Jermaine Defoe - Injured

[Brennan]

It will be the usual away defeat, I'm going with 2-0
We have an awful record against Spurs

3 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses in our last seven away ?

 

[paulbefc]

Bit silly to make a thread about one injury tbh. Not that I'm not pleased. Always got a goal in him, Defoe.

 

[MickM86]

I don't think Bale will be playing solely on the left, he'll be in the centre and the right, he'll be everywhere, he'll be shooting from distance so the best thing to do is to close him down hard as soon as he sniffs the ball.

 

[potato]

bale will play off the striker (aka the cahill role here)

its paid off with his goal return

he's the threat, not adebeyor.

 

[EFC Si]

It's certainly better than nothing mate. From what I've read Adebayor has been awful lately and he's more or less their only other option, besides that young lad Kane.

I'm feeling a wee bit optimistic about this game for some reason. Spirits have improved massively after back to back wins.

Nailed on to score against us then

 

[EFC Si]

Phil Neville usually is the one to shackle Bale. Don't be surprised to see the Pointy One emerge from the tunnel...

No chance. Like someone mentioned on here last week we know he's on his way out given his recent comments. He's contained Bale well in the past yes, but since then Bales gotten better and faster, whereas Neville's gotten worse and slower

 

[electricblue]

The key to winning this is not giving away silly free-kicks around the edge of our box as recent history would suggest that the ball would very likely end up in the back of our net.

 

[kanie46]

3 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses in our last seven away ?

did'nt we win one of those after going down to ten men?

 

[Carl Hankin]

we will win 2-0 clean sheet

 

[Carlito]

Of the big games coming up, I feel this is the one Everton are most likely to win. Tottenham are playing Thursday aren't they?

 

[FTY]

We won't win, no chance, they have the most in form player in Europe right now, 2-0 Spurs.

 

[potato]

We won't win, no chance, they have the most in form player in Europe right now, 2-0 Spurs.

messi?

 

[DanEFC92]

We won't win, no chance, they have the most in form player in Europe right now, 2-0 Spurs.

I reckon some Fulham fans said the same thing but we all know what happened there.

 

[Petit]

I've got great confidence in Everton. Gareth Bale will be their key asset and he's likely to play all over the final third. We are better than him and Tottenham. Adebayor doesn't seem to be the player he once was either.

Tottenham have been one of the exciting teams to watch this season and they play very good football, very strong in midfield. 3 points will be excellent but to go to white hart lane and keep a clean sheet will be impressive for me a also. A point will be a good result but due to our objectives and circumstances only a win is really acceptable.

How many clean sheets have we kept away from home this season?

 

[polish]

Gibson will stop Bale. Hoping for the win, but being realistic - a draw is written all over this game.