2-1 to them ________________________________ -----------Cesar------ Onouha--Hill--Nelsen--Bosingwa SWP---Faurlin---Granero---Park ---Mackie---Zamora----- __________________________________________ I'm in the upper tier
I reckon a sneaky 2-1 to us. I'm upper tier as well. ----------------Cesar-------------- Bosingwa--Onouha--Nelsen--Traore --------------Mbia---------------- -------Granero-------Faurlin------- Park----------------------Adel-- -------------Zamora
I am going. Taking son to first ever away win hopefully. I think Park will score and Cisse. Think we will hold our clean sheet. Why did we get so few tickets?
I reckon a 2-1 to us as well. But apparently Traore, M'bia, and Adel are all out, or very doubtful. I'd like to see something like this injury hit team : ----------------Cesar-------------- Bosingwa---Onouha----Nelsen-----Dyer Cisse---Park--- Granero--- Faurlin-----Hoillet ---------------Zamora-------------
Been out of office all day so only just seen who's missing. Reckon we could nab at least a 1-1 draw still. ---------------Cesar-------------------- -Onouha—Nelsen—Hill—Bosingwa------------ Mackie---Granero---Faurlin---Park---------- -----------Zamora—Cisse------------------
-----------Cesar------ Dyer--Onouha--Nelsen--Bosingwa SWP---Faurlin---Granero---Park ---Mackie---Zamora-----
Got a feeling it will be a score draw. I'm in the lower tier. -----------Cesar------ Onouha--Hill--Nelsen--Bosingwa Hoilett---Faurlin--- Park---Granero---Mackie ---Zamora-----
Surely switch Faurlin with Park as Park is not a central defensive but Faurlin is/can be. I like the selection, though. Some creativity and some good holding players.
I was just getting at playing 5 in midfield, Faurlin and Granero can both be defensive but also offer a lot going forwards so I don't think there would be a designated 'holding midfielder'.
We've played really well with 442 recently, what about this game means we should approach it any differently?
We played well against Chelsea with it admittedly but Spurs away is a different proposition. I just think tightening up the middle would help us out, with hoilett/mackie offering support to Zamora when we attack. Just an option!
There was an improved performance away to City too though, particularly the second half. In my mind we've played excellent football for the last 140 minutes with 442, and have utilised the lineup since the norwich game. Including Walsall, we've played with this formation for the last 4 games, so i reckon it's risky to fiddle with that away to spurs! The only justification for doing so might've been if Diakite was fit, but we haven't been that lucky :/
TEAM NEWS Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas is expected to recall Brad Friedel, despite Hugo Lloris keeping a clean sheet against Lazio. Emmanuel Adebayor and Kyle Naughton face fitness tests, but Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Scott Parker are still out. QPR striker Andy Johnson is likely to miss most of the rest of the season after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury against Chelsea. Defenders Anton Ferdinand and Fabio both miss out with hamstring injuries. MATCH PREVIEW These are two teams who can't wait for the season to settle into a genuine rhythm after a summer of upheaval. Tottenham, with their new manager and six major new signings, have seen 10 first-team squad members leave and, like the rest of the Premier League, the opening weeks of the campaign fragmented by international call-ups. QPR have seen virtually a whole new team arrive. They simply haven't bedded in yet. It's no surprise they haven't managed a win in their opening four top-flight matches for the first time in 11 years. Their chronic away form (it's been 10 months since their last away league victory) would suggest they won't get their first victory of the season at White Hart Lane, where they haven't triumphed since May 1994. LAWRO'S PREDICTION "Andre Villas-Boas has had a tricky start to his time as Spurs boss and much was made of his wait for his first win but I don't think he was ever under any pressure whatsoever from his chairman Daniel Levy." Read Lawro's full prediction and score Andre Villas-Boas has been under incredible pressure since the day he arrived - some of it vitriolic. But there were signs against Reading and Lazio, when they had goals unfairly ruled out, that his team is finding form. I wonder if this is the time to start Clint Dempsey and Mousa Dembele together in the league for the first time. Dempsey scored in Fulham's 6-0 home romp against QPR last season when the Cottagers did the double over their west London rivals. With Jermain Defoe needing just two goals to reach 200 in his club career, Spurs should have too much guile and pace for the Rangers defence. Last week the Hoops kept a clean sheet against Chelsea. I can't see that happening again. I think there will be goals. It could be a high-scoring affair, especially if Adel Taraabt is unleashed against his old side. It's always 'Stingray time' with him. As they famously said at the start of that old TV show: "Anything can happen in the next half hour!" The mercurial Moroccan scored the winner against the run of play when the two clubs last met in April but then got himself sent off. On a weekend when the game needs to see a public show of football coming together at Anfield in support for the Hillsborough victims, I hope the game at White Hart Lane doesn't boil over and spoil things. MATCH FACTS Head-to-head Both clubs have won four of their 10 previous Premier League games. QPR have not won at White Hart Lane since a 2-1 win in the Premier League in May 1994 - the Hoops have since only taken one point from nine in three league trips. Tottenham Spurs have failed to keep a clean sheet in their past four Premier League matches, conceding in the final 10 minutes in each of these games. The recent 3-1 win at Reading was Andre Villas-Boas' first win as a manager in five Premier League matches. Goalkeeper Brad Friedel has started 308 consecutive Premier League matches. QPR QPR have not won any of their past 15 away games in the Premier League, losing 12 and drawing three. The club have also failed to win in their opening four matches of a top-flight season for the first time since 1991-92. They have only once scored more than one goal in any of their past nine Premier League games - a 3-2 defeat away at Manchester City. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19615041?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Alas nope my next game will be possibly West Ham but honorable sons 2 and 3 will be attending the Reading match look out for number twos supermodel girlfriend! got them seats in the warm up corner. I think maybe MH is on a mind game trip re AVB as that silly ****er will have dossiers on our players and a formula Doubt if anyone gets the starting line up. Hoping Adel gets his chance I think it's a good call on Dyer I think Hoilett will start Matches are nicely spaced now for us Nice to dream we won't concede a goal for the next three matches That will get them talking
I think this will be MH's team: ---------------------Cesar------------------- Onuoha--------Nelsen-----Hill--------Bosingwa SWP-----------Grenaro----Faurlin---------Park --------------Mackie------------------------- --------------------Zamora------------------ I'd play: ------------------------Cesar----------------------- Onuoha-----------Nelsen-----Hill------------Bosingwa ------------------Granero----Faurlin----------------- SWP-------------------Hoilett-------------------Park ----------------------Zamora-----------------------
