With an injury crisis affecting Tottenham’s central midfield it seems very likely that Jake Livermore will be given his chance at Tynecastle tonight as Spurs take on Hearts in the first leg of this Europa League qualifier.
“We’ve got one midfield player really and that’s Jake Livermore, a young lad who’s been out on loan,” Harry said.
“We like Jake, he’s a kid who’s played in the Championship on loan at several clubs, and he’s the only central midfield player who’s available tomorrow.
“We’ll try to invent a new formation with one midfield player, we’ll see how we go.”
In goal, it remains to be seen whether Harry will go for Friedel or Gomes while BAE, Dawson and Kaboul seemed to be first choice with Corluka or Walker making up the back four.
VDV has been passed fit and given the defensive crisis could slot in with Livermore rather than play behind Crouch. Elsewhere in midfield it could be between Bale, Lennon, Kranjcar and possibly John Bostock as the only fit players.
Up front, if Redknapp does go with 4-4-2, it will be two from Crouch, Defoe and Pavlyuchenko although with the promise of using younger players, we could see the introduction of Kane or Coulibaly if Spurs take an early grip on this game.
With our Premier League opener against Manchester United just days away, here’s the team that we’d pick tonight. What would yours be?
gomes
walker kaboul dawson BAE
lennon vdv livermore bale
defoe kane
Kaboul at Centre mid?? LOL
surely Kranc would play ahead of him!!
I like your team, but I think having Livermore and Kaboul in the middle is too negative, I would probably go for one of them two (probably Livermore to give him a go) and Kranjcar. He would add a bit of forward drive, and some skill. Pick Kane on the bench, and play Pav up top with VDV just off him.
Friedel,
Walker, Kaboul, Dawson, Assou Ekotto,
Lennon, Kranjcar, Livermore, Bale,
Van der Vaart, Defoe,
This is my team and the one i would choose if i was the man making the call….
My team as well!
i agree with you edwhite great line up,maybe last 20min bring on kane and coulibay see how they shine,good work mate!
i agree with ryan… good work mate
cheers mate
Whole team:
Friedel
Walker Dawson Kaboul Rose
Lennon Kranjcar Livermore Bale
vdV
Pav.
Bench:
Gomes
Corluka
Bassong
Parrett (I think he’s still at the club?)
Dos Santos
Kane
Defoe.
Kane will not even be there – he played and scored last night against Basel u19
Ditto Coulibaly I presume – both played 90 min.
In which case, my team:
Gomes
Walker Dawson Bassong BAE
Lennon/Kranjcar VdV Livermore Bale/Rose
Crouch Defoe
(Lennon and Bale could do with a run out, but prob not the full 90, hence the options. Is Gio still with us btw?)
alexic
hughton roberts perryman bae
ardiles hoddle villa bale
crooks archibald
…new pants please…
kane could easilytravel up, i think he should be given a chance i mean rooney cameon the seen when he was 16 and kane is nearly 18 so why not?
I’d play the first choice keeper,
With the first choice defence with an experiment midfield of VDV and Livermore.
Give Lennon and Bale starts, with Townsend coming on for one of them in the 2nd half.
Upfront I would go with Pav and Defoe.
My team would be
Gomes
Walker Kaboul Dawson BAE
Livermore
Lennnon VDV Bale
Pav Defoe
Gomes
Walker Dawson Bassong BAE
Lennon Livermore VDV Bale
Pav Defoe
Gomes.
Walker Kaboul Dawson Rose
Townsend Kranjcar/Corluka Livermore Bale
Vdv
Defoe
Subs( Freidel Bassong BAE Kane Crouch lennon
Friedel
Walker kaboul dawson bae
Vdv livermore krancjar bale
Defoe pavlyuchenko
Lennonn rose and crouch to come on
Play vdv and bale only 60min for fatigue for MU game
Gomes, Walker, Kaboul, Dawson, BAE, Bentley, Kranjcar, Livermore, Rose. Pav, Defoe. Give Bale, Lennon, Corluka and Vdv 45 mins.
This looks close to the best; I would adjust it slightly:
Gomes
Walker, Kaboul, Dawson, BAE
Bentley, Kranjcar, Livermore, Rose
Crouch, Coulibaly
Bentley and Kranjcar should be used in Europe if kept and if we’re going to sell them then put them on display now.
Coulibaly or Kane if we can get them there.
The idea is to both rest some players for ManU and to give younger players a chance while still keeping an experience ‘spine’ of players.
Cudicini
Corluka Dawson Kaboul BAE
Walker Livermore Kranjcar Bale
VDV
Pavlyuchenko
Subs:
Friedel
Bassong
Rose
Lennon
Defoe
Crouch
Friedel
Walker Dawson Kaboul Bae
Livermore Kranjcar
Lennon VDV Bale
Defoe
Friedel
Walker kaboul dawson bae
Vdv livermore krancjar bale/rose
Defoe pavlyuchenko
Lennon rose and crouch to come on
Play vdv and bale only 60min for fatigue for MU game
agree with this post! – but would like to see 30 mins for kane
Gomes, Walker, Kaboul, Dawson, BAE, Lennon, Livermore, Kranjcar, Bale, VDV and Defoe. Easy.
Friedel
Walker-Dawson-Kaboul-D. Rose
A.Townsend-Parrett-Kranjcar-Bale
VDV-Pavly
Second half:
Lennon for A. Townsend
Livermore for D.Parrett
Bostock for Kranjcar
Glad Aaron Lennon is playing, he is a powerhouse
Warren i like your team except id have Thordsfetd in goal Eric the bloody Viking haha
Cudicini (consistent)
Walker Dawson Kaboul Bale
Huddlestone Bentley
Modric VDV Krancjar
Defoe
(or put bale for bentley and put rose LB)
also, i think lennon should come on as a ‘super-sub’ and kane should get +-30 min to prove himself
Friedel
Walker, Kaboul, Bassong, Rose
Townsend/Lennon Livermore, Krancjar, Bale
Crouch, Defoe
Subs
Kane
BAE
Pav
Townsend/Lennon
Dawson
Corluka
Gomes
GOMES
Corluka kaboul dawson bae
Lenon Kranjcar Van der vart Bale
pavlyuchenko defoe
Friedel
Walker, Kaboul, Dawson, Rose
Lennon, Kranjcar, Livermore, Bale
Van De Vaart, Pavlyuchenko
Actually Bennie over Rose, more power and pace down the left.
Better to get Vdv match fit for Man U game by playing the beggar. I would never play 4-4-2 with either Niko or Vdv in midfield… So a 4-4-1-1 cum 4-5-1 with Niko/Vdv switching between midfield and support attacker. Hopefully they would be smart enough to work it out for themselves…. If pushed back, or cut to shreads, they should both retreat into a 4-5-1 and try to hold position for a while. Let Lennon/Bale attack:
Gomes
Corluka – Daws – Kaboul – Ekotto
Livermore Niko
Vdv
Defoe (for pace).
However I feel that Crouch will play tonight…