Spurs V Liverpool KO 4pm.

Paully D

Daemonic wrote: »

Spurs high defensive line is perfect for us.

I like Dawson, but playing such a high line with him at CB is asking for trouble. Villas-Boas tried the same at Chelsea with about as much success.

BNMC

smileyj1987 wrote: »

He put his shoulder into the back of him and Mignolet was right to go down !

Agree. Seen a similar incident in the United match where Agbonlahor did the exact same thing to De Gea but no free was given.

Lightbulb Sun

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

Is Capoue usually this awful?

He's playing out of position.

efb

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

AVB has to rethink the highline defence.

It's not going to work in a league as frenetically paced as the Premier League.

Unless you are Arsenal

Vicxas

Some sexy football going on lads.

Agueroooo

Expect boo's maybe ?

efb

That was a free out

Vinz Mesrine

And Btw, Allen has been motm so far. Good to see him sticking it to the people who have slated him.

Knex*

Boo-urns!

Francie Barrett

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

Is Capoue usually this awful?

He's had a nightmare so far, he genuinely looks afraid to be in possession of a football.

tayto lover

Pool unlucky to be only 2 up. Very good in that half.

Grayditch

What a half.

kevohmsford

Great display from Liverpool. So many positives.

Moneymaker

Spurs embarrassingly awful.

djPSB

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

And Btw, Allen has been motm so far. Good to see him sticking it to the people who have slated him.

Sterling excellent too.

klose

Walker and dawson booked, naughton having a mare and raheem running riot, midfield being superb and two up. Couldnt be going any better

googled eyes

This is fcking great to watch, more of the same please lads

Turtyturd

Great first half....has there been an exodus back to the Spurs thread?

AdamD

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

And Btw, Allen has been motm so far. Good to see him sticking it to the people who have slated him.

Henderson..

SlickRic

the only things we miss from Stevie are his individual moments of magic and set pieces.

in general play we look more energetic and controlled without him.

djPSB

Massive 45 mins ahead.

Subs will play a big part.

Kess73

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

And Btw, Allen has been motm so far. Good to see him sticking it to the people who have slated him.

He has been very good. Is providing a great link between the back line and attack.

Against Norwich and West Ham he was constanly receiving passes from Sahko and then pressing the ball forward, and looks like that trend has continued today.

Henderson having a good game as well.

redzerdrog

djPSB wrote: »

Massive 45 mins ahead.

Subs will play a big part.

big time

spurs are still dangerous and I have zero confidence in our capabilities to keep a clean sheet this season

murpho999

I think Spurs are lucky to be only 2 down.

niallo27

SlickRic wrote: »

the only things we miss from Stevie are his individual moments of magic and set pieces.

in general play we look more energetic and controlled without him.

The team seems more balanced. Henderson has been terrific. He is just spraying the ball around. Great stuff.

Kirby

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

AVB has to rethink the highline defence.

It's not going to work in a league as frenetically paced as the Premier League.

It works for Arsenal....usually. The high line is like zonal marking. When you concede a goal, everyone points to it as the problem but what they don't see is the other 10 times that something positive comes from it. The negatives are obvious so people notice them...... the positives are subtle so most people don't.

Playing a high line compresses the pitch, and means it's easier to win the ball back in the opposition half. You are going to concede goals with it that you wouldn't concede playing deeper.....that's true. But you are conversely going to win the ball back easier and subsequently keep the ball better. It's a trade off.

Agueroooo

Sterling looks to have stuffed 10lb of lead into his shorts.

He is holding off some amount of weighty tackles against some very strong midfielders.

really interested now to see how AVB responds.

Rodgers 2 AVB 0

Vinz Mesrine

AdamD wrote: »

Henderson..

I missed the first 10 minutes but everyone has been excellent. Sakho looks dominant with a few nice cheeky flicks thrown in. It's a good time to be a red lads!!!!!!

YouTookMyName

darced

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rob316

Ive been a staunch supporter of allen while everyone else flogged him. He will be an outstanding cm I have no doubt, still so young.

Fowler87

Mighty performance. Pressing by the team and has been fantastic and ball retention purposeful. Need this win now so hopefully no stupid errors

livinginkorea

Hendo is playing very well. Suarez surprisingly should definitely have had a couple more. He suddenly seems to need a lot more chances to score

Agueroooo

SlickRic wrote: »

the only things we miss from Stevie are his individual moments of magic and set pieces.

in general play we look more energetic and controlled without him.

This^^

There is more fluidity from midfield passing.

Soft Falling Rain

Still not counting the chickens yet. AVB will bring on Townsend at HT.

mada999

Knex. wrote: »

This is the Sterling of early last season. Absolutely delightful to see.

Impressed with Sterling, he's doing today what he should be doin' all the time, beating players and passing the ball.. keep it up lad

rob316

Early goal in the 2nd half will put this to bed.

5starpool

Everyone playing well so far apart from a couple of little brain farts. More of the same please!

Slattsy

I called it after about 2 games of the season that spurs wouldnt challenge for top 4 and be a rival (as such) and that AVB hasnt a scooby doo what he's doing.
I took the subsequent abuse on the chin

Blatter

That's a very impressive performance from Liverpool whatever way you look at it. Suarez hitting Ronaldo like levels this season, it'll be interesting to see of he can sustain it until May.

Courtesy Flush

Don't want throw this one away
Keep it tight and dont give Spurs any hope

Alfred Borden

Liverpool playing brilliantly and really exposing Tottenhams high line. I have always wrote Liverpool off this season but they look really impressive today, could be top at Christmas too.

Turtyturd

Blatter wrote: »

That's a very impressive performance from Liverpool whatever way you look at it. Suarez hitting Messi like levels this season, it'll be interesting to see of he can sustain it until May.

Agree.

Grayditch

Henderson having a stellar game. Sterling staying strong on his feet and full of confidence. So good to watch.

djPSB

redzerdrog wrote: »

big time

spurs are still dangerous and I have zero confidence in our capabilities to keep a clean sheet this season

Don't think there is any way Allen, Lucas and Henderson could be expected to keep up that intensity for the full 90 mins.

Going to need subs in after 70 mins or so to get us over the line.

Grayditch

YouTookMyName wrote: »

That's pretty much how I score all my goals in Fifa.

ThunbergsAreGo

you just knew Hendo wouldn't score the first one

Delighted so far, still worried, Spurs as bad as they are playing are still dangerous,hard to keep this up

Morzadec

More of the same please.

Stay deep, stay tight, stay aggressive and break quickly.

We've had some poor 2nd halves this season so this game isn't over. We need to keep the same level of application and energy up and we should be fine.

RasTa

4 points between 1st and 5th atm.

Still hoping for a 4-4

5starpool

Slattsy wrote: »

I called it after about 2 games of the season that spurs wouldnt challenge for top 4 and be a rival (as such) and that AVB hasnt a scooby doo what he's doing.
I took the subsequent abuse on the chin

Still far too early to call it. There is 45 mins left in this game, never mind 22.5 games left in the entire season.