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Can someone please pull up the thread where King Dawson said Huddlestone would get into the first team before Taylor did.

:lol:

Tottenham have stolen our mojo ...

Lennon is their version of Dyer. Fast and little but nothing else. Likely to be out injured and will potential his way to the scrap heap.

Darren Bent was this summers biggest trophy signing. A totally unnecessary £17 million pound striker. How much did Owen cost again?

Ledley King is their Woodgate. Talented defender who is always breaking down due to injuries.

Malbranque is their Robert. He is French and is played on the left, but has no consistency.

Anthony Gardener is their Bramble. Big, fairly quick centre back who looks like he should be a decent player but is a one man calamity waiting to happen.

Defoe is their Lua Lua. Talented striker who lacks the necessary footballing brain. Suffers from tunnel vision.

Jenas is their ... Jenas?! No heart, sideways and back passing, flimsy, invisible man.

Jol is their Bobby Robson. Had a good spell, but appears to be going nuts right before our eyes.

A full first team of defenders injured including a few back up defenders. Need I say any more?

The curse it seems is upon you and it takes some hard work shifting it. Good luck!

Yak is a good striker but do people realise he is about 38 years old?

Duff will be back in January, and would have been whipped into shape by Sam.

Luque, hopefully, would have improved his fitness and strength byt hen also, and should continue where he left off in the pre-season.

Edmilson might be coming in.

These three should hopefully make up for the loss of Martins and Geremi.

When's Southgate getting the boot then? Can't be long.

 

November. Paul Jewell in.

Agreed.

Warnock to Bolton too.  blueyes.gif

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He's not worth £3 million.

 

Especially at 31.

didn't realise he was that old.

Nothing a bit of Emu oil won't fix.

Besides 31 is 25 in Allardyce years. 

4 "top strikers" no goals 

Tottenham's top scorer is Titus Bram ... pardon me, Anthony Gardener.

How long till the Spurs backlash begins, by tomorrow methinks. A lot of pundits and journalists will be feeling like like mugs and they won't be happy.

Freakin' awesome 

What are the odds on Spurs getting relegated.

I'm dead serious here.

Aaaaaaaah the inevitable Robinson blonde moment! 

Woo hoo ... 

Wahey! 

Top four Tottenham in da house. Quiet as a library at the mo.

Never mind, Kewell to the rescue soon enough.

Kaboul off ...

It never rains it pours!

Only defender that looked like he had a clue so far.

Sell Owen buy Farfan, who is a realistic purchase for us.

Front three of Farfan, Viduka and Martins ... drool city.

Owen will play when we play 4-4-2. In spite of our success at Bolton, i anticipate we'll start more games with a 4-4-2 than a 4-5-1*, and Owen will play then. Either way, it'll be a rather splendid situation to be able to bring on a Martins or a Milner or a Smith and switch the formation at the drop of a hat, depending on the state of play.

 

 

 

*What's great is that we have a versatile enough squad that our players will fit nicely into either formation.

I can't believe people still think Sam is going to pay the 4-4-2. Did he not say at his talk in that he prefers the 4-3-3 before you defend with more players and attack with more players also. We also played it against Bolton and it looked great. Most of the money this summer has been spent on central midfielders to play in this formation in Barton and Smith also.

The only change of formation that will take place is in instances where we are closing at the end of games and we go more defensive. If Sam switches to a 4-4-2 when everyone is fit, it will mean dropping Martins as well as one of Smith/Barton. I think this is pretty much impossible.

I'm worried about Owen's style of play. He really has to have a greater work ethic to fit into Sam's 4-3-3 which looked too potentially good to abandon for one player's sake.

Should be interesting to see how this pans out. Martins has proved he has what it takes to develop into a real threat in that system and everyone else has looked great in it. Owen really has a lot to do right now and I hope he realises it. He can't feel entitled to anything!

Tottenham essentially blew all their budget on bench players this summer, which is what I don't understand.

Not one of the players they bought is ready to go straight into their first team to make a big impact, and considering how much they spent I don't think this was a smart move. Bent coming off the bench on Sunday didn't make any kind of sense to me, and it seems he will be rotated all season. I was so sure Jol was going to unleash a new formation which featured Keane, Bent and Berba but nope.

The addition of Bent might actually prove to be a hindrance if they are not careful, as it seems Jol might get tinker happy.

I can also see when Owen comes back that when Sam plays all three together at some stage, that can cause a lot of teams trouble as when the ball is played through to Viduka, he will have both Owen and Martins buzzing around him waiting to be played in.

 

This could cause a lot of panic in the opposing defence as they will have to watch for the ball to either Owen or Martins or Viduka turning and shooting, or laying the ball back for hopefully a oncoming midfielder to have a shot.

 

Ever the optimist me like.

The potential is overwhelming. I agree.

If a front three of Owen, Viduka and Martins works well it would be delicious. Also, great to know that we could also slot Milner and Zoggy into the wide forward roles occassionally, to give Owen and Martins a break, or to add more width should we need to do so. Fantastic options upfront.

Martins really has the potential to be awesome this season in the 4-3-3, as our three man midfield is so strong and competitive and we have in Viduka, a striker with a great first touch and good close control who can hold up the ball.

I think these two things combined will help mask Oba's deficiencies, as when his touch lets him down and he sometimes loses the ball it will not be in areas that are as dangerous as they were last season when he was predominantly playing through the middle. Our midfield will also not be as vulnerable and so should do a good job of winning the ball back for us.

The way the team is now built, it should allow for Oba to be his random best and allow his intangibles to shine through. Oba is not in an ideal situation when he is the only real threat upfront as he was last season, as he can be inconsistent and blow hot and cold; he just isn't quite polished enough. However in our current setup where we appear to have so many other threats and it isn't all on Oba's shoulders I think he will really shine, as he has a bit more leeway and can afford to try more things that might not necessarily come off all the time.

He really looks like he can thrive in the wide forward role upfront and it should be exciting.

Don't want to get carried away with just one game, but having watched some of  the other matches are Tottenham really better than Man City, Portsmouth, Everton or ourselves?

5th to 7th place is going to be very tight. Wouldn't be surprised if Tottenham ended up 8th or 9th.

What kind of reception did Big Sam get from Bolton fans? Did we play 4-4-2?

 

Frosty enough, they were probably just sickened at getting thumped though.

 

And no, we played 4-3-3. I expect that'll become a regular thing as well.

 

Owen will be pleased

 

He won't be here much longer though, on the bright side.

Do you know something we don't Shak?

Gerrards me captain! Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

Hoping he's the man of the match too.

Delighted to see West Ham get f****** done at home. The team they put out wasn't much different to the s*** from last season - apart from replacing Tevez with Bellamy -

 

Hope the fuckers crash and burn.

 

In a way I'm glad the mackems won just cos we've knocked the c***s off top spot.

 

I said that the other day, they've replaced Tevez, ReoCoker and Benayoun with Bellamy, Parker and Ljungberg.

Oh my God, when you put it like that they've actually gotten worse!!!

West Ham getting it at home! 2 - 0 Man City. Get in!

They will no doubt bid £20 million for both Dyer and Solano now.

How long before Bellamy and Bowyer start going at it? Curbs on the hotseat already?

Loving it ...

Anyone else bricking it any time they hear a shout on sky sports news

:lol: :lol:

Hell yeah!

I keep thinking it's that big nosed lunatic celebrating another Bolton goal.

Sibierski!

The shirt changes but the talent lives on - legend!

Gone off Brambles head onto the crossbar and in ...

2 - 0 Everton over Wigan.