I'm going. You may touch me. A slightly resurgent Man United visit the Tottenham Stadium, where Spurs are a bit crap, to play against a wildly inconsistent Spurs. I predict 10-9 final score to Spurs.
Both squads are actually pretty inconsistent so honestly I have no idea how this match is going to turn out. It could easily turn out to be a real close contest like 1-1 or even Nil to Nil or a complete shit show with one squad taking over right from the start and mowing the pitch with the other and winning 5 to Nil. Of course I am hoping for the 5 to Nil Spurs outcome , but that is highly doubtful. So let's just go with a 2-1 Spurs win.
Here are the teams. Tottenham Hotspur (probable 4-2-3-1) Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Palhinha, Sarr; Johnson, Simons, Kolo Muani; Richarlison. Subs: Kinsky, Udogie, Danso, Rowswell, Bentancur, Scarlett, Odobert, Tel, Akhamrich. Manchester United (probable 3-4-2-1) Lammens; De Ligt, Maguire, Shaw; Mazraoui, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dorgu; Amad, Cunha; Mbeumo. Subs: Bayindir, Yoro, Heaven, Ugarte, Dalot, Mount, J Fletcher, Zirkzee, Sesko.
H 0-1 Another goal conceded from an error as Sarr tries to play football in our six yard box instead of getting rid and they score from the ensuing sequence. The attack as usual has been dismal.
FT 2-2, Tel, Richarlison. We take the lead in stoppage time, and then concede from a corner against 10 men. ********ing idiots.
Total rubbish. Good in the CL, rubbish in the PL. Couldn't hold the lead. Still waiting for that good home win in the PL to hopefully give us the momentum we need.
This has to be first: Richarlison and Tel scoring in the same game, and Chick posting in the correct thread - I'll take it.
How very spursy. On the bright side, the substitutes - Odobert, Tel and Udogie - were good when they came on. Xavi had a pretty good game, even won the ball back a couple times. Thomas Frank plans everything, so he must have a plan for how this team will score goals, but I have yet to discern what it is.
Thanks Jum, that made me laugh... Which begs the question, what was our recruitment team doing all summer? Smoking weed?
Rollercoaster. Best I can say is we were flat flat flat until Tel came out. Then, we showed character and found goals. At that point, a draw feels terrible... but, on the whole, I cannot argue with the outcome. Man U showed character to find that 2nd goal. We seem to not have heart at home. Weird.
Spurs have a special category called UxG (unexpected goals) which was off the charts today. Richarlison has the highest UxG in the PL.