Half Time Harry

Monkey Pawed Twit---Class

We got out of jail there, things have to be better in 2nd half because you know chelsea will come at us till the very end, Bent needs more support..

Whats with Bently tapping his chest when taking a corner ? Is he sticking it to the chavs or is it sign for the type of corner he is taking ? or both ?????

zokora's been dreadful! dunno which game you're watching.
give o'hara the second half- at least he can pass a 10 yard ball to feet

Harry whats the score with Corluka as he is playing for CITEH

Bent seriously needs a partner up front.

Reply to chrissy:

Harry whats the score with Corluka as he is playing for CITEH

My guess is he's an honorable man and seeing out his deal with them. Unlike Bulgaria's finest....

belletti italian???

Reply to rade:

belletti italian???

Sorry Brazilian.

Reply to bigyid:

zokora's been dreadful! dunno which game you're watching.
give o'hara the second half- at least he can pass a 10 yard ball to feet

The question is - wot game are you watching.........don't be a mug! Zokora's playing really well

Reply to bigyid:

zokora's been dreadful! dunno which game you're watching.
give o'hara the second half- at least he can pass a 10 yard ball to feet

Certainly swap Modric for O'Hara.




Cue Modric goal.

There's a Lumphard loves chips joke... no, it's passed. Thank the Lord.

Dear god take Modric off.

Reply to Seany:

I dont care if Poyet comes on for him.

Reply to Seany:

Dear god take Modric off.

For Lennon?

I dont care if Poyet comes on for him.

Huddlestone for Gunter???

Reply to Seany:

I dont care if Poyet comes on for him.

Reply to Seany:

I dont care if Poyet comes on for him.

Poyet's gone mental

Come on Jamie lad!!

Width, width, width, quick!

Gareth Bale great run mate.

Reply to 666:

Reply to bigyid:

zokora's been dreadful! dunno which game you're watching.
give o'hara the second half- at least he can pass a 10 yard ball to feet

The question is - wot game are you watching.........don't be a mug! Zokora's playing really well

name me one good thing that zokora's done and i'll name you three or four times he's given the ball away under no pressure

Graham Taylor just called Jamie O' Hara, John O' Hara - Twat!!

Gomez the boy is crazy, safe hands though.

There is a god after all!
COYS.

ill take the point, well deserved, never thought our first point would come against chelsea on the third game of the season, bring out pav, corluka, and the rest

Gomes, Zokora played very well.

Modric much better in 2nd half , non existant in first

bentley did nothing

dos santos did nothing

bent was gash but good finish

o hara knows what it means.

Jenas neither here nor there. not our worst

gunter. i dont have great hopes for him.

woodgate was better than king. pretty good display.

bale. will have better games but did a decent job


chelsea were surprisingly toothless in the second half.

gomes looked safe as houses. suitably impressed.

i agree. he isnt very good at this football malarky.

today however i would argue he did more good than harm. and i will give him credit where its due.

in the long term he has no place in the Spurs first 11,

Happy with the point, didn't expect it prior to the game. Hopefully we can
use this to kick on - with the help of the soon to be new signings of course!..............

COYS!!!!!!!!!!

Reply to jolsgonemental:

i agree. he isnt very good at this football malarky.

today however i would argue he did more good than harm. and i will give him credit where its due.

in the long term he has no place in the Spurs first 11,

Zokora and Jenas are similar they are both 50% of a very decent player. They do some things very well and others piss poor.

Maybe they could mate or be surgically reconstructed into one very good player.

I've got bolts and some Gaffer tape.

Gomez - Great Game
Zokora - Moments of sublime skill followed by new levels of utter incompetence.
Modric - Not so great first half followed by a all action second half. Still think he will be a gem.
J2S - Very ordinary on this display.
Bale - The nuts
Gunter - Only 19 my arse. Looks like a seasoned pro.
Ledders and Woody - A+ top of the class (what else would you expect)
JJ - Good, bad, good, bad, good, bad, good, bad.
Bentley - Very nice link up play and control. Some great crosses with noone to nod them goalwards!
Bent - Great effort. Won loads in the air but no runners taking a gamble meant that the efforts were wasted. Superb poachers goal.

I have to say that although we gained a point I am a tad disappointed. Bent won plenty in the air and it all seemed wasted as noone was prepared to gamble and make a run. I would be well pissed off in his position if I were the loane strike and was putting in so much effort to win the ball in the air against one of the tightest defences in Europe and had naff all support. I recognise the need to be careful against the opposition breaking against us but if we don't press the defenders when balls are won in the air the defenders then have plenty of time and space to start another attack! I think Bent has been blinding regardless of the lack of support and has looke lively despite the lack of chances. He never seems to complain and just gets on with it. I hope that he continues to have a good run in the team despite new signings.
Well done Spurs!
COYS!

Great performance today i feel we deserved a point and hopefully this will kick start our season!

COYS!!!!!!

you don't expect teams with top four "aspirations" to park the bus.

Reply to Yidfield_General:

Gomez - Great Game
Zokora - Moments of sublime skill followed by new levels of utter incompetence.
Modric - Not so great first half followed by a all action second half. Still think he will be a gem.
J2S - Very ordinary on this display.
Bale - The nuts
Gunter -...

Bent suddenly has started heading the ball, which is a step forward.


Next step is to head it to one of his own players.

Think you're missing the point with Zokora. The midfield looked much more solid him there. We conceded two against 'Boro, two against Sunderland, and only a single goal from a Bent mistake against Chelsea's finest. I reckon you can put a lot of that down to Zokora's energy and coverage in midfield. Thought he (or Gomes) was our best player in the first half. That's my opinion anyway.

Gomes is a proper goalkeeper and that is a huge step forward for us.


He's the bollocks and will become a Tottenham legend.



I think I'm in love

Reply to jolsgonemental:

Gomes, Zokora played very well.

Modric much better in 2nd half , non existant in first

bentley did nothing

dos santos did nothing

bent was gash but good finish

o hara knows what it means.

Jenas neither here...

JGM,

Agree with most you say.

I thought Gunter did alright though - seemed to cope with most threats that come down his side. Well, he never looked out of his depth. Good cover for when Mr Huton's back!

Reply to bigyid:

Reply to 666:

Reply to bigyid:

zokora's been dreadful! dunno which game you're watching.
give o'hara the second half- at least he can pass a 10 yard ball to feet

The question is - wot game are you watching.........don't be a mug! Zokora's playing really well

name me one good thing that zokora's done and i'll name you three or four times he's given the ball away under no pressure

Zokora has had a few moment of class getting out of tight marked situations and then preceeded to fuck it all up with a woeful pass that a blind man with no legs could do better! All in all he is bloody awful. The first thing you've got to be able to do in this game is pass the friggin ball at which he is woefully incompetant!

Reply to billy_nick:

Think you're missing the point with Zokora. The midfield looked much more solid him there. We conceded two against 'Boro, two against Sunderland, and only a single goal from a Bent mistake against Chelsea's finest. I reckon you can put a lot of that down to Zokora's energy and coverage in...

Like I say he is 50% a very good player.

We need 100%.

Over all I spose we should be glad of a point away from home. Our away form has been shocking so this is some good news.

I want to know the rationale of taking Gunter off he's a right back dont you know ? ) Bring Hudd on and then put Jenas at right back.. why not just swap Jenas for Huddlestone and leave things as was... Today is the 1st time this season we have started with a back of players playing in their natural position.......I think this in it self is significant.

My view is Huddelstone should play as 1st choice when fit along side a-another... Zakora nd Jenas should be know mmore than squad players.. Play them in the Carling cup....

I see where you're coming from to a point Billy Nick but can you be sure that the reason we only conceded one today was because he wasn't in our defence. I don't dislike Zokora as I believe that he never gives less that 100% but we just need more than he has to offer. In my 35 yrs being a Spurs supporter I really do struggle to think of a player that was any worse than him in the paqssing department. It is astonishing that he can fluff a five yard pass without any real pressure! Once or twice is forgivable but time and time again is quite simply poo!

I was pleased to see Modric move up the field in the last 30 mins, he looked a hell of a lot better than when he was stuck in the centre circle making 5 yard passes. Maybe we would be better employing him as the attacking midfielder to support Bent/Pav where he can penetrate more. He also seems to enjoy his football more when getting into the last third.

Some of you are just blinkered. Horses for courses Ramos said. Zokora played his role perfectly today. He wriggled his way out of tight positions when good money would have been on the more skilled opposition to get it off him. Credit is definitely due to Didier - destroying when he needed to, and thankfully playing short passes to those that can distribute better than he can. Just a couple of times when through his own good work he was in great positions to plant a perfect pass, shame that this part of his game still needs working on. Personally, I believe Ramos is going to get the best out of him. To anyone that doesn't agree, you are a round door handle!

Other points:
1. Terry is a cheating fouling dirty thug. I know its obvious but just needed to be said.
2. Ramos' lineup and substitutions given what was available were spot on.
3. we need to learn from set piece mistakes. men on the line is one obvious start.
4. Jenas also played a very good disciplined role for the team at the expence of a more attacking glory getting role further up front.
5. Discipline was shown throughout the match. Everyone had a job, and for the most part they stuck to it.

Bar the result, this is exactly what I wanted to watch.

PS I was going to ask why was Bentley taking all the set pieces, then Baler took the sting away straight into the wall.

Big improvement and, passing aside, zokora did well against a world class midfield (as did Jenas but not expecting any credit here for him) but he was pretty culpable for their goal though by just standing still as belletti attacked the ball.

On corluka hopefully just playing because his replacements only just signed and he's happy to play for his employers cause unlike berbacock!