Spurs (a) - pre-match thread

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This will be a cracking game with lots to entertain both sets of supporters and irrespective of the outcome will not determine the premier league, sit back and enjoy the feast of football and as the saying goes:

Are you not entertained?
 
If we play anything like we did on Weds then I'm predicting a classic.

Aguero has an awesome record against Spurs and their defending, while much improved under Pochettino, still leaves a lot to be desired. Much like ours in that sense and if they get their tails up early on then it'll be a very open game.

I just hope Fernandinho can get his timing back as he missed far too many attempted tackles against Celtic, where they'd be straight onto our back four. Fernando should probably come in for Gundogan to tighten us up a bit.
 
I noticed on the ITV highlights Fernandinho was picked out and described as Otamendi like for his jumping in leaving spaces for them to run into putting us under pressure. I have to say they made a good case for it but Dinho's normally spot on at wining the ball back and turning defence into attack, maybe Pep asked that of him and he had an off night with it? I still wouldn't say he had a poor game on reflection(he'd be one player you could forgive having one because I really can't think of any) even if he did put us under pressure in some instances we should have still been ok with those behind him and he still had a great game overall whilst bagging a goal too.
 
Obviously at home they'll be out to make it a game but i've seen their games bar the Boro and CSKA ones and they look a worse side than they were last season..Very stale & lacking in ideas.
A big + is Janssen as their CF..Mans worse than Bony in both touch & finishing.We wont see a repeat of the Celtic performance..Pep wont
allow it.Expecting a clinical,professional performance.
 
would be a 3 points for me if KDB were playing, the amount of players they'll commit forward would leave acres for the best counter-attacking player in the game.

Still confident we can get a result.
 
Cityfan said:
From memory our goal was marginally offside as well. Still it was a strange game with us being completely dominant and deserving of more goals in the first half and them being dominant in the second half.
Unfortunately it was the harbinger of later poor performances as although we had lost to West Ham we had not been dominated for anytime by anyone previously and for quite a bit before in the previous season however we had repeated spells like that through much of last season against the better teams and even the not so good teams like Stoke.
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yep our goal was marginally offside , easily missed by a linesman , their goals were 5yds offside , that is stupidity or basic cheating
 
we are due to play the Rags soon , any idea who will get retrospectively banned against Spurs ? , perhaps Sterling as he is the most in-form player at the moment , i can see him getting a ban for aggressive walking with the ensuing media witch hunt they could probably campaign for a minimum six game ban
 
Pubs for spurs,just had a quick look and I think I will do spoons at Liverpool st then the overline to white hart lane (20 minutes) then just a 4 minutes walk to the ground.
 
It would be massive if we somehow pulled 3 points out the bag here. The damage that would do mentally to the other teams going into the international break would be huge.

However, I'd take a draw right now, as not many will take 3 points at Spurs (who will be top 4).
 
MCFC1993 said:
It would be massive if we somehow pulled 3 points out the bag here. The damage that would do mentally to the other teams going into the international break would be huge.

However, I'd take a draw right now, as not many will take 3 points at Spurs (who will be top 4).
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Yes 3pts followed by 2 home league games on the bounce.
 
Gotta be:

Bravo
Sagna Stones Otamendi Clichy
Fernando Gundogan Fernandinho
Sterling Aguero Silva

With Gundo slightly ahead of them twins
 
Moved to London to go University and picked up a job as a steward part-time. This is my first job! It'll be pretty hard to keep my emotions in if I'm working in the Spurs end!
 
Still say we were unlucky, and the better side by a mile, last Wednesday.

Celtic's opener was a country mile offside, and Raheem's own goal was clearly very unfortunate indeed.

Whilst I don't dispute that this will be our toughest game of the season, we've just got to make sure we keep the ball as well as we've been doing, in previous league games, this term, and not be dragged into physical battles (As we were with Scott Brown & Co on Wednesday night) with the likes of Deli Ali, and I think we're more than capable of turning Spurs over. (Even without KDB) Particularly when you consider the amount of injuries, to key players, that they supposedly have.
 
ojeme said:
Gotta be:

Bravo
Sagna Stones Otamendi Clichy
Fernando Gundogan Fernandinho
Sterling Aguero Silva

With Gundo slightly ahead of them twins
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Certainly my team, Although Kola or Clichy I don't mind. I think KDB and Nolito is a loss bit it's a squad game, assume Spurs would prefer to have Kane fit
 
Just got a feeling we've been Sane in cotton wool for this game and he'll be our game changer.
No substance, just a hunch.
 
GeorgeHeslop'sTackle. said:
Still say we were unlucky, and the better side by a mile, last Wednesday.

Celtic's opener was a country mile offside, and Raheem's own goal was clearly very unfortunate indeed.

Whilst I don't dispute that this will be our toughest game of the season, we've just got to make sure we keep the ball as well as we've been doing, in previous league games, this term, and not be dragged into physical battles (As we were with Scott Brown & Co on Wednesday night) with the likes of Deli Ali, and I think we're more than capable of turning Spurs over. (Even without KDB) Particularly when you consider the amount of injuries, to key players, that they supposedly have.
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You're not wrong. The stats say they had 9 attempts with 3 on target against our 20 and 9 on target. That says we defended poorly (and we did) and didn't quite have our shooting boots on - a scoring ratio per chance of 0.15 (3 in 20) is above the minimum we generally achieve but it isn't enough against a team that scores 2 or more goals against us.:
0.2 against Bournemouth (4 in 20)
0.136 against West Ham (3 in 22)
0.22 Against Swansea (2 in 9)
 
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The guy lacks humility, don't you think so? “Guardiola is the face of a new managerial era, in which the vision of romantic football was mixed with [the appliance of] new technology,” Pochettino said. “He is the face but it’s not only Guardiola. I have been involved and [so have] different managers like Luis Enrique and Diego Simeone. We are the same age and in the same level. Guardiola was the face because [good] results always put you at the top. I think always you can see better when you have Messi in your team.”
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ola-rivalry-tottenham-hotspur-manchester-city
 
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