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Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Bournemouth

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  1. PleaseNotPoll

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    Saturday 14th October 3pm
    Premier League
    Wembley Stadium​

    The international break is over and we appear to have got through it without any casualties.
    Back to the hard graft of the Premier League and the search for our first home league win of the season.
    We've got a very tough schedule coming up, so it's vital that we kick it off with 3 points.
    We're also set to break the record league attendance, according to ticket sales.
    Lots of fans to please or disappoint.

    Eddie Howe's time in the top-flight has been quite the success story.
    He spent's virtually his whole career as a player and a manager at Bournemouth, totaling over 20 years at the club.
    His rare absences from them haven't gone well, so he may well be in it for the long haul.
    He's very much the public face of the club, in a time when players are normally the superstars.
    A very clean and straight image, which is reflected in the way that his sides tend to play, may be key to this.

    Perhaps the biggest testament to Howe is the lack of criticism for his side's fairly poor start to the season.
    Their only league win of the campaign so far came in a South coast derby against newly promoted Brighton.
    They followed it up by knocking the same side out of the League Cup a few days later.
    A draw with Leicester at home accounts for their only other point, as the lost every league game in August.
    They'll be aware of our problems at Wembley, though and will be looking for their first away points.

    This fixture came quite late last season, falling into our impressive run of 9 consecutive wins.
    Dembele opened the scoring early on, having tested Boruc before that, as they failed to clear a corner.
    Son doubled the lead a few minutes later, as Jack Wilshere's blocked pass was ruthlessly exploited.
    Kane added a third in the early minutes of the second half and Janssen put the gloss on with another in injury time.


    The game at the Vitality Stadium was in October and was a far less impressive performance.
    It was part of a sequence of draws, as we extended an unbeaten start to the campaign.
    It suffered from the lethargy that seems to plague early kick-offs, though both sides had their chances.
    A game of graft and toughness, but not even guile or quality, which was reflected in the goalless scoreline.


    Dembele, Wanyama, Rose and Lamela all remain absent, though they're all inching closer to a return.
    Aurier's ban has expired, so he'll be available for selection.
    Bournemouth will be without Mings, Federici, Wiggins and Brad Smith through injury.
    King and Fraser are also doubtful, having picked up knocks on international duty.

    Lineups for each side's last league game:

    Spurs: Lloris; Alderweireld, Sanchez, Vertonghen; Trippier, Winks, Dier, Davies; Eriksen, Alli; Kane.
    Subs: Vorm, Foyth, Walker-Peters, Sissoko, N'Koudou, Son, Llorente.
    League form: LDWDWW.

    Bournemouth: Begovic; Smith, Francis, Ake, Daniels; Stanislas, L.Cook, Surman, Pugh; King; Defoe.
    Subs: Boruc, S.Cook, Gosling, Fraser, Ibe, Mousset, Afobe.
    League form: LLLWLD.

    Referee: Robert Madley.

    TV: Not televised.

    Should we make any changes from our last league game, even given the upcoming fixture with Real Madrid?
    Do we need to protect anyone or keep one eye on the Champions League or should that be avoided?
    Do we need to change our tactics to ensure a league win at Wembley?
     
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  2. We need to win - end of - and there's already a lot of talk on here about 'big wins'! <yikes>
    Any win would be good for me - a scrappy 1-0 last minute dodgy penalty would do - but sure as eggs is eggs it will be a struggle.
    And if there is one side in the PL that I would like to be able to surrender points to, it would probably be Eddie Howes Bournemouth. Especially now they have JD and don't have that obnoxious Gooner in their ranks!!

    COYS!!
     
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  3. The RDBD

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    First indications are that Pochettino has quite a lot he has
    wanted to say since the internationals halted the season.
    How much of that is in response to Pep the messiah prattery,
    we shall soon know ... :)
     
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  4. There's an old phrase, 'talk is cheap' - I hope that Poch spends his efforts focussing on the boys getting a win tomorrow and **** Guardiola!! :emoticon-0148-yes:
     
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    At long long last, a Saturday home game at 3pm.
     
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    with proper haircuts too ??
     
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    Guardiola's sad and disrespectful, apparently.
     
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    Of course most of the internet is up in arms that somebody would dare call the coach of the Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan team out for their ****e, ****e which could be easily avoided by keeping his gob shut in the first place...
     
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    Even after Fraudiola's feeble backtracking, the internet is still seething that somebody dare criticise their God, as the following comments from the MEN demonstrate...

    "Pochettino is so bitter because he feels inferior to Pep ever since their time in Spain." - BeautifulCity

    "Pochettino does have a big mouth and he will only talk as winner but will not smell to be a champion...Pep Gordy is still riding on what MESSI made him to become...take him out of money buying player he will become history...Pochettino lousy need to keep mouth shut..." - Methoscorpion, forgetting what their point was halfway through

    "Anyway, Pep's right. Take away Kane's goals and Spurs don't make top 6." - bluefan, pretending City weren't a bottom six team a decade ago

    "Pochetinno should go to he11. What is he whining about? Is he just looking for an opportunity to pick a fight with Pep? Whether he likes it or not, Pep is more a gentleman than him, so he can shove it!!!!" - MagicLion237, commenting on a different story to the one everyone else sees

    "Fake news.
    Pep's doing a belting job this season; move on." - BetnodBetting, thinking verified quotes from two people is "fake news"
     
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    Erm... who plays left-back?
     
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  14. Son???? <yikes>
     
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    Son, again? Really stupid, if it is.
    Walker-Peters can actually play that position well.
    Son can't play it at all and it ruins our balance.
    Very frustrating team selection.
     
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  16. Understand the desire to rest Ben, but KWP is the obvious choice. Just hope it works better than on previous occasions
     
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  17. remembercolinlee

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    This is not going to be the day the jinx ends ... Bournemouth will lay deep and hit us on the break...1 nil away win for me.
    Dele should not be playing as he has been poor.
    Kane can't keep scoring so Lorente should have started.
    Son at left should not exist as a sentence.
    Dier is...well... Dier really.
    Lloris has terrible distribution
    Eriksen can't take set pieces.
    Winks is too small to be a footballer...is no bigger than any of the Scottish team.
    Sanchez sounds like a greedy gooners.
    Vertongen is so old he has 192 Dutch caps.
    Trippier has stipid hair.
    And as for Toby...I can't afford his name on the back of a shirt so he can bog of too
     
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    Some serious worrying today from rcl if he has
    chosen the above as his "starting XI" (what he
    use for 2nd half subs ?? ) .
     
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    Type Aurier and it auto corrects to Angrier...mo fo is a red card magnet.
    Lorente is so old and slow he makes me look like Usain Bolt
    Sissoko ... nuff said
     
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    That is a strong team sheet today from rcl.
    But should he have held back on his selection given the
    game on tuesday ??
     
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