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Crystal Palace Vs Tottenham Hotspur: Match Thread

AUSpur

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Tottenham Hotspur doomed to defeat against Crystal Palace
By Skipjack on Aug 16 2013

Get used to this crap. - Paul Gilham
Hello darkness, my old friend.

Lennon's Eyebrow's article earlier today is absolutely adorable, but that kind of pie in the sky, boundless optimism has no place in Tottenham Hotspur fandom. Let's not kid ourselves. We're doomed. You know it. I know it. Daniel Levy knows it. Adele knows it. Why else do you think her songs are so sad?

They're sad because there's no possible way we can hope to beat Crystal Palace.

Fundamentally, we're at a disadvantage. They're named after a building built to show off the British Empire at its peak to the entire world. We're named after a guy named Percy. Our inferiority is baked into the cake here, guys.

It's the first game of the season. Our squad is integrating a hundred players. We're all unsettled by the Bale nonsense. Their squad is settled and its their first game back in the top flight in years AND its at home. You know they'll come out like a house of fire, ready to terrify our weak willed team of foreigners. They just got promoted on the back of a playoff! When's the last time we've won a playoff?

They're even run better than us. They sold their skinny winner for a bucket full of cash so they could reinvest in world class internationals like Marouane Chamakh, who free of Arsene Wenger's influence, will surely destroy us in the way that politics destroyed Hamsterdam. We're so foolish we won't even offload Gareth Bale for a world record transfer fee. How can we expect to invest in world class talent like Chamahk or Kevin Phillips if we wait until the last minute to get the money to really do our business? Who have we signed? An over the hill spanish striker? A guy named little Paul?

We come into the game with an unsettled backline having sold the heart of our team and living legend Steven Caulker while they still have their core team together, the one that scrapped through the Championship and won their way into the Premier League, which is more than we've done in ages. Their elite front line of Chamakh's unshackled talent and Kevin Phillips' eight decades of footballing experience is going to tear us to shreds on Sunday. We certainly aren't going to crack their defense with our uncreative midfield that still has not recovered from the loss of Rafael Van Der Vaart. And without Bale our only hope for a goal is if Palace's owners decide to be merciful and sign David James and his haircut to patrol their net.

Oh sweet merciful jesus this is it. This is the end. We'll be relegated for sure on Sunday.

RIP THFC, you guys. It's been real.

http://www.cartilagefreecaptain.com...tenham-hotspur-previews-crystal-palace-defeat
 

chrissivad

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Andre Villas-Boas says he will make a late decision on the fitness of Jan Vertonghen ahead of our season opener at Palace on Sunday.

The Belgian international has been out since damaging his ankle against Sunderland in the Barclays Asia Trophy on July 24.

“Let’s wait and see on Jan,” said Andre after training on Friday. “He’s made good progress so there is a small chance he could make the squad.”

Etienne Capoue is likely to be part of the squad for the first time - Andre will finalise the squad after training on Saturday - with summer recruits Paulinho, Nacer Chadli and Roberto Soldado all available for Premier League debuts.

On Etienne, Andre commented: “He’s looking extremely good. He only played 20 minutes for France so he was able to train fully today and he did very well. There have been some good signs from him.”

Lewis Holtby (knee) and Gareth Bale (foot) remain out.
 

Mr Pink

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I think we'll do well here. I really liked the look of us in the first half last week. Another week training with the new recruits settling in etc....yeah I think we'll win this.

Looks like they'll be missing a few key players as well.

3-1 Spurs.

Soldado brace.
 

haxman

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I'd be delighted if we could match our away wins record of last season, starting Sunday.
 

Stavi

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When did we last start our season on a Sunday? I get so excited on the first day but previously it's disappointed. I remember Bolton beating us on Berbatov's debut - never mind.

Hope to God we can click early on given the big changes. I also hope tht the Bale saga doesn't have a negative effect ala Berbatov's - AVB is no Ramos but Spurs have made me cynical. Anyway, would love and expect to see:

Lloris; Walker, Dawson, Kaboul, Rose; Dembele, Paulinho; Lennon, Sigurdson, Chandli; Soldado.

Friedel, Vertonghen, Naughton, Sandro, Townsend, Capoue, Defoe.

Above is based on our defenders being fit, BAE not having been training, and Sandro being slowly introduced (I know, I've not applied the same to Kaboul who was out for longer but we're desperate there).
 

Kendall

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When did we last start our season on a Sunday? I get so excited on the first day but previously it's disappointed. I remember Bolton beating us on Berbatov's debut - never mind.

Hope to God we can click early on given the big changes. I also hope tht the Bale saga doesn't have a negative effect ala Berbatov's - AVB is no Ramos but Spurs have made me cynical. Anyway, would love and expect to see:

Lloris; Walker, Dawson, Kaboul, Rose; Dembele, Paulinho; Lennon, Sigurdson, Chandli; Soldado.

Friedel, Vertonghen, Naughton, Sandro, Townsend, Capoue, Defoe.

Above is based on our defenders being fit, BAE not having been training, and Sandro being slowly introduced (I know, I've not applied the same to Kaboul who was out for longer but we're desperate there).


I'd personally pick the same team but Townsend for Lennon, we could do with being very direct and not pissing around at the edge of the box. That said, there's no way AVB won't pick Lennon.
 

DJS

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Exciting times, we made some good signings over the Summer! :D
 

easley91

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I thought Bale had damaged his bum, not his foot?

It's been a foot injury for the last couple of weeks. It was the mentioned as the foot when he was called up to Wales and the reason he wasn't played. Makes sense, since shots of him going to and from training showed he was in the passenger seat.
 

LukaMotion

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Can anyone tell me if the game tomorrow will be part of Sky Sports free weekend on Pick Tv?
 

EnfieldYiddo

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ridiculously excited? On paper this should be easy. Would be nice to win it convincingly but who knows, 3 points in any form is probably what is most needed.
 

ajspurs

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After following all of today's football I'm just so anxious to see us playing again. Gonna go to sleep real late so I can wake up closer to the time of kick off!
 

greaves

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so, at present (!) four clear goals against palace and we'll be top. Till Chelsea stick it to Hull at least.
 

DuDe

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After all the shit we've been giving the Goons we better not lose tomorrow.
 

Rogmeister

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One of my good mates plays for palace. Can't say who however I was with him today and got some info.

Wilbraham should be leading their line up front alone tomorrow.

Holloway has told the players not to man mark walker or rose. His exact words were "they are clueless in the final third". He's told his players to allow them to overlap as he believes they won't cause any problems and if his players can nick the ball then they have the counter on. The players disagree with this...

They have only watched one video of us as a team. This was the espanyol game.

From training my mate reckons they are clueless as they do not know how we will line up. He feels that if we put them under early pressure they will resort to ten men behind the ball and start hoofing it.

Not ground breaking stuff but quite interesting.
 
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