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Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v AZ Alkmaar

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  1. Billy The Spur

    Billy The Spur Well-Known Member

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    We could be first in terms of spending ability, but with Levy still around doing the decision making, we`d still be shiete.
     
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  2. The Changing Man

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    Davies is a decent player, Hojbjerg though limited new how to play his position and was always wholehearted and committed something that I have never seen in Bissouma (for example), Lo Celso was a half decent player when fit and played in his best position, certainly no worse than Maddison. Royal now that is a baffler, but to be fair to him we expected very little when he was played at CB and in that context he did ok.
     
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  3. bigsmithy9

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    So it seems we have a PL club with second division players.Can you spot the screw up?
     
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  4. humanbeingincroydon

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    Just saying, the last time a two-legged match saw the first leg end 1-0 thanks to a Lucas Bergvall goal, the other team won the second leg 4-0...
     
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  5. SarrMan

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    Confident about tonight. For how bad we were in the first leg, they could only score with a horrible own goal.

    If we cut out the silly errors that were on show against Bournemouth then can see us winning comfortably.
     
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  6. The Changing Man

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    We should be good enough to get the job done tonight, but how many times in recent years have we thought that!

    Danso being latest victim of the hamstring curse leaves Ange with a couple of selection dilemmas tonight, and as is usually the case I see him ,making different choices to me.

    I would pick Vicario, Porro, Gray, Van Der Ven, Spence, Bergvall, Sarr, Maddison, Tel, Solanke and Son, but I think that Ange will pick largely the same but with Romero, Udogie, and Johnson ahead of Gray, Spence and Tel.

    Anyway a fast start and a early goal would be nice, I expect them to sit very deep and we know that we struggle in this scenario so the prospect of a frustrating evening where we have over 70% possession and create next to nothing would not surprise me or most of us here.
     
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  7. SarrMan

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    I think Spence will start over Udogie and Romero and VDV will be at the back. Then it’s whether he plays Gray in midfield (which I just can’t see). He’ll start Johnson as well I think instead of Tel.
     
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  8. The Changing Man

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    I think you are right, but I think its risk to start both Romero & VDV I guess he could start Romero and Davies as a third option, but as this a must win he will gamble on the 2 that have missed so much football recently
     
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  9. Spurlock

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    Game of the season for us tonight

    Let’s see what manner we approach it with

    Could be the last game of the season I bother tuning in to

    Not interested in the Prem games, since they aren’t but let’s see who we are tonight and what we are made of
     
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  10. PleaseNotPoll

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    Thursday 13th March 8pm
    Europa League Round of 16 2nd leg
    Tottenham Hotspur Stadium​

    Danso joins the list of hamstring injuries and misses out.
    Bentancur is suspended.

    Lineups for each side's last league game:

    Spurs: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Danso, Spence; Bentancur, Bissouma, Sarr; Johnson, Solanke, Odobert.
    Subs: Kinsky, van de Ven, Udogie, Gray, Bergvall, Maddison, Son, Tel, Scarlett.
    League form: LWWWLD.

    AZ: Owusu-Oduro; Maikuma, Goes, Penetra, Wolfe; Belic, Koopmeiners; Poku, Buurmeester, Lahdo; Parrott.
    Subs: Velhulst, Zoet, Indi, Dekker, Kasius, Classie, Smit, Dijkstra, Sadiq, Daal, van Dujin.
    League form: DLWWWL.

    Ref: Joao Pinheiro (POR). VAR: Tiago Martins (POR).

    TV: TNT Sports.

    How would you like to line up for this one and how do you think we actually will line up?
     
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  11. The RDBD

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    Yeah, I could do that again (just watch youtube highlight
    vids of the PL games as I did during the Wuhan flu season) .
     
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  12. Spurlock

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    Quite hyped up for this game

    been what seems a while since I was

    if the players have the same amount of hype to be found in my toe as a fan then we should be ok tonight
     
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  13. KingHotspur

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    It’s the hope that kills you.
     
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  14. Spurlock

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    im going to die in style tonight
     
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  15. remembercolinlee

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    In the ground...fans nervous but hopeful...<yikes>
     
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  16. The RDBD

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    It is better to die aiming high than to live aiming low ... ??
     
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  17. The Changing Man

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    ...bugger, someone posted it when I was logging in, thank you very much Google Chrome
     
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  19. KingHotspur

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    Romero and Van De Ven both starting
     
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  20. Left on the Shelf

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    Shall we run a book on the time of the first hammy? <laugh>
     
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