Spurs (H) | Pre-Match Thread

[ninjamonkey]

Ederson
Walker
Stones
Dias
Zinchenko
Rodri
Gundogan
Bernardo
Foden
Sterling
Jesus

Whilst it's hard to leave out cancelo, the threat of son surely requires walkers pace.

Will be a tough test, they'll play the exact way we have typically struggled against so will be a good indicator of how we've adapted to deal with those tactics. We owe them a good battering.

 

[Withnail]

If we keep Son and Kane quiet we will go a long way to securing the 3 points. Expect the usual parked bus from Mourinho, thus an early goal would really help.

They are vulnerable down their right hand side imo and Foden if picked will cause either Aurier or Doherty problems.

 

[happy days]

Except for the fact both Rodri and Fern likely unavailable.

One of Fern or Rodri will be fit. If not, bring in Walker to deal with Son and Cancelo as DM.

 

[LongsightM13]

KDB is just , no words

Another corrupt performance by Oliver, didn't even show the stonewall penalty on Rodri

 

[dickie davies]

What are everyone’s thoughts on false 9 v no false 9 for this one? It’s a big game, so it’s tempting to think we might play a false 9 again. But Jesus had started scoring pretty regularly of late. Will be interesting.

I'd start Jesus in this one
Same team as vs Liverpool but Jesus for Mahrez
Foden wide left, Sterling wide right and switch if necessary
If Dias and/or Rodri not fit, Laporte and Fern come in as straight replacements
Stop Son, we stop Spurs

 

[dickie davies]

He is 2/1 favourite for the tin tac

That's probably why he's looking so well
He knows he's got another multi million pound pay off coming and the Real Madrid job is up for grabs again

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

I'd start Jesus in this one
Same team as vs Liverpool but Jesus for Mahrez
Foden wide left, Sterling wide right and switch if necessary
If Dias and/or Rodri not fit, Laporte and Fern come in as straight replacements
Stop Son, we stop Spurs

Keep foden on the right after liverpool

 

[dickie davies]

Keep foden on the right after liverpool

They'll be bus parking
We need players wide to stretch their line, which will leave gaps for Gundogan and Bernardo

Our biggest issue is Cancello pushing up to the middle and us losing possession, as they'll look to exploit our right back's space for Son to run into
Stones will have to be really aware

 

[MarsLlama]

Son's a scary bastard, isn't he? I think I'd feel less on edge watching us play against Messi- in fact I did, when we beat Barca 3-1. Son just makes me feel like he's going to either smash in a wondergoal or get in behind and fire through Ederson's legs at any moment.

We've never had any problems with Kane, we can mark him out of the match. If we stop Son, we win.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

100% Maureen will park the bus , its his only answer to superior teams he hasnt got the bottle to tell his Spursy players to attack us , they will defend for their lives. Fully expect them to get a dodgy VAR decision it happens every time we play them , hopefully we have our shooting boots on and the VAR goal they will recieve will be a consolation