OMT Tottenham vs Liverpool

[Jordinho]

THFC team: Vorm, Trippier, Carter-Vickers, Wimmer, Davies; Dier (c), Winks; Onomah, Carroll, Nkoudou; Janssen

Subs: Lopez, Walkes, Vertonghen, Amos, Lamela, Wanyama, Harrison

LFC team: Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, Lucas, Klavan, Moreno, Stewart, Wijnaldum, Grujic, Ejaria, Origi, Sturridge

Subs: Karius, Clyne, Lovren, Can, Lallana, Mane, Ings

 

[Whiffler]

OS Starting XI:

Vorm
Trippier - Carter-Vickers - Wimmer - Davies
Dier (c) - Winks
Onomah - Carroll - Nkoudou
Janssen
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Subs:

Lopez
Walkes
Vertonghen
Amos
Lamela
Wanyama
Harrison​

 

[Baleforce]

wow, amazed at the liverpool line up, I really thought they would go full strength

of course it means the narrative will now be about what a wonderful academy the dippers have and not only will they win the PL this year they will also have a Fergie-esque period of dominance for the next two decades

 

[Notmegov]

Love seeing our young boys given a run out, its the one thing i miss about not being in the EL, the CL is all a bit serious.

 

[King of Norway]

That's a weaker team than I expected us to play. Liverpool's team is also weaker than I expected, but it's still stronger than ours, and they have some firepower on the bench if they need it. It would be a great achievement if we knock them out.

 

[AdamB]

Pretty even teams, which is good. For such a weakened team, the back 4 and 2 CMs looks pretty solid. Not that confident that we'll score many with Onomah and Carroll in the team....maybe this is the night when GKN makes a name for himself?

 

[milo]

I'm looking forward to seeing what the kids can do. It will be interesting to see how deep Carroll plays, it could easily be a 4-3-3.

 

[AdamB]

That's a weaker team than I expected us to play. Liverpool's team is also weaker than I expected, but it's still stronger than ours, and they have some firepower on the bench if they need it. It would be a great achievement if we knock them out.

Their bench is strong then ours, I agree, but in terms of starting 11s, if you look at how many PL standard and proven outfielders are on each side then we have 4 - Trippier, Davies, WImmer and Dier (Janssen and GKN haven't really adapted yet). They have Lucas, Sturridge, Moreno, Wijnaldum so 4 as well. The rest of their team are either youngsters or new to the country

 

[Daisuk]

wow, amazed at the liverpool line up, I really thought they would go full strength

of course it means the narrative will now be about what a wonderful academy the dippers have and not only will they win the PL this year they will also have a Fergie-esque period of dominance for the next two decades

Klopp got cold feet and got scared our kids would beat his Galacticos.

 

[Whiffler]

That's a weaker team than I expected us to play. Liverpool's team is also weaker than I expected, but it's still stronger than ours, and they have some firepower on the bench if they need it. It would be a great achievement if we knock them out.

I suspected the managers agreed to tone their teams down once the meejah went firmish on the particular youngsters.

 

[the dza]

It makes sense for them to give their squad players a run out, they have no opportunities to bring them in with just league games.

 

[NaijaSpurs]

That's a weaker team than I expected us to play. Liverpool's team is also weaker than I expected, but it's still stronger than ours, and they have some firepower on the bench if they need it. It would be a great achievement if we knock them out.

That is actually the exact team I expected us to play

 

[paxtonwolf]

Who can forget the 2004 Round 4 match against Liverpool. We were leading 1-0 with only 3 mins remaining in in extra time. Kanoute stupidly gave away the penalty and he also missed a penalty in the shootout. Hope we will do much better this time.

That 82 final was a killer for me. That team was awesome and was in the running for the quadruple, but the fixture pile-up the cup runs created meant we literally ran out of steam and just got over the line to finish with at least the FA Cup for consolation

 

[Glenda's Legs]

Love seeing our young boys given a run out, its the one thing i miss about not being in the EL, the CL is all a bit serious.

Agree. I like the look of that line-up and have a good feeling about this (kiss of death no doubt). Really pleased to see Dier as captain as well. He is the obvious choice from that starting line-up, I know, but he does seem like potential captain material for the future so good experience for him.

 

[AdamB]

One other thing which won't be mentioned by commentators is that its likely that only 1 of our starting 11 tonight will start at the weekend (Dier)

 

[90291Spur]

That 82 final was a killer for me. That team was awesome and was in the running for the quadruple, but the fixture pile-up the cup runs created meant we literally ran out of steam and just got over the line to finish with at least the FA Cup for consolation

Me too. We went ahead too damn early. But the FA Cup was decent consolation.

 

[milo]

It's nice to see Harrison get selected for the first team squad for the first time too. I thought that he was unlucky to be out for the Gillingham game.

 

[paxtonwolf]

That is actually the exact team I expected us to play

Same here. One of the Pool fans at work was asking what team we would have out (as if I had a direct line to Pochettino). Got the back 5 spot on, I had to explain to him who CCV and Wimmer were!!!
Told him NKD would start, the only one I got wrong was I thought it might be Winks and Carroll together with Onomah-Alli-GKN behind Janssen,

But having thought about it Wink/Carroll might well have been too light, so it makes sense having Dier next to Winks

 

[AdamB]

It's nice to see Harrison get selected for the first team squad for the first time too. I thought that he was unlucky to be out for the Gillingham game.

Is there any reason to think he's any good and/or might make it? I haven't been impressed in the few times I've seen him

 

[SpursNorway]

One other thing which won't be mentioned by commentators is that its likely that only 1 of our starting 11 tonight will start at the weekend (Dier)

The same situation for Liverpool, given their starting 11 tonight (Wijnaldum).