Thread: Wigan Athletic v Tottenham Hotspur

If Harry learns anything from today its that he can't judge players without giving them a proper chance in the first team. I think its perfectly obvious that he can hold grudges against certain individuals. He clearly has issues with the fact that Pav still can't speak decent English and takes it as a sign of not being committed because he can never stop bringing it up. Pav proved today that football is really a universal language and once your on the pitch with like-minded team mates then your anybody's match. He has earned himself a place in the first team for the next couple of games at least and if he doesn't get put on the team-sheet against Bolton then it's just criminal.

Another thing that Harry should learn from today's game is that we don't need Crouchy all the time. We can win games from playing it on the floor even when it's under extremely difficult conditions and away from home. We are Spurs. We play it on the floor. We always have and to try to change that is just idiotic.

yeah good day out, played well on a dodgy pitch and i found 20 quid outside the ground lol

Originally Posted by woody08

one thing all you foreigners have to learn about spurs is that we NEVER do well up north at places like bolton, blackburn, wigan etc, when spurs go up their we get kicked and bullied something shocking and get beat, it doesn't matter about the quality of the two sides, its whoever can physically beat the other, and spurs have too many fancy dan luxury players to win, thats why we cant handle it up here, sides like the scum, chelsea, even city, they all go to these places and win by 2 or 3 easily because they can play good football but mix it with grit and toughness

Doh!

Not an easy game for Spurs with the terrible field conditions and a very credible result.

But, having said that, we were fortunate with the 1st goal that was clearly offside.

We were fortunate that Tom didn't get a red card for some of his late tackles.

We were fortunate to have seen 2 great saves from Gomes to keep us in the game.

We were fortunate that Spurs supporters took up Pavs case and clearly influenced Harry's decision to give him a run.

We were fortunate Harry put on Modric, when clearly those conditions would not normally suit a similar player.

We were fortunate that Pav rose to the occasion and scored 2 good goals.

Oh! happy days! Well done Spurs.

oh! and we were unfortunate to see King hobbling off the field and Crouch giving another inept and poor performance.

Originally Posted by The Cryptkeeper

I have been very critical of Pav.

I was wrong.

I apologise.

I think Pav deserved a lot of his criticism, he made a terrible start, but i think we, and the manager gave up on him too quickly.

How can a guy start playing better, if he only warms the bench. I think we should have nursed him back to good form by giving more time in games "already won" (9:1 with Wigan) or games already lost, or games of lower importance.

Also, I just wish Crouch got the same "criteria" as PAv got. By the same measure, Crouch has under performed and lowered the standard of the team also. But remains in the first 11.

I would like to see more of Pav, and I am happy for him to get a proper crack at the first 11. IF he doesn't produce to regular good performance then let him go.... but same must apply to Crouch.

C'mon Pav and Crouchy... raise it.


On a separate note, the love the team gave PAv at the final whistle brought a tear to my eye

C O Y S

Originally Posted by SAspursfan

Not an easy game for Spurs with the terrible field conditions and a very credible result.

But, having said that, we were fortunate with the 1st goal that was clearly offside.

We were fortunate that Tom didn't get a red card for some of his late tackles.

We were fortunate to have seen 2 great saves from Gomes to keep us in the game.

We were fortunate that Spurs supporters took up Pavs case and clearly influenced Harry's decision to give him a run.

We were fortunate Harry put on Modric, when clearly those conditions would not normally suit a similar player.

We were fortunate that Pav rose to the occasion and scored 2 good goals.

Oh! happy days! Well done Spurs.

oh! and we were unfortunate to see King hobbling off the field and Crouch giving another inept and poor performance.

yeah but look on the bright side......

KEVIN BOND ON WIGAN WIN:

Kevin Bond feels Sunday's win at Wigan could be a ‘significant' one for us.
Jermain Defoe's opener in the first half followed by Roman Pavlyuchenko's double off the bench in the second half secured the three points and lifted us back into fourth in the Barclays Premier League.
The nature of the victory particularly pleased the management as the lads rolled their sleeves up on a heavy pitch and scrapped it out against a team fighting against relegation.
"People had been suggesting that we hadn't been doing as well as we might have done recently so it was important that we put on a performance and on a difficult night, in difficult conditions, I thought we did exactly that," said assistant boss Kevin.
"It was great to get a win on the road like that. It was a big win and we need to keep performing well, getting results and the rest will take care of itself."
Roman stole the headlines with his late double and Kevin was delighted to see the Russian striker make his mark at the DW Stadium.
"He trained really well last week and the manager always had it in the back of his mind that he would introduce him at some stage at Wigan," he added. "He came on, made a real impact and he's no doubt given the manager plenty to think about."