Southampton 2-3 Spurs
Managerless Spurs made the trip to St Mary’s to take on a Southampton side that have lost a bit of form of late. With no AVB in sight, it was up to Tim Sherwood to try and turns things around for Spurs and attempt to get them back up the table. Things did not start well for them though as after 13 minutes Adam Lallana opened the scoring for the Saints with a lovely turn and clinical finish. Danny Fox was credited with the assist as he passed the ball to his skipper to open the scoring. Then from absolutely nothing, Spurs equalised as Roberto Soldado chased down a pass from Adebayor that was heading for the corner flag, he then delivered a swirling right foot cross that perfectly found Adebayor again who stabbed the ball home in mid flight.Just a note here, this was Spurs’ first goal by a striker in their last 665 minutes of premier league action. Frightening that! After the break and Spurs took the lead as Danny Rose fizzed in a low cross which Jos Hooiveld turned into his own net. Soon after however and the scores were level once again as Rickie Lambert passed the ball easily into the net, this after Lloris made a horrible mess, misjudging a cross by Jack Cork which then fell to the feet of Lallana at the far post who squared it up to Lambert. The scoring was not over yet though as Adebayor got his second of the game and the three points for Spurs. He found himself free on the right hand side and made his way into the box before neatly finishing into the far corner from a narrow angle. Spurs really could have made it more after that but Soldado missed a couple of very good chances. It was enough to see them over the line though in what was an entertaining five goal thriller.
Bonus Points: Adebayor(3), Lallana(2), Lambert(1)
Swansea 1-2 Everton
Another great opportunity here for Everton to carry on with their remarkable form and keep up with the front runners in the league. It was a bit of a slow start with a couple of chances here and there for both teams but nothing too concrete. In fact that was the theme of the half as it seemed both teams were a bit tentative and as a result a number of passes went astray. The only potential talking point was a tackle by Ashley Williams in the Swans box on Ross Barkley that could actually have resulted in a penalty but nothing came of it. Things got slightly better in the second half as a lot more chances were created but still no breakthrough. Then up stepped the most in form defender at this time, Seamus Coleman, with an absolute screamer of a finish. He picked the ball up from James McCarthy, drove forward a little bit and then unleashed a thunderbolt from far out which flew into the top corner. All of a sudden this game kicked into another gear. Soon after that Swansea found the equaliser, as a cross found Tiendalli at the far post and his effort deflected off Everton’s Oviedo and crept into the goal. This could well go down as an own goal which now puts own goals as Swansea’s highest goal scorer for the season. Everton then found themselves with a breakaway which resulted in James McCarthy being fouled. Up stepped Ross Barkley with a peach of a free kick that deserved to see the three points go the way of the blue side, and see them move into the top four.
Bonus Points: McCarthy (3), Barkley(2), Williams & Tiendalli (1)
This article was written by Migs
forgot to thank migs for the article- thanks a lot for taking your time and effort to do this!!
Ok, I feel like I need a RMT !!!
I rarely ask for one – so here’s ur chance, lads…
:popcorn:
HL – don’t rate ur keeper. Strikers same as mine. Don’t trust Nasri. Defence isn’t great.
Don’t get me wrong, lots of good stuff in there or you wouldn’t be your ranking, but that’s the bad stuff.
Outta here guys – have a good night
HL i think its time to lose Shaw and Nasri. Both have convinced us that there are better options out there. With Shaw its just a love-hate relationship, but with Nasri, the love never existed. Silva/YYT and now even Navas are stealing the show.
Im glad you gave me this chance. Oh well i feel honoured.
HL
Boruc might be back soon but Southampton has tough fixtures, you have to sort out your keepers. Also defence is not so strong, you need some defs from the top teams, at least Distin or someone from Arsenal would be a major improvement. I like the rest of the team, I’d just look at bring in Silva for Nasri and Wally for Mirallas. And you have enough money itb to improve it, go for it mate!
Tnx for all the suggestions…appreciated…
I’m off to bed now…
see ya all tomorrow evening…
Cheers…
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
HL, Sorry Doc but you’ve a sh*te defence, but overall the teams ok, I’d say persevere with what you’ve got and worry when you’re forced into changes.
Hey all. Gutted about Coleman today as all my main rivals had him. It’s hard as my defence is in turmoil right now. Sigh.. hoping Özil and Oscar deliver tomorrow – but that Arsenal win of course
Dude, your 5 defenders managed a collective 1 point. That cant be real?
Jasimmo – tell me about it. Have Lukaku, main rival doesn’t. Don’t have Coleman, main rival does. Mini League finishes at GW 20. Was ahead before this gw, but no longer.
Dreamers – ah man, it sucks – hate it when these ‘main stream’ options out perform my more ‘sharp’ team..
Then again, it’s far from perfect – may I ask who you would take out first from these sorry 5 defenders, and for whom? They are:
Dawson – Fonte (injured?) – Vlaar (injured) – Moxey – Faye (non starter)
I think Faye has to go first as a non starter though he’s not going to give you much in the way of transfer kitty, as a cheap alternative you can grab a Sunderland defender for as little as 4.2 atm.
Barring Everton next (Sunderland always lose to Everton) they’ve quite good fixtures.
Cheers – but maybe Fonte out before as he also seems to be out of the S’hampton XI and takes up more value?
I think Fonte is far more likely to get game time sooner than Faye so I’d start with the least likeliest to play.
Im out guys, need a peanut butter sandwich. Will join you in Arsenal vs Chelsea hopefully
Who do u think will win my Head to Head match I’m on 68 PTS and got Sagna – Ramsey – Hazard still to play he’s on 73 PTS with OZIL & Ramires still to play.
I think it will be very close. If he didn’t have the 5 point advantage, you would win. It could come down to 1-2 points