Match Thread: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR v Liverpool

[Gino Ginelli]

Barclays Premier League - 28th Nov 2010 - KO 16:00 - White Hart Lane

On the back of an excellent 7 days for Spurs, we play host to rebuilding Liverpool on Sunday. Hodgson's new regime has shown signs of recovery with the return to fitness and form of 'Nando Torres, but are still failing to convince on occasion. Important wins over Chelsea and West Ham in recent games are in stark contrast to inert defeats to Stoke, so there are still big questions over their resolve away from home.

We are still missing key players in midfield with Huddlestone and Van Der Vaart, but with Luka Modric and Gareth Bale we still have match winning and in form stars, especially with Jermaine Defoe likely to make his first start for us since his injury. Palacios looks like he's slowly returning to form, but personally I'd like to see the improving Jenas alongside Modric in the centre of midfield, with Crouchy joining JD up front in a 4-4-2.

Mostly because Pav seems to be going through a little bit of a dip in confidence, and Palacios doesn't offer much creatively or show for the ball as much as JJ. This way the 3 units won't get linked up and we'll be forced to go long for Crouch all day long. JJ and Modric together at least offer that dynamism. Not on the same level as Tom and Rafael do naturally but it's the next best thing.

If we're struggling to create much more than long ball > knock down > shoot and getting frustrated we could always bring a player like Crouch off and bring Niko on in the hole and try to break them down that way.

---------------- Gomes --------------
Hutton --- Gallas --- Kaboul --- Ekotto
----------- Jenas --- Modric ---------
Lennon ------------------------- Bale
---------- Defoe ---- Crouch ---------

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COYS!

[TURKISH]

I sense a draw for some reason, I don't think Pool will have a great side against us but with Torres and Kuyt they can hurt us for sure. An early goal would do wonders for us, I can see G Johnson being exposed by Bale.

Hopefully Crouch and Defoe can win us the game, we need to be ruthless against sides who have a big name in football but not a great team.

Who wants to step up to the plate? Crouch? Defoe? Lennon? We should be refreshed and raring to go on Sunday at home, no excuses IMO.

[Gino Ginelli]

No Gerrard should give our midfield a less difficult game than it could have been. I fancy Benni to give Kuyt a real battle, and as you say Bale is going to tear the defensive black hole that is Glen Johnson a new one. It's all about how well Gallas and Kaboul can handle Torres int he end, a one man front line on his day.

Oh how I'd love to see him playing for us in front of VDV!

[TURKISH]

No Gerrard should give our midfield a less difficult game than it could have been. I fancy Benni to give Kuyt a real battle, and as you say Bale is going to tear the defensive black hole that is Glen Johnson a new one. It's all about how well Gallas and Kaboul can handle Torres int he end, a one man front line on his day.

Oh how I'd love to see him playing for us in front of VDV!

How great is Torres? Surely last season at Liverpool? Our defence will have to be solid because Torres is a match winner and can score against any defence in the world.

But Liverpool aren't all pulling in the right direction, they don't have a great team and defensively I believe we can ask them more questions. A win would be massive psychologically especially for our title aspirations, the higher we aim for the easier it will be finishing fourth.

Fingers crossed.

[berbzy 'G']

Barclays Premier League - 28th Nov 2010 - KO 16:00 - White Hart Lane

On the back of an excellent 7 days for Spurs, we play host to rebuilding Liverpool on Sunday. Hodgson's new regime has shown signs of recovery with the return to fitness and form of 'Nando Torres, but are still failing to convince on occasion. Important wins over Chelsea and West Ham in recent games are in stark contrast to inert defeats to Stoke, so there are still big questions over their resolve away from home.

We are still missing key players in midfield with Huddlestone and Van Der Vaart, but with Luka Modric and Gareth Bale we still have match winning and in form stars, especially with Jermaine Defoe likely to make his first start for us since his injury. Palacios looks like he's slowly returning to form, but personally I'd like to see the improving Jenas alongside Modric in the centre of midfield, with Crouchy joining JD up front in a 4-4-2.

Mostly because Pav seems to be going through a little bit of a dip in confidence, and Palacios doesn't offer much creatively or show for the ball as much as JJ. This way the 3 units won't get linked up and we'll be forced to go long for Crouch all day long. JJ and Modric together at least offer that dynamism. Not on the same level as Tom and Rafael do naturally but it's the next best thing.

If we're struggling to create much more than long ball > knock down > shoot and getting frustrated we could always bring a player like Crouch off and bring Niko on in the hole and try to break them down that way.

---------------- Gomes --------------
Hutton --- Gallas --- Kaboul --- Ekotto
----------- Jenas --- Modric ---------
Lennon ------------------------- Bale
---------- Defoe ---- Crouch ---------

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COYS!

I'm sure VDV is back for this one. He only had a minor injury :S

This game will be a draw

[deadleyledley]

I'm sure VDV is back for this one. He only had a minor injury :S

This game will be a draw

i thought that aswell. will jj be back after his knock against bremen?


gallas and kaboul will need to be strong and keep torres quiet. bale should pin johnson back so liverpool wont have as many oppurtunities attacking wise as they would normally. kuyt vs benni will be another big battle.

my team assuming that vdv and jj are injured.

gomes
hutton gallas kaboul bae
lennon palacios modric bale
defoe crouch

[TURKISH]

VDV 50/50, JJ major doubt.

[deadleyledley]

andy murray says tottenham 2 - liverpool 1

[Gino Ginelli]

I suppose Palacios in for Jenas if needs be. In that case I'm concerned about how creative we can be then. I'd consider going to my backup formation as the starting lineup:

---------------- Gomes --------------
Corluka --- Gallas --- Kaboul --- Ekotto
--------- Palacios --- Modric ---------
Lennon -------- Krancjar -------- Bale
---------------- Defoe ---------------

[GodGomes]

3 - 1 I'd guess.

Defoe, Modric, and a crappy goal from Kuyt anyone?

[deadleyledley]

michael dawson has returned back to full training today which is excellent news.

[highlander]

For me this is a huge game. While I dont need to go into how significant the derby victory was, derby' can throw up results like that. But a win against Liverpool will set us up perfectly for the xmas period. If we can be on top form; winning games and playing with confidence going in to the busiest period of the season then that would be perfect as the games come thick and fast.

Not that I think we are genuinely in this season's title race, we certainly arent out of it. If we were there or thereabouts after the xmas period then we have an excellent opportunity to cement our status as a top 4 club (which for is the priority).

With this in mind and the fact that we are at home, I think w should rest VDV (he does seem to be carrying something so he needs to be managed) and JJ, go 4-4-2 and attack them. My line up would be:

------------Gomes------------
Hutton---Gallas---Kaboul---BAE
Lennon--Palacios--Modric--Bale
--------Crouch---Defoe--------

Bench: Cudicini, Corluka, Bassong, Bentley, Kranjcar, VDV, Pavlyuchenko

I do fancy us to win this game, but I also fancy Kuyt to score as he always seems to against us.

[TURKISH]

For me this is a huge game. While I dont need to go into how significant the derby victory was, derby' can throw up results like that. But a win against Liverpool will set us up perfectly for the xmas period. If we can be on top form; winning games and playing with confidence going in to the busiest period of the season then that would be perfect as the games come thick and fast.

Not that I think we are genuinely in this season's title race, we certainly arent out of it. If we were there or thereabouts after the xmas period then we have an excellent opportunity to cement our status as a top 4 club (which for is the priority).

With this in mind and the fact that we are at home, I think w should rest VDV (he does seem to be carrying something so he needs to be managed) and JJ, go 4-4-2 and attack them. My line up would be:

------------Gomes------------
Hutton---Gallas---Kaboul---BAE
Lennon--Palacios--Modric--Bale
--------Crouch---Defoe--------

Bench: Cudicini, Corluka, Bassong, Bentley, Kranjcar, VDV, Pavlyuchenko

I do fancy us to win this game, but I also fancy Kuyt to score as he always seems to against us.

I agree with everything in this post.:santaclaus:

[malc123]

For me this is a huge game. While I dont need to go into how significant the derby victory was, derby' can throw up results like that. But a win against Liverpool will set us up perfectly for the xmas period. If we can be on top form; winning games and playing with confidence going in to the busiest period of the season then that would be perfect as the games come thick and fast.

Not that I think we are genuinely in this season's title race, we certainly arent out of it. If we were there or thereabouts after the xmas period then we have an excellent opportunity to cement our status as a top 4 club (which for is the priority).

With this in mind and the fact that we are at home, I think w should rest VDV (he does seem to be carrying something so he needs to be managed) and JJ, go 4-4-2 and attack them. My line up would be:

------------Gomes------------
Hutton---Gallas---Kaboul---BAE
Lennon--Palacios--Modric--Bale
--------Crouch---Defoe--------

Bench: Cudicini, Corluka, Bassong, Bentley, Kranjcar, VDV, Pavlyuchenko

I do fancy us to win this game, but I also fancy Kuyt to score as he always seems to against us.

Like Turkish I agree with everything in this quote including the team line up. Concerned at our inability to put together a winning run but we need the 3 points to keep in contact with the top 4. Need to score first as I cannot see us winning from 1-0 down in this match. Do not expect Defoe to last 90 mins but with need to score first prefer to start him. Hope that wednesday was turning point for Palacios who I thought had a good game.

[deadleyledley]

Like Turkish I agree with everything in this quote including the team line up. Concerned at our inability to put together a winning run but we need the 3 points to keep in contact with the top 4. Need to score first as I cannot see us winning from 1-0 down in this match. Do not expect Defoe to last 90 mins but with need to score first prefer to start him. Hope that wednesday was turning point for Palacios who I thought had a good game.

i think that we have the players and the fans will be behind the team once again, so we should be able to come from behind. however as you say the first goal is going to really important.

[Antilokhos]

I think Highlander's line up is spot on. I'm not sure if VDV is going to be able to feature, but if he does, we need to play him. The game is at WHL after all.

A win is going to be very important, it takes us to 5th place, 1 point behind City and it would going to open up some breathing space between us and Liverpool.

[NDC123]

Not often we all seem to agree with the best line up but we certainly do for this game. I think the pace of Bale, Lennon & Defoe should cause Liverpool all sorts of problems as none of their defenders or midfielders look particularly quick (Johnson being the possible exception). Defoe against Carragher! Bring it on!

[Gino Ginelli]

At risk of breaking the mutual and rare THFCTalk harmony, can I suggest that those midfield pair run the risk of being isolated from the other two central units, as there's no one who can show for ball at either end and link them both up. For example, Palacios is just the destroyer, and Modric is actually a much deeper player than people realise, not the VDV like attacking force. I think that given the lack of JJ and VDV we would be better with Niko in behind JD to offer that free role that we genuinely seem to getting used to.

Just my thought. Carry on...

[Apples]

At risk of breaking the mutual and rare THFCTalk harmony, can I suggest that those midfield pair run the risk of being isolated from the other two central units, as there's no one who can show for ball at either end and link them both up. For example, Palacios is just the destroyer, and Modric is actually a much deeper player than people realise, not the VDV like attacking force. I think that given the lack of JJ and VDV we would be better with Niko in behind JD to offer that free role that we genuinely seem to getting used to.

Just my thought. Carry on...

Unfortunately, I think Niko has lost it...too slow and predictable. Not enough quality to be playing such a pivotable role.

Just a shame we lost Taraabt ay!

[TURKISH]

At risk of breaking the mutual and rare THFCTalk harmony, can I suggest that those midfield pair run the risk of being isolated from the other two central units, as there's no one who can show for ball at either end and link them both up. For example, Palacios is just the destroyer, and Modric is actually a much deeper player than people realise, not the VDV like attacking force. I think that given the lack of JJ and VDV we would be better with Niko in behind JD to offer that free role that we genuinely seem to getting used to.

Just my thought. Carry on...

Stick to women Gino.

[NDC123]

At risk of breaking the mutual and rare THFCTalk harmony, can I suggest that those midfield pair run the risk of being isolated from the other two central units, as there's no one who can show for ball at either end and link them both up. For example, Palacios is just the destroyer, and Modric is actually a much deeper player than people realise, not the VDV like attacking force. I think that given the lack of JJ and VDV we would be better with Niko in behind JD to offer that free role that we genuinely seem to getting used to.

Just my thought. Carry on...


Out of interest - Niko in place of who?

[Gino Ginelli]

Er... VDV's usual role?

[deadleyledley]

Er... VDV's usual role?

niko is good enough to play in vdv's role.

he seems to to do it very effectively on the international stage for croatia and scores goals for them aswell, so it is a possibility.

[highlander]

Ive got a good feeling about today. Liverpool are gash away from home and I think the players will know how important a win today could be. I think we'll go 2-0 up look good for an hour, concede to Dirk Kuyt and ride it out to win 2-1. COYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NDC123]

Er... VDV's usual role?

Defoe up front on his own then? I agree if Liverpool play 5 in midfield then we may struggle in the midfield but defoe is not a lone front man imo - Play Niko behind Pav or Crouch yes but I think Defoe would be better against their slow centre half's

[earl warwick]

TEAM - Gomes; Hutton, Gallas, Kaboul, Assou-Ekotto; Lennon, Palacios, Modric, Bale; Van der Vaart; Crouch.
SUBS - Cudicini, Bassong, Corluka, Kranjcar, Sandro, Defoe, Pavlyuchenko.

[xXx Jo xXx]

Does anyone have a stream for the game? I don't have sky :(

Thanks.

[Antilokhos]

Tons of streams to be found here:
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=95560&part=sports

If you have Veetle I would recommend this stream:
http://www.veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4ce809f5664b6

It's pretty good (showing a Serie A game now).

[xXx Jo xXx]

Tons of streams to be found here:
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=95560&part=sports

If you have Veetle I would recommend this stream:
http://www.veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4ce809f5664b6

It's pretty good (showing a Serie A game now).

Thank you, i will give them a try!

[deadleyledley]

think defoe would have thrived to play against carragher and skrtel.

but this also means that he can come on whent they are tired.

very important to draw first blood before them.


COYS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Antilokhos]

Nice to see VDV available, I benched him for Fantasy of course, just like selling Berbatov, a week of bad choices.

I guess we'll use Defoe as an impact sub, I hope Palacios is back to his best. Both he and Lennon showed signs of it against Bremen, let's hope they continue their comebacks.

3-1 Spurs, VDV 2, Crouch 1 - Torres 1

[TURKISH]

Come on you spurs.:santaclaus:

[Antilokhos]

Lennon had Bale wide open on the wing there. Wasted, good to see him running with the ball though.

[xXx Jo xXx]

I can't get onto the p2p streams. Anyone got any others where u don't have to be a member etc? Thanks

[Antilokhos]

I've never signed up for myp2p.eu, try going to the main page and searching for Tottenham from there.

Palacios has given the ball away at least 3 times now. Not very reassuring.

[Shelfside]

Hopefully VDV's injury won't be too bad and they took him off as a precaution.
It's not the start we wanted and the crowd are getting on Palacios' back already.

[nuttyhotspurs]

palacios back to his best....

[Antilokhos]

Has anybody ever seen Kaboul do anything off a free kick like that? He always tries to take them, and yet never poses any threat.

[nuttyhotspurs]

taxi for wilson!!!! *face palm*

[Antilokhos]

He's been really bad...

[Antilokhos]

Now Lennon has to attack Konchesky the rest of the day

[nuttyhotspurs]

unbelievable defending from carragher

[nuttyhotspurs]

Now Lennon has to attack Konchesky the rest of the day

spurs never do that tho! lennon prob wont see the ball now until hes inevitebly subbed

[nuttyhotspurs]

injury prone as fvck. far beyond a joke now

[Antilokhos]

So we've lost 2 players to injury and Palacios has been garbage. This sucks.

[TURKISH]

We have no luck at times, 2 subs down already.

[Shelfside]

Oh FFS how can we pick up so many injuries to CB's?

[nuttyhotspurs]

drops perfectly in the box! fvckin typical! !!! we cant lose to this sack of sh1t fvcks sake

[Antilokhos]

And once again we fail to defend a set piece.

[TURKISH]

FFS. Smash and grab.

[nuttyhotspurs]

FFS. Smash and grab.

so fvckin pissed off

[nuttyhotspurs]

amazing challenge by bassong. was that fvckin wilson agen! the stupid cvnt

edit. jus realised it was gallas

shit half

[Antilokhos]

That one was Gallas.

[TURKISH]

WP has really cost us big time, one of the worst performance by a spurs player in a long time. Apart from a good 7 month period at the club he has just got worse and worse.

Get rid.

[xXx Jo xXx]

WP has really cost us big time, one of the worst performance by a spurs player in a long time. Apart from a good 7 month period at the club he has just got worse and worse.

Get rid.

He has been awful all season! Why does Harry keep playing him!!

I can see this being 3-0 liverpool. Grrr

[heartofspurs]

what has happened to wilson. He was a power-house in his early spurs career. He is simply awful and he's better than that! spurs are really sloppy, it's painful to watch...no friggin' consistency. How many games have we gone in losing this year, so frustrating, they should be hitting liverpool hard, but just glimpses. I don't think Defoe is fully fit and if that is the way it should be pav. Go with the fit team!
No more injuries...
whinge....
whinging....
aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhh!!!

[nuttyhotspurs]

WP has really cost us big time, one of the worst performance by a spurs player in a long time. Apart from a good 7 month period at the club he has just got worse and worse.

Get rid.

he was alrite on wed but wow we wud be better
off with 10 men today

[Shelfside]

Amateurish defending in that last 5 mins of the half.Palacios has been shockingly bad and we are not creating enough,which is why it was vital that JD should have taken the chance that fell to him.We have looked vulnerable to the counter attack all game.
The only positive is that Liverpool have 3 players on yellow cards,so surely to God the tactics must be to lure them into making a rash challenge and getting them sent off.But at the moment I wouldn't even fancy our chances against 10 men or even 9 men.

[TURKISH]

he was alrite on wed but wow we wud be better
off with 10 men today

Against a very poor team who had couldn't qualify. I think injurys are creeping up to us, players out of form and others who lack match sharpness.

The next 45min will be tough.

[nuttyhotspurs]

get the ball out wide to lennon. we too predictable at times. relying on bale too much

[Antilokhos]

Well, we are hurt that our only playmaker out there is Modric. And he is having to spend too much time defending and covering for Wilson's mistakes. To get something out of this game, Lennon and Bale will have to take over, they are going to have to run at their defenders and try to get the ball to Defoe and Crouch. I don't see us getting a goal any other way, and Defoe was way too wasteful with his effort.

If we are still down at the 60 minute mark, I would think about sending in Niko for Palacios. Get another creative fulcrum in there to try to make something happen. As much as I desperately want to be rid of Palacios, I'm not sure if I want to risk that change just yet. Hopefully Harry can get the boys refocused at half time and we will come out and attack Konchesky.

In retrospect it was definitely a mistake to start VDV. I f*cking HATE our physios. I hate to take a page from denis-cro's book, but they are a massive, massive disgrace.

[nuttyhotspurs]

Against a very poor team who had couldn't qualify. I think injurys are creeping up to us, players out of form and others who lack match sharpness.

The next 45min will be tough.

yea but he just did the simple things right on wed. win the ball then lay it off. he cant even do that today

[TURKISH]

get the ball out wide to lennon. we too predictable at times. relying on bale too much

Agree....if WP is able.

[nuttyhotspurs]

In retrospect it was definitely a mistake to start VDV. I f*cking HATE our physios. I hate to take a page from denis-cro's book, but they are a massive, massive disgrace.
yea he clearly wasnt fit. they need sacking ASAP!!!!!!

[Antilokhos]

Somebody want to remind Defoe he's supposed to be a goalscorer?

[nuttyhotspurs]

if rio or jt had made those last 2 challenges by bassong they wud have been milking it for the remainder of the game.

[nuttyhotspurs]

unfvckingbelievable

[TURKISH]

I have a bad feeling about this.

[nuttyhotspurs]

fvckin wank! we deserve jack shit from this game

[Antilokhos]

That wasn't nearly as much a penalty as last week. And another ridiculous penalty by Defoe. Why the hell is VDV the only one on the team that knows how to take a damn penalty?

[TURKISH]

Kin hell.:thumbdown:

[Shelfside]

Oh look! We missed a penalty!.There's a shock eh?.

[US Spurs Fan]

Defoe should've been on a hat trick. I'm very disappointed in him today. Wish VDV was still in.

[nuttyhotspurs]

modric u ledge. GET FVCKIN IN!!!!

[Antilokhos]

Did you guys hear that? 9 penalties this season, we have only converted 5. That's incredibly poor. Maybe let Modric take them from now on. Somebody has to step up and take care of these when VDV is unavailable.

[nuttyhotspurs]

Defoe should've been on a hat trick. I'm very disappointed in him today. Wish VDV was still in.

dont we all

[Antilokhos]

LUKA!!!!

I LOVE THAT CROATIAN!

He's been fantastic all day.

[TURKISH]

MODRIC YOU GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a player, my word what a player.

[nuttyhotspurs]

hutton gets down the wing more than lennon!! make yaself available lennon u tit

[Antilokhos]

Pav on for Defoe?

Defoe has looked impotent in front of goal, and Crouch is still providing good hold up play and defends well on set pieces.

[TURKISH]

Great game but Lennon needs to get in the game more. Palacios is slightly better this half, but passing is terrible.

[Antilokhos]

I can't believe we aren't going to make a change...

[nuttyhotspurs]

lennon has gone missing yet again 2nd half. 1 half wonder

[nuttyhotspurs]

stop lumpin it up to crouch ffs

[Antilokhos]

I think we also stopped getting the ball to Lennon. We've been giving Bale the chance to run down his flank, but more and more it's been Hutton getting the ball in those positions on the right.

Maybe Bale and Lennon should switch sides, give Lennon more room, and let Bale attack Konchesky.

[nuttyhotspurs]

have a feeling defoes ankle is hurtin him

[Antilokhos]

Seems Harry was happy with a draw, I have no idea why that has been the case. This game is there for the taking but we are sitting with a sub unused...

[nuttyhotspurs]

GET IN !!!!!! there he is!!!!

[TURKISH]

Yiippkayeeeemotherfvcker!!!!!!!!!!

[Antilokhos]

I love our midfielders but our strikers frustrate the hell out of me!

[TURKISH]

Can't believe it, Lennon could have had two even though he had a quiet game. Amazing, once again we come from a goal down (a silly goal) and show real heart and fight.

Why can't we achieve something this year? We still have Dawson, King, Hudd to all come back. Plus Lennon hasn't even got out of second gear all season.

Fantastic win, triffic bouncebackability shown once again.

[nuttyhotspurs]

MASSIVE WIN!!!! MASSIVE. lovin the never say die attitude

[TURKISH]

I love our midfielders but our strikers frustrate the hell out of me!

No excuse for the pen miss, but Defoe has been out for a while and we can't expect miracles. Him and Crouch worked hard.

[Shelfside]

A fantastic result but far from a fantastic performance.Liverpool should have really been 2 or 3 goals out of sight but for their wasteful finishing.But the old cliche is that it's the sign of a good team who can play badly and still win.
Palacios was better in the second half although it would have taken something supernaturally bad for him to have played worse than than the first half.JD was off the boil not surprisingly but Modric was our man today.
Sometimes you just have to grind out a result but it seems that we are too often having to battle back from a goal down.Let's enjoy it while our luck is still holding out.
But in the space of 8 days we have had massive league wins over Arsenal and Liverpool and sealed our qualification from the group stages of the CL.It's not perfect at the moment but our best this season is still to come.

[Gold7]

Haven't jumped out of my seat like that since ?????........... Well since last week actually .

What a win . I felt sorry for luka a bit playing with palacios and being scared to pass to him . I really like Wilson I would really love for him to get back to his best. That would give us a further boost.

[Gino Ginelli]

Cracking game that, full of incident. We just plugged away and eventually broke them down. Modric was superlative, Gallas imperious, and Bassong really impressed me as well.

Great, tough, hard fought win.

[peterc]

Another fantastic comeback, we might have won ugly but three points gained. MOTM Gallarse, well deserved. Shame Palacios still not found his form. COYS.

[mjbmedia]

welcome back Lennon, though went missing a bit 2nd half he done good.
Gallas good at the back, hoep the injuries arent too bad.
Glad carraghers done his shoulder hate the scouse bastard

4 wins in a row and Brum to come next

[deadleyledley]

good performance in the sense that we worked really hard to get the 2 goals and fought tooth and nail for everything.

not sure how wp cant pass 5 yards. he could do it on wednesday but seems to have have forgotten that by sunday.

thought defoe didnt have the same sharpness that he normally does and resulted in him having an off game. think he should have gone off for pav after 80 mins.

next up birmingham away and we all know that will be a difficult game.

[Rojoknapp]

Modric is an absolute genius. He was basically playing on his own in the middle in the second half and he orchestrated everything, and even managed to help out with defending aswell. I absolutely love that guy. Huge sigh of relief mainly thanks to him.

Defoe you stupid prick, stop f*cking taking f*cking penalties - how many more will you waste before you stop?

[NDC123]

Defoe you stupid prick, stop f*cking taking f*cking penalties - how many more will you waste before you stop?

You are right. Every time he takes one I think he's going to miss! worrying thing is that nobody else seems to want to take them. Bale in midweek was looking round waiting for someone else to take it but nobody wanted it. Hope we don't end up in a penalty shoot out any time soon!

[matthius23]

Modric is an absolute genius. He was basically playing on his own in the middle in the second half and he orchestrated everything, and even managed to help out with defending aswell. I absolutely love that guy. Huge sigh of relief mainly thanks to him.

This, this, this - a MILLION times this. Luka was sensational.

[Ginola's Son]

I didn't think we played very well today, and I think that was due to losing VDV when we did and the ineptitude of Wilson. Its a shame about Wilson, but he's just not good enough anymore, the club has moved up a level and he's been left behind. His stray passing was destroying every attack we made in the first half, it was only in the second, when Luka almost stopped passing to him entirely that we made in-roads into the Liverpool box.

We didnt play well, but we won ugly and thats what the good teams do.

[Antilokhos]

When Wilson was so important to us, he wasn't playing like this. We know he can do better, and so does Harry. I understand wanting to get him back to his best, if he does, that is a very valuable weapon for us to have. We need a 3rd quality CM. Sandro could be that in another year or two (hopefully sooner). O'Hara is the forgotten man, he should be back soon and may be a very useful partner back there with Modric.

I'm happy we got the win, but I think we played poorly, and if we want to be good, we have to stop giving up the first goal. Good teams don't do that, and if we want to be top 4 again, let alone push for the title, we have to stop being so sloppy. We picked up 2 valuable points on Chelsea and City today, we need to keep the momentum going forward and keep picking up points.

[Gino Ginelli]

Fantastic win, triffic bouncebackability shown once again.

Wheyyyyyyyyyyy!!! :thumbup:

[TURKISH]

Wheyyyyyyyyyyy!!! :thumbup:

Did I spell it right? :sad:


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[Gino Ginelli]

Did I spell it right? :sad:




I believe so, but as one moderator to another don't you ever, EVER, EVER, put such horrific imagery on this site again!!!! For god's sake there could be children reading this!!!

[TURKISH]

I believe so, but as one moderator to another don't you ever, EVER, EVER, put such horrific imagery on this site again!!!! For god's sake there could be children reading this!!!

:ahhhhh::ahhhhh:

[Gino Ginelli]

:ahhhhh::ahhhhh:

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[TURKISH]

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