Alli really looks an exciting player...as soes Son.....just waiting for Carter-Vickers to break into the first team likely next season.

Son looks like a footballer.

Plenty of 'footballers' around, the diference with him is he looks like he's a 'finisher'

rijit

Hard fought win that and some good performances against an excellent Palace side.

Clean sheet and fine goal for Son.

I hope your pup is on double rations Alfredo!

Pretty mediocre really still it's 3 points you'll be catching us soon.

That was never in doubt stones

Son looks like a footballer.

Spent 22m on him but he looks like he's worth it. Add to that 5m on Deli Ali, 4m on Dier and it all looks quite promising.

Make no bones about it though, whilst we deserved to win last night i don't think it would have happened without Hugo Lloris. The defense is markedly improved but theres still work to be done in that dept.

For the first time that i can recall under Poch, we played with only one

defensive midfielder in Dier, and it was the best we played this season.

4-1-4-1

This shows that 2 defensive midfielders isn't always necessary especially

when playing at home.

Question is, was it forced upon him due to both Mason & Bentaleb injuries?

Will he revert back to 4-2-3-1 regardless of opposition when they return?

I hope Poch learnt something from that team selection yesterday.

For the first time that i can recall under Poch, we played with only one

defensive midfielder in Dier, and it was the best we played this season.

4-1-4-1

This shows that 2 defensive midfielders isn't always necessary especially

when playing at home.

Question is, was it forced upon him due to both Mason & Bentaleb injuries?

Will he revert back to 4-2-3-1 regardless of opposition when they return?

I hope Poch learnt something from that team selection yesterday.

Yep spot on sots, much better having the spare def midfield player further forward and obviously encouraged more forward passes.

Anybody know what channel (if any) the match is on Wednesday night?

Anybody know what channel (if any) the match is on Wednesday night?

See the Man City thread where I replied to the same question.

Anybody know what channel (if any) the match is on Wednesday night?

Sky sports 1 which you can get on www.ilikehdtv.com 30 baht for 2 hrs or 365 sport.

Happy to see Eriksen get his first start of the season tonight.

COYS.

When one member of our defence is clearly having a stinking game you'd expect cover to be given....hopeless at times imho.

On the plus side Kane and Eriksen linking up well and creating chances.

Need a goal early second half puuuurlease!

If it's any consolation I'm expecting one of those yellows to be converted into a red....

You should have heard the moans when Flamini's name appeared on the teamsheet!

Quite a tame affair in the end.

Better luck next time.

Who won ?

Quite a tame affair in the end.

Better luck next time.

Entertaining enough in parts but not that important.

Vorm needs games to be sharper but happy with Alli again...if not the result of course.

We have enough games in any case...enjoy!

Now tell me what that Carlisle bloke's got on his head.

You had one job!

Now tell me what that Carlisle bloke's got on his head.

Dunno - didn't see. Could it have been a poor rendition of a fox or a sheep?

Carlisle United's nickname is "The Sheepshaggers" (mostly by away fans) on account of a large sheep field that existed in my days behind the Waterworks end and the fact that the now defunct county of Cumberland had more sheep than any county outside New Zealand. Can't remember the oft-quoted ratio of sheep to people, but there were more sexy sheep than lasses. I stuck to lasses but my first encounters were with the county junior discus and hammer throwing champion. I still shudder at the thought.

Officially, it's "The Cumbrians" or, in my days, "The Foxes"

Now tell me what that Carlisle bloke's got on his head.

he looks like a still photo from the kennedy assassination:

Massive test for us today....let's hope the team plays out of their skin....scoring boots on today please!!

scoring boots on today please!!

I'm presuming the scoring boots you mention are ours, seeing as you've put us down to win

scoring boots on today please!!

I'm presuming the scoring boots you mention are ours, seeing as you've put us down to win

That's got you worried now....admit it!

Fun match. Thought Spurs were stringing it together in midfield much better in the last 15 minutes.

Could see how the officials missed deBruyne being offside, but really, Walker was off by yards. Players never learn though. Nothing to be gained by launching a tirade. A polite "you got that way wrong guys" is equally in(effective). How many times do we see a second yellow after a whine colour.

I'll bet when you called a win Smokes you didn't expect a floor-wiper!

Great game. Thought the commentator's final comment to the first half was a bit mean towards Spurs, who were already turning it round.

Love it when nerk Andy Townsend (where's that bandwagon for me to jump on?) calls it so wrong with that whiny fuax-apologetic put down air- by mid week he'll be waxing lyrical that you are capable fo getting the title!

Delighted to see goals for Kane and Lamela especially...brilliant win!

Getting the equaliser just on half-time seemed to have knocked the City out of

their stride, they didn't get going in the second half ,while we raised our game

from the get go in the second half.

Lamela showed what he's capable of when he wants to, just hope he can keep

it going now.

Big question is can we keep this run going, unlike previous seasons?

COYS!

Getting the equaliser just on half-time seemed to have knocked the City out of

their stride, they didn't get going in the second half ,while we raised our game

from the get go in the second half.

Lamela showed what he's capable of when he wants to, just hope he can keep

it going now.

Big question is can we keep this run going, unlike previous seasons?

COYS!

Yes goals for him and Kane will have lifted the whole squad...and beating City the belief too for some.

Great result for us.

Lamela was like I expected him to be when you signed him, looked great today. Great win.

Great performance all round. Dier is turning into an extremely capable player. As Bob said, Lamela finally shows us a performance regularily seen in SerieA. First twenty minutes looks all too familiar with City pressing us well. They deserved to take the lead even though it was offside. Then the change around. City defending poorly and Spurs punishing the mistakes which is something we are constantly guilty of not doing.

Thankfully two offside goals cancelled each other out but really, how did they miss our opener. Yards offside!!