Since Man City we have played Wolves away from home which resulted in a 2-0 win and a trip to Greece to face PAOK which was a very good result, from a very young team.
What can we expect from Spurs?
Harry has been very clever in his preparation for tomorrow's game. He got a very good win at Wolves last weekend and then took the kids to Greece to grind out a well earned draw. He would have also had the opportunity to run the rule over a few of the youngsters and fringe players.
He has now had another week for the players to have come together and the Modric saga to finally of gone quiet. The only major disappointment is the loss of Michael Dawson, a consistently strong central defender and will be a huge loss, oh and VDV being omitted from the Europa League squad lets hope that doesn't impact the team. Professionalism is critical.
I think Tottenham will be up for tomorrow and will be wanting to put on a good performance for the White Hart Lane faithful.
I hope that Harry sticks with the same formation for Liverpool. I would be inclined to go with Defoe and Adebayor up front. Van Der Vaart on the Right of the Midfield, Modric & Parker in the Middle and Bale out left. Maybe a little harsh on Kranjcar but he made some mistakes last weekend that better teams will have punished Spurs. If VDV is fit his contribution is critical to Spurs and that showed last season.
What can Spurs expect tomorrow from Liverpool?
Liverpool spent big in the pre-season bringing in:
Adams - A player who Tottenham tried to bring in at the last minute of the January transfer window. No doubt about the fact that he was Blackpool's star player last year. Consistently providing assists and scoring goals, also broke into the Scotland team.
Henderson - A promising young British player, a lot to live up to with the price that Liverpool paid for him.
Downing - A consistent left sided midfielder, provides a number or assists and scores the occasional goal. Another player Spurs tracked for quite a while. Also recently broke back into the English fold.
Enrique - A full back that played 119 times for Newcastle between 2007-2011. He had mixed seasons at Newcastle but showed enough quality to fill an area of weakness for Liverpool in recent years. A player that is very pacey and will work the touchline.
Coates - An unknown quantity, , played 55 times for Nacional and scored 8 goals. Worked his way through the age groups and was regarded as a leader. Remains to be seen what Coates will produce, I am sure Suarez will have had an influence on this deal.
Bellamy - A player that always gives 100% and probably feels he has unfinished business with Liverpool. His last few seasons have not exactly set the world on fire but looking at previous performances he seems to have found his hunger for the game again.
If you include that fact that Liverpool also bought in Suarez and Carroll in January, this is a very new look Liverpool team that will be wanting to bring back the glory days and a league title. They now are trailing United in the titles and this was one of two bragging right Liverpool always had. Dalglish will want to get back on level terms.
Liverpool's start to the season has been very mixed a draw with Sunderland at Anfield, a win at the Emirates against Arsenal, a win against Bolton at home and then a loss away to Stoke. How much can we read into these results? Arsenal have had a terrible start and not looked good, Bolton and Sunderland haven't looked great and Stoke haven't lost.
I think Livepool are still coming together as a squad and they will be pushing top 6. Nothing for Spurs to fear tomorrow.
My team suggestion:
Friedal, Walker, King, Kaboul, Ekotto, Van Der Vaart, Parker, Modric, Bale, Adebayor & Defoe.
Looking forward to tomorrow, watch out for my tweets live from the WHL. @sphillips82
My Prediction: I could go with the same score line as the last few years but lets add 1 more to that 3-1 Spurs.
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