Norwich vs Totthenham Team news and match thread

[Skerritt 0]

Teams

Tottenham Hotspur

• 24 Friedel
• 05 Vertonghen
• 13 Gallas
• 28 Walker
• 32 Assou-Ekotto
• 07 Lennon
• 11 Bale
• 22 Sigurdsson
• 29 Livermore
• 30 Sandro
• 18 Defoe

Substitutes

• 23 Cudicini
• 16 Naughton
• 33 Caulker
• 06 Huddlestone
• 31 Townsend
• 10 Adebayor
• 19 Dembele

Norwich City

• 01 Ruddy
• 02 R Martin
• 05 Bassong
• 18 Garrido
• 20 Barnett
• 04 Johnson
• 08 Howson
• 12 Pilkington
• 07 Snodgrass
• 09 Holt
• 10 Jackson

Substitutes

• 13 Rudd
• 06 Turner
• 23 Tierney
• 11 Surman
• 14 Hoolahan
• 27 Tettey
• 16 Morison

 

If we continue our form against QPR I think we can go for the win or draw if we are clinical in our finishing.

[Skerritt 0]

Biggest news, dembele isnt starting and neither is tettey

[Bws Cat 0]

Johnson starting ahead of Tetley tea eh? Interesting.

[lincoln canary (& Golden Coppel) 0]

[quote user="BW''s Cat"]Johnson starting ahead of Tetley tea eh? Interesting.

BJ isn''t good enough. He will be our weak link today.

[Dicky 0]

Tettey on at half time. Dream debut.

[Phillip J Fry 0]

Spurs midfield is already superior to ours in terms of technical quality and we''re just going to hand them a man advantage? (our two central midfielders to their three). We''re probably going to stay compact, keep the defensive shape, and play long balls behind Spurs high defensive line, relying on Jackson''s pace to get onto them. I know a lot of fans will disagree, but I think playing a 4-5-1 here would''ve been a real statement of intent, and showed that we were going to attack Spurs rather than sit back and counter.

[BarclayCanary (Former HDDH) 0]

Bloody hell Hughton can''t win, one minute its don''t play 4-5-1 oh wait Hughton you should play it now.

Grow up you moaners, we beat Spurs 2-1 last time, nothing to say we can''t do it again, would like to get one up on AVB as well.

Going to say 1-1 or 2-1 Norwich :)

OTBC!

[Phillip J Fry 0]

[quote user="HoltsDerbyDayHattrick"]Bloody hell Hughton can''t win, one minute its don''t play 4-5-1 oh wait Hughton you should play it now.

Grow up you moaners, we beat Spurs 2-1 last time, nothing to say we can''t do it again, would like to get one up on AVB as well.

Going to say 1-1 or 2-1 Norwich :)

OTBC![/quote]

I''ve never said Hughton shouldn''t play 4-5-1. In fact, I''ve supported him, making the argument that a good 4-5-1 can be MORE attacking than a 4-4-2, I''m just highlighting that us playing the 4-4-2 is more of a defensive then offensive thing.

[lincoln canary (& Golden Coppel) 0]

Bale is going to have a good time against Russ today.

[BarclayCanary (Former HDDH) 0]

Can hear the Norwich fans already on the stream I am watching.

Brought a smile to my face lol.

Snodgrass will be important in tracking back today, same goes for Bradley Johnson, lets hope Johnson plays as well as he did against QPR.

[Splendid Rush 8]

Watching on live tv in Beirut. Playing in black. I''m sure we hardly ever win in our away kit, but we did here last year.

Come on boys!

OTBC

[Herman 11,135]

[quote user="lincoln canary"][quote user="BW''s Cat"]Johnson starting ahead of Tetley tea eh? Interesting. BJ isn''t good enough. He will be our weak link today.[/quote]

He was ok last week.Tired after a while in second half,but we now have a suitable sub.Hopefully.

[BarclayCanary (Former HDDH) 0]

Nice to see Barnett playing again, and Turner is on the bench.

I reckon Tettey for Johnson, Hoolahan will come on and so will Morison.

[NWC 315]

Hughton gets a better reception than avb from spurs fans.City starting well.

[BarclayCanary (Former HDDH) 0]

Encouraging start.

[Splendid Rush 8]

First couple of mins look good, but Tottenham dangerous on the counter attack then.

[BarclayCanary (Former HDDH) 0]

Clever by Johnson but should have passed it earlier.

[BarclayCanary (Former HDDH) 0]

Free kick, Spurs look worried at the back, just constantly hoofing it.

[Splendid Rush 8]

Aaargh. Hit the bar! Header from a free kick

[BarclayCanary (Former HDDH) 0]

Off the cross bar

So damn close.

[NWC 315]

Russ martin again off the bar!!!!

[BarclayCanary (Former HDDH) 0]

I really do like Garrido, so composed on the ball.

Closing down well, something we never did under Lambert.

We look a lot more confident at the back.

[Phillip J Fry 0]

Centre backs have obviously been given instructions to try long diagonals when the Spurs line push up. Not sure if Barnett has the technique for that kind of distribution.

[Dicky 0]

Great start - very comfortable on the ball. Need something from Holty or Jacko.

[BarclayCanary (Former HDDH) 0]

Jackson should have pulled the trigger there.

[Phillip J Fry 0]

Good break there from Norwich, this Spurs team press so high up the pitch that there''s often alot of space behind their defence. If we can get Jackson more on the ball in these situations we could pose a significant goal threat.

[lincoln canary (& Golden Coppel) 0]

Starting to lose control now, Cumon city show some confidence.

[Skerritt 0]

Snodgrass may have lost the ball a few times but I''m happy that he is being positive and trying to make runs

[BarclayCanary (Former HDDH) 0]

Still 50%-50%

We are dropping Holt in midfield when Spurs have the ball and keeping jackson up front by himself so obviously we can use his pace to break.

Can see us honestly winning or drawing this.

[Dicky 0]

[quote user="lincoln canary"]Starting to lose control now, Cumon city show some confidence.[/quote]

I dare you to say something positive today....