Can we surprise R Madrid?

flyswatter · 10-04-2011 4:21pm #1

In our home leg does anyone think we have a chance of turning it around?

I know we have some job on our hands but if we have a real go at them and tear into them we have a decent chance I feel. Depends what Madrid team turn up.

We will have a massive crowd behind us and foreign teams often get complacent. Remember Liverpool and AC Milan in the CL final?

Fingers crossed. Madrid have better players but we have good players too and if we pick the right team and have the right attitude there is always hope.

They have Mourinho though, I think he will be warning his players against complacency.

Mr. Guappa · 10-04-2011 5:49pm

"Surprise" would be a gross understatement. A shock of epic proportions would be a more apt description of what we need to do.

We have less than a 0.01% chance but stranger things have happened. Newcastle 4-4 Arsenal and Liverpool 3-3 Milan prove that it's possible. If we get 1 before half-time and another early in the second half then it's possible. It's likely to be a low key affair with Madrid dealing with some early pressure and the game petering out to a 0-0 stalemate.

10-04-2011 6:14pm

We'd need an early goal and I think, controversially, we would need an early sending off in our favour this time. Obviously the chances of that are pretty slim but it's what I feel anyway.

mickman · 10-04-2011 6:14pm

We need two before half time

What I think will happen is we will score around the 65th minute and they will level it late in the game

PogMoThoin · 10-04-2011 6:30pm

Not a hope, remember its Mourinho we're dealing with here

ziedth · 10-04-2011 7:56pm

I'm going to say it and I hope i can quote this thread with glee but we are going to scare the **** out of them on wednesday. I think we'll knock in two early enough goals and maybe get 3 and be a goal away from them at some stage.

How it goes from there I don't know but I'll dream that we'll beat them 4-0.

Having nothing to loose is possibly the best situation to be in here minus the scoreline.

Hatch99 · 10-04-2011 8:11pm

A man has walked on the moon, of course it's possible

van der vart · 10-04-2011 9:07pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Not a hope, remember its Mourinho we're dealing with here

He,s not Playing, COYS

Rodin · 10-04-2011 9:09pm

Madrid score and you need SIX

Leinstersqspur · 10-04-2011 11:48pm

We couldn't keep a clean sheet against Stoke! Huddlestone, Modders and Bale back together, you never know?! COYS

happy hotspur · 11-04-2011 12:19pm

Of course we can suprise them. A lot can happen in football. We scored 3 in the first half against Stoke, West Brom got two penalties against Liverpool, West Ham got 2 first half penalties against Man Utd.
Pepe is suspended for them too which helps, and I think lennon will be up against Marcello and Bale against Ramos. They have a derby against Barca next weekend and a lot of their players are on yellows so will be worried about getting booked and missing out on the glamour semi v Barcelona. If we tear into them from the off we have a good chance but we cannot afford to concede even 1 goal or its curtains.

roosh · 11-04-2011 12:57pm

Leinstersqspur wrote: »

We couldn't keep a clean sheet against Stoke! Huddlestone, Modders and Bale back together, you never know?! COYS

we managed to keep two against AC Milan though

gar · 11-04-2011 1:43pm

Harry will have do something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO4tIrjBDkk

Cianan2 · 11-04-2011 2:42pm

If I remember correctly, Deportivo were 4-0 down against Milan going into the 2nd leg a few years back and managed to get through to the next round so its not impossible!

But... actually yeah, its impossible.

Bodie Doyle · 11-04-2011 2:47pm

happy hotspur wrote: »

Of course we can suprise them. A lot can happen in football. We scored 3 in the first half against Stoke, West Brom got two penalties against Liverpool, West Ham got 2 first half penalties against Man Utd.
Pepe is suspended for them too which helps, and I think lennon will be up against Marcello and Bale against Ramos. They have a derby against Barca next weekend and a lot of their players are on yellows so will be worried about getting booked and missing out on the glamour semi v Barcelona. If we tear into them from the off we have a good chance but we cannot afford to concede even 1 goal or its curtains.

Happy Hotspur I like your attitude. We may not beat them by 4 clear goals but I think we have a chance of winning the game. If we can score early enough you never know what may happen. I only hope that the lucky fans who go on Wednesday get to see us beating Real Madrid in the quarter final of the Champions league will realise what an achievemnet that is.
Also I would expect the fans to show the team their appreciation of our excellent Champions league run this season wheter we win lose or draw on Wednesday.

11-04-2011 4:01pm

If we did turn it around would it be the finest result ever achieved by us?

manic mailman · 11-04-2011 7:32pm

Madrid have a truly dodgy defense. Having said that, we'd need a lot of luck (not just some) to get the ball rolling for a potential comeback to be on the cards.

I'd rather see Harry and the team go on and claim 4th spot rather than run ourselves ragged in the home leg and then suffer with poor form in our next match in the premiership. We got a good result against Stoke at the weekend.

I'd much rather see us build on that. Obviously it'd be friggin' brilliant if we pulled it out of the bag but i'd rather see you get into the same competition next year.

2nd Row Donkey · 11-04-2011 9:09pm

I too can see us going 1 or even 2-nil up. TThen, when have then on the ropes - whammy!!!! - we will be the cause of our own downfall - we'll give away a goal via [blank] . Insert - peno/own goal/dodgy keep antic's etc where appropriate.

The only way I can see us getting through is if they get a player red carded via a penalty in the first 20 mins, followed by a freak own goal by madrid and then 3 goals via Bale/VDV/lennon.

Its a pity Crouch is suspended- I think he'd cause them no end of problems at WHL.

If this was the Madrin team of any season except this one, then I'd sya we have a chance, but not this season, not with Mourinho. How many times has a team of his lost 3-nil, never mind 5-nil!! (except when Barca beat them a few weeks ago).

2nd Row Donkey · 11-04-2011 9:12pm

When you say it out loud - five.. nil, five nil. one, two, three, four, five goals to nil.

Thats what we need. Not a prayer.

five -one, six-two... no good, its got to be five goals to nil.

They score two, thats okay 'cos we got to score seven then. Blimey.

fabvinny · 11-04-2011 11:16pm

2 early goals are vital,then who knows.............

yiddo59 · 12-04-2011 4:54pm

Deleted User wrote: »

If we did turn it around would it be the finest result ever achieved by us?

Yes without a doubt. Travelling over tomorrow but realistically whatever about us scoring 4 (which would be a huge ask in itself) I can't see them not scoring!

happy hotspur · 13-04-2011 12:17pm

RC Deportivo La Coruña hold the record for the biggest first-leg defeat overturned in the UEFA Champions League era, losing 4-1 at AC Milan in the 2003/04 quarter-finals but subsequently winning 4-0 at home.

We can do this lads, believe!!!!!!!!!!!!

COYS

Leinstersqspur · 13-04-2011 1:29pm

Paddy Power paying 225-1 on Spurs to win in extra time....! COYS!

mickman · 13-04-2011 2:40pm

lets hope vdv is dropped for this one. with his attitude in the interview after the last game we dont need him on the pitch as he wont have the right attitude. plus we need 2 strikers up top if we are to have any chance. not one striker and someone who plays whereever he feels like

sniffingchimp · 13-04-2011 3:00pm

mickman wrote: »

lets hope vdv is dropped for this one. with his attitude in the interview after the last game we dont need him on the pitch as he wont have the right attitude. plus we need 2 strikers up top if we are to have any chance. not one striker and someone who plays whereever he feels like

Agreed. VDV has been borderline usless for a while now, I'd hope for THudd (albeit lacking match fitness), Modric, Lennon and Bale in midfield, with Pav and Defoe up front - if we leak goals we leak goals but lets batter them from the start and hope for the best.

VDV's attitude has been awful, not a leader nor inspiring for anyone on the team to hear that kind of bull****.

wellboys · 13-04-2011 3:25pm

mickman wrote: »

lets hope vdv is dropped for this one. with his attitude in the interview after the last game we dont need him on the pitch as he wont have the right attitude. plus we need 2 strikers up top if we are to have any chance. not one striker and someone who plays whereever he feels like

Dropping VdV would just be stupid, the man has experience which is vital for nights like this. If we go with Pav up front on his own, Bale and Lennon will be constantly high up the pitch giving support to the lone striker. Our side is a naturally attacking side, we'll bombard them no matter what formation we play, but dropping VdV would be very silly.

bluefinger · 13-04-2011 3:31pm

If you play bale in goal they might be surprised.

100-1 on betfair for 4-0 spurs

sniffingchimp · 13-04-2011 3:42pm

wellboys wrote: »

Dropping VdV would just be stupid, the man has experience which is vital for nights like this. If we go with Pav up front on his own, Bale and Lennon will be constantly high up the pitch giving support to the lone striker. Our side is a naturally attacking side, we'll bombard them no matter what formation we play, but dropping VdV would be very silly.

I dont know - As we've all seen VDV has been practically non-existent recently, I dont think there's any harm in trying something radically different for this match.

Typical now if he plays out of his skin, gets a hat-trick and two assists (one can dream).

Wouldnt mind eating my words in that instance.

Kiith · 13-04-2011 4:02pm

Everyone is giving out about VDV saying we've no chance in the return leg...which is exactly what we've been saying. He's being realistic, which doesnt mean he's not going to try. He's not been at his best, but dropping one of our best players would be stupid.

sniffingchimp · 13-04-2011 4:04pm

Kiith wrote: »

Everyone is giving out about VDV saying we've no chance in the return leg...which is exactly what we've been saying. He's being realistic, which doesnt mean he's not going to try. He's not been at his best, but dropping one of our best players would be stupid.

I think there's a massive difference in what fans talk about on message boards and what a high profile player says in public regards his teams chances. Some things you keep quiet no matter how you may feel, for the sake of spirits in the dressing room, younger, less experienced players in the squad etc.... He should know better in my opinion.

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