Stopping this man will be key to any success
The encounter between the two sides should be an intriguing affair, with rumours surrounding the future of current Spurs manager Harry Redknapp, one must wonder what the mood of the Tottenham camp is at this moment in time.
Last seasons fixture at White Hart Lane saw Spurs run out 2-0 winners, but Newcastle United go into this fixture looking stronger than they did when they faced them last year. With the return of Papiss Cisse and Demba Ba our front-line is one of big strength. Although missing Cheik Tiote and Yohan Cabaye we have more strength than last time.
This is the team that I expect to see tomorrow evening: Krul, Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Santon, Obertan, Perch, Guthrie, Gutierrez, Ba and Cisse.
1 – Nullify Gareth Bale: Gareth Bale has put in some superb performances already this season and caused havoc against Liverpool in their recent Premier League fixture and when at full pace he is very hard to deal with. This is why I have included Gabriel Obertan in the squad, he has a lot of pace and can offer a lot of cover to Danny Simpson. I expect the Frenchman to be charged with man-marking the Welsh International and when they are both at full running pace that will be very interesting to watch. Bale also tends to drift inside the field as well and is not afraid to have a shot when presented with the opportunity. We will have to shut out these sort of opportunity’s so that we do not present Bale with an easy chance on goal.
2 – Watch out for Parker: Scott Parker is a player that many Newcastle fans know all too well from his time at Newcastle United. Since moving to Tottenham he has added an extra engine to the centre of their midfield and against Liverpool he was key in stopping Liverpool as he shielded Ledley King and Michael Dawson from Liverpool’s attacking forwards. Parker is not afraid to put tackles in and gives one hundred percent whenever playing for Spurs. He will be a vital component to Harry Redknapp’s team and will certainly have to be kept quiet by James Perch.
3 – Avoid being broken down by their possession: Tottenham are very keen passers of the ball and like to keep the ball moving very intricately. We must try to avoid this tomorrow as we may become worn down by all of the passing. The obvious thing to do here would be to close them down very quickly and shut off any angles that may allow them to thread a pass through to another teammate. This will help us to break up the flow of their play and will help us to gain an advantage over them.
4 – Watch out for counter attacks: In their last fixture against Liverpool, Tottenham demonstrated that they are very powerful on the counter-attack. This was when Gareth Bale was fed the ball and had a golden opportunity to give Tottenham the lead. The team must be careful when attacking as we don’t want to leave ourselves too exposed at the back as Gareth Bale is tasked with being left upfront and if there aren’t enough people back to defend then that could prove disastrous for us.
Taking all these points into consideration, if Alan Pardew employs them then he could surprise Harry Redknapp’s side. Spurs are a team in a good position but with the likes of the squad we have got and these tactics then the Toon certainly have a good chance against Spurs.
Howay the lads!
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Good article Zoe – but, I think Parker shields as you say but really passes it sideways and backwards. I think keeping Modric shackled is a bigger priority for us. Bale is a big factor and I said on Thursday I think we should pin Santoon on him and have him follow him all over, even switching wings. I think he is a better and quicker defender than Simmo. Jonas will also play a factor in helping the LB and if lennon makes it that will be another problem. Hopefully adebayor will play on his own as he is powerful but not as quick as Defoe. Id like us to go for it though, and really hope its a double demba front 2
Good article Zoe .. i cant decide if the issues with HR are positive or negative for us …. i think on balance i think it is bad for us as i expect the fans to be buzzing that he is still there and got off, or got one over the authorities .. but as is always the case now, im quietly confident that the team will put in a good performance and at the very least we will give them a good game .. concern is always that williamson has a mare or that Perch gets turned over .. bale plays through he centre a lot nowadays – and he will target perch and williamson …
booby we on here old man keep up
Parker is a poor man’s Tiote.
Just a shame the big man is missing today!
Still, at least we have Perchio!!
Id suggest just giving up before you start?
biggest worry about HR takin over England is if he resorts to playing parker .. not good enough .. great for spurts tho
PABLOYID .. dont you realise how unacceptable your moniker is to many of your supporters? .. jeesh do one
I think without surprise the starting XI will be as you said. We will see if Simmo and Obertan can control Bale and Assou Ekoto, if yes we can have a good result. Because Liverpool blocked Bale and so Tottenham was not very dangerous except 1 or 2 chances. But I’m very doubtful about Simmo, for me he is really very very weak and slow. After I’m quite sure we will almost score 1 goal, but we need to take risk to.
HBA39 – i reckon pards is gonna go for it .. mebs try for a tight first half and then BANG go for it .. if necessary HBA will be on as this is the sort of match/opposition that will get him buzzing
Zoe good one Lass
TP I think the fans and the players will be well up to welcome back the sloppy chops tax swindler.
But if we can play like we know we can we will give them a game.
Pabloyid get a fuking grip lad you’s arn’t bad but your not Real or Barca so wind yer neck in.
yes it will be crucial to not concede a goal in the first half, because I don’t have check to the stats but I think all the time we have concede the first goal we have almost lose the game.
PABLOYID .. dont you realise how unacceptable your moniker is to many of your supporters? .. jeesh do one
why is that son?
here we go the yid army giving it the big one
i say fuk spurs and do our own thing. sod them all, HR. Merson and just about anyone else who has had any input. Not one person other than Dixon says we can win so with that in mind we can play with flair, confidence and throw caution to the wind. If we try to think of their game plan and worry about trying to contain them blah blah.. we will be chasing shadows all day and still loose. I would rather go down fighting and put on a hell of a show. Go with an attack mind from the outset and lets have a laugh.
The pressure is on them.. not us.
phatyid…. well i guess it is cos you all wear pictures of cocks mate.. just hazardling a guess like.
Never thought i would say it but we will probably miss Raylor!
i do hope he puts obertan on bale as bale will rip him apart as for the comments about scott parker get real!!! tiote’s a good player but parker standard i think not..Did u watch the liverpool game?? also say goodbye to most of your decent players(tiote,cabaye,ba) in the summer as your chairman will grab the money and run as he as already shown before…
what ashley sells a half decent player for 35 mill.
any club in the world would have took the money and run.
so fkin do one dubzyid
I think we need to go physical and rough them up a bit in the first 10 minutes of the game and resort to long ball tactics . As good as Perch and Guthrie have been we really needed at least 1 of Tiote and Cabaye on the field to play a passing game .Still think we can get something out of this and i would be happy with a draw . Hope Manure stuff the bin dippers today that would fire our lads up even more before kickoff to get something and put points between us and the scouser’s .
And say goodbue to your team Dubzyid when Arry goes! A few half decent seasons and Spuds think they are great , watch them fall back to midtable when Arry leaves
as soon as arry takes the england job all your top players will be gone.
phatyid…. well i guess it is cos you all wear pictures of cocks mate.. just hazardling a guess like.
damn thats too sharp for me…..
The Spurts fans want to be careful dragging up past form. Are they saying a leopard never changes his spots? That’ll be Harry off to England HQ then. I mean he’s shat on clubs before so will do again going by that logic
dubzyid… enjoy your finest hour cos once ‘arry’ leaves your team will revert back to its normal positon. then Bale will be gone along with modric and you will be mid table material. Two seasons in the upper part of the table and you are all thinking you are the dogs bollocks etc… when arry took you lot on you were cast adrift at the bottom, languishing around like a stuck pig. Enjoy these 14 games though, as you will not see your team up there next year, of that there is no mistake.
Hitman those players will wanna leave im afraid and any decent bid and they will be gone… As for mike ashley do i hear you defending him!!! how you toon fans are fickle, lose a few games and he will be hated and lynched as you idiots have done many times before when things aint going well…
im not defending him dubz just pointing out a fact..
no club would have turned that money down..
il give you that i even think our hard nosed chairman would of been snapping hands off for that money for a 10mill player at best.. but a word of warning the vultures will be circling around newcastle as you have had a good season, we will have the same regarding bale and modric..
CRAIG CHISHOLM…your entitled to your opinion mate but your clearly clueless son……. of that there is no mistake.
saggy face has already said he wants the job and he can’t do both jobs together – he’s always been someone who’s looked after no1 – all the spurs fans at work know he’ll be off as soon as its offered and will roll out the same excuses he’s done at other clubs – left them in a better state blah blah – despite raping Portsmouth bank account !
Doubt that will affect spurs today tho – bale looked a bit knackered against bindippers so think we should get some legal but robust tackles in on him early doors, close down quickly and make sure Ba & Cisse defend from the front – will be tough to get anything but I don’t think sitting back and going for a point is going to work – tora tora tora
It has to effect Spurs knowing that Arry is gonna be deserting them soon.
Dubzyid – yup, gonna to be tough summer keeping best players for both of us – be surprised if modric or bale stayed, same with Ba, Cabaye for us – footballers look after themselves and all this bollocks about the shirt is just for the fans
Spurs are lucky that Tiote and Cabaye are missing. I just can’t see Perch and Guthrie winning the midfield battle. The main pluses for us are that we have better forwards and keeper.
Don’t get caught up in trying to have banter with Spurs fans. The vast majority of them are awful on the internet and on high streets.
STEVEP there was a couple of other spurs players looking knackered against Liverpool , thats why i think we should turn it Physical . Their bench was full of youngsters in that game as well so they must have a few players injured .
Think spurs will be up for it knowing that a loss cuts the gap to 5 points or 4 if Chelsea win as well – they’ve got some tough games coming up and will look on this fixture as one they need to win
very good of the toon to not have a game next weekend as I’ll be snowboarding with the kids for half term and would of missed it 
Am hopeful we can get 3 points then go into the break and have a nice rest
Think Defoe, Lennon are facing late fitness tests but van dee fart is def out – agree we should turn it physical but need to keep 11 men on the pitch
Jeez-can we all get a little perspective here. Ranting on about historical stats. Spurs have finished in the top 5 four times in the last 6 years- and look like doing it again this year. We’ve not been mid table standard for some time. And you guys have been relegated in that time. So some of you get off your high horse please! As to the game it should be a good competition, with us having the edge at home and on injuries, but we’re certainly not expecting a walkover. I’ve been very impressed with Newcastle this season and hope you can finish 4th. Would certainly upset a lot of arsenal and Chelsea fans. As to Harry going- it may well cause us problems,but we finish 3rd and we could be a very attractive club to attract a big name, and who knows, even kick on further. Be careful what you wish for- nothing is set in stone and we’ve just as much chance of staying in the top 4 for the next 10 years as we have of dropping down. Newcastle are a fine club, but as with all clubs, some of your fans are knobs.
@grat – fair comments, all the spurs fans I know want us to finish 4th if only so arsenal and Chelsea don’t
GRAT,
Well said fella, we like to call the knobs Dreamers on this site
Probably already been said but I hope to hear some ‘Arry for England’ chants from the Toon Army this evening
Wahey Toonsy!
Martin O’Niell for England
Hopefully we stick with a relatively normal defensive line, if we push up we’ll be destroyed by their pace. Good games needed from Simmo and Santon really, I’m sure Bale will switch flanks and move where he wants to and Obertan can’t be there all the time…hopefully we can get a few overhead balls onto our forwards, chances will definitely be limited
TGS
Rodz – I knew you see that
Unfortunately it was an error
DAVE the little fellow settled doon yet?
@TGS
careful fella. There’s a serious sense of humour loss amongst the Dreamers these days. They feel bullied.
…works for me anyway Toons
Nice article Zoe anyway!
Can’t believe how many fans have us down for a loss today. Our record against them is actually OK. Yeah they’ve got Gareth Bale but we’ve also got great players. He’s definitely the biggest threat for me though, trying not to state the obvious.
It’ll be a cracker of a game anyway, no question. I reckon we can get something today. We should be fresher than them given the fact they played midweek.
You can get even money on us to draw or win, with stake refunded if we lose by one goal (+1 on the Asian Handicap). It’s got my 20 quid anyway.
HOWAY THE LADS!
(shit, I said ‘anyway’ 4 times there)
….I don’t mind anyway.
suarez has just refused to shake evras hand
Anyone see Suarez refusing to shake Evra’s hand
This is gonna rumble on
Is there a change of direction of the article written.
Big controversy before kick-off! Luis Suarez rejects Patrice Evra’s offer of a pre-match handshake. If the pot needed stirring…
Such a disgrace for the No. 7 of liverpool.
FKIN DISGRACE THIS
Police have confiscated all the Red Issue fanzines outside manu ground because of this
http://twitter.com/#!/andersred/status/168311919692877824/photo/1
HITMAN,
Is that true mate 
If so jail for the editor and sellers, and rightly so for stirring up racial hatred.
DISGUSTED.
Suarez is a fkin dickhead.
Always knew he’d be trouble, after seeing him bite that player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAl74ovJP-4&feature=related
…suppose he’s used to gnawing up logs with his beaver teeth, obviously mistaking players for trees.
aye im with you there tony.
fkin shocking m8
Hitman @40- Yeh ,just seen that too . What a grade one arsehole,coming over all injured party like. He should be gratefull Evra wants to shake hands the t**t . Hope Manure thrash the racist gits .
Jeeziz Hitman, how the farg did that get to print!?!?!
…can you imagine the furore if that got into the ground!
Kinel, some people. Accusing someone of being racist is one thing but that’s inciting violence and just plain stupid.
Ice yeah mate starting to calm down now thankfully, but I think its more down to tiredness.
scum club scum fans scum city.
Cheers for all the positive comments lads, really means a lot as I stopped doing these articles for a few reasons but thought why not write another one and see what people think.
Zoe,
Apologies, very good article.
I did not intentionally lead folk away from the subject but I have very strong feelings aginst racism.
Zoe you keep at it girl
Zoe, stick at it mate. You write intelligent, well composed and thought provoking articles. Always good to read. If it’s what you want to pursue a career in it makes sense to write as much as you can, for as many publications/blogs as possible.
hahaha dont know if anty 1 notice rio ferdy refused to shake the racists hand lol
Yeh ,Great article by the way Zoe.
,Got sidetracked by by the racist.
http://i.minus.com/ihQW3lvkIebDk.gif
Tony: No need to apologise, I hate racism too and I think Suarez is bringing the Premier League down.
Cheers Dave and Rod, that means a lot. I plan to keep writing for the blog when I am at uni too and I’ve got back into the swing of writing after having a bit of a break due to being so busy.
I’ve written a load of articles this week ahaha
Cool Zoe
…Batty, as much as I think Suarez is a twat, that’s all just fkin childish.
He’s been punished now. They all need to put all that crap to bed and just get on with their overpaid jobs. Dragging it out like this does only harm, to the game and individual performances, and also stirs up MORE hatred.
…just shake hands and get on with it you big bairns.
…they can still hate each other, but for the sake of the game just try and show each other respect on camera.
I personally blame Liverpool for their idiotic decision to back Suarez.
ROD but if some 1 refused to shake your mates hand what would you do apart from sticking the nut on him
aye rod same here sack doglesh
suarez has just kinda confirmed the very reason he was banned for, what a dick.
Batty-Don’t sack Dogleash, he’s doing a Sterling job for us ruining liverpool’s image and massively underachieving. Dogleash the Messiah
Oh, and cracking article Zoe
Just been reported on radio 5live ,police have had to break up a bust up in the tunnel between players at old trafford!
Kim-Aye heard that as well, imo both teams should be docked say….30 points?
Newkie@76-
nice one 
and they have just had a scrap in the tunnel too ffs… great, lets ban suarez again!
Cheers Newkie!
Get in ,take that you racist gits
Nice one rooney.
Go Man utd,down the losefools.
Rooney again ,hahahaha
Hat trick comin i reckon .
Another one from rooney.
17th league goals.
wheeyheyyy, get fuked bindippers 2-0
Good article Zoe lass, but its not gonna be as easy to implement your tictacs as you may think..
Agree we need to get stuck into ‘em early and put the shits up Bale and Modric. Probably end up with a few bookings too mind.
If we approach the game the same way we did at Ku Klux Klannfield, then we will get destroyed again. We gave the racists too much respect for some reason, when I really thought they were there for the taking.
I hope we go out and attack attack attack for the first 20-30 mins.
Lets face it we are written off by every pundit and fan out there.
I reckon we can upset the apple cart today with the right gameplan.
Over to you Pardew.
And the racist scores
great result there, if we can get a win it puts a decent gap between us and liverpool.. if we can win that is.. humm.
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