Wigan V Tottenham

[efq]

Information

Venue: JJB Stadium
Date: Sunday, 11 January
Kick-off: 1330 GMT
Coverage: Full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, coverage on BBC Sport website & highlights on Match of the Day

Teams

Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Bramble, Figueroa, Valencia, Palacios, Cattermole, Taylor, Heskey, Zaki.
Subs: Pollitt, Edman, Kilbane, Brown, Boyce, De Ridder, Camara.
Tottenham: Gomes, Zokora, Dawson, Woodgate, King, Bale, Corluka, Modric, O'Hara, Pavlyuchenko, Defoe.
Subs: Cesar, Bentley, Huddlestone, Lennon, Jenas, Bent, Campbell.


Jermain Defoe woot but a 3-5-2 formation...

[Geraint]

Bale - Please, for the love of God and my fantasy team, please, just play well and grab a goal.

[Andeeh]

0 - 0 still 73 mins gone

[Andeeh]

wigan scored 91st minute :) header

[Malachy]

Wigan Athletic 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur - Figueroa (91)
Can't say didn't see it coming.

[e5]

oh dearr.. TH are in trouble lol

[efq]

Tottenham arn't in trouble, if they are so are all the teams from 14th till end of table.
If Spurs won they would of gone 7 places.

[Immenseman]

spurs back in the drop zone and they thought redknapp was a miracle worker, they've got good individuals, no team.

[Geraint]

Man Utd would have beaten both of these teams 6-0.

[Immenseman]

Man Utd would have beaten both of these teams 6-0.

Maybe even 7.

[Cisse9]

Tottenham are so crap its unbelievable, Jermain Defoe was pretty poor today offside to many times.

David Bentley should start RM, Luka modric was invisible.

so to my point

tottenham are in a relegation fight as with another 10 other teams, which will most likely change after a couple more game weeks.

my opinion on who will go down (not in any order as probably GD or about 1-2 points will seperate all 3 places) -

West Brom ( play the best football out of the 3 teams that came up, credit to them hope they stay up.
Stoke - Not good enough, Delap is all they have and most teams know how to defend the throws
Portsmouth - Already sold diarra and defoe, [if more follow such as Kranjcar,James,Distin] and they don't replace they probably will down.

[JackBuddy]

Tottenham are so crap its unbelievable, Jermain Defoe was pretty poor today offside to many times.

David Bentley should start RM, Luka modric was invisible.

so to my point

tottenham are in a relegation fight as with another 10 other teams, which will most likely change after a couple more game weeks.

That's how Defoe plays though. I don't see why Harry didn't just start 442 with Pav and Defoe up front. We have done OK previously with it and with more quality up front we can only get better. Woulda been nice to see Gio play today too, especially considering the fact that he can't defend and we had a 5 man defence.

[Cisse9]

That's how Defoe plays though. I don't see why Harry didn't just start 442 with Pav and Defoe up front. We have done OK previously with it and with more quality up front we can only get better. Woulda been nice to see Gio play today too, especially considering the fact that he can't defend and we had a 5 man defence.

Who's playing LM for tottenham atm?

dont see why giovani dos santos can't get into the team, hes good.

[Immenseman]

Just seen it on Match of the day, Redknapp blaming the players, great manager. He's right enough though they have some class individuals.

[JackBuddy]

Who's playing LM for tottenham atm?

dont see why giovani dos santos can't get into the team, hes good.
That's the trouble lol- we don't have many left footed midfielders. That's why Harry is so desperate for downing. We have either been playing Bentley/Lennon or O Hara at left mid.

I just wish that Harry would give Gio a game :@

I don't think the players can have all the blame. Harry put out a 5 man defence and a 3 man midfield consisting of Zokora, Modric and O Hara which makes no sense.

We should do this:

Gomes
Corluka Woodgate King Assou-Ekotto
Huddlestone
Lennon Giovani
Modric
Pav Defoe

[Geraint]

Gareth Bale is a left-back who plays better in left-midfield. He did brilliant when he played there in his first season.

[Cisse9]

Gareth Bale is a left-back who plays better in left-midfield. He did brilliant when he played there in his first season.

Thats there problem, whenever Bale plays they never win!

And they can stay off Kieran Richardson if they need LM becuase he's not going anywhere.

Can't stand Harry Redknapp his way of approaching players is a joke and should be fined for it, its basicly tapping up.

and LOL AT THE FACT HE BLAMES HIS PLAYERS.

[Jack.Lfc]

Harry redknapp is quite the minx.

[Immenseman]

He really is a little devil, gta love him.

[Geraint]

Thats there problem, whenever Bale plays they never win!

And they can stay off Kieran Richardson if they need LM becuase he's not going anywhere.

Can't stand Harry Redknapp his way of approaching players is a joke and should be fined for it, its basicly tapping up.

and LOL AT THE FACT HE BLAMES HIS PLAYERS.

Bale is a great player, he just rarely passes.

[Cisse9]

Bale is a great player, he just rarely passes.

but they cant win when he plays :P

[Geraint]

but they cant win when he plays :P

It's that pesky defence of theirs. They simply don't pass to Bale enough because they'll know he'll have an open-goal but will stick try to pass 3 players before lobbing the keeper.

[Soy]

It's that pesky defence of theirs. They simply don't pass to Bale enough because they'll know he'll have an open-goal but will stick try to pass 3 players before lobbing the keeper.

Touché

[JackBuddy]

but they cant win when he plays :P
That's because he was injured most of last season and played during the clubs worst periods. Just before Jol was sacked and this season. Mind you, he was our top scorer last season and christmas and was a completely different player then.

Harry hasn't been tapping up players... this is what happened about defoe:
Journalist: are you interested in defoe?
Harry: Defoe is a good player blah blah blah and I would love to have him.

He doesn't tap up, just compliments ;)

[luce]

Wigan to win :D

[Andeeh]

^^ they already won