[Wednesday at Stoke]

Looking forward to how Ole, Carrick and go game plan for this one. On talent alone, our midfield needs to dominate for us to stand a chance because their attack and defense are elite.

 

[Josh 76]

Not sure if the Dubai break will work in our favour or not. Spurs will play their strongest team on Tuesday v Chelsea, then have 5 days to recover for Sunday. Our first team would have had nearly 11 days since they beat Newcastle.
Hopefully we will be stronger in the second half as Wolves were against them.

 

[Amadaeus]

The real test. Pochettino Spurs are playing excellent football and baring injuries to the likes Wanyama, Dembele and Diet, they have a full strength squad.
However, United are rejuvenated and the players will want to make a statement that shows our true quality. If we play like we did against the last few opponents, Spurs will murder us in the back like they did to Everton. We would need better positioning, and good work ethic to come out of this with a victory.

 

[CentreForward]

Was hoping to be there.. Anyway, a draw would be great But is it wrong I'm still hoping for a a win

 

[Buster15]

As crazy as it sounds, we should never have lost that game, specially after the very good first half.

We were good in the first half you are right. We were playing much more on the front foot and I thought here we go.

But Tottenham movement was excellent and their finishing was devistating.

 

[red4ever 79]

If everyone is fit after our the small break

De Gea
Darmian Lindelof Smalling Shaw
Matic Herrera Pogba
Lingard Rashford Martial

 

[Random Task]

De Gea

Young Lindelof Jones Shaw
Matic
Herrera Pogba
Lingard Rashford Martial​

Only two places in team I can see being in question (if Smalling is still out) are Young and Martial but I don't think the other attackers have put in a clear case to be starting yet.

Apart from Jones who I would replace with Smalling (provided he is fit), this is clearly our best and most consistent first 11.

Ole's first major test will be passed with flying colours.

3-1 United.

 

[waza7111]

Not to single you out (there are a lot of people in the other Ole threads who are waiting to judge Ole based on this game and the Liverpool games), but don't you think it's harsh to form any basis based on this game or the Liverpool game? Those two are top 3 teams in the country with managers who have been in the position for 3-4 years and have got their own squads and style of play fully ingrained. Will it be not a disservice to pass a judgement on Ole based on how we do in those two games?

We're not expecting him to win all of those games or at least I'm not. We just want to see if he can compete against the best teams whilst continuing to play attacking football. That will be good enough for me.

 

[Alabaster Codify7]

This will be Ole's first loss, but that's not a big deal - we'll move on either way.

---------------DDG-------------------
Darmian---Jones---Lindelöf-----Shaw
--------------Matic-------------------
-----Herrera-----------Pogba----------
Mata--------Rashford----------Martial

SUBS - Lingard (Mata), Fellaini (Matic), Young (Shaw)

Spurs 3 - 1 Man United
Rashford for us, Kane, Dele Alli and Son for them.

 

[GlastonSpur]

Your advantage in this game is the fact that we have a tough League Cup SF 1st leg against Chelsea beforehand, which is what happens when competing on 4 different fronts.

This will be Son's last game before he departs for the Asian Cup, so I'm hoping he wants go out with a bang.

 

[hellohello]

Not as confident as I would have been a few weeks ago. We have a midweek match against Chelsea while United are in Dubai to get ready for the game. United will also come in with a point to prove under a new manager.

Having said that I think Spurs will have too much quality, and if we keep it 0-0 for 30 minutes I think we'll win.

 

[ayushreddevil9]

Our defence will finally get exposed. It only needs a clinical attacking unit to score easily. Jones is a walking disaster. Ddg not in form. Valencia might play. God help us

 

[Ducklegs]

Make no bones about it, we will be beaten soundly, but its not the end of the world, the team just isnt there yet.

 

[AJ10]

Will be a very hard game, hopefully we get something out of it somehow. But win/lose or draw i hope we attack them and not sit back.

 

[2 man midfield]

Come on Poch, you don't want to manage a EL team next season. Do the right thing please.

 

[Ban]

Poch's audition for the job. Dont fluff it Mauricio.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

Our defence will finally get exposed. It only needs a clinical attacking unit to score easily. Jones is a walking disaster. Ddg not in form. Valencia might play. God help us

Not over Young he won't

Will be a very hard game, hopefully we get something out of it somehow. But win/lose or draw i hope we attack them and not sit back.

We don't have a choice,sitting back like last season will get us killed

 

[royboy16]

Id take a draw right now but I think they will out score us,our defense is sh!te.

 

[Gasolin]

Your advantage in this game is the fact that we have a tough League Cup SF 1st leg against Chelsea beforehand, which is what happens when competing on 4 different fronts.

This will be Son's last game before he departs for the Asian Cup, so I'm hoping he wants go out with a bang.

You don’t compete for anything, stop this nonsense. And Son won’t do anything.

 

[Feed Me]

Your advantage in this game is the fact that we have a tough League Cup SF 1st leg against Chelsea beforehand, which is what happens when competing on 4 different fronts.

This will be Son's last game before he departs for the Asian Cup, so I'm hoping he wants go out with a bang.

Thanks for the heads up because we don't know what that entails.

 

[Ban]

Your advantage in this game is the fact that we have a tough League Cup SF 1st leg against Chelsea beforehand, which is what happens when competing on 4 different fronts.

This will be Son's last game before he departs for the Asian Cup, so I'm hoping he wants go out with a bang.

Poch doesnt care one bit about League cup so it's all good for you guys. You can play your youngsters vs Chelsea. And yeah I guess it's hard to fight on all 4 fronts, United is new to that sort of thing.

 

[paulscholes18]

DDG
Young Lindelof Jones Shaw
Herrera Matic Pogba
Lingard Rashford Martial

 

[Canagel]

DDG
Young Lindelof Smalling Shaw
Herrera Matic Fred
Pogba
Rashford Martial

Pack the midfield and use the pace of the two strikers to stretch their centre backs.

Final score:
Tottenham 1-3 United​

 

[DomesticTadpole]

I'm worried. Think we could get a pasting.

That could have happened anyway. We might actually be more competitive now.

 

[serxyo]

Time to go big, Ole!

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

could see Lukaku starting taking Lingard's place

Would be disappointing.

 

[Hugh Jass]

We give Spurs chances like we gave Newcastle and Reading chances and they will eat us alive.

This could go badly.

 

[Snafu17]

South Korea plays against the Philippines on Monday, how is Son supposed to be available for this?

 

[DRM]

Agree with what others have said here, spurs will finally show how poor our backline is. I also feel their defenders will easily nullify martial.

 

[AJ10]

Agree with what others have said here, spurs will finally show how poor our backline is. I also feel their defenders will easily nullify martial.

Everyone in the world already knows how poor our defenders are. Not gonna be a surprise if/when they score, hopefully De Gea has a Brilliant game.

 

[Moriarty]

Agree with what others have said here, spurs will finally show how poor our backline is. I also feel their defenders will easily nullify martial.

Finally? They did that at Old Trafford earlier in the season.

 

[Giant Midget]

South Korea plays against the Philippines on Monday, how is Son supposed to be available for this?

Apparently been given permission to join up with the squad later.

 

[Canucantona20]

Didn’t Spurs just lose to Wolves? We certainly have a chance if we play up to our level.

 

[zenith]

I'm not so negative about this game. We'll really need to play as a proper coordinated unit in this game to get anything out of it. The left and right side will have to attack and defend as a unit of three.

Herrera and lingard will be crucial IMHO cause if their industry and creativity can create problems for spurs then the left side is more than strong enough to cause anyone problems.

Spurs will have a tough game just a few days prior and I'm expecting they will be at least a little distracted.

 

[Jacob]

First time in a long time the XI picks itself. No questions whatsoever imo.

 

[DRM]

Finally? They did that at Old Trafford earlier in the season.

I meant since Ole took over

 

[Red Dreams]

should be an open match.
both teams like to go forward.

EDIT:

Spurs play the Tuesday before. They should be sufficiently rested.

 

[adexkola]

Your advantage in this game is the fact that we have a tough League Cup SF 1st leg against Chelsea beforehand, which is what happens when competing on 4 different fronts.

This will be Son's last game before he departs for the Asian Cup, so I'm hoping he wants go out with a bang.

So how do you (and other Spurs fans) think your starting 11 will look?

 

[BluesJr]

A Spurs fan telling us about the intricacies of competing on all fronts. Nice.

 

[GlastonSpur]

So how do you (and other Spurs fans) think your starting 11 will look?

Difficult to say, pending injury updates. But Dembele, Vertonghen and Lamela have all returned to full training, so if all are fit for this match then:

----------------- Lloris
Trippier - Alderweireld - Vertonghen - Rose
--------- Sissoko (or Winks) - Dembele
Eriksen ------ Alli ------ Son
------------- Kane