OMT: Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland Match History 1898-2013 (Asia Trophy)

[Spursalot]

Vertonghen down..


Holding his knee or his ankle, i can't tell..

 

[BedfordBen]

Oh great, Jan looks to have a pretty serious one here. Hope the money we get from forcing through this game in awful unplayable conditions was worth it.

 

[Sandman]

looks like he Jarred his knee on landing. Could be a ligament Stretch.

 

[Armchair Expert]

Thank GHod for that. Vertonghen out until Christmas.

 

[Pirate55]

Vertonghen down..


Holding his knee or his ankle, i can't tell..

Why was he risked in these conditions?

 

[Kingdawson]

looks like he Jarred his knee on landing. Could be a ligament Stretch.

2 months minimum? Dawson and Kaboul it is.

 

[Crawley]

Isn't it always the fudging way?

Misses the start of the season now, I bet.

FFS

 

[Spursalot]

Why was he risked in these conditions?

Er.. Surely anyone out there is under the same amount of risk?


Injuries happen. He needed match fitness though.

 

[Sandman]

Fans doing the long slow singing of when the spurs go marching in, amazing really as its the locals....

 

[Crawley]

Why was he risked in these conditions?

Why were any of them risked?

It's pre-season, FFS........they have to get fit.

 

[indianspur]

typical

protect your best players in these conditions](*,)

 

[BedfordBen]

Why were any of them risked?

It's pre-season, FFS........they have to get fit.

The question is why wasn't it called off. This pitch is not playable, and an injury was inevitable. The answer, of course, is money.

 

[Armchair Expert]

typical

protect your best players in these conditions](*,)

Its just bad luck. We have to field some players during pre season.

 

[Pirate55]

Er.. Surely anyone out there is under the same amount of risk?


Injuries happen. He needed match fitness though.

From the initial set up, it looked like we were not risking any of our star players. Why bring Jan on in such a match. Madness

 

[Sandman]

Curbishley commenting the Sunderland players looking sharper. But they have all stayed on from the first half and are used to the conditions.

 

[Spursalot]

The question is why wasn't it called off. This pitch is not playable, and an injury was inevitable. The answer, of course, is money.

The pitch clearly is playable. Vertonghen landed awkwardly, that happens on a perfectly dry pitch.

 

[indianspur]

Its just bad luck. We have to field some players during pre season.

pre season yes, but these conditions are atrocious...none of our best players should be out there

game shouldnt have gone ahead anyway

 

[indianspur]

The pitch clearly is playable. Vertonghen landed awkwardly, that happens on a perfectly dry pitch.

if it was a PL game it would have been called off

 

[SpursLodge]

Commentators just said that AVB asked Vertonghen if he wanted to go back on so might not be as bad as first thought.

 

[Armchair Expert]

AVB asked Verts if he wanted to go back on then. Hopefully looked worse than it was then. He wasn't exactly writhing around on the stretcher when he got carried off.