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Spuds v Chelsea (PL) Thur 4th Feb 2021 20:00 GMT

I imagine we are going to see the lineup Tuchel has the most trust in this week. If we go with the same formation as we have been, I hope Kante is fit and we can play him next to Mason. As good as Kova and Jorginho were against Burnley, I feel like they will be exposed against Mourinho.

Imagine it will be a 3-4-2-1:

Mendy | Azpi Silva Zouma | Reece Kante Mount CHO | Havertz Pulisic | Werner is the lineup I think I'd like to see... I'd like to see Callum as the LWB with Reece on the right. CHO has basically made it impossible to not play him the last few matches.

Mendy | Azpi Silva Rudiger | CHO Jorginho Kovacic Alonso | Mount Werner | Giroud is the lineup I think we will see from Tuchel however.

 
ForeverCarefree said:
Spurs fans don't seem too happy with Jose at the moment and his unique brand of football he's serving up. 

To be fair though, barring their last two games their form hasn't been that bad. I didn't watch the games but apparently their last two matches, the Brighton game in particular, they were absolutely woeful. 

So it's either an ideal time to play them or Jose is gonna play a counter attack masteclass and Gareth Bale will have is one moment of note this whole season. 
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I watched Spurs lose both previous games and they looked incredibly bad, what will be concerning for Jose is that these were not competitive games, they were completely dominated in both games. Liverpool should've scored 5 or 6 with the number of chances they had and Brighton scored 1, hit the post and Alderweireld cleared one off the line which will go down as the worst miss in the league so far.

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In both games they scored 1 which was a screamer from Hojberg other then that they haven't really created any clear cut opportunities, they looked threatening in the first half against Liverpool but since Kane went off injured they've looked completely toothless. Doherty was dropped due to being poor against Liverpool, Ndombele has been their best player this season with the exception of Son and Kane but he appears to have picked up an injury, Le Celso, Kane, Reguillon are all out for the game and apparently Aurier has had a falling out with Jose.

I will be thoroughly disappointed if we fail to win this game even if Jose decides to park the bus, Likelihood is that he plays Rodon, Dier & Alderweireld as the 3CB's with Davies as the LWB if we can't score past that backline I'll be worried especially considering Brighton cut them open on numerous occassions.

 
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JM7 said:
I always felt the rivalry with Jose and Frank was starting to get quite heated. You could sense Jose was annoyed by him - despite not saying it. 
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Yeah and confirmed when Mourinho was asked about Frank's sacking he replied 'he doesn't want to talk to me at the moment, he probably doesn't want to talk to anyone' or something to that effect. You know he reached out to frank and frank shot him down ?. Also klopp and lampard had a bit of a thing going. It's going to suck to see tickle greet klopp like an old friend. That was the thing I loved most about lampard managing us, he had absolutely no time for klopp, beilsa or Mourinho. He knew what these rivalries meant.

 
We certainly seem to be playing Spurs at the right time. They looked out of sorts yesterday, and we appear to have some renewed confidence. The historic rivalry should ensure that this game is fiercely contested but hopefully we can pile on to their current problems.

Arguably we helped to kick start their season when we lost the penalty shootout to them in the League Cup. It certainly helped Jose at a time where he was under some scrutiny. There would be a degree of symmetry involved if we could beat them on Thursday and put him right back on the hot seat.

 
Andre Marriner will referee, he was ref when we won there in this

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Well this is the match that stirs something within me nowadays....Its the nasty spurs..forget how they played against brighton they wont play like that against us..jose and their players wont allow it...this will be a tough game, and even tho were all excited over the burnley show, i believe a draw is on the cards for this one....hope kane isnt back but that Son is normally awesome...i believe we should keep pretty much the same team and let em extra gel in their specific play...second half of the second half bringing on 3 fresh and powerfull legs to attack the scum....good luck to our boys...i get up stupid time of the mornings for work but certainly wont be sleeping by 9 pm thurs

 
dansubrosa said:
Don’t think Kante should be starting this one. Obviously he is our best player but he hasn’t played a game for Tuchel yet so I worry that he may jeopardise all of the work Tuchel did so far, Jorginho and Kovacic have been decent so far.

Keep it the same for Tottenham, the stakes are too high. Put Kante back in the team for the following game, against Sheffield.
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If Tottenham are overruning our midfield and giving us problems, we can shot Kante on, he's usually very effective when coming off the bench. 

 
@Munkworth and @dkw Only a few days till the Whiteharts, luckily maybe no Debbi Ali, and Harry's Magic chin, Tinxy Winky and Maybe Eric to overcome, 'Feel our Ferocious Heat' , Lmfao

 
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dkw said:
Ha ha  I'm gonna listen to some this week as a build up.
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I can't remember what Harry called, The Chelsea though, had a collective name for a couple of London teams
Find the one where Harry's chin caught  fire when he was a child, as he sat in the back of his mums car, with the sunroof open, and his chin sticking out, lol

 
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Argo said:
Absolutely should be a back three on Thursday.
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If something is working well, don't need to make drastic changes.

The line up I expect.

--------------------Werner-----------------

-------Pulisic---------------Mount

Alonso-----Kova----Jorgie----------CHO

-----Rudiger---Silva-------James----

-------------Mendy----------

I expect the captain to be replaced by the quicker James against the Spuds counter attack. If Kante is healthy, I expect him to sub in for Jorgie early if the midfield is taking a heavy beating.

 
Agreed. I just feel Azpi will get burned in this game. Interesting to see what solution TT comes up with.

 
coco said:
Time to pass on the managerial killer virus.
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last time we were in this situation we gave a lifeline to Arteta..hope we do better!

 
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