Yup. If memory serves, we attempted a lowball offer instead of meeting his release clause and were promptly told vai tomar no cu.
Certain players pick themselves at the moment for different reasons, IMO. Trippier and Davies as FB/WB’s (depending on shape.) By far our two best options. Dembele - our best CM Eriksen - outstanding this season Vertonghen - see Eriksen Dier - under appreciated, and glaringly obvious when he doesn’t play Dele - fresh legs, and another we missed on Tuesday. I know Vorm has been our cup keeper, but I’m sure we’ll see Lloris in goal at this stage of the competition. Toby should play too. He looks match fit and showed how much we missed him. Sanchez also deserves to play. Despite one or two not so good performances, on the whole he’s been fantastic this season. Son is really off form right now. I know he worked hard for the assist on Tuesday, but personally I thought he was poor for most of the game. Kane doesn’t look fit, so do we start him?whilst we scored goals with out him, is Son too ****ed to do the job in his absence? However, Harry’s offered us nothing since coming back from injury. Lamela could be useful in this sort of game. He’ll get the “home crowd” pumped and will work his socks off. Moura should play some role, whether that’s 60 mins from the start, or as an impact sub I’m not sure. I think we need to go with 4231 and not 352 due to the pace out wide we could face with the likes of Valencia, young, lingard, Rashford etc. I think I’d go with: Hugo Trippier Toby Jan Davies Dembele Dier Lamela Dele Eriksen Kane (heart is saying Kane) Some difficult decisions for Poch to make.
Here's to Spurs making a return to our former "Cup Kings" reputation and not using these competitions as reserve tournaments..........! COYS!
But should he play? I can’t come up with a single good reason that suggests Vorm shouldn’t get the nod......
This is set up to let us down...it's that game where I dream and it becomes a nightmare. The vibes have felt a bit meek from the management, maybe it's that
Like others have said, it’s a difficult one. It’s been a while since he last played, and I’m sure in the past we’ve reverted back to Lloris at the latter stages of the cup competitions. It’ll be interesting to see if United play De Gea, too, as they’ve been using Romero.
woke up at 6.45 sooooooooooooooo EXCITED. Can't believe my luck to have got a ticket for me and my teen beast. I ain't been this nervous since the NLD... pleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaasssssseeeeeeee spurs ... pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaassssseeeeeee coys
All I’ve been thinking about is the cup game against Chelsea last season. Son going to ground in the box, and Matic’s strike that finished us off. Don’t do it to us again Spurs.
Have a great day, RCL Would be very Spursy to get past the SF hurdle for once and then have a mare in a Final against Southampton!! COYS!!
Obviously that would be devastating against a side we should beat, but another defeat to Chelsea when it matters might just about finish me off!
I have stuck £50 on Man U to win. It returns £165 so it I’ll soften the blow when we inevitably lose today! There is no point even thinking otherwise #rcl
According to yesterday's Standard, we haven't won the FA Cup for 17 years. I guess somebody better update our Wikipedia page to spare Chelsea Fan George Osborne the embarrassment eh?
Interesting comments from Poch : POCHETTINO: FA CUP NOT ENOUGH FOR SPURS Mauricio Pochettino insists Tottenham will not get to the next level by winning the FA Cup. Spurs face Manchester United in the semi-finals of the Cup on Saturday night as they look to reach their first domestic final since 2015. The north London club have not won a piece of major silverware since their 2008 EFL Cup triumph over Chelsea but Pochettino insists his side must win either the Premier League or Champions League if they are to change perceptions of the club. "I promise you the club is not going to change if you win or don't win the FA Cup or the League Cup," he said. "It would be fantastic to add that trophy to the club but what would put us to a different level would be to win the Premier League or Champions League. "That is going to put you in a different level. Here, people love to talk about perception and changing perceptions. "Good Champions League group stage - you beat Dortmund, Real Madrid and you compete very well against Juventus and the dimension of the club around the world changes completely. "But in the end, we still need to improve and improve." Pochettino believes the continuing revolution at Spurs will increase his chances of signing better players. "That is what we are changing at Tottenham. The club is the most important here," he said. "And then, of course, it's not because you're going to provide players to play Champions League or Europa League, you are going to attract them or not. "If you want to play for Tottenham, come on. If you are a player for Tottenham, put this club at the level it deserves. For that we need to work hard, to try to push every season and be competitive and competitive." Source: Sky Sports
Here's the point that the media are unwilling to accept: he's right. What did winning back-to-back FA Cups do for Arsenal? Because here's a short list of things it didn't do * Convince Alexis Sanchez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott or Olivier Giroud to remain at the club * Offer sufficient revenue to cover their failure to qualify for the Champions League * Reverse the stagnation that's affected the club for the past six years Instead the hacks are trying to say winning any trophy kickstarts a dynasty, for example they bring up how the Chavs winning the Season Killer Cup in 2005 is directly linked to their winning the league a few months later, when the fact is that they steamrolled the league due to a combination of Man Utd having a transitional season and Arsenal once again demonstrating that Wenger may have been able to win the league but he certainly didn't know how to retain the trophy - meaning their Season Killer Cup win had nothing to do with anything, instead the fact the two title contenders both conspired to have duff seasons while the only other outside contender, Saltypool, didn't even finish in the top four. But, hey, if that's the Narrative they're using...
Hard to believe,isn't it,Diego? But it's true. We do have one record that will never be beaten....the only non league team to win the FA Cup (after the formation of the Football League!) The first team to win the League and FA Cup Double in the same season in modern times. Many came close but it took Tottenham Hotspur........... The first British team to win a European tournament..........it had to be Tottenham Hotspur......
