Spurs (h) 2pm Sunday 24th Oct Sky Sports cos some people have zero patience...
As Ian Darke repeatedly reminded us tonight we've lost both Premier League matches after we've played in the Europa League on Thursday
Ian Darke can go forth and multiply
Ian Darke can go forth and multiply
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It's a difficult one to call as they can still perform on their day but are very inconsistent this season. I think if we can play with our usual intensity we could prevent them ever getting into a rhythm, the question is will we have that intensity after our exploits this evening. We look as though we should have everyone available from our first eleven possibly aside from Coufal.
Looking over the Spurs forum and very disrespectful to be quite frank
Honestly. How can you take west ham seriously with craig dawson playing for them. Remember going to west ham away in league cup a few years ago under poch with a 2nd string and winning comfortably 3-1. Gone backwards im sorry to say.
Johnson - Zouma - Ogbonna - Cresswell
Rice - Souček
Bowen - Benrahma - Fornals
Antonio
Areola, Dawson, Diop, Fredericks, Masuaku, Noble, Lanzini, Vlasic, Yarmolenko
Side picks itself.
I think the main thing here is that we don’t lose the game; a point would be a good result after a mid-week game. I don’t want another last minute loss like Man Utd & Brentford, both after Europa games.
I don’t think Spurs have been convincing at all in any game this season but with Kane they can win any game.
Lloris
E,Royal Romero Dier Reguilon
Skipp Holjberg
Lucas Ndombele Son
Kane
None of them we even on the bench last night so fairly likely this is how they will line up on Sunday
Combined current 11
Lloris
Royal - Zouma - Ogbonna - Cresswell
Rice - Soucek
Moura - Fornals - Son
Kane
I really don't understand why they think this is some special game for us - apart from just being the opportunity to laugh at the expense of a 3rd tier London derby team.
I'm more worried about Brentford at the moment.
West Ham are a modern day Wimbledon, a physically big, fast moving, organised team with all the style and poise of a breeze block through your toilet window.
Have they watched some of the close link up play we do each week?
I think as hard a game as we could have right now, apart from maybe Liverpool.
Got arguably the best midfielder in the country at the present time and are a team who have got players who are giving their all.
Unlike us they seen to buy players who improve. On that metric alone I just wish we were so much better.
And of course unlike us they have more than one striker, which continues to undermine us and has to be resolved in January.
This guy gives more respect but who does he think our second striker is?
It's a great test of where we are, which for me is still looking for a way to get the best out of our squad.
However I view this it's getting past and through Rice that is the problem.
When we had Dembele and Wanyama in tandem I would say we could have suffocated Rice but the guy runs on Duracell and is just phenomenal right now.
What West Ham don't have is pace, so we can sit back and try to catch them on the break, which I think will represent our best chance, so I expect Son and Moura to be running off through balls from Kane and maybe from defence.
He is right about Rice, but don't have pace? Like Kane is going to outrun Zouma!
If they target our left side then we could be in trouble. Cresswell and Ogbonna have zero pace, so if Zouma gets sucked in to cover, there'll be space behind. Wouldn't surprise me to see Fredericks start this one, actually.
I think we’re a better side now, whereas they are not really any better, but the individual quality they possess means they are going to be a massive threat. But any Spurs fan not worried about the game is lying. I imagine we will sit back & try to play on the break.
Mine hasn't arrived yet.
I hate football.