Spurs food poisening puts match in doubt.

ShiverinEskimo

Just word on Sky Sports News there - a large portion of the Spurs team have been hit with food poisening. FA are making a statement at 1 to shed light on whether their crucial match with West Ham will proceed or not.

Must have been to Wenger's for tea last night.

wheres me jumpa

It will be rotten luck if Spurs have to go ahead with this game even its just a handful of players out.

Royale with Cheese

This is crazy, like an episode of dream team.

Royale with Cheese

BBC are now saying it is seven players out with food poisioning.

byte

Royale with Cheese wrote:

BBC are now saying it is seven players out with food poisioning.

Heh, apt signature!

Playboy

According to spurs website the match will go ahead as planned. This is so sad for spurs

el rabitos

dont worry about it, carl fletcher will score in the 92nd minute and arsenal will lose in the champions league final, but luis amor rodriguez dies from a routine urine test.

PHB

Bull**** it is, Spurs are gona win this match.

wheres me jumpa

Royale with Cheese wrote:

This is crazy, like an episode of dream team.

Way ahead of you Royale, Carl Fletcher is 10-1, to be plucked from the crowd, go through 20 mins of intense training to get back up to fitness, start the game, score a hatrick in the 93rd minute, yes all three goals in the 93 rd minute and then to be taken off in the 94th minute with a career threatening injury and then a plane to crash into the ambulance and fletcher to save a girl before marrying her next summer.

10-1, easy money!

The game is to go ahead, horrible news for Spurs, hope it doesnt hinder them deservedly finishing 4th.

eirebhoy

I think the sick players are:
Robinson, Dawson, Kelly, Davenport, Murphy, Lennon, Barnard.

ErinGoBrath

eirebhoy wrote:

I think the sick players are:
Robinson, Dawson, Kelly, Davenport, Murphy, Lennon, Barnard.

According to Sky Sports News Mido and Keane are very doubtful too.

Royale with Cheese

What's the deal with match day squads? When do you have to name one? Can Pardew put out a rubbish team as well now or would he have to have named his 16 before the news broke out?

therecklessone

eirebhoy wrote:

I think the sick players are:
Robinson, Dawson, Kelly, Davenport, Murphy, Lennon, Barnard.

So says a thread on Spurs site FTL.

Rumours Jenas might be drafted back in.

Not confident at all, but if we win and get 4th, then the performance will go down in history.

eirebhoy

ErinGoBrath wrote:

According to Sky Sports News Mido and Keane are very doubtful too.

I think Keane was always going to miss it as Jol said he has a 10% chance of making it.

ditpoker

was gutted to hear about this, and especially for our key players like robinson dawson and lennon to be missing. AND i had €5 on Lee Barnard to score... oh well... i'll do without the money after a 3-1 win with teddy sheringham scoring a hat-trick of own goals!

therecklessone

Alleged line-up:

cerny
lee
kelly
davenport
gardner
murphy
tainio
davids
huddlestone
reid
barnard

zAbbo

Seen this scrolling across the screen at the gym, bit of a shocker considering that for some teams a lot is hinging on this.

Richard Keys(SS1) has confirmed it's 10 players down with food poison. Police called in at the suspect of foul play :eek:

WH are just under 4-1 to win this !!!!!

growler

french cuisine suspected

Royale with Cheese

growler wrote:

french cuisine suspected

Bon Apetit ... that's pretty good

jongore

The Chef must be a Gooner;)

Very hard on Spurs, hope to hell they win anyway they deserve fourth, by the way they've just annouched the team and there are only two changes form last week and Keane is playing.

growler

you never know this could really inspire spurs, I expect to see some amazing runs today...












i'll get my coat

eirebhoy

hahaha. It's a bloody great team:

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2868/spursteam8uh.jpg

zAbbo

There's a lot of pressure on the Spurs players, they must be shíting themselves.

KdjaCL

BUSTED!!!!!!!



kdjac

ditpoker

eirebhoy wrote:

hahaha. It's a bloody great team:

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2868/spursteam8uh.jpg

That actually the team?!?! or very VERY creative photo-shopping!!!
if that IS the team that is fantastic news!

therecklessone

eirebhoy wrote:

hahaha. It's a bloody great team:

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2868/spursteam8uh.jpg

How many are fully fit though?

Keane certainly can't be, f*ck knows who of the 10 food poisoned are in that line-up. Will only know at 3pm I suppose.

therecklessone

ditpoker wrote:

That actually the team?!?! or very VERY creative photo-shopping!!!
if that IS the team that is fantastic news!

Confirmed by the head of the TH Supporters Trust.

Royale with Cheese

That's a strong team. But you've got to think at least half of those playing aren't anywhere near full fitness if Spurs requested the game be called off. Either that or they were chancing their arm.

eirebhoy

I find it impossible to walk 10 yard with food poisoning, never mind play a match.

Davei141

Spurs are lucky they play with dark shorts.

evilhomer

A lot of them will be grand for a while. But they will probably feel really weak and sapped of energy in the second half.

LostinBlanch

Well I think it stinks.

The cops should be called in, I've heard that Spurs players were all going to be tested after full time.

At the very least I can see some kitchen staff getting sacked in Spurs Hotel. Not sure which one it is but it's in Canary Wharf if I heard right on Newstalk.

I can see this one going to court, after all I'm sure Spurs were forced to play under protest. Having 10 players out with food poisoning is definitely a valid reason for postponing.

Guy:Incognito

I assume they makesure this cant happen , but what if say 6 of them started pukeing at half time. Would they have had grounds for an abandonment and rematch or would it have been tough?

Dirk Gently

LostinBlanch wrote:

Well I think it stinks.

I can see this one going to court, after all I'm sure Spurs were forced to play under protest. Having 10 players out with food poisoning is definitely a valid reason for postponing.

I would imagine it is a breach of their human rights if they were forced to play the match while not fit to carry out their duty. They are employees working for a company after all. Footballers have rights too. I would have thought this situation would have been enough to postpone the game a few days. Very hard luck on spurs, they deserved to finish in a champions league spot, not that I care to much been a pool fan

therecklessone

I think a lot of solicitors will make a shedload of money from this IF police find this was deliberate.

I've heard from the head of the club's supporters trust that Daniel Levy is furious the club were put in the position they were, i.e. a 2 hour delay. I did find myself wondering why they were able to offer that, and not a 24 hour (or 29 hour to an 8pm kick-off tomorrow). Either kick off can or cannot be moved. Police advice precluded the 4 hours requested by Spurs (cos they feared crowd trouble after another 4 hours drinking). I heard West Ham were conducive to a postponment by the way.

This one will run.

therecklessone

clown bag wrote:

I would imagine it is a breach of their human rights if they were forced to play the match while not fit to carry out their duty. They are employees working for a company after all. Footballers have rights too. I would have thought this situation would have been enough to postpone the game a few days. Very hard luck on spurs, they deserved to finish in a champions league spot, not that I care to much been a pool fan

The Premier League did not force the players to play though, Spurs had the option of calling up players from the reserves and the lesser lights of the first team squad (Naybet, Bunjevcevic, Marney, Jackson etc) I understand that was the potition adopted by the Premier League.

Spurs gave the players a run out in the pre-game warm up, those who felt capable of playing played. Tough call for the likes of Carrick and Dawson to make, and that showed over 90 minutes. Apparently, Dawson collapsed during the warm up...:(

blu_sonic

wheres me jumpa wrote:

Way ahead of you Royale, Carl Fletcher is 10-1, to be plucked from the crowd, go through 20 mins of intense training to get back up to fitness, start the game, score a hatrick in the 93rd minute, yes all three goals in the 93 rd minute and then to be taken off in the 94th minute with a career threatening injury and then a plane to crash into the ambulance and fletcher to save a girl before marrying her next summer.

10-1, easy money!

The game is to go ahead, horrible news for Spurs, hope it doesnt hinder them deservedly finishing 4th.

ha ha fletcher scored for the hammers, they got him is a huge twist of faith to sign the day of his suspected signing for spurs. His Ex-girlfriends mother had played an integeral role in precedings or so the dragons.net says