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Basel Vs Tottenham: Match Thread

EnfieldYiddo

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Aug 6, 2012
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Any other speculation was futile. I'm just surprised to see Naughton-no brain given the nod over BAE. Salah is going to be licking his lips
 

Grapo2001

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AVB is so predictable with his line ups. This upsets me a bit. I really thought he would have more dynamism about him and make some more ballsy decisions. Maybe he has tried to hone that in because of how it went down with Chelsea.

One good thing is Coulthirst is on the bench.
 

ilikeost

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Jul 17, 2012
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friedel; walker, dawson, vertonghen, naughton; parker, dembele; dempsey, holtby, sigurdsson; adebayor

subs: lloris, caulker, ekotto, livermore, carroll, huddlestone, coulthirst

Is this the "official" line up? Because it's not posted on twitter yet.
 

Flightrisker

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DEMPSEY STARTS

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StanSpur

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Jul 15, 2004
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Is AVB too rigid?

Quality in the squad lacking more like. So many calling for Cebellos who hasn't played yet, Hudd who had one good 20 mins in 2 seasons.... We simply don't have more than 8 top quality players in our squad let alone 11. Dempsey is as good as we've got unfortunately. Anyway i'm still hopeful we'll pull something off tonight.
 

felmani26

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Jan 1, 2008
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A game we need to win yet we have one attacking option on the bench?!

Friedel in was always on the cards, despite what we all would want and even though Benny has been pretty gash of late, I still think you have to go with him over Naughton - for balance sake if nothing else!

Dempsey is just a smack in all our faces though - how can someone who produces so little be rewarded with constant game time and I'd love to go inside AVB's mindset over his inclusion.

Adebayor will need to be close to his best if we are to progress here - not just for attacking threat but to bring others into play but i really feel AVB needed to be braver here.
 

pablo73

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Dec 6, 2006
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What the fuck has Dempsey got to do (or not do) to get dropped? I really didn't expect AVB to be so conservative, maybe this is a reaction to the criticism of trying to change things too fast at the chavs, who knows?
 

felmani26

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Jan 1, 2008
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AVB is so predictable with his line ups. This upsets me a bit. I really thought he would have more dynamism about him and make some more ballsy decisions. Maybe he has tried to hone that in because of how it went down with Chelsea.

One good thing is Coulthirst is on the bench.

If Coulthirst makes it onto the pitch, I'll eat my own bollocks!
 
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