Apologies go out to Lake Jivermore
Run close by Van der Vaart, who in the last 2 league games has been exemplary in his intelligence and space finding, and proving he’s got the hammys for a consistent run around. You too, Benny Sue; lovely pass that had Leighton Baines chasing his tail, and what a thwumper of a finish. That, along with denying any sort of attacking movement on his territory, made it a rather good evening for our favourite community support officer.
Title talk is being whispered within our small circles, while some two footed tackle in a far inferior game dominates the back pages. That’s the way we like it, and if there were ever a way of going quietly about a real tilt at the big one, then surely this must be it? Realistically, I’d still take 3rd if you offered it now, but while our band wagon continues to defy gravity and roll uphill, caution is being flung from the sides with reckless abandon, and calls of ‘can you imagine if we ACTUALLY did it?’ Not too loudly though, you’ll have to listen carefully.
Wolves are the next head on our chopping block, and despite us being a little short in a couple of departments, surely the biggest danger of blunting our axe will come from complacency within, rather than a footballing undoing at the hands of Mick’s grafters. I just hope Harry tells them that you get just as many points for beating Wolves at home as City away. Mind you, it is ruddy tempting to look forward to facing a Kompany and Toure’s-less City, with a, hopefully, fully recovered Captain Combover in our ranks. Just a shame Adebayor isn’t allowed to play…
…Yes, Wolves. Let’s beat them. Don’t get ahead of yourselves Spurs. We’ll do that for you.
The nonsense that is being talked about Jake Livermore today is amazing. How anyone can make Jake man of the match last night, when Benny, VDV, Modric, Kaboul and Dawson all performed better than him on the night? OK, Jake wasn't a disaster, as most of us expected before the game. He was reasonably effective and kept things simple. However, some of our play last night was pedestrian and we missed having Parker showing for the ball from defenders and particularly from throw ins. It was left to VDV to drop deep and make himself available most of the time. Jake was slow in possession, didn't close people down quickly enough and generally just played the simple ball to Modric. Don't get me wrong, he wasn't bad, just not man of the match and not a patch on Scotty or Sandro. Everyone likes a player who has come through the ranks, but, please, let's keep things in perspective.
ReplyDeleteUtter rubbish! I was at the game and the overall opinion of the Park Lane where sit I sit thought Jake was brilliant.. Don't know what game you were watching.
DeleteNo wonder you're Anonymous - you're an idiot. Were you even at the game? Livermore may not have been MOTM but his superb performance meant on the night we didn't miss Parker or Sandro. There will be harder games coming up when we'll need one or both of them but last night young Jake outplayed Fellani and Cahill.
ReplyDeleteLivermore was definitely Man of The Match for me. That's not to say that others didn't play well too, but Livermore was the basis of our solidity from which all our good play was able to flourish. Where our passing wasn't as crisp and quick as in the past was when the likes of Modric, Bale and Lennon preferred to take on their opponent rather than pass and move. To say that Livermore was slow last night and didn't close the opposition down quickly enough is to miss major aspects of what made his play so good. In my view neither Parker nor Sandro could have improved on Livermore's performance last night. However this was just one game, albeit his best for the Club by far, and though we can now be confident that he can fit into the holding midfield role comfortably, the true test would be when he has to be one of a number of second string players having to be brought in at the same time. Hopefully we won't be put into that position before he is ready to cope with that extra responsibility.
ReplyDeleteLivermore is definitely becoming one for the now rather than one for the future. Who knows, maybe a future of Jake and Tom Carroll in midfield?
Delete'..I Spurs So'. That title really irritated me at first but I'll admit it's growing on me.