Tottenham (A) Match Build Up

[souliv]

FAO US REDS

ESPN 3 is showing the game, that is me working from home this afternoon

[DannyMan2006]

Tough game. But so is Chelsea away and we got a draw there. Hopefully the luck goes in our favour and if it does, no reason to think we can't get a positive result.

We are very hard to beat with our first choice team at present, so no need to be negative.

[ric.williams]

their left side can be quite weak. bale doesnt track back and i dont think they have an established left back currently. exploit it

[baitman]

we wont be found out by their pacey counter attack.

will we..

[el matador]

He is not the only one though. I think we could be on a hiding, especially if our midfield leaves as many gaps as it did on Sunday. Hope I am so wrong, but as you said, we will see.

thats what i was getting at.

if they score first we will have to push up higher and attack. when we do that, we leave open big gaps down the middle and spurs have the pace on the counter to rip us to pieces.

and thats my worry.

[el matador]

Yes but El Matador thinks we'll lose because he wasn't made manager, either that or it is astrology.

look this forum is for people to come on and voice their opinions. I love liverpool just like you and the rest of these lads but we look at things differently.

i dont think rodgers has done enough to convince us that he's the right man for the job. plenty of us were sceptical when he was appointed but got behind him like me. some of us are still not convinced but we want him to succeed and take the team forward.

If you think he's the right man for us thats great for you, but others like me need more convincing.

But yeah, once i get my FA level 1 im going to send a CV in with a 900 page powerpoint presentation.

[el matador]

Yeah, there are concerns of course, but let's try to be positive for a change. Those gaps seem to be an after effect of having our fullbacks pushing up so high when we attack and the midfield isn't covering properly. The formation is also a complex one to implement as a block as you lose fluidity in passing the ball if you're too compact.

so is that a system fault or a player fault ?

[Fredo]

so is that a system fault or a player fault ?

Players not adapting to it. Most systems require adaptation, I don't think there's anything wrong with any of them. The more flexible and adaptable to more than 1 system the better, and it seems we're doing that with Rodgers.

[Neil Young]

And you Nige? Are you a system fault?

[Mostar]

I'll try posting this in the correct thread.

I never really look forward to playing this lot as most of my mates are Spurs fans. Seems a while since we last beat them too. When was it?

We haven't won in last 5 games away at WHL.

[dom9]

We're due a win then. I don't think it'll happen, mind.

[Mostar]

Rumored Lineup:

Pepe, Wisdom, Skrtel, Agger, Johnson, Allen, Henderson, Gerrard, Enrique, Sterling and Suarez

[kop-al-74]

I would have Shelvey or Sahin ahead of Henderson.

[yamiedo]

Rumored Lineup:

Pepe, Wisdom, Skrtel, Agger, Johnson, Allen, Henderson, Gerrard, Enrique, Sterling and Suarez

Henderson?

[Rich]

I would have Shelvey or Sahin ahead of Henderson.

I'd drop Gerrard for either of them.