Spurs7891
Jermaine Jenas
This match will show us what the team is really made of. After the disappointing loss to Chelsea last week, it is going to be interesting how we respond. They say a good team is judged by the way they respond to defeats. After losing our 4 match winning streak, this Spurs team needs to show they can recover from setbacks. We certainly got the players for that. But the question is if we got the mental strength to respond to defeats.
Hope Dembele is fit for this match. The matches against Chelsea and Maribor have shown that we badly need Dembele in the team. We are unbeaten in all matches that Dembele have played for us. That shows how much important is Dembele to the team. He moves our midfield and creates the chances for us. He is not really consistent yet and still needs to improve but when he is on form, he really makes our midfield look good. If Dembele is not fit, hope Hudd will show more effort than he has done so. Not at all impressed with Hudd's form so far this season. Hudd will be very usefull for us if he can unleash his long range accurate passes and shots. We badly missed Bale against Chelsea as well. Hope he will return with greater confidence due to this newborn baby. We really need his defence penetrating runs and crosses.
This will be a good chance for Defoe to continue his goal scoring run. Defoe has looked sharp under AVB. Hope he can score a goal or two. He has to start ahead of Adebayor due to his good form. Adebayor can come in the 2nd half if needed. I think players like Sigurdson and Dempsey needs to score as well. Sigurdson badly need a league goal to help him settle at Spurs. Despite his goal against ManU, Dempsey has hardly looked like scoring goals for us. Just hope we don't have to rely on Dempsey for goals until he finds back his goal scoring boot.
Our defence have not been good this season, especially with Kaboul injured. Our makeshift defence always seem capable of conceding goals. I think until Kaboul returns, we have to accept conceding silly goals as Caulker is too inexperienced while Gallas is past his best. Just hope we don't concede too many goals and can outscore our opponents in all the matches. I would prefer Lloris to start in goal as he is more young and energetic compared to Friedel.
We really need to show we are not affected by the Chelsea defeat. To do that, we need to get a good result against Southampton. They may be second bottom in the league but we have a poor record at Southampton in recent years. Just hope we will turn up with a good mentality and put up a good performance.
Hope Dembele is fit for this match. The matches against Chelsea and Maribor have shown that we badly need Dembele in the team. We are unbeaten in all matches that Dembele have played for us. That shows how much important is Dembele to the team. He moves our midfield and creates the chances for us. He is not really consistent yet and still needs to improve but when he is on form, he really makes our midfield look good. If Dembele is not fit, hope Hudd will show more effort than he has done so. Not at all impressed with Hudd's form so far this season. Hudd will be very usefull for us if he can unleash his long range accurate passes and shots. We badly missed Bale against Chelsea as well. Hope he will return with greater confidence due to this newborn baby. We really need his defence penetrating runs and crosses.
This will be a good chance for Defoe to continue his goal scoring run. Defoe has looked sharp under AVB. Hope he can score a goal or two. He has to start ahead of Adebayor due to his good form. Adebayor can come in the 2nd half if needed. I think players like Sigurdson and Dempsey needs to score as well. Sigurdson badly need a league goal to help him settle at Spurs. Despite his goal against ManU, Dempsey has hardly looked like scoring goals for us. Just hope we don't have to rely on Dempsey for goals until he finds back his goal scoring boot.
Our defence have not been good this season, especially with Kaboul injured. Our makeshift defence always seem capable of conceding goals. I think until Kaboul returns, we have to accept conceding silly goals as Caulker is too inexperienced while Gallas is past his best. Just hope we don't concede too many goals and can outscore our opponents in all the matches. I would prefer Lloris to start in goal as he is more young and energetic compared to Friedel.
We really need to show we are not affected by the Chelsea defeat. To do that, we need to get a good result against Southampton. They may be second bottom in the league but we have a poor record at Southampton in recent years. Just hope we will turn up with a good mentality and put up a good performance.
