Tottenham vs Everton: Match Thread

[Ledders Army]

Hanging on at the end as you'd always expect from spurs, but a good win over an in form side who we've struggled against at home recently. After weeks of little expectation it was great to see us play some really good football in the 1st half. Modric was class, our passing & movement was superb and we played some great stuff. The movement & touch of Pav compared to Crouch makes so much difference to how we want to play. Amazing that was his 1st league start this season wasn't it?

Got nervy in the 2nd half and dissappointing to let them back in but an important win.

 

[Michey]

re kaboul - that was bad - frighteningly bad i suspect - did he do anything right

you won't be able to read this since i'm on the ignore-list.... :lol:

But...we had already missed our momentum when Hudd had to go off so it wasn't an easy task Kaboul had. But why would you care since missing JJ was your main point when posting.... :roll:

 

[jamesc0le]

re kaboul - that was bad - frighteningly bad i suspect - did he do anything right

eh?

 

[jamesc0le]

you won't be able to read this since i'm on the ignore-list.... :lol:

But...we had already missed our momentum when Hudd had to go off so it wasn't an easy task Kaboul had. But why would you care since missing JJ was your main point when posting.... :roll:

thats funny you picked up on the same thing, what a coincidence

 

[Coyboy]

I thought Kaboul did pretty well, all things considered. He passed simply and well and showed good aggression. 18/26 isn't bad considering we were under a lot of pressure.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

I thought Kaboul did pretty well, all things considered. He passed simply and well and showed good aggression. 18/26 isn't bad considering we were under a lot of pressure.

Did well when Everton started trying to play the ball above ground as well, headed the ball from midfield on a few occasions. I forgot how good he can be in the air.

 

[worcestersauce]

re kaboul - that was bad - frighteningly bad i suspect - did he do anything right

Yes quite a lot, the only times he didn't do well were when he found himself breaking forward as the CM with nobody ahead of him and that was purely because it is not his natural position, he did ok.

you won't be able to read this since i'm on the ignore-list.... :lol:

But...we had already missed our momentum when Hudd had to go off so it wasn't an easy task Kaboul had. But why would you care since missing JJ was your main point when posting.... :roll:

That's how I saw it too.

Everton had done their homework, they crocked Hud & Pav and had a good try at Bale whom they put two players on to no effect though.

 

[DC_Boy]

well - looks like people overall saw kaboul in a better light than me - i'm glad because we might need him in CM v rovers

as i say to me he looked poor, but more than happy to concede that he wasn't if that's the overwhelming majority view

 

[StartingPrice]

Thanks to everyone who has already answered the anti-Kaboul boo-boys - I just knew there were some who would leap on his back immediately.

FFS he has played twice, out of position. Today, he really did do little wrong in a very demanding role against a resurgent Everton team, and he is getting slated:roll:

 

[ExpatFan]

I cannot understand how Phil Neville wasnt sent off for that late and badly timed lunge at Bale in first half was truely awful challange.

Agree with you that he should have been off.
Interesting that BBC also said the tackle was "badly timed.'
However, if you look at it from the reverese angle, you can see it was a perfectly timed foul. Neville had no intention of getting the ball, the aim was to foul (and hopefully crock) danger man Bale. Neville clearly raises his right leg higher than his left, which caused the initial foul. By lifting his right leg even higher, he was trying to take Bale out at the knee.
Totally cynical, completely deliberate and worthy of a straight red.
But then Neville isn't alone in that department. A team that used to have (a long time ago) a reputation for playing attractive, thoughtful football have become a bunch of thugs. They remind me a bit of the Leeds sides of the mid to late 1960s.

 

[degoose]

well - looks like people overall saw kaboul in a better light than me - i'm glad because we might need him in CM v rovers

as i say to me he looked poor, but more than happy to concede that he wasn't if that's the overwhelming majority view

I thought kaboul did as well, he cleaned up a lot of mess and got stuck in at quite a lot of points. Everton at the point when he came on where in full attacking mode. It was a pretty defensive middle of the pitch but we won so i guess it did its job.

 

[Bonjour]

Nice Mallrats quote in the sig, dude.

 

[DC_Boy]

agree about neville - morally it was a red card

it was clearly to desgned to stop a superior player performing

we've lost something like two years of Bale at this best because of the awful injuries he's suffered and at least one of those injuries was from a clear foul

neville could hav put Bale out for the season

ad i agre with the poster who attacks everton's style

why so many fans including some spurs fans rate everton so highly is beyond me

 

[sidford]

sorry for asking lads but i cant scroll through 20+ pages, from what i read it was one of our best performances of the season in the first half and once tom went off toffees put a lot of pressure on us, would that be about right for yesterday? first spurs game ive missed all season because i moved place, raging!

 

[Kendall]

agree about neville - morally it was a red card

it was clearly to desgned to stop a superior player performing

we've lost something like two years of Bale at this best because of the awful injuries he's suffered and at least one of those injuries was from a clear foul

neville could hav put Bale out for the season

ad i agre with the poster who attacks everton's style

why so many fans including some spurs fans rate everton so highly is beyond me

Because they're clearly a good, strong side.

In their time with Moyes they've finished in the top four and finished 5th twice. OK, they didn't win the FA Cup last year, but they still beat United at Wembley to get to the final.

 

[nferno]

wtf. are you an android!?:shrug:

nah, i just tend to remember stupid kind of stuff

 

[3Dnata]

sorry for asking lads but i cant scroll through 20+ pages, from what i read it was one of our best performances of the season in the first half and once tom went off toffees put a lot of pressure on us, would that be about right for yesterday? first spurs game ive missed all season because i moved place, raging!

I'd say a fair assessment there.

 

[Son_Of]

sorry for asking lads but i cant scroll through 20+ pages, from what i read it was one of our best performances of the season in the first half and once tom went off toffees put a lot of pressure on us, would that be about right for yesterday? first spurs game ive missed all season because i moved place, raging!

about right. first half esp we had some fantastic passing moves, along the ground, comfortable stroking it around in their half. Moddle was great including a nice goal.

 

[Son_Of]

why so many fans including some spurs fans rate everton so highly is beyond me

decent side. and never have much money to keep up with the teams around them

 

[BringBack_leGin]

I take exception to anybody even implying that Everton haven't spent good money.

Their most expensive possible XI:

Howard
Jagielka Yobo Distin Baines
Gosling Heitinga Fellaini Neville Bilyadentinov
Yakubu​

Howard: £3m
Baines: £6m
Yobo: £4m
Heitinga: £5m
Jagielka: £4m
Bilyadentinov: £9m
Distin: £5m
Neville: £3.5m
Gosling: £5m
Yakubu: £11m
Fellaini: £15m

Saha was undisclosed but I'd hazard a guess at Not Cheap.

Arteta, Cahill, Piennaar cost 5.8m between them, and yes those are very good acquisitions for not much, but we did get Huddlestone, Lennon and Kranjcar for a combined 5.8m as well so I'm not that impressed.

Is our squad worth more? Absolutely. Are Everton a cheaply assembled harem of previously unheard of nobodies? Not on your nelly. As for the argument that a lot of their spending has been funded by the combined sale of Rooney and Lescott for 55m, 50m of which was profit we can just say the same having sold Berbatov, Carrick and Keane for a combined 68m, 48m of which was profit.

Everton are a good side. They have produced, discovered, developed and paid good money for some high quality footballers. Any win against them is admirable. There is no shame in being under the cosh for 45 minutes against them, especially when a) it wasn't to the extent that the media portrayed and b) it didn't cost us, and there is a lot of pride in the fact that completely outplayed them for the first 45 minutes, especially when they have beaten both of the top two in recent times.

On top of all this they have an impressive manager, and even if they have injury problems right now, so do we. Anybody who doesn't think Sundays win was a very good one needs their head checked.