Superb OOMT. With Mumorn taking the reins, we should win every game till the end of the season.
Amen to that
Superb OOMT. With Mumorn taking the reins, we should win every game till the end of the season.
HAS to be this.
------------------------- Friedel --------------------------
Walker -------- Gallas -------------- Kaboul -------- Ekotto
Kranjcar ------ Parker -------------- Modric --------- Bale
--------------------- Van Der Vaart ----------------------
----------------------- Adebayor -------------------------
Gallas/King is a coin flip, depends who you want for Chelsea, I'm not particularly bothered.
yes please. VdV on the right did not look great in the bolton game. Felt we were lopsided again. Good thing was Bale was looking good on the left again. VdV lost on the right.
I sense misery after this game,there is nothing to make me feel our players are up to the task of a hard midweek game.
Generally I would agree, but at the moment, who should play on the right? Kranjar hasn't looked great recently - and we have three strikers playing well, so it would be a shame to leave two of them on the bench. I don't like vdv on the right so much, but if it's just for a couple of games it should be OK.
Got to be our strongest team with one exception - a 3rd CB for the aerial threat.
If we line up with that disasterous 4-4-2 again I'm just going to slit my wrists at the start and save myself the misery.
With Lennon:
-----------Friedel
Walker--King--Kaboul--Gallas
-------Parker--Modric
Lennon----vdV------Bale
-----------Ade
Without Lennon:
-----------Friedel
Walker--King--Kaboul--Gallas
--Parker--Sandro--Modric
----vdV----------Bale
-----------Ade
No way. Ekotto to start at LB all day. Why should we nullify our attacking threat down the left to accommodate Stoke? This aint the Britannia.
BAE got destroyed in the away game and we had to bring on Bassong to cope with their size.
The thing is I just don't want to see him looking lost there. I want him involved in the game. I did feel as the game wore on that he would eventually have a little purple patch in the game and elevate us to a different level. But whilst he is out of the game, VdV remains a massive liability. When it's on the right I feel he doesn't give Walker any protection. I wouldn't want to see being double teamed by Etherington and the left back.
I can see merits too vdv on the right and playing 2 up top. Particularly if Ade decides to play as he did against Saudi Sportswashing Machine. To be fair I feel Parker needs to get back to what he did best ahead of the vdv on the right problem. We need Parker to sit, and give us discipline in that midfield. Just felt too many players are getting in behind midfield and in front of defence.
Hope we win of course. Would also like to see us get two dodgy penalties, Stoke denied at least two blatant penalties, Shawcross gets sent off, and they have a goal disallowed that's a good 3 yards onside. I'd also like to see Tony Pulis get hit in the face by a Kaboul free kick, which could actually happen.
On a serious note, I hope the team has practiced set pieces for this game.
Bolton had postponed their match against Villa. Isn't it better if we consider postponing this match as well ? Many Spurs players were badly affected during the Bolton match. Not sure if they will be in the right mentality to play so soon. This is a must-win match for us. We have to make sure the players are not affected in anyway for this match.
Bolton had postponed their match against Villa. Isn't it better if we consider postponing this match as well ? Many Spurs players were badly affected during the Bolton match. Not sure if they will be in the right mentality to play so soon. This is a must-win match for us. We have to make sure the players are not affected in anyway for this match.
Bolton had postponed their match against Villa. Isn't it better if we consider postponing this match as well ? Many Spurs players were badly affected during the Bolton match. Not sure if they will be in the right mentality to play so soon. This is a must-win match for us. We have to make sure the players are not affected in anyway for this match.