Hello all!
This is the official Spurs v Norwich match thread!
http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewLiveArticle/149929
Transfer window finally over, nice to concentrate on the football now and know the finalised squads
Teams
Our starting team today is: Friedel, Walker, Vertonghen, Gallas, Assou-Ekotto, Sandro, Livermore, Lennon, Bale, Sigurdsson, Defoe
Our subs today are: Cudicini, Naughton, Caulker, Huddlestone, Dembele , Townsend & Adebayor
Norwich -
Ruddy, R. Martin, Johnson, Bassong, Snodgrass, Howson, Holt (c), Jackson, Pilkington, Garrido, Barnett
Subs - Rudd, Turner, Surman, Hoolahan, Morison, Tierney, Tettey
GOALS
Dembele 68'
Snodgrass 85'
Huddlestone 88'
LINKS
http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=168539∂=sports
http://www.thefirstrow.eu/
http://www.softsportstv.eu/
Facts
•Tottenham have won six of the 10 previous Premier League meetings between the two clubs, with Norwich triumphing twice.
•The Lilywhites have scored in their last 25 Premier League matches at White Hart Lane since the 0-0 draw against West Ham in March 2011.
•The highest-scoring match between them at White Hart Lane came when Spurs won 5-1 in the Premier League on 9 April, 1993.
•Chris Hughton has failed to win in his last seven Premier League matches as manager since Newcastle won 1-0 at Arsenal in November 2010.
CHET(Spur) FACTS
Of players to have attempted over 50 passes this season, only 3 have a better passing accuracy than Moussa Dembele (96%).
Only Robin van Persie (229) had more shots than Clint Dempsey (209) over the two previous Premier League seasons.
Dembele made 584 total challenges last season, more than any other player in the Premier League
Dembele played 1.3 long balls per game last season compared to 7.6 from Modric.
Only Cabaye (117) attempted more tackles than Dembele last season (112).
Spurs are yet to score or concede in the first half of a game this season.
Jermain Defoe has had more shots (9) than any other player so far this season.
18.2% of the Premier League goals Spurs have conceded since the beginning of last season have come during the last 15 minutes of games.
Aaron Lennon has completed 61 of the 65 passes he has attempted so far in the Premier League.
LIVE - Spurs 1-1 Norwich FT
posted on 1/9/12
Grandspur
For starters, that 13 point lead you speak of is a mis-truth anyway. It may have been 13 points but Arsenal had a game in hand. Secondly, you talk of football like it's a machine, like the 'on paper' theory. Things never go perfectly, everyone has blips, it's human error. But the one thing that no one seems to mention is how we got to 3rd in the first place. The focus is always on losing rather than winning. Where's Harry's credit for getting there? I've not heard many give him any.
He finished 8th, 4th, 5th, 4th. I don't care what anyone says, that's progress. It's progress that should count here nothing else. He was making it, the club was making it and now it's been torn apart.
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posted on 1/9/12
Is it too early to contemplate who we want as our next manager?
posted on 1/9/12
The focus is always on losing rather than winning. Where's Harry's credit for getting there? I've not heard many give him any.
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I wont argue with his record and I wont argue with some of the exciting times either but there were also bad times.
Losing at the library last season after holding a 2-0 lead ?
Getting knocked out of a cup semi against a side that ended up getting relegated ?
I was 100% in favour of Harry's appointment but also thought it was time for him to go. When he started it was about THFC (some of the time) after 4 years it was 100% about Harry with THFC coming a very poor second.
Sorry but that was not good enough in my eyes
posted on 1/9/12
By that i assume you mean the England job. The one job in the world that would turn his head. Footballers aren't totally loyal and managers aren't that different. We should have focused on why there was a clamour for him to get the England job. It's because he'd turned us around dramatically. Loyalty should be rewarded and so should success. He was very successful, there's no doubting that. Rememer the home game against Newcastle last year, it sent a shiver down my spine listening to the fans singing 'we want you to stay'. That was the true love spurs had for him, the rest is clouded by the bitterness of his flirting with the England job. I just think it's best to look at the facts. Levy didn't. His ego got burned because Harry wanted the England job, so he sacked him. That for me is immature, short-sighted and not looking at things objectively. Now we're back to where we were 4 years ago. The cycle start with Ramos and Jol, it's happened again with Harry and AVB and it will keep happening all the time Levy is chairman. It might be time for him to part ways with the club rather than adopting this yo-yo mentality where progress is suffocated. The bottom line is G&S is right, he's the one to blame.
posted on 1/9/12
fridge
I wont argue on the cycle and think the sacking of Harry has set us back at least a year but thats only because of the appointment of AVB not because of the sacking of Harry.
Everybody on these boards said the same when Jol was sacked but we progressed despite that and we will again, you may think Harry was god I dont sorry.
posted on 1/9/12
Spurtle2 (U1608)
Is it too early to contemplate who we want as our next manager?
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Yes indeed. I don't think you've thought this through.
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posted on 20/9/12
squid ..Glass half FULL..