Good afternoon and welcome.
Arry’s presser this morning will come as a bitter pill for those still intent upon believing he has any intention of staying at The Lane.
He announced that he has been speaking to Levy & Co. every day and that no new contract (“…and I haven’t pushed him to either…” ) or August war chest has been discussed.
Anyway the whole will she, won’t she saga is too boring to contemplate. If Slur Alex Ferguson has been told by the FA not to discuss the England manager vacancy then it can only be because they wish to hoodwink the public that they are following due process and the appointment isn’t a foregone conclusion.
The injuries are piling up nicely. Dawson, Azza, Galvin, Hazzard, Dozzell, Perryman and Crooksy all confirmed as out.
Gomes has obviously been banished by the multilingual motivator Redschnapps and whilst I’m a Friedel fan, he has been letting in goals – whether his fault or his back four’s – like a good ‘un. So taking match form into consideration when picking a side, I’d plump for Carlos between the sticks.
King must be rested, even if he swears blind he’s as fit as fiddle. The last two outings weren’t up to scratch and he can’t be indulged right now.
Defoe has completely earned the right to play and so what ever the deal is with Saha, he gets benched. The real problem with the absence of Azza and the ‘automatic’ lack of width it will provoke. Modric on the wing is a waste, but would vdV have the self control to stay wide?
Speaking of self control, it’ll be interesting to see what tactics Bale and his agent opt for. How I would love to see a banner saying, ‘Stay On The Wing!’ in the Away End.
Eye-catcher bets
A 1-2 win is 17/2, Anytime Goalscorer Modric is 7/2 and for some general cover insurance take Half Time Draw Full Time Tottenham 5/1.
If we can’t field two recognised Centre Backs, then we’re always going to have problems against proper teams…
I’d rather have:
Friedel
Walker Kaboul King/Gallas BAE
Modric Parker Sandro Bale
VDV
ADE
Subs: Cudicini, Defoe, Kranky, Livers, Rose, Saha
Everton will be a battle – first we win the battle, then we win the game… it may not be pretty, but it doesn’t have to be: it has to be won!!
I. Love. This. Blog. The wit and dry humor has me smirking like I know something no other person knows… Carry on HH. Let the haters hate.
I. Love. This. Blog. The wit and dry humour has me smirking like I know something no other person knows… Carry on HH. Let the haters hate.
Is there an echo in here?
Is there an echo in here? :-)
In here?
Why is VDV always on the team-sheet? If it’s allowed I’d drop him to the bench as the guy’s done sweet FA since the Arsenal game at home last season! He looks ponderous and anonymous playing so deep,so unless there’s a change in position or form (or perhaps even a revocation of our contractual obligation to him),the guy’s position in the team should come under scrutiny. Mind you? he does tend walk off when it’s not going awfully well!
Agreed on all points. We only keep him around so the odd news story about his wife crops up. Completely anonymous and ineffective. If we want to play someone behind a lone striker its Luka or no-one.
City play with 2 holding midfielder players home and away and yet play the best football in the league. Sandro and Parker may be needed to stop us leaking goals.
Resting King for Gallas might not be the worste thing at the mo…