Good afternoon.
No chalkboard today as it’s a lot of work to say ‘Can you play Hugo and Ade, please?’ My suspicion is that the boss won’t but come what may I really do hope that he is quicker to make alterations than in the last few outings.
Bale playing on the left was dominant against Norwich and nothing here suggests to me why he would not want to repeat that today. The man I ‘d like most to step up should he feature is Siggardson. Gylfi has been a bit of a lost soul of late and I’m convinced there is more to him than this.
The injury situation is grim. We’re missing the wit and craft in the middle of the pitch that should ignite the rest of the team. Instead we have Huddlestone firing beautiful passes whilst acting like he’s wearing an invisible wheel clamp. Livermore needs screaming at, cuddling …something to encourage him to show some character.
I’ll be backing a win. But I fear a 1-1 draw. The Lane crowd need to live up to the outstanding performance of our support at Carrow Road and dare I say it Arsenal’s mob at Reading. That is how you cheer your side on. Not by wandering around telling anyone who’ll listen how much your season ticket cost you.
Tottenham (from): Friedel, Lloris, Cudicini, Gomes, Naughton, Walker, Caulker, Gallas, Dawson, Vertonghen, Livermore, Parrett, Huddlestone, Mason, Carroll, Sandro, Sigurdsson, Lennon, Townsend, Bale, Falque, Dempsey, Obika, Defoe, Adebayor.
Wigan (from): Al Habsi, Pollitt, Caldwell, Ramis, Figueroa, Beausejour, Boyce, McCarthy, McArthur, Maloney, Kone, Boselli, Gomez, Watson, Jones, McManaman, Fyvie, Lopez, Mustoe, Golobart, Stam, Di Santo, Orsula.
Referee: M Atkinson; Assistants: S Child, M McDonough; Fourth Official: C Pawson.
Bolton booed off at half-time. Dougie Freedman’s only been in the job 45 mins!
It ain’t just us then :whistle:
No reply from HH?
I had a bad feeling about today,the game went pretty much as I expected,I’ve never bet against Tottenham in my life but today I was tempted.Should have got my 30 pieces of silver on,it would have been some comfort.
AVB is starting to worry me,taking of Defoe,what the fuck was that about?
What more does it take for Gallas – an undersized, overaged, hamstring grabbing, defensive liability – to be repalced by the superior Dawson?
Siggy, Dempsey, Thudd, Gallas, Livermore – not good enough starters.
Moussa Dembele, 4 starts, 4 wins. 1 sub appearance, draw salvaged.
Defoe sulking when he got subbed just reinforces the perception that he’s a selfish cnut. Seemingly happy to drag his heels as the boos rang out.
Sandro coming off injured clearly hindered us. We’re really not in great shape with key personnel out.
Too many of the “WHL faithful” don’t seem to understand what encouragement is, IMO. Bad result, clearly but we aren’t in the best of shape and a little patience wouldn’t go amiss – though with fans like that, it’s unlikely to be seen. Just keep heaping pressure on the players and manager.
Then the manager should show some knowledge of the game. He’s known as the ‘Portugese Tactician’ and he hasn’t a clue. His system doesn’t suit the squad he’s got, nor does it suit the Premiership. Asking for patience is a big ask at £85.00 a ticket.
Fuktard
Fuk off?
More measured than I would’ve been.
We should have played for 90 min like we played in the last 20.