City Slickers - Player Ratings & The Goals
Sunday, 09 November 08, 09:55 PM · Comments (202)
A new dawn, another win. I could get used to this.
The difference is undoubtedly Redschnapps and the difference is these boys really believe they can turn things around. We're not quite out of the woods yet, but we're off bottom and able to start looking folk square in the eye again.
You see clubs come off the rails hit the relegation zone and and you watch them fight. You can see the fight has gone out of them. Drowning - not waving. Tottenham's performances since 'Arry came in have not been like that. More like masterclasses in common sense and a thing called ...will.
Gomes 7 I predict a time when his critics will groan when he comes for a cross and he only catches it.
Woodgate 7 Kept them at bay using only a large broom and dustbin lid.
Ekotto 2.5 Hopefully we can appeal the card and get the ban extended so he can have a long think about what it is he wants out of life.
Corluka 7 Every game I see marginal improvement. Note to PSB: That is how you leave a club.
King 6.4 Uncomfortable viewing. The battery is going and it fell over at a crucial moment.
Zokora 6.5 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest time. Is he a patient or a doctor?
Jenas 6.5 I'm beginning to think he might be agoraphobic.
Lennon 6 Came on and didn't change the game.
Huddlestone 6.6 Class in a glass. Unfortunately it was a flute and we need him by the pint.
Bentley 6.5 A day where he had to battle to do anything. I'd say the lid on his hair wax wouldn't undo the first time and his earphones on his iPod were all tangled up like you would not believe.
Modric 8.1 Man Of The Match. He's a terrier. Twice as good as any City player. Inspirational.
Bent 8 Super Darren Bent. Would you Adam and Eve it? Me neither.
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Being woken at 4 in the morning by my 15 month old don't matter if I can log in to HH, Iraq goals channel and BBC London and watch my Spurs win. Man life can't get better than this, Summer sun ,BBQs and havin my THFC back.
I think you are not being fair to Ekotto. He struggled like hell before city were reduced to 10 men, but he gave some decent crosses. Since we did not play with a wide left winger(zokora? jenas?) Ekotto was forced to run forward all the time, leaving much space behind him. If Zokora had done his job probably this would not have happened. When Ekotto went forward Zokora should have dropped to cover the space.
All in all a good game we dominated, but I didn't understand why Modric was subed. He was probably the only one(except Hudd) who could distribute the ball to Lennon. We dropped a class immidiately when Modric was off. If he get's injured I think we might be in trouble.
I've been doubting 'Arry since he's arrived, mainly due to the fact that despite the good results these haven't matched the performances. I thought the honeymoon was due to end this weekend but didn't as we lucked out another win. As long as this run continues and the performances keep improving I'm happy for my healthy cynicism to be proved wrong...I'm glad Modric is starting to show us what he's made of, Berbatov's genius may not be as missed after all (though what a pairing those woud have made...)
Reply to meesterlee:
I've been doubting 'Arry since he's arrived, mainly due to the fact that despite the good results these haven't matched the performances. I thought the honeymoon was due to end this weekend but didn't as we lucked out another win. As long as this run continues and the performances keep improving I'm...
Lucked out? Blimey my lillywhite tinted glasses need a bit of a clean up!
I thought we totally dominated the match, up till Modric's departure. Their opener came as a bit of a shock to me, we looked solid up till that moment.
Yeah, we made hard work of it towards the end, but that does not mean we would not of won if it had been 11 v 11, it aint that easy.
Reply to kiwiyid:
Being woken at 4 in the morning by my 15 month old don't matter if I can log in to HH, Iraq goals channel and BBC London and watch my Spurs win. Man life can't get better than this, Summer sun ,BBQs and havin my THFC back.
mine's only 3 months, other than that we are livin large under the same sun, BIOYC 
Since when has it been glorious to field a team that has no chance of winning. What, call them a bunch of kids and hope they'll show up the opposition? Ask Arsehole Wenger - it doesn't work especially when you field a full first team squad anyway.
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well said, total agree. An't nothing more to say.
Modric was superb, but I hope we get Arshavin too, with Modric playing as a support striker off-left, Arshavin playing as a support striker off-right, and Bent or Pavlyuchenko playing deeper up front.