk dons pal, or have we called him back? I rate him very highly a left footed lennon.

[olly27]

Townsend is on loan at mk dons pal, or have we called him back? I rate him very highly a left footed lennon.

We recalled him back earlier today mate.

[berbzy 'G']

Sky Sports news said earlier that 8 of our common first team players are out.

That includes Bentley and Lennon.

Modric to play on the left and Kranjcar to play on the right would be fine tomorow.

[berbzy 'G']

how many injuries are we gonna get.

im going for a win. the league game was dire and poor. 0-0 says it all.

this time i reckon pav will add the extra class.

gomes

charlie daws bassong bale
niko wp livermore modric
pav crouch

If Gomes gets injured next we are f*cked! :stupid:

[Indianspur]

I hope defoe makes it as feel Pav maybe tired if he played for Russia and could see Harry dropping him for Peter!
Would like Modric in centre and Bale on the left! Dont want livermore to start just yet but come off the bench but do rate him.

[Gold7]

Obviously hoping for the win , but craven cottage is a ground which induces low scoring boring games . That said I think it will be 1-1 . I really do hope its a win even if its a lucky/scrappy one nil as I feel the continual replay's will take their toll and we might come unstuck if we have to play another one .

[irishspur]

two changes for us, bae in for hudd with bale into midfield and crouch for defoe, whos on the bench. livermore and townsend on the bench. Is this on the fa's website again? anyone know.

[TURKISH]

two changes for us, bae in for hudd with bale into midfield and crouch for defoe, whos on the bench. livermore and townsend on the bench. Is this on the fa's website again? anyone know.

Its official mate itv have just gave the teams and thats bang on.

Always a tough game at the Cottage for us, Fulham on paper have a real weak team compared to us but games aren't played on paper. They turn up every week and give it a real go especially at home.

I would take a draw now if offered but I believe we can beat anyone away apart from the top five sides including Man City.

Palacios needs to be careful and not pick up a silly yellow card because we will miss him.

[Antilokhos]

Streams for todays game can be found:
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=67180&part=sports

[denis-cro]

The key is going to be Modric´s behaviour in the middle of the pitch...for today´s game he should think more defensively then usually...

[Antilokhos]

Its official mate itv have just gave the teams and thats bang on.

Always a tough game at the Cottage for us, Fulham on paper have a real weak team compared to us but games aren't played on paper. They turn up every week and give it a real go especially at home.

I would take a draw now if offered but I believe we can beat anyone away apart from the top five sides including Man City.

Palacios needs to be careful and not pick up a silly yellow card because we will miss him.
I'm worried about Bale in midfield. I don't think he will be as effective going forward without Modric there to create space for him.

This injury crisis is very galling since we all knew we were week in midfield in January but Harry decided not to do anything about it.

[denis-cro]

What is about with black armband our players are wearing today ??? Anyone ??

[Rojoknapp]

What is about with black armband our players are wearing today ??? Anyone ??

Keith Alexander, former manager, think he was the first black manager in the football league? He died during the week.

As for the match, the pitch is an absolute mess, I've played on better surfaces in Sunday League football.

[denis-cro]

Keith Alexander, former manager, think he was the first black manager in the football league? He died during the week.


Thanks for the info

[Gold7]

Red boots should be banned at spurs . They just look wrong .

[Shelfside]

We're looking quite comfortable and are just starting to have a few efforts on goal.If we are going to win this,it won't be pretty and we may have to grind out a 1-0 win.

[denis-cro]

Bassong allowing Zamora to recieve every ball directed to him is not very good idea...

[denis-cro]

Bale is working his socks off !!! Our best player on the pitch

[TURKISH]

In open play Bale looks like our only outlet to a goal, other than him we look very narrow and predictable.

Mod needs to up his game, upfront we have no pace so we need to hit Fulham down the flanks.

If things are the same for 75min I would be willing to throw Townsend down the wings, he would cause problems for Fulham. He is very direct, pace, great skills and very raw.

I think we also need to get crosses into the box as often as we can, but WP/Mod would need to be alive to the second ball.

[Antilokhos]

These games seem to be a weak spot for us. We are doing pretty well dictating the play, but the goals aren't coming. Hopefully the team can stay patient and keep doing what we are doing and the goal should come. And potentially the first one opens up the floodgates.

[Gold7]

A couple of things for me . Luka is not demanding the ball off the back 4 enough. And Niko looks very unhappy on the left .

[olly27]

We should be taking full advantage of the fact that Murphy is missing for them - they are way below par without him, and Zamora is their only threat. If I could of picked one person to be missing for them it would of been Murphy - totally pulls the strings for them.

Some nice possession but we lack a cutting edge, only Bale is providing that. Charlie has been dissappointing as he has found himself in 2 or 3 very good positions and totally fluffed the opportunities.

At least we arn't going long with every chance but we need to get more crosses into the box.

[olly27]

A couple of things for me . Luka is not demanding the ball off the back 4 enough. And Niko looks very unhappy on the left .

Niko is on the right.

[berbzy 'G']

Crouch and Pavluchenko upfront is not working atall :stupid:

[TURKISH]

Fulham playing a high back line because we have no pace in attack. I can see a 0.0.

[deadleyledley]

Fulham playing a high back line because we have no pace in attack. I can see a 0.0.

correct.

i think this game will need defoe to run in behind the defence.

[denis-cro]

Harry should insruct Bassong how to deal with Zamora, cause he is struggling it big time.... Corluka should have donr better ... he doesnt look inspired today

[olly27]

Yeah we need Defoe on to play on the shoulder to stretch their defence, they are lapping it up all day long - Fulham could well knick this with a set piece.

[Rojoknapp]

I wish Damien Duff would just f*ck off.

[GQCoolest]

Clattenberg is complete shite.

[Rojoknapp]

Clattenberg is complete shite.

Not as shite as these corners :glare:

[olly27]

OMG Benny...what are you doing!

[Shelfside]

You lucky boy Ekotto.

[Rojoknapp]

Modders is knackered.

[denis-cro]

it looks like noone have instructed Bassong how to control Zamora... HE IS JUST GIVING HIM TO MUCH SPACE !!!!!!

[MarlowSpurs]

We just don't look like scoring at the moment

[denis-cro]

Crouch is ****ing uselless !!!!!!!!

[olly27]

Wilson having a cracker of a second half...

[spursmadnick06]

I've got a slight nervous sick feeling in my stomach. This is such a big game for us, would be great to get to our first FA Cup final in nearly 20 years!

It really could go either way.

[TURKISH]

Wilson having a cracker of a second half...

I think his had a good game overall. Modric looks shagged out. Fulham will grow in confidence the longer the game goes on. Other than Defoe I'm not sure how we can change the game with the subs we have on the bench. Townsend would be a good attacking option but if you take BAE off we would be weak defensively.

[StevenYTID]

Crouch really is a bag of shit

[olly27]

EG about to come on I think.

[TURKISH]

A real borefest.

[denis-cro]

Crouch must be subbed !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TURKISH]

Come on Defoe, get us out of jail pal.

[Antilokhos]

I think we'll have chances. Fulham have to open up and go for the goal. They need this win. A draw works for us, we can go back to White Hart Lane and spend a couple of weeks getting everybody healthy. When they come forward it will leave Bale room to really get forward and since it looks like Defoe is coming on, I think we have a decent shot of grabbing a goal here.

[Rojoknapp]

Out of interest Dennis, do you watch these games online or do you get them on tv in Croatia?

[olly27]

Really boring game, but if we get back to the Lane I'll be happy.

[TURKISH]

Really boring game, but if we get back to the Lane I'll be happy.

Yep lets smash the fvckers. By the way they won't like the extra game, how many games have they played this year due to the fact they are in the Uefa Cup?

[denis-cro]

I ****ing hate Fulham... but this is very good result...

[Rojoknapp]

Fine by me, I'm hugely confident now. Superb performances from Daws and Palacios, and Bale did well too.

[Antilokhos]

Yep lets smash the fvckers. By the way they won't like the extra game, how many games have they played this year due to the fact they are in the Uefa Cup?
I believe the announcer just said 45 games so far this year.

[GQCoolest]

Exciting game? Not at all, but it's a solid result at a difficult venue.

[Gold7]

I'm happy with the replay . I sat through the whole game waiting for fulham to score an unlikely goal and make it impossible for us to win let alone draw .

[Shelfside]

That game stunk the place out,but we all realistically have to be happy to get the chance to finish the tie off at WHL.
Wilson had a very strong performance and Bale's excellent form shows no sign of coming to an end,which is very encouraging to see.A couple of bits of slack defending from Ekotto and Corluka nearly cost us.

[Indianspur]

Fair result as fulham played like they wanted to stop us scoring and sacrifice their attack play. However with our squad injured i was hoping we'd get away with a draw.
solid defending is a plus point, but with crouch in the team modric was a passenger and was bypassed by dawson 4-5 times. Palacios seemed to be the more attacking of the midfielders too surprisingly.

Its a shame we lack a right winger at the moment as there was lots of chances to cross but their defending is tight and need pinpoint accuracy which wasnt there!

ON a sad note what was that jacket Tim sherwood was wearing!!

[deadleyledley]

happy with the result in fairness the quality of play was really poor. there were some glimpses of good football on the deck by us, but the end product was crap.

like to see us put in the same kind of performance against them like we did in the league at home against them.

[peterc]

Happy with our performance. Modric looked unsettled in CM, Bale yet again outstanding. Confident that we will do them at the Lane.

[olly27]

Yep lets smash the fvckers. By the way they won't like the extra game, how many games have they played this year due to the fact they are in the Uefa Cup?

Yeah they have played like 8 more games than us already this season. I am hoping that we have a better balance about us come the replay. I thought Bale was very good, again!, even in the LW position - but I still prefer him at LB with Modric ahead of him. Hoping that we have another CM option come the replay to accomodate Bale and Modric on the left hand side.

Thought we did alright this evening, we just lacked a cutting edge really. There is a more tenacious feel to us though - which is very pleasing. I also thought Kranjcar put in a good shift this evening, but Bale and Palacios were the two best performers. MOM correctly awarded to Wilson IMO.

Any ideas when the replay is due to be played?

Avoid Chelsea for the Semis tomorrow evening and what an incentive we have!

[irishspur]

Yeah they have played like 8 more games than us already this season. I am hoping that we have a better balance about us come the replay. I thought Bale was very good, again!, even in the LW position - but I still prefer him at LB with Modric ahead of him. Hoping that we have another CM option come the replay to accomodate Bale and Modric on the left hand side.

Thought we did alright this evening, we just lacked a cutting edge really. There is a more tenacious feel to us though - which is very pleasing. I also thought Kranjcar put in a good shift this evening, but Bale and Palacios were the two best performers. MOM correctly awarded to Wilson IMO.

Any ideas when the replay is due to be played?

Avoid Chelsea for the Semis tomorrow evening and what an incentive we have!

Probably in 11 or 12 days time depending on how many europa league games fulham have coming up, the commentator said their next four games are juventus, man utd, juventus again then man city!

[olly27]

Probably in 11 or 12 days time depending on how many europa league games fulham have coming up, the commentator said their next four games are juventus, man utd, juventus again then man city!

Flip that will knacker them with that list of fixtures!!! Do they play Juve this week and then next week? Will have to be the week after that then...23rd or 24th of March I would guess?

[irishspur]

Flip that will knacker them with that list of fixtures!!! Do they play Juve this week and then next week? Will have to be the week after that then...23rd or 24th of March I would guess?

Yep they are playing juve this week, dunno bout the second leg, the fa cup semis arent until the second week in april so plenty of time to play it, the longer the better imo hopefully we'll have jj and bentley back, king too.

[Ioang]

I think this game proved Modric can look after himself in central midfield - the way Fulham set up meant he couldn't work his magic but I was never scared of him being knocked off the ball, his football brain's too good for that.

Should deliver for us in the 'easier' games coming up.

[deadleyledley]

I think this game proved Modric can look after himself in central midfield - the way Fulham set up meant he couldn't work his magic but I was never scared of him being knocked off the ball, his football brain's too good for that.

Should deliver for us in the 'easier' games coming up.

he has certainly answer critics that he will get shrugged off the ball too easily. he has good strength for somebdy his size.

[Antilokhos]

he has certainly answer critics that he will get shrugged off the ball too easily. he has good strength for somebdy his size.
That's not too surprising to me though. Think about it, Modric came up in Eastern Europe, and there are a lot of physical leagues over there. I'm sure he got the snot beat out of him as he was coming up. Had he not been strong enough to take it, he never would have caught so many eyes before moving to Tottenham.