ExiledGeordie

Yeah I think he'll start Best with Ba and Cisse will come on second half. Bit worried about being overrun in midfield but if its tight Ba and then Cisse 2nd half could just tip it in our favour. Their fast on the break but defence can be got at. Hate this shower (states the obvious)

Krul Simpson Will colo Santon Raylor Abeid Guthrie Jonas Ben Arfa Ba

Best is a wolves type player. In reality he should only ever be back up for us and that will probably only wash with him for so long

Offered to Citeh eh. Clearly Kenny has run out of patience.

I think it's totally fair to question some of Pardew's tactics and formation especially in recent games. However he's gone a long way to sorting out the backline something nobody has done in years. We haven't seen this "free flowing" football he kept banging on about before the season started but if he'd got that going and sorted the back line we'd probably still be in the top four. With much more movement up front with Ba and Cisse I think we'll see things open up a bit again. I'm glad he's built from the back and the team is still evolving. Considering where we thought we might be and where we are I think people are getting ahead of themselves. I also agree with the "who else could we get" But yes yesterday was a complete shower of shit.............

Pardew got it wrong yesterday but christ there's some massive overreaction about him imo. Look at the bigger picture.

Why change a formation thats essentially been working? Jonas in that "free" role was a complete and utter farce. Waddle was right about how much space there was between Best and Ameobi up front too. It was all very awkward and smelt of caution with a "lets just get this game out the way and then get em back to St James with our big guns to put em away". Major cock up that we didn't simply go for it. Alright we were unlucky with the deflected goal and should've had a penalty but the fact we just didn't put their defence under pressure at all is pathetic really. In fairness though Best had a great chance in teh first half with that header, a top draw striker would've buried that we'd probably have won 1-0 and nobody would've said anymore about a quite frankly awful game.

He's a decent lad but average at "Best"

100%, I couldn't deal with losing to them cunts in the final

Absolute shower, I hope we go for them like mad dogs at St James in the league like we did against Man U.

I'd like to give these another bash with Ba and Cisse up front.

I don't see why if he gets a decent run out against Blackburn or most likely Villa that Ba and Cisse couldn't start together at Spurs.

With the money Liverpool have spent winning the league cup is papering over the cracks. Sure its what we'd all want but finishing out the top four again and playing in the europa league is hardly what you'd want after spending over 100m.

Hope to fucking god Shola doesn't start. Best up front, Ben Arfa behind and Raylor or Obertan wide right (preferably Raylor with Obertan maybe coming on 2nd half). Feels like the classic type of game we lose

Williamson is a good defender but he got exposed by that high line badly. To be fair I think the whole defence had a shocker today, we just seemed to crumble. Willo has done well recently, some ridiculous overreactions going on. He like pretty much the whole team had a shocker second half. Move on, next game.

Exactly, it's a total waste of a position. Play Ben Arfa behind Best or something. Shola can do something with a 20 min cameo but should never be starting, its embarrassing man.

Seems like a classic case of "well we're sorted and on for 3 points here" at half time. The pen stunned us and we never woke up after that. Agree with what people are saying about the high line, was akin to West Brom at home.

pathetic the way they've fallen to bits this half, embarrassing. Always happens at Fulham

awful

Absolutely nailed on to fall out with Hughes and end up going to a promoted team in the summer.

I'd start with Raylor on the right and bring Obertan on 2nd half with 20-25 mins to go to throw some pace at them (even if it amounts to nothing )

ohmelads was bang on we said in this thread there's no point in picking Shola "just because he's a big lad". I'd much rather see Ben Arfa behind Best and Ryan Taylor or Obertan wide right.

I think there's some massive over statements of Spurs' financial "plight" on here. |However it iust makes no financial sense to sell Krul. Even if you make a profit you have to replace him and besides the lad seems happy at the club and as we're heading in the right direction with ambition shown with the Cisse signing. Hope to god I'm not proved wrong but what would be the point in selling Krul for a fairly smallish profit when you consider what you stand to lose without him between the sticks. Sure in a few years say 3-4 if someone right at the top comes in for him but right now the club fits for him and he fits for us

I'm back up in the Toon staying with my Dad midweek the week of the Blackburn away match. Where's best to catch the match as it'll probs be on foreign tv I imagine? Remember someone mentioned that Shark Bar opposite St James but anywhere else decent, pubs and that in the centre? Still visit the Toon fairly regularly but haven't watched a match in a boozer there for a long while. I remember fondly the Inventions/Bar Oz days (no idea what it's called now)