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Match Tottenham v Manchester United - Carabao Cup - Thursday 19th at 8PM

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Auscock said:
Done.
I only used the previous time and date because I thought that us Aussies were the only supporters left.
Everyone else seems to have thrown in the towel for this season.
We have a lot more stamina down here.
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Pal, from the day you guys are born you gotta outfight croczillas, giant spiders, brown snakes, facking kangaroos who'd smash prime Tyson, and many angry ex-cons all named Bruce or Sheila...when you're not running away from the coppers yourself for thieving crates of Fosters as an alcoholic 7yo.

Course youse are fit as a fiddle.
 
Richard Arlison said:
My guess:

1
Forster
2
Porro
3
Dragusin
4
Gray
5
Spence
6
Bissouma
7
Sarr
8
Maddison
9
Kulusevski
10
Solanke
11
Son
lineup code
[lineup]
Forster
Porro Dragusin Gray Spence
Bissouma
Sarr Maddison
Kulusevski Solanke Son
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Honestly, I'd keep Bergvall in the side but if Ange wanted to protect him a bit from this game I could understand it. United will be looking to target people when it comes to officials and winning cheap cards and fouls, especially after the Bruno red got overturned. They will be looking to pressure that into a few payback whistles and young kids is who they would go after. But if Biss gets an early yellow, I'd have no fear bringing Bergvall in.

I think we see another Maddison masterclass in this one. He loves a battle against the other big-name creative CMs in the prem and with the darts on he will be in a good mood the whole Christmas period.
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Fuck Biss, give the blonde bombshell another go. His passing is nothing special (yet), but the kid covers some bloody ground. That's good enough for me.

I think the key (or one of) is to stop playing with 10 men yo begin with...like, can we feed the beast we paid 65 big ones for? I'm fine with him being our first defenceman, and he does a great job at that, but I mean he's here to score goals no?
 
Hopefully the Udogie injury was just tightness and he's ok to play. Has there been any confirmation on Davies injury yet either?

I'd love Ange to go with the same team, but with United going with a back 3 and 4 midfielders essentially I reckon he'll bring Biss back in for Bergvall. As for my desired line up, same as the Saints win, they're all on a high and everyone performed well.
 
Nuts said:
Spurs are like Murdoch from The A-Team at the moment. One minute we're bombing mercenaries from a helicopter, the next we're strapped to a chair in a home for the deranged. If we're in the former mode, we can do this lot again.
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End the contest. The best Spurs analogy ever has just been found.

mr t ba baracus GIF
 
Obviously I wanna win every game, and beating those red muppets from up north is always very enjoyable after all them years of heartache and injustice against them. But were we to lose in the Carabao Cup, a competition I've never liked or even thought should exist, I can't say I'd be that terribly bothered. Especially the injuries we got right now and how badly we need to improve in the league and Europa.

I'd much, much rather win the glorious FA Cup, that proper trophy used to have our name on it. That's the one I'm really dying to see us bring home.
 
Jaynola said:
Fuck Biss, give the blonde bombshell another go. His passing is nothing special (yet), but the kid covers some bloody ground. That's good enough for me.

I think the key (or one of) is to stop playing with 10 men yo begin with...like, can we feed the beast we paid 65 big ones for? I'm fine with him being our first defenceman, and he does a great job at that, but I mean he's here to score goals no?
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I would start Bergvall as well but I could understand if Ange didn’t
 
Richard Arlison said:
I dunno mate.

Ange seems to have stumbled on a way to get his best players in a starting 11 and I’m not seeing how he can get Johnson in that 11 atm. Especially not when he saying he needs fighters everywhere.

Johnson is still having a good season imo but at his age it won’t hurt him to force him to come off the bench and prove it again
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Personally I think Johnson is best suited as an impact sub against tired legs.
 
I think we are going to struggle. United play a counter attacking 343. They will be happy to be solid and wait for an opportunity.

Squad rotation could also be a factor for either side that rotates too much.
 
Richard Arlison said:
Why?

Nothing he does or says is difficult to understand or illogical. I think people have mostly just been frustrated by results and some poor performances.
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I don't find him worth listening to...at all. He very much talks for the sake of it, clearly loves the sound of his own voice, he's not genuine, he's passive aggressive (not even sure 'passive' is required), not a warm or witty person. Bit of an arrogant cunt basically. Not even a master bullshitter cause so easy to see right through his crap.

He doesn't even annoy me, he just gives me zero emotion...which is way worse.
 
Zomb said:
Johnson and Son will start btw
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Please no. That lineup with Werner Son Johnson the other day was peak flimsy and horrific at ball retention. United will be gunning for it too - they were pretty horrible against City but have the uplift of a derby win.

I've been very critical of BJ and frankly he's a squad player at best in my book. Plays like a luxury player without having the X Factor or history of top performances to justify it. Has to be Deki at RW drifting centrally - still not ideal, but better in possession.
 
Slav said:
Please no. That lineup with Werner Son Johnson the other day was peak flimsy and horrific at ball retention. United will be gunning for it too - they were pretty horrible against City but have the uplift of a derby win.

I've been very critical of BJ and frankly he's a squad player at best in my book. Plays like a luxury player without having the X Factor or history of top performances to justify it. Has to be Deki at RW drifting centrally - still not ideal, but better in possession.
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It was a huge managerial error to start that front 3 at Ibrox. Actually incredible a PL manager couldn't see that was very unlikely to work well, and had Kulu and Solanke on the bench.
 
Jaynola said:
Pal, from the day you guys are born you gotta outfight croczillas, giant spiders, brown snakes, facking kangaroos who'd smash prime Tyson, and many angry ex-cons all named Bruce or Sheila...when you're not running away from the coppers yourself for thieving crates of Fosters as an alcoholic 7yo.

Course youse are fit as a fiddle.
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Staying power, mate.
 
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