Good morning.
Tomorrow night is all about Tottenham getting back on track. The desire to land 3 points and wishing a stranger who suffered a heart attack well aren’t mutually exclusive.
The issue of the players ‘being in the right place emotionally’ has been mooted and in such instances it’s the responsibility of the individuals that feel affected to make this known to staff and they will of course be welcome to sit this one out and an organisation as big as THFC will I am convinced get them any help they might need in this direction. Here’s my team to play Stoke.
Chicken Badge Heroes™ shown not actual size.
Again, I’m for resting King and Friedel. The reasons are there for all to see; Brad’s been letting in goals and Ledders looks lackluster.
The return of Gallas is a welcome sight and hopefully given a run together this back four can establish some routine and dare I say it cohesion.
The boy Bale, PNB and Modders across the middle in a 3 man midfield using van der Vaart as a foil to feed Saha and the Midget Gem.
At the risk of pointing out the bleedin’ obvious if Bale continuously drifts in, not only will he magnify how narrow we are without Azza but he’ll simultaneously clog the midfield.
David Bentley has been training. If this actually means he’s fit and worth fielding is another matter. Against an anti footballing mob like Stoke I don’t know if I’d start him. Maybe an option to use him to replace a very tired van der Vaart who I anticipate getting quite tired after scoring two memorable goals.
Predictions? I expect the fans to make some real noise and get behind the players. Given the tragic nature of Sunday’s events endless rounds of, ‘Fabrice Muamba!’ throughout the game will only be haunting and not actually benefit anyone.
Full time, 2-0.
Took a few blows at my eecky thump class last night then the 8 track went faulty, Fingers sorted it this morning, he`s a wizz with a loaf,sandwich toaster and a Banana. Thumping head this morn might be the Scrumpy and cheese. Hope Crouchy doesn`t wreak revenge on weds.
Here’s two for your quiz Raz-who won the FA cup but lost in the 3rd round? Which premiership lost to the same team in the same calendar year in the FA cup?
Lost twice that should have read
….all home wins tmrw night and we’ll be 4 clear of the scum again, 7 clear of the other scum, it’s got to happen. Really don’t understand this thing about players will be allowed not to play ‘if they not in the right frame of mind.’ Fabrice is getting better, it was a one-off, time to get on with the day job again…..
who is PNB?
Parker – Pathe News Boy.
I still strenuously claim it’s “bloke” not “boy”.
Ha. Bloody right. Pathe News Enforcer is even more apt alas, too clunky :-(
White Hart Lane has never been a place for the feint hearted, let hope our boys have got the bottle to bury Stoke.
I also don’t mind if we have a few goals “dedicated” to Fabrice (in the Stoke net though, I won’t welcome any “dedicated” goals at our end, even if they are dedicated to my dear old nan).
Christmas Tree formation. Like it, but still unsure about Modric on the right-side of a midfield three…he tends to play poodoo there. Central is definitely where Modric is most effective. Why no King ? He played 40 mins of the first half of the traumatic Bolton game, so why not again ? I’m going with this little experiment (4-4-1-1):
Friedel
Kaboul Gallas King BAE
Walker Parker Modric Bale
VdV
Defoe/Saha
2-1 to Spurs. COYS !