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Blackburn Away - Sunday 23rd 3pm

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    #32
    Sugarlumps
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    Thank fock that's over.


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    #33
    Big Pussy Bonpensiero
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    Bloody delighted with that result. Exactly the type of game we were losing/drawing last year. Ahead of Liverpool now with a game in hand. Never mind Newcastle, they won't be so high flying even after Christmas.


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    #34
    SuprSi
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    That's another great result. 4 wins and a draw in our last 5 games, super stuff. Doing really well after a crappy start and City's hammering of Utd today puts their result against us into perspective.


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    #35
    BERBA
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    Get in there :D

    Can this day get any better?:D


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    #36
    tippspur
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    Thank God that's over! nerves wrecked after it.


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    #37
    ziedth
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    Huge win there, Aresnal, Pool & Newcaste all won this weekend so we gotta keep touch with them.

    Is this the best PL run we have ever had? 5 wins and a draw from 6?


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    #38
    mickman
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    ziedth wrote: »
    Huge win there, Aresnal, Pool & Newcaste all won this weekend so we gotta keep touch with them.

    Is this the best PL run we have ever had? 5 wins and a draw from 6?

    Good win. Don't forget what happened to arsenal here. We were ropey at the back but held on

    Where is gallas???


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    #39
    SuprSi
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    Pool only managed a draw at home to Norwich, which is why we go ahead of them.


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    #40
    ziedth
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    My mistake, I mean liverpool dropped points.


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    #41
    PogMoThoin
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    With chelsea losing, we'd be level with Chelsea in 3rd if we won our game in hand (depending on goal difference)


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    #42
    everdead.ie
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    five points up on this stage last season not too bad :)


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    #43
    Hatch99
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    Great win, listened on radio, will watch highlights later, COYS


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    #44
    SuprSi
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    everdead.ie wrote: »
    five points up on this stage last season not too bad :)

    It's great to be honest, and we've already played City, Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal. If the lads can keep grinding out results like today over the next few weeks they'll be doing really well!


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    #45
    2nd Row Donkey
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    On the one hand this is a great result as Ewood is a tricky place to get 3 points and as someone else said, these are the type of games we drew/lost last year.


    On the other hand, if we cant go to the club which is bottom of the table and bottom of the form charts and get 3 points then we can forget about of top half finish nevermind a top 4 place.


    All that been said, any points we can pick up while Bassong and Kaboul are our CB's are going to be precious!!


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    #46
    irishmover
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    2nd Row Donkey wrote: »
    All that been said, any points we can pick up while Bassong and Kaboul are our CB's are going to be precious!!

    Why do people on here dislike kaboul and bae? Every other spurs forum I visit is the complete opposite to here, including my mates who are spurs fans too. Kaboul is a beast!


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    #47
    Sugarlumps
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    Kaboul definitely has the making of a great player, the more game time he can get with King the better.

    The only thing that annoys me with BAE is his inability to stop crosses coming in, he’s usually too far away to block the ball and just leaves a trailing leg out.

    Both are prone to lapses in concentration, and against the top clubs you’ll get murdered for lack of indecision. I wouldn’t swap either of them though.


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    #48
    Hatch99
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    irishmover wrote: »
    Why do people on here dislike kaboul and bae? Every other spurs forum I visit is the complete opposite to here, including my mates who are spurs fans too. Kaboul is a beast!

    I think donkey was referring to the fact that bassong and kaboul have not played too often together and that he would feel more secure if a fit king/gallas or daws were alongside Kaboul. Kaboul has been very good, your right. He's a little naive at times but he is certainly improving.

    BAE is solid as you can get. Yes, he makes a booboo every so often but as I have said before, there is not many left fulls in the league you would take ahead of him.


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    #49
    irishmover
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    I think that BAE's positives far outweigh the couple of weaknesses he does have, and can agree completely that he can be poor at defending crosses. But yesterday, I thought he was immense. He's such a threat going forward and quite often starts off attacks which have lead to goals.

    Kaboul before he first joined was french u21 captain and a superstar in the making. I remember watching him play st. pats in a friendly years ago and thought my god this guy is going to be immense. The it went pear shaped and he moved to portsmouth. But since he came back he's been a completely different player. He's certainly getting close to the hype that was around him before his first spell at the club.

    He would be the successor to king for me. I think him and sandro would have a fine battle over the armband come next season (if both are still at the club). He has his dodgy moments too, with jumping in where he shouldn't but he does them much less often than he used to.

    As for Bassong, I read a comment on sky sports last week saying he was Newcastles best centre half for decades. Guy must have been joking.


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    #50
    2nd Row Donkey
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    Hatch99 wrote: »
    I think donkey was referring to the fact that bassong and kaboul have not played too often together and that he would feel more secure if a fit king/gallas or daws were alongside Kaboul. Kaboul has been very good, your right. He's a little naive at times but he is certainly improving.

    Thats exactly what I meant.
    Kaboul is decent as long as he's along side Daws, King or Gallas but along side Bassong - Forget it.

    I think if Kaboul was going to become a top class CB then we would have seen it by now.


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    #51
    irishmover
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    Dont rate Dawson at all. Far too over rated at the club imo. For me he should be 4th choice cb.


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    #52
    mushykeogh
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    Place a bid for Samba anyone? Make an offer, get the deal done on first day of transfer window.

    For me, Kaboul is already showing the signs of being a top class defender, I think he has been exceptional this year so far.

    P.S. Agree with above comment about dawson. So bloody slow, if its not coming in high from 50 yards he is all at sea. Has had a lot of shockers for spurs that seem to go unnoticed for some reason.


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    #53
    Sugarlumps
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    100% agreed with Samba, I really hope we don't go back in for Cahill.


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    #54
    Antisocialiser
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    I think Rio might be a better option!


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    #55
    mushykeogh
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    Antisocialiser wrote: »
    I think Rio might be a better option!

    The most over rated centre half ever!


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    #56
    ziedth
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    I agree, he was a good player but never as good as made out IMHO. I also think he past it. Samba would be a good signing Blackburn seem to be a sinking ship so he might be tempted to leave in Jan.


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    #57
    Robxxx7
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    Samba is an absolute beast of a player ... was always concerned a bit with his pace .. but he has an abundance of stamina and seeing that we can't rely on King/Gallas being fit for any length of time .... would think a bid for Samba would make sense ... more so over Rio or Cahill


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    #58
    Antisocialiser
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    Kaboul and Dawson can be made into great players when playing with an experienced and talented CB. Rio formed half of the best combination of centre backs in the premier league for arguably the last 3 years or so.

    I think we could do worse than his experience and winning mentality.

    Although tbf he has been ropey this season. I just don't see what all the hype surrounding cahill and samba is about. Both of their respective teams are sitting at bottom of the league. Also they have conceded the most goals so far this year. Bolton - 24 Blackburn - 20


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    #59
    everdead.ie
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    I'd love to see Caulker given a Chance to be honest although that might be a little Naive without somone like King beside him.


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    #60
    irishmover
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    Yeh was disappointed to see him loaned out. But taking the Walker model (following last season with Villa) I guess I can see their idea in him going to Swansea and Naughton going to Norwich. Naughton has been playing excellently for Norwich and Caulker was doing great up until his injury.

    Loaning to lower premier league teams is a good idea, instead of them dropping down a tier or two.


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    #61
    Sugarlumps
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    Robxxx7 wrote: »
    Samba is an absolute beast of a player ... was always concerned a bit with his pace .. but he has an abundance of stamina and seeing that we can't rely on King/Gallas being fit for any length of time .... would think a bid for Samba would make sense ... more so over Rio or Cahill

    From wathcing the highlights of the game he was able to keep pace with Bale. The chap is 27 would be relatively cheap and I can't recall him being injured too often.


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