Next up.....Tottingham away

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

A win would put us right in the mixing pot (somehow) however the word 'away' puts the skids under that. Spuds are an odd-bunch - capable of looking excellent and also capable of conceding any-number of goals.

 

A draw would be a good result; a magnificent one if CFP starts

[Chili Palmer]

A win would put us right in the mixing pot (somehow) however the word 'away' puts the skids under that. Spuds are an odd-bunch - capable of looking excellent and also capable of conceding any-number of goals.

 

A draw would be a good result; a magnificent one if CFP starts

 

I think they'll score 4 against us so unless Torres has a blinder I think we will get beat.

[Andy @ Allerton]

No Gerrard, so I'm predicting a narrow victory for us. The increased ball retention we showed against West Ham should help us tremendously.

[Cheesecake]

the best thing about the game being away is that the coach can drop Hodgson in Croyden and leave him there without the need to make much of a detour.

 

Any points/goals scored would just be gravy.

[redbear28]

Modric and Van Der Vaart are gonna run rings round poulsen if he plays.. Only positive.. Johnson seems to be playing well in the one game he has been back.. Maybe he will be able to deal with Bale. (I think he could match him for pace)

 

It seems that when you get at spurs early they crumble a bit.. going down heavily to Inter and bolton and arsenal and young boys(before staging a comeback).. maybe rednapp can't mentally set them up early on in games.. i dunno.. but I cant see roy telling the players to go for it early on..

 

A draw would be a fantastic result.

Edited November 21, 2010 by redbear28

[muleskinner]

Lucas and Meireles need to play otherwise we'll get snotted.

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

A win and we're level on points with high flying Tottenham.

[blago]

Lucas and Meireles need to play otherwise we'll get snotted.

 

Agreed. It would be good to see Aurelio get a start as well, assuming he is fully fit.

[Dan]

Going to get stuffed. No two ways about it.

 

 

[Rory Fitzgerald]

My worry is that Redknapp makes no secret of his desire to play attacking football. Hodgson has made no secret with his tactics that he is defensive.

 

This is my concern, our set up will be extra defensive to try counter this, Torres may well as bring a picnic and a newspaper, nobody is gonna trouble or disturb him in his area of the pitch, except maybe some friendly fire missiles.

[RBM]

Be back to Stoke/Wigan form. West Ham was a blip, due to them being f***ing awful, I haven't seen a worse Premier league side than them in years. The pattern for this season is set.

[drdooom]

The increased ball retention we showed against West Ham should help us tremendously.

 

I think Spurs, unlike West Ham, might make an effort to take the ball from us so that increase might decrease in the next game.

[RedMersey]

Agreed. It would be good to see Aurelio get a start as well, assuming he is fully fit.

Do you really think Roy would drop PFK?

[Swipe]

It's away from home. No doubt it'll be business at usual for Hodgson.

Edited November 21, 2010 by Swipe

[stressederic]

We're going to get killed. On television.

[Zoob]

Hodgson will probably create a new line of 5 players to sit between our defence and Reina.

 

Torres will be on his own (in midfield).

[Earl Hafler]

Lucas and Meireles need to play otherwise we'll get snotted.

 

In a 4-4-2 i think they beat us anyway.

 

Bale against Johnson ? f*** that.

[blago]

Do you really think Roy would drop PFK?

 

Probably not, but it would be nice.

[Lee W]

Hodgson will probably create a new line of 5 players to sit between our defence and Reina.

 

 

Roy will have his iHodge with him to show the team the way.

[growler]

Roy will not play Torres because spurs are a big club and so we can't be expected to win there anyway.

[lfc003]

I would hope he keeps Meireles in the middle!

[Montse]

The fact they have a CL game mid week could be our saving grace here as they are usually pretty gash in their next league game - having said that if we get a draw I'd be made up!

 

Oh and some little g******* spurs supporter I know seems to think the Spurs massive may be brewing for some trouble with our fans - no idea if its true but thought I would pass it on

[yellow jumper]

they struggle against a parked bus. they're eminently beatable if you go toe to toe, but always a threat behind. and i'm not sure we'd cope. so for that reason i'm content for roy to do his tedious, old thing. defend deep and hope torres nicks one.

[Toni]

Joe Cole avaialble?

[psl]

Joe Cole avaialble?

 

Good record against Spurs for Chelsea.