24 Aug 2016 13:53:39
Tough game this weekend against Spurs. They are very tight defensively but they do have very attacking full backs. This should allow us plenty of room down the flanks for Mane in particular.

I am worried for Milner and Clyne though as they are probably going to get doubled up on by Rose/ Eriksen and Walker/ Lamela.

I can see this game being quite open but only can't see another thriller like the Arsenal game. I reckon there will be no more than 4 goals in it. My money is on a 2-2 draw. Be nice if we could nick it though.

6 points from 3 away games would be a good start to the season irrespective of last weeks result.

1.) 24 Aug 2016
24 Aug 2016 14:04:19
Without Dembele they are weak and poor. I do not rate Wanyama at all and Dier is Dier. They have no creativity in the middle which will see one of their attacking player dropping deeper. Think we should smash them this weekend. Harry Kane will pose threat and the only threat. Their full backs are worse than ours. Lamela has any many goals as Willian and that's less than 7 all season.
4-1 to Liverpool.

2.) 24 Aug 2016
24 Aug 2016 14:10:40
you should be shot peace, for potentially jinxing us lol! touch wood.

3.) 24 Aug 2016
24 Aug 2016 15:06:53
4-1 to lfc!? Your dreaming my friend.

4.) 24 Aug 2016
24 Aug 2016 15:08:05
Lamela has 3 goals and 4 assists in his last 7 League games. He is a young player who is improving notably every week. Janssen has looked good despite not scoring yet, and any team with Eriksen and Alli in it can create chances.

4-1? I hope you are right but that seems massively ambitious! Good time to play them though with Lloris and Dembele out, I must admit.

As for Wanyama, he takes a lot of stick and I don't think he is anything special, but he is physically a very difficult opponent. He isn't there to be pretty and create. He is there to be ugly and destroy! I'm not a fan, as he is far too inconsistent, but when he turns up he can be a beast. Hopefully after his goal last weekend, he is now due another 3 or 4 bad performances!

5.) 24 Aug 2016
24 Aug 2016 15:15:48
I wouldn't all count your chickens yet. I'll wait for the team sheet before I make any predictions. it simply can't be the same as BurnleY.

6.) 24 Aug 2016
24 Aug 2016 15:55:28
If Mane plays, and henderson is out, we stand a chance.

7.) 24 Aug 2016
24 Aug 2016 16:32:04
If true fans turn up and leekuanyew is not there we stand a good chance.

8.) 24 Aug 2016
24 Aug 2016 16:59:11
MK
Lamela has been improving from decades and without Demebele they looked out of deapth everytime they stepped in. Poch doesn't play two up front so Jansen isn't starting. I am not sure what you meant by the role Wanyama has at Spurs. He in million years wouldn't stop Coutinho or Firmino.
I stand by my scorelind 4-1 to Liverpool. We ll dominate the midfield as well the match.

9.) 24 Aug 2016
24 Aug 2016 17:03:49
Henderson is out? That is the worst comment I've read so far. Idiotic. The lad can't do it all on his own with lallana and Wijnaldum! if henderson was out we'd probably be anialted by spurs simply because we'd have no midfield!

10.) 24 Aug 2016
24 Aug 2016 19:05:53
How can he have been improving for decades? He has only been at Spurs for 2 years!

And Dembele is there best midfielder, but he is also just one cog in a we'll oiled machine. It might not be as smooth without him, but it still runs!

Also, in case you missed it, Pochettino has been tentatively trying out Janssen and Kane together. It had such a positive impact in both games so far that I will not be surprised to see them start together.

As for Wanyama, I am not saying he will indefinitely stop our attackers. Just that he is not as terrible as people make out. It seems like there is nothing in between "world class" and "terrible player" in the mind of a modern fan. He is a brute who makes it hard for opposition to get any rhythm. The beauty of that is that like other brutes (Cattermole, Tiote) you can pass them out of the game if you are clever enough not to get drawn into a physical match up. As his positioning isn't great at all.

I still think you are being ambitious, but it is not beyond our team to win by that margin against anyone in this league. So I hope it all comes together on the day and you end up being correct!

11.) 24 Aug 2016
24 Aug 2016 20:48:14
Lamela's career must be aging in dog years then Peace and Love.

12.) 24 Aug 2016
24 Aug 2016 22:13:46
You think Dier is a bad player? Jeez. I dunno how Spurs are all of a sudden a bad side, despite being a really good side last season. Spurs are a dangerous side, and if they beat us I wouldn't be surprised. We can beat them, and I think we will, but I wouldn't go as far as saying we *should* beat the current Spurs team at their gaff.

13.) 25 Aug 2016
24 Aug 2016 23:55:27
Spurs are a very good side, finished above us last season, got Champions League, they are at home, we had a very bad loss in our last league game, not sure how we are going to beat them, but with Mane back, anything is possible .

14.) 25 Aug 2016
25 Aug 2016 03:39:44
Spurs are a very good side, no question about it. However, we have nothing to fear as they haven't beaten us in the last seven games and have only one win in ten against us hence, we are their bogey team. It will be an interesting game but we have slaughtered them on their patch in two of the last three games so we shouldn't be surprised if we get the victory.

15.) 26 Aug 2016
26 Aug 2016 10:53:21
Spurs are just plain boring. They are good at the back but that's it they have nothing else. They came third last year by default as all the other big sides were so poor hence all the managerial changes. That being said they still only got 70 points which wouldn't normally even get top 4. A bang average side with a manager who is an Argentinian Brendan Rodgers. We SHOULD spank them all over the park (mind you I was even less complimentary about Burnley and we all know what happened there! )