Spurs (H) Premier League - 16/12/20 - 20:00

[Bjornebye]

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[TheDrowningMan]

I’d take a point.

[Bruce Spanner]

1 minute ago, TheDrowningMan said:

I’d take a point.

Optimism, from you?

 

I like it.

[Bjornebye]

2 minutes ago, TheDrowningMan said:

I’d take a point.

If anyone throws you a rubber ring I hope a wave sweeps them over the side and they get strangled to death by a giant squid 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Don't be rubbish.  Just get these beat, Reds. 

[an tha]

Fabinho and Phillips as our centre half pairing against Son and Kane is gonna make this very, very tough.

 

 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

9 minutes ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Optimism, from you?

 

I like it.

He is Mr Happy compared to the other bore.

[Section_31]

We'll batter them, this is how we roll.

[aws]

I expect us to be up for it and I expect us to win. 

[Trumo]

March 2014. Suarez and Sturridge tearing teams apart, with able support from Coutinho and Sterling. We were in the midst of that incredible winning run that saw us in the thick of a title charge, playing swashbuckling attacking football and scoring goals galore (while keeping a few out at the other end from time to time). We were exceptional during that period, and walloped Spurs at Anfield 4-0. We'd hammered them 5-0 at White Hart Lane the previous December - a result that saw them sack Andre Villas-Boas and replace him with Captain Bellend.

 

Who? This guy.

 

 

 

In the charts in 2014, there was a new number one practically every week. At the time of the Spurs game it was the turn of Duke Dumont and Jax Jones with 'I Got U'. A very summery tune featuring a sample of Whitney Houston's 'My Love Is Your Love'. It is much better than the chart-toppers that preceded and followed it.

 

 

We need our players to say 'I Got You' for the Spurs game. They barely turned up for the Fulham game. I don't think it was complacency on the players' part. I don't even think it was fatigue. I think training and the tactical approach in recent games has been about energy conservation so we haven't been going flat out, but it's hampering our effectiveness, especially if our opponents decide to show up and compete (cheers Fulham for getting a fortnight's rest coming into your game against us today!). I would think a slower tempo and less intensity might still be the case for the next two games which are very closely scheduled, so as to try and avoid burnout. Mourinho has got Spurs playing a typical Mourinho style, and they've been very fortunate to avoid injuries despite starting their season earlier because of having to play qualifiers for the Europa League. The referee and his team will need to be strong and consistent for this one, especially if the scoreline is tight. We've got the players to do the business though, and I anticipate that we will.

[Grinch]

Will probably show up for this one since they're a biggish team.  This side has got into a horrible habit of strolling through games since the league was won.  Exactly the opposite of what we were doing for two years. 

[Megadrive Man]

50 minutes ago, an tha said:

Fabinho and Phillips as our centre half pairing against Son and Kane is gonna make this very, very tough.

 

 

 

Is Milner likely to be back for this game?

 

If so I'd put Henderson at centre back. This is not the game for Phillips. 

[ZonkoVille77]

I'm missing CL football already. 

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

In the event of Drowning Man's new found optimimism, I'd like to catagorically state that we will get snotted.

 

There's a vacancy now that I've filled, so you need to start finding your metier as a fan-boy poster, Drowning Man.

[Anubis]

Get in. Crock Kane. Get the three points. Get out.

 

EDIT: While we’re at it our defenders should be shown the videos of Kane jumping into defenders with his back turned to win fouls while endangering the defender. They should then be instructed that if he does it to them they should put  him in a headlock on the way down and wrench his big slobbering head off his shoulders. “I was just trying to break my fall, ref.”

[an tha]

2 hours ago, MegadriveMan said:

 

Is Milner likely to be back for this game?

 

If so I'd put Henderson at centre back. This is not the game for Phillips. 

Honestly don't know.

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

3 hours ago, an tha said:

Fabinho and Phillips as our centre half pairing against Son and Kane is gonna make this very, very tough.

 

 

I think Williams is a better option in this one, he’s looked far better than anyone could expect. That said Phillips is probably stronger in the air, and these are good at set pieces. 

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

2 hours ago, MegadriveMan said:

 

Is Milner likely to be back for this game?

 

If so I'd put Henderson at centre back. This is not the game for Phillips. 

In addition to being deadly on the break Spurs are good at set pieces. So we need either Williams or Phillips to defend those. Despite his height I hardly think I’ve seen Henderson clear a corner with his head yet during his time at the club.

[magicrat]

Not ready to even think about Spurs after that shambles earlier. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

This is usually the fixture when Mrs O'T sees me off at the door with the words "Come back with your shield or on it."

[rb14]

My curtains have been freshly laundered thankfully. 

[niallers]

Put trent in next to fab. He's a defender and the midget neville played centre back plenty of times for united. He's also tall and quick enough, certainly quicker than matip. 

[Ne Moe Imya]

9 hours ago, aws said:

I expect us to be up for it and I expect us to win. 

I have absolutely no idea what to expect out of Liverpool this season.

 

Will we be the team that destroyed a very good Leicester side, looking like the Liverpool of 2019? Very possibly. Will we be the lackluster unit that submitted so meekly to Aston Villa a month or two ago? Also very possibly.

 

The one good thing I'd say is that we do tend to react to those limp displays with a good performance in the next match.

 

I can't wait for February or so when the injuries are starting to catch up with all the other sides and we've got loads of fresh players coming back into our side. Can't wait to see Thiago behind our front 3!

[Crazy Dave]

The Premier League midweek fixture in mid-December is generally the one where Klopp traditionally does something quite off the wall. Last time it was Everton and most of the regulars started on the bench. I seem to remember more examples in previous seasons too.  

 

I wonder if he's going to do something like that again? He doesn't have a lot of options at the moment but I wonder if Neco Williams, Origi, Minamino etc start the game and we try and win this from the bench?

[manwiththestick]

5 minutes ago, Crazy Dave said:

The Premier League midweek fixture in mid-December is generally the one where Klopp traditionally does something quite off the wall. Last time it was Everton and most of the regulars started on the bench. I seem to remember more examples in previous seasons too.  

 

I wonder if he's going to do something like that again? He doesn't have a lot of options at the moment but I wonder if Neco Williams, Origi, Minamino etc start the game and we try and win this from the bench?

Mate, if Origi starts I'm honest to god not watching it.