Tottenham Preview

By: ed | October 5th, 2007

This is our first must win game of the season. Spurs have been struggling so far but look as if they’re starting to find some form so it’s incumbent on us to not let them get any momentum. After some, frankly, dire performances, we desperately need to bounce back and get a good victory and, hopefully, a good performance.

I’d like to see Mascherano dropped for this one. Don’t get me wrong, Monster Masch is one of my favourite players - he always looks committed, he brings a great deal of stability to the mid-field and he’s a natural winner - but he can’t play well with Gerrard. He sits too deep, too near the back-line and forces Gerrard to do likewise which leaves a lot of space between the engine room and the forwards.

Who to bring in? It looks as if we’re really missing Alonso right now, but I’d like to see Lucas given a chance. Tottenham have one of the weakest midfields in the Premier League (Jermaine Jenas anyone?) so this is probably the right game to give him his first real test. After Wednesday night I can’t go near Sissoko with a bargepole.

In his predictions column, former Liverpool FC player Mark Lawrenson says he thinks it’ll be an open game with Liverpool winning 2-1. I think it’ll be a battle. A grind. Not one for the purists. There’ll be a lot of niggly fouls in midfield and I can’t seeing Torres or Berbatov getting much room to work their magic. 1-0 and I’ll be happy.

My team would be:

Reina

Finnan
Carra
Hyypia
Arbeloa

Benayoun
Lucas
Pennant

Gerrard

Torres
Kuyt

BBC Preview (with all the stats)
Lawro’s asinine predictions
View from a Spurs fan
Rafa wants reaction from players

Again, no love from the Canadian broadcasters - Setanta has Chelsea vs Bolton while, inexplicably, The Score has Fulham vs Portsmouth - so it looks as if I’ll be listening via my e-season ticket.

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Category: Liverpool Match Day Preview

Tags: Liverpool Match Day Preview, Lucas Leiva, Mascherano, prediction, preview, tottenham hotspurs

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• Andy |  October 5th, 2007 at 8:21 am

  
  
  

  and they called Ranieri the Tinkerman??

  so what the fcuk is Benitez?

  You will never ever win the League with Benitez in charge (and I have told you that before) ….. Liverpool fans want the Premiership more than anything… you lot have got over the CL trophy two years ago.. you wont win the Premeiership ever with Benitez in charge… at least Chelsea has an excuse not to win anything….. we got Grant LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

  KTBFFH

  Posted from United States

  

• ed |  October 5th, 2007 at 8:40 am

  
  
  

  Andy - it may be a good idea to check out the commenting guidelines especially number 6: “do not post gibberish”.

  thanks for stopping by.

  Ed

  Posted from Canada

  

• Heskey |  October 5th, 2007 at 8:47 am

  
  
  

  Blogger pwning blogger

  Posted from United States

  

• Andy |  October 5th, 2007 at 9:44 am

  
  
  

  Ed you are as naive as Brian LO LOL LOL!!!

  KTBFFH

  Posted from United States

  

• JB |  October 5th, 2007 at 12:10 pm

  
  
  

  LOLOL? And you’re in charge of a blog?

  Posted from United States

  

• Melvin Wood |  October 5th, 2007 at 1:17 pm

  
  
  

  Anyone but Sissoko with Stevie… I thought he was shocking this week.

  Posted from United States

  

• Greg |  October 5th, 2007 at 2:25 pm

  
  
  

  Love seeing “pwned” being used outside of a video game setting, Heskey you know pwn my heart.

  Posted from United States

  

• Franck |  October 5th, 2007 at 3:01 pm

  
  
  

  Ed, don’t bother listening to Andy the porn blogger and his perverted friends. They just like to have a wank, right Andy?

  Ah ha ha ha!

  Posted from Germany

  

• JohnDoe |  October 5th, 2007 at 3:44 pm

  
  
  

  Ed,I’m surprised you guys don’t have FSC up there.I wish I had Setanta.Do you got LFC TV?

  BTW if the match isn’t on you can always try and get a stream going using Sopcast or TV ants.Sopcast kinda sucks now they have been cracking down on EPL streams.

  http://www.myp2p.eu/index.htm

  Posted from United States

  

• Andy |  October 7th, 2007 at 8:09 am

  
  
  

  and Spurs go 2-1 ahead Robbie Keane on 47mins

  the rotating weeble strikes again LOL LOL LOL LOL !!!!!

  KTBFFH

  Posted from United States

  

• JB |  October 7th, 2007 at 8:59 am

  
  
  

  And Torres equalizes in extra time…

  Posted from United States

  

• Andy |  October 7th, 2007 at 9:04 am

  
  
  

  so what… you still aint gonna win the Premiership with the ‘weeble’ in charge LOL LOL LOL LOL!!!

  KTBFFH

  Posted from United States

  

• JB |  October 7th, 2007 at 9:07 am

  
  
  

  getting a lot of mileage out of the weeble thing, very clever, excited to see what other ways you can use that in a sentence

  Posted from United States

  

• TanzanianDream |  October 7th, 2007 at 9:43 am

  
  
  

  Wow Alonso must have some crucial recovery…Otherwise the Everton Game gon be the hardest pil to swallow…Nway The height thing today was a problem bak at our goal….I hope Agger also makes the comebak…Allez Y’all YNWA

  Posted from India

  

• Dogde |  October 8th, 2007 at 8:35 am

  
  
  

  Its true I support liverpool season ticket and all and the tinkering is getting on my damn nerves. Play uyour best team for f**k sake.a couple of changes yes but 5,6,7, a game get real its not going to win us the premiership.Whatever happened to the old fashioned settled side ..

  Posted from United States

  

• Mark |  October 9th, 2007 at 11:52 am

  
  
  

  The frightening thing is though, that even if Rafa rotates, the teams he puts out are certainly capable of winning. We have so much strength in depth, yet we still cannot win?

  Posted from United Kingdom

  

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