That's fine if none of them pick up injuries. Problem is, most Championship level teams will see us as a massive scalp and all that extra effort often comes through in the tackles.
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*** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Cardiff City, Sunday 22nd September***
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That's fine if none of them pick up injuries. Problem is, most Championship level teams will see us as a massive scalp and all that extra effort often comes through in the tackles.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Resting players because you're afraid of injuries because of the style of play of the opponents is not the same as rotation to me.
Since you mentioned Ferguson, van Persie started 35 league games last season, Carrick 34. Probably a couple "Championship level teams" in there.
Armchair Expert
Vedran Corluka
So we shouldn't play our best players against bottom half prem teams?
Unfortunately, players have to play. When a player is playing, they are exposed to the possibility of picking up injuries. Soldado might get a hamstring injury in trainiing, should we make our best players sit out training?
Not always. If we can (and we should) beat Cardiff without risking them, why risk them?
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
We should. As in, we're favourites and the probability of us winning is higher than the probability of us drawing or losing.
Weakening our side will most likely lessen that probability, even if we will still be favourites.
If we can have a higher probability of winning, why accept a lower probability? It makes sense if accepting a lower probability here gives us an even higher probability increase in another game, but in this case our next league game is a week away.
Best possible team for today gives us the highest chance of more points at the end of the season imo.
DHSF
Les Ferdinand
This is the first game of the season im actually really looking forward to (I did not look forward to the **** game).
I just hope we go at them and attack with pace.
I suspect Demele is out which means Paulinho and Sandro in the middle with Eriksen behind Soldado. Id like to star Lamela though although I expect Sig to be on the left with Townsend on right.
Not sure whats gonna happen at left back as if Kaboom is out Vert has to play CB (unless chiichcichichcihcichcicheres is eligible to play now) - so who goes LB? Naughton? could be a weak link
I just hope we go at them and attack with pace.
I suspect Demele is out which means Paulinho and Sandro in the middle with Eriksen behind Soldado. Id like to star Lamela though although I expect Sig to be on the left with Townsend on right.
Not sure whats gonna happen at left back as if Kaboom is out Vert has to play CB (unless chiichcichichcihcichcicheres is eligible to play now) - so who goes LB? Naughton? could be a weak link
Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
This. Especially as it appears Benteke might be out as he looked quite badly injured yesterday.
Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
I agree. Best possible team for this one. Without playing anyone with knocks.
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
Hootnow
Jermaine Jenas
Flexors are a muscle group, which in this case work to pull the knee up. Quite important for playing football! No idea what he's done with the muscles though so not sure how long he'll be out for.
Want best team out for this. And I certainly don't think we should be rotating based on chance of injury.
Spurs7891
Jermaine Jenas
We have set such a high benchmark so far this season that we expect us to win every match we play. And we have almost done just that, apart from the Arsenal match. We should be beating teams like Cardiff home or away. But it is not going to be easy as Cardiff have beaten ManCity and drew with Everton there. Can see them being motivated for this match just to embarass us just like ManCity. Hope we won't get complacent and be up for this match as well.
Defoe did well to score 2 goals against Tromso. But can see Soldado starting this match. I think Soldado needs to score in this match after not scoring from open play in the league so far. Hope our midfield will help create chances for him. Want to see Defoe coming later on in he match. It will be unfair if Defoe does not get to play after the way he scored against Tromso. Ofcourse, badly want to see Lamela score for us as well. Lamela is supposed to be the real replacement for Bale. So, want him to be successfull for us, just to help us forget Bale.
Without a doubt, all the attention will be on Eriksen. After doing well in his first 2 matches for us, you tend to expect him to do something world class all the time. He seems like the cutting edge we badly needed in midfield all this while. He seems capable of unlocking any defence with his creativity. But can see Cardiff trying to man mark him. Hope he will be up for the challenge. Want to see Townsend and Sigurdsson stepping up their game. After scoring 2 good goals against Norwich, Sigurdsson should try to continue that goal run. Want to see Townsend stop trying those long range shots and try to create chances for our strikers intead.
We have done well to keep clean sheets in 6 out of 7 matches so far this season. Will be disappointed if we don't keep a clean sheet in this match. Hope players like Dawson and Walker won't make any silly mistakes. I think Lloris should be more vocal in organizing our defence to prevent any silly mistakes by the defence. Lloris almost made a crucial error against Norwich. Hope Lloris will be more alert and carefull this time.
On paper, we have more quality than Cardiff and should be beating them without much problems. But as Southampton showed against Liverpool, anything is possible in football. We should be treating Cardfif with due respect. Hope we will turn up with the right mentality to overcome them and get the win.
Defoe did well to score 2 goals against Tromso. But can see Soldado starting this match. I think Soldado needs to score in this match after not scoring from open play in the league so far. Hope our midfield will help create chances for him. Want to see Defoe coming later on in he match. It will be unfair if Defoe does not get to play after the way he scored against Tromso. Ofcourse, badly want to see Lamela score for us as well. Lamela is supposed to be the real replacement for Bale. So, want him to be successfull for us, just to help us forget Bale.
Without a doubt, all the attention will be on Eriksen. After doing well in his first 2 matches for us, you tend to expect him to do something world class all the time. He seems like the cutting edge we badly needed in midfield all this while. He seems capable of unlocking any defence with his creativity. But can see Cardiff trying to man mark him. Hope he will be up for the challenge. Want to see Townsend and Sigurdsson stepping up their game. After scoring 2 good goals against Norwich, Sigurdsson should try to continue that goal run. Want to see Townsend stop trying those long range shots and try to create chances for our strikers intead.
We have done well to keep clean sheets in 6 out of 7 matches so far this season. Will be disappointed if we don't keep a clean sheet in this match. Hope players like Dawson and Walker won't make any silly mistakes. I think Lloris should be more vocal in organizing our defence to prevent any silly mistakes by the defence. Lloris almost made a crucial error against Norwich. Hope Lloris will be more alert and carefull this time.
On paper, we have more quality than Cardiff and should be beating them without much problems. But as Southampton showed against Liverpool, anything is possible in football. We should be treating Cardfif with due respect. Hope we will turn up with the right mentality to overcome them and get the win.
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braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Not confirmed, but it seems very likely that Lloris will start in goal. Don't shoot the messenger, pinch of salt and all that.
Rossi22
Pedro Mendes
2-1 Cardiff
:yawn:
africanspurs
Justin Edinburgh
am thinking draw2-1 Cardiff
