Tottenham v Gillingham-Football League Cup- 3rd round

[gajt]

My favorite part of the match was how the support was getting behind Janssen as his efforts kept coming up short. Everyone knows how important it is to back him now that Harry is out for, last I read, at least 2 months. No boo boy nonsense. Just give him your best, and hopefully that will get things firing. With each shot wide the crowd just kept getting louder. Gave me the tingles.

A goal from open play would have been nice, but the PK will do for now, and you could tell he was fired up to finally get one down on the stats sheet, and the lads were all so happy for him too.

COYS

Yep I think he had a good game. Kept getting in the right positions, which is most important, and played Lamela through nicely for the fifth. If he hadn't have scored the penalty he'd probably still be trying to score, and would have missed Lamela - him getting off the mark will be good for the whole team now

 

[Colonel_K]

Even though the competition was weak, thought Lamela and Eriksen worked well together.

Co-existing isn't something that has come easy to them.

Ssssh don't say that, Gibbsy will be out to tell you they cannot play together. :eriksenlol:

Albeit it was against Gillingham on League 1.

Still a fantastic result and great account of ourselves with a good mixture of yoof and first team. Janssen is off the mark, don't care if it was a pen, a goal is a goal. Onomah also got his first goal. Winks shown that he looks like an able squad player for the midfield.

Let's go up to the dippers and do it again.

 

[YidoBuckler]

We had 30 shot at goal

:clintonohshit:

Same as the weekend, at least we put more than one away last night.

 

[ArcspacE]

Same as the weekend, at least we put more than one away last night.

Not bad considering they had a 3rd choice League 1 keeper in goals

 

[Bazali]

Hopefully we get another turd water team at home so the kids can gain confidence and play well.

Or West Ham away!
:dembelewtf:

 

[Bazali]

Did he get binned or withdraw his account?

Getting a bit tiresome now!

 

[Blanchflower]

It's probably been posted but something about Nkoudou coming on and Eriksen going off changed Onomah, he'd been pretty average and suddenly got pace, strength and desire seemingly from nowhere.

He plays in the Dembele role in the youth teams - just doesn't look comfortable on the wing, particularly the left wing.

 

[mouse]

You wait until the champions league knockout stage, Real Madrid away those two will boss it.

We don't really need anymore midfield selection headaches!

 

[clevelandspur]

Did that cunt Piers Morgan do the cup draw? Not too keen on dippers away with a weakened squad

 

[SausageVince]

Anyone see Carroll's face when Eriksen handed him the captain's band. He just started smiling and laughing. It was so cute

Last thing any cunt wants: a cute midfielder. Oh no

 

[Thin Lilywhite Duke]

Today in the i newspaper... Only the briefest of mentions about the Spurs math (hidden away under a heading about Payet).

Thinkpieces on Can of Liverpool and Perez of Woolwich though.

 

[Bazali]

Last thing any cunt wants: a cute midfielder. Oh no

Imagine him in your cabin though!

 

[Thin Lilywhite Duke]

article on the BBC website today about how the football that 6th placed Liverpool have played this season has been incredible

I'd be lying if I said they hadn't impressed me in places - but we all know that team are inconsistent as fuck.

Those wins over Woolwich and Chelsea were narrow.

 

[Thin Lilywhite Duke]

As well as we played and Poch has stated he will continue to play the young players, I think we will go no further in this competition. I know many will disagree but realistically Liverpool not being in Europe will play a stronger team, we rarely win at Anfield ( probably the ground with our lowest win %) and the clincher is Sky are showing it and we will have to suffer their pro Liverpool panellists raving about Liverpool (may have to turn the sound off) Our first team would struggle to win at Anfield and it has been a few years since we have done it. Last year we got drawn against the Scum & Leicester and now Liverpool. I was hoping when we got Gillingham our luck had changed but clearly not.

Of course it'd be fantastic to win any trophy - but with our Champions League commitments and Kane being injured, there's a good chance that the League Cup could fuck us in the long term.

At least this way, we either get the satisfaction of beating (a full strength) Liverpool with a rotated squad, or get out of the competition before it becomes a drain.

 

[spursmalc]

Of course it'd be fantastic to win any trophy - but with our Champions League commitments and Kane being injured, there's a good chance that the League Cup could fuck us in the long term.

At least this way, we either get the satisfaction of beating (a full strength) Liverpool with a rotated squad, or get out of the competition before it becomes a drain.

It would have been much better to have drawn and then beaten Reading at home in the next round with close to Wednesday's team than get an away draw with one of the best teams NOT in Europe.