Pool Polished Off ...Plus Player Ratings
Make no mistake, the team selected by Mariachi Man was an error of judgement and has cost him this competion. By contrast, Redschnapps sidesteps another potential banana skin and compounds his reputation as the Miracle Man.
Another game where the energy, the resilience and desire of Tottenham shone through. Our counterattacking was swift and largely unforgiving. This Liverpool tean wasn't the best, but we played who they put before us and we did 'em by two clear goals.
Huddlestone was exciting to watch. His ten yard passes were as useful as his twenty yard ones. We were dying for him to shoot.
So we survived. More than survived. When 'Arry took over we faced an immeadiate run of Bolton, Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool and naffing Liverpool again. Who could have predicted just how well we would account for ourselves? The next league run consists of Fulham, Blackburn, Everton and West Ham.
BIOYC!
Gomes 5 Fearless and nuts. Let's hope BJ and Honeycut can fix him up.
Cesar 7 An outstanding save. Didn't look too shoddy at all.
Corluka 8 Calmer than a calm thing, more composed than an art student's picture of a bowl of fruit.
Hutton 6.5 Not outstanding.
Bale 6 Needs to get a plan. This one isn't entirely working.
Dawson 6.9 Looked re-invigourated and about 100 IQ points better off from his last appearance.
Zokora 7.5 This guy does impressions! Last night it was a 'Defensive Midfielder'. Astonishing gig.
O'Hara 7.2 Grafted.
Huddlestone 8 MOTM. Looked terrific. Creative, hard tackling and deserved a goal. Wunderbar.
Lennon 7.5 Motored all night.
Campbell 8.1 Intelligent kid. Ran all night and took advantage of a second rate Liverpool.
Pavlyuchenko 8.1 Doesn't muck about. Supercalifragilisticromanpavlyuchenko [repeat til fade...]
Boateng 7 What was that Madness lyric? 'Bring back the Prince..' Looked very useful.
Torrent for entire game HERE and first half HERE and HERE and second half HERE and HERE
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I have come to the conclusion... Corluka is Mint Gravy! OK Torres wasn't match fit but it must of been hard trying to play when firmly embedded within Corluka's pocket!!! Other + notes were both forwards looked good, Lennon's crossing was bloody good, Zok worked his socks off and the Hudds range of passing was quite simply awesome!
What a turn around!
Fantastic performance, everyone worked their cobblers off. Zokora, take a bow, Corluka, likewise and Hudd... my boy, you are a star. More please.
On another note, who is that man in the no. 3? It isn't Gareth Bale I'm sure of that? Is there a simian-esque imposter wearing the LB shirt?
Events of the last 2 weeks have made Ramos and Poyet pretty much unemployable, in England at least. Not sure if this is good or bad; would love to seem them take down, uh, Newcastle for example.
The win was more important than the cup itself. The longer we can keep this momentum going the better, and another win at the weekend should see us get a little breathing space over the drop zone
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I have come to the conclusion... Corluka is Mint Gravy! OK Torres wasn't match fit but it must of been hard trying to play when firmly embedded within Corluka's pocket!!! Other + notes were both forwards looked good, Lennon's crossing was bloody good, Zok worked his socks off and the Hudds range of...
Banger - What game were you watching Lennon's crossing was crap, he set one goal up, but the rest of his crosses sailed over everyones head time and time again.
Apart from that I fully agree with you
important that we take that form into fullham and close out that game a little better than we did this one. COYS!
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Love the picture H nearly as good as the result
The work of Mr Trembley!