Tottenham v Newcastle (Sunday 25 August 16.30)

[mummy]

Cheese room?

You can't beat a nice bottle of wine with some cheese. Anywhere in the ground I can get that combination?

I can smuggle you in a nice bit of cheese and you can probably get a glass of wine in there somewhere. Failing that I can let you have a bit of bread & Norpak to go with the cheese. You'll need to pre-order though.

 

[Borodin55]

Geez... ESPN here in the states says,

Woolwich will become kings of north London again
What was all the fuss about a power shift in north London? Woolwich are back in the driver's seat and there to stay, with the Premier League's most lethal centre-forward double-act (Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette) backed up by a balanced, energetic midfield and a bolstered back line.
Unai Emery has turned his side from stodgy to sleek, introducing the excellent Real Madrid loanee Dani Ceballos -- whose tenacity set up Aubameyang's winner against Burnley -- and showing faith in exciting homegrown midfielder Joe Willock.
It has given them a shot of energy that will surely create more chances for Aubameyang, who already has two goals to his name, and Lacazette. Given that £72m summer signing Nicolas Pepe is still being eased in, not to mention the fact that attacking left-back Kieran Tierney is still returning to fitness, Woolwich will only become more potent -- and the two-point gap they have already established over Spurs, whose attacking depth still seems light, will prove crucial by the end of the campaign.

Do they even... I mean.... what? They beat Newcastle by 1 goal and Burnley by 1 goal at home, and they're talking about a two point gap after 2 matches, and one of our matches has been away at the Etihad. What are they paying these writers for?

 

[RealCoolYid]

Geez... ESPN here in the states says,

Woolwich will become kings of north London again
What was all the fuss about a power shift in north London? Woolwich are back in the driver's seat and there to stay, with the Premier League's most lethal centre-forward double-act (Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette) backed up by a balanced, energetic midfield and a bolstered back line.
Unai Emery has turned his side from stodgy to sleek, introducing the excellent Real Madrid loanee Dani Ceballos -- whose tenacity set up Aubameyang's winner against Burnley -- and showing faith in exciting homegrown midfielder Joe Willock.
It has given them a shot of energy that will surely create more chances for Aubameyang, who already has two goals to his name, and Lacazette. Given that £72m summer signing Nicolas Pepe is still being eased in, not to mention the fact that attacking left-back Kieran Tierney is still returning to fitness, Woolwich will only become more potent -- and the two-point gap they have already established over Spurs, whose attacking depth still seems light, will prove crucial by the end of the campaign.

Do they even... I mean.... what? They beat Newcastle by 1 goal and Burnley by 1 goal at home, and they're talking about a two point gap after 2 matches, and one of our matches has been away at the Etihad. What are they paying these writers for?

They were fuckin awful against Newcastle

 

[dmize1]

It still sucks and is ridiculous, but that ESPN piece is supposed to be taken a little tongue in cheek. It's part of a feature they call "overreactions" and includes that Burnley will make Europa.

 

[hiatus]

Someone actually wrote this. Fuck

To be fair I think the article was actually called "overreaction projections" or something along those lines.

For context, I think there was a section about Brighton competing for the top-4.

 

[5purs]

I'm pretty sure no one's said it, but I'm pretty sure everyone's thinking it.

A Tottenham 'home banker' off the back of two decent results?

Nar, it's fine...

 

[Borodin55]

 

[Notabadsquad]

At some point we will batter an opponent.

Will be very interesting to see if Son is brought straight into the team. I feel that this season he may take up the mantle as the main man.

 

[Pippins]

Can’t see poch going for that though, and to think he is paid all that money to pick the team, they should just do a poll on here and let us choose! ochlol:

I've often thought that. Why for once don't they put team selection in the hands of the supporters. Voting for players in the first team line up. If the team win, great. If they get stuffed, it would shut us up. What could go wrong? Are you listening DL and Loch ?

 

[Pippins]

I've often thought that. Why for once don't they put team selection in the hands of the supporters. Voting for players in the first team line up. If the team win, great. If they get stuffed, it would shut us up. What could go wrong? Are you listening DL and Loch ?

Poch

 

[Borodin55]

I've often thought that. Why for once don't they put team selection in the hands of the supporters. Voting for players in the first team line up. If the team win, great. If they get stuffed, it would shut us up. What could go wrong? Are you listening DL and Loch ?

Reminded straight away of this.....

 

[TomHotspur]

Just need son and Moura to stay wide. Both love coming inside or playing through the channels and it limits the space for Kane to play in. They need to be out on the touchline making runs diagonally behind the defense and putting balls across the box. Of course, they should mix it up, but we don't want all 3 playing in the 18 yard box, it reduces our effectiveness greatly against teams who sit back.

I honestly believe it's tactical that the likes of Lucas and Son stay central. When they play, they're essentially strikers. It's quite baffling that of all the formations Poch has tinkered with during his time here, he seems hell bent on not having fast wide forwards in the mould of City or Liverpools style, even when on paper it would seem we have the players to do it.

 

[Archie]

Geez... ESPN here in the states says,

Woolwich will become kings of north London again
What was all the fuss about a power shift in north London? Woolwich are back in the driver's seat and there to stay, with the Premier League's most lethal centre-forward double-act (Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette) backed up by a balanced, energetic midfield and a bolstered back line.
Unai Emery has turned his side from stodgy to sleek, introducing the excellent Real Madrid loanee Dani Ceballos -- whose tenacity set up Aubameyang's winner against Burnley -- and showing faith in exciting homegrown midfielder Joe Willock.
It has given them a shot of energy that will surely create more chances for Aubameyang, who already has two goals to his name, and Lacazette. Given that £72m summer signing Nicolas Pepe is still being eased in, not to mention the fact that attacking left-back Kieran Tierney is still returning to fitness, Woolwich will only become more potent -- and the two-point gap they have already established over Spurs, whose attacking depth still seems light, will prove crucial by the end of the campaign.

Do they even... I mean.... what? They beat Newcastle by 1 goal and Burnley by 1 goal at home, and they're talking about a two point gap after 2 matches, and one of our matches has been away at the Etihad. What are they paying these writers for?

What s load of bollocks

 

[Joshking5]

I honestly believe it's tactical that the likes of Lucas and Son stay central. When they play, they're essentially strikers. It's quite baffling that of all the formations Poch has tinkered with during his time here, he seems hell bent on not having fast wide forwards in the mould of City or Liverpools style, even when on paper it would seem we have the players to do it.

This. I just don’t get why he never sets them up this way.

 

[TomHotspur]

This. I just don’t get why he never sets them up this way.

It's mind boggling. And any time we do play a system with wideish players, he often puts Sissoko or Eriksen there for some bizarre reason.

 

[Spaniel]

Nothing to do with red wine of course.....

More to do with single malt......

 

[Spaniel]

It still sucks and is ridiculous, but that ESPN piece is supposed to be taken a little tongue in cheek. It's part of a feature they call "overreactions" and includes that Burnley will make Europa.

You can't take ESPN seriously on a sport that's relatively new to them. You only have to listen to their commentary to realise they are talking just for the sake of talking. Apart from the few players who played over here, they are just wafflers......

 

[OZHotspur]

NYC lads, I’ll be in town, which bar are you all watching this at?

 

[OZHotspur]

Would prefer to see a 4-2-3-1 at home.

Lloris
KWP Toby Verts Rose
Winks Ndombele
Lamela Eriksen Son
Kane

Lucas off the bench.

COYS

 

[Incomplete_usernam]

Winks and Ndombele in midfield is way too defensive imo, we only need one holding mid I think.

Winks, as good as he is, all he really provides for us is the ability to retain possession, rarely if ever does he move the ball forward and I actually think he limits Ndombele because having two in the middle congests things.