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.
I would have Sandro for Parker and Dos Santos on the wing but we all know that wont happen. :-(
Me too Jim, Sandro is twice the player and stays in position and although GDS isn’t going to set the world on fire on the right, he can hold the ball up well and he knows where the goal is….Arry Out!
I read some bollox that GDS doesn’t track back. That’s utter tripe from what I remember but it was 1000yrs ago.
Sandro would be my first name on the team sheet every week now mate.
Agreed…. :daumen:
I for one would like to see Bentley get some game time.
I know he doesn’t have the pace of Lennon, but the guy can hit a wicked dead ball which is something we haven’t seen a lot of this season.
Entire games can be changed with a single free kick or corner, and he’s probably the only wide right player we got left.
Holy shit, Dos Santos, keep forgetting about him. Is he on loan?
No hes been ostracised I think. Hes been left out so long, its frankly sheer stubbornness on HR part.
Shame. I’ve only seen him play against non-prem teams, but he looks like he’s got some firepower in him.
Honestly, I forget his style exactly. But its got to be better than Bale out there.
The few times he has got a chance he has done absolutely sod all, maybe that’s why he doesn’t get many games!! Shock horror!!
If hes that bad Phil why have him in the 25 mate? and not say Townsend or even more importantly Caulker.
All Bentley did was splash HR`s suit while celebrating 4th spot 2 seasons ago. Lord knows what GDS has done.
Its strange considering we got an offer for 6/8m for him, didn’t let him go, put him in the 25 and now have him quartering the oranges for half time.
I heard Arry was asleep on a plane and he woke up wearing a false moustache, a kiss me quick hat on & a selection of sex toys on his lap.
Or I might have just made that up.
Was the problem then that no-one kissed rubber chops ?
That’s a picture I have to see HH, get your people to speak to his people and work something out!
Harry has left Dos Santos out for one reason. The Lads rendition of “Knees Up Muvver Brown” is shite.
Fabrice muamba!,Fabrice muamba!
Spurs have played some of their greatest games with Sandro. It is sad he seldom plays these days.Just hope he stays at Spurs.For me he is still one of the fist players on my team sheet.
‘One of the fist players on the team sheet,’ are we doing porn now?