After three defeats on the spin, Tottenham Hotspur got their proverbial butts back on the horse with a Harry Kane inspired victory over West Bromwich Albion in our last match and now it’s all eyes to the FA Cup once again as we face Everton in the fifth round on Wednesday evening.
It might not have been a classic performance, but we were more on the front foot again for most of the 90 minutes and we did look better for it, but given the quality of the opposition it’s unlikely to have changed any opinions about manager Jose Mourinho.
The FA Cup is the FA Cup though and with Premier League form wobbling, it undoubtedly remains one of the best chances we have for silverware in the 2020/21 campaign as even the most optimistic Spurs fan probably has to accept with a 14 point gap to top spot, we aren’t challenging for the title anymore.
With a game in hand and a point better off than we are, Everton will be a tough cookie to crack though, and we are going to need to be better than we have been in recent weeks if we want to progress. With some rotation expected, the team selection could be absolutely key to this one.
I think I’ll take up my usual position, hiding behind the settee.
HT, thanks for letting me know 🙂 Geof jose could say dele was late arriving in the dressing room..
Bale will be stepping on the pitch at some point tonight and score a goal, my crystal ball says so… lol.
Afternoon all, its match day, yipee!
After a very busy morning its good to come on here to be cheered up, failed there lol!
Deli will get some game time tonight and score, watch this space.
Back to business, we will win tonight, there I said it, ever the optimist. COYS
As much as I would love to see it I don’t think we can expect any magical renaissance from Dele, he is going to need some game time to get back to his best so the recommencement of the EL could be to his advantage as we will need to use the whole squad even more so now.
Well Levy could certainly do with a decent domestic cup run and Europa run given the state of the clubs finances!
https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/daniel-levy-tottenham-stadium-debt-19804839
When we all get back to watching at the New Stadium be prepared for hike in all the prices, beers, pies, sani’s, meals including our bleedin’ Season Tickets …. again!
TQ …. I expect you already know this …. Spurs and Chelsea have WSL games tonight.
Yes Geof, I was a bit miffed that the games overlap, I’ll watch the first half of the WSL on the TV and swap that to my laptop for the second half. Wouldn’t be surprised if the WSL match is called off to be honest, it’s so cold here and I’m not sure if Barnet’s pitch (where we play our home games) has undersoil heating.
Geof, the Chelsea v Gooner match should be very competitive so might take in the first half hour of that before the Spurs game kicks off.
TQ …. I’ll watch both WSL games tomorrow sometime between tennis matches and a motorbike ride. I can’t get the FA cup games now (not too bothered about that) so I’ll find out the score when I wake up.
Geof….as I suspected Tottenham’s WSL game has been postponed due to a frozen pitch.
HT.
Cheers for the info Re subs, hoping for a good result tonite and a few squad players getting minutes on the clock. COYS.
Tonights team:
Lloris (C), Doherty, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Davies, Hojbjerg, Ndombele, Lamela, Bergwijn, Lucas, Son.
Subs:
Hart Dier Rodon Tanganga Winks Sissoko Dele Kane Vinicius
Hmmm…….hope he’s not playing Son through the middle again.
Dele on bench but no sign of Bale. Will Mourinhosaurus give him the bullying and ostracizing treatment that Luke Shaw and Dele Alli received? Just totally dislike our pathetic coach. Someone else needs to bully and bring him down off his pedestal.
No Kane?? Hmmm guess the league is more important now….
Is Bale on a pay as you play contract and we don’t have the money to pay him? :- )
Blimey, couple of minutes late and we’ve already scored.
We have had so many chances to extend our lead and not taken them now we let them back into the game.
Well I didn’t see that coming and I was actually enjoying that for the first 30mins
1 x 1 as the half approaches. oops oops oops no time to type in a comment as the negative scores come quickly on on another. WTF
Really being made to pay for it now giving away two goals in less than three minutes.
FFS, talk about caving in! Gone from being totally in command for 30 minutes to being humbled in the following 10 or so.
Lloris has so many mistakes in him. That shot is bread and butter for most PL quality keepers, then we go and crumble, typical.
JM can’t even park a bus successfully.