Good morning.
Reading away and tension is palpable. One obvious positive before a ball is kicked is that we’re playing away. So the Tottenham fans in attendance will do what great fans always strive to do. Despite the inevitable aggravation of football travel, despite being perpetually outnumbered they will sing, cheer, encourage and support.
The shiftless know-alls that have taken to infesting the once great White Hart Lane won’t be able to sneer, grumble, boo then leave early. I can lay into home fans all day long and it won’t make a dent, won’t make one of them blush.
We’re not beating everyone 5-0, it’s Levy’s fault, it’s AVB’s fault, they’ve paid their money and are so terminally brain damaged they have confused the price of admission with demonstrating commitment. I’m sick of you.
And breathe.
So far Reading have drawn 1-1 at home to anti-footballing Stoke and lost 4-2 away to the Blue Racists. Dangermen? Well on balance we should expect more of a team effort rather than any staggering solo performances but Pavel Pogrebnyak is an obvious threat. And if you believe in Brian Glanville’s immutable law of the ex then so too will be Chris Gunter.
I’m going with Brad for no reason than it might be useful for Hugo to watch us play a Premier League game (if indeed he hasn’t already). The back four has to have Jan and Billy paired to offer Benny and Kyle the stability they naturally need.
The middle of the pitch is important here from the perspective that without being patronising we need to outplay Reading. Ball on the floor, forward passes to feed the wizards further upfield. So no Livermore and I’m therefor pairing Dembélé with Sandro.
I cannot place enough emphasis on the players resisting the urge (hello Brad, hello Benny and hello Kyle) to hoof the ball away. This is the opposite of ‘a good thing’. We will not beat Reading by indulging in a fiasco of hoof ball and head tennis.
Azza, Siggy and Bale with Ade. Dempsey on the bench because I believe he’s not going to be 100% match fit. Adebayor ought to be much aided by the break and should be able to give us 70 minutes and maybe we can ship on the Septic for the last 20.
Prediction? We’ll win and do so by a goal, perhaps two. As you may have sensed by my opening lines here I’m fed up with the constant niggling after so few games. Negativity is a poison. Being a hugely intelligent person I can understand and separate in my mind the difference between online and in the flesh.
But since the transfer window closed it seems every other person you encounter anywhere is a Professor Of Joylessness when it comes to Spurs. The season hasn’t been a sensational so far, but nor has it been a disaster either.
Let’s hope that if we don’t win this 5-0, people consider what support actually means.
Hotspurs Half Hour – Show 5 The Cincinatti Yid by hotspurshalfhour
Hugo
Kyle…Caulker… Jan… BAE
Sanda… Mousa
Little lennon… Siggy…. Bale
Ade
Subs at 65mins Dempsey for sig and Defoe for Ade
It is Reading after all… not a Manc or london side.
“Being a hugely intelligent person I can understand and separate in my mind the difference between online and in the flesh”…..
That’s the ultimate personal shoot down, given the fact Melanie Sykes was definately in my front room one Friday night, around midnight in 1992 and I have been looking for her ever since….? Tried the under the duvet, bottom drawer and everyfink…..!
Shamefully, I have to admit my computer was on at the time………watching a recap of the WORD followed by eurotrash.
‘nough said HH
No matter who is in the line up – support them
COYS
Define ‘support’…
a. To aid the cause of:
Would you consider the many many blogs with the continual gripes being aired coming ‘to aid the cause of…’?
whatever happened to the Tottenham Spring????????
really one cant have a revolution without someone coming in and messing the whole thing up.
Viva la….Viva la….what was it again….
Personnel selection aside, if Andre goes with the two defensive midfielders again, I’ll switch off the game and do something else. Sick of shouting at the TV.
Nothing wrong with 2 dm, especially away. The idea in this system is for one to push forward if possible. All our dm’s have the ability to do that.
Team more or less picks itself, at least I hope it does.
Dembele for Livermore, Ade for Defoe, everything else as you were, except I’d be tempted to drop Walker and give the other Kyle a go as Walker does not seem to be progressing and maybe a couple of games on the bench will give him time to reflect on that!
Absoutely right. Can’t really comment on HH line up (bar maybe keeper). Is what it should be. is this a sign a lack of squad depth? There was certainly increased debate on every selection a year or so ago. Would definately like to see Dempsy at half time (not 80mins) if things are quiet.
4 goalkeepers, 5 cd’s, Ade, Defoe, Kane, Dempsey, Dembele, Siggy can all play upfront. Our midfield is stocked… Our players are mostly versatile. Even got defenders who can play midfield, cb’s that can play the flanks. Even Gomes started as a striker. I think we’re covered for the worst situations, which, I admit, that would be…
Lets not wait for Brad to fuck up,Lloris in straight away.