Spurs were held to a goalless draw this Sunday against League 1 team Stevenage.
Hopefully Spurs will give us a better display in the replay at White Hart Lane.
Redknapp made a strange decision to play with 5 defenders in a 5-3-2 formation, although you could look at it as a 3-5-2, since Walker and Rose were almost playing in midfield. This did pay off as we managed to keep a clean sheet, but against a League 1 side you shouldn’t really be worried about keeping clean sheets. I guess he was hoping for an early goal like in the Newcastle game, after which we could just sit back an hold on for a 1-0 victory. This would’ve worked had we managed to score a goal, but we didn’t.
A chance came near the end of the 1st half when Saha controlled the ball and was brought down in the box, however the ref felt that it was not a penalty.
The 2nd half was not any better than the 1st, except for when Lennon and Kranjcar came on, bringing a bit of energy onto the field.
Many people were complained about the poor condition of the pitch, which prevented Spurs from playing the fast free-flowing football which they are so well known for. In my opinion this did affect the game, but I think that a team as good as Tottenham should still be able to find a way to put the ball in the net no matter which pitch they are playing on.
I was really disappointed with the performance and hope that they can make it up to us by putting on a great display in the replay.
At least the weekend wasn’t too bad, seeing that the Gunners lost :)
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