Holtby

Loughtonlegend wrote:yep me aswell. when he came on he showed urgency.
i would start him on saturday and use ade as a sub

Loughtonlegend wrote:yep that teams fine. its just typical we get newcastle now they hit form

Loughtonlegend wrote:New Tottenham midfielder Lewis Holtby says he is on cloud nine since arriving in the "motherland of football" just a week ago.

Holtby has already played twice for Spurs since joining from Bundesliga club Schalke, and says his feet have not touched the ground since he arrived in London.

"I have been living my dream for the past few days," he said. "I am playing at an absolute top club in the Premier League."

Holtby, whose father is English, had never made a secret of his desire to play in England, although his transfer came sooner than he had expected, but not soon enough for his liking.

"It has been overwhelming since arriving in the motherland of football," he wrote in his blog published on www.fussball.de.

"The day the transfer went through, I left for London with just a small suitcase and a few hours later, I was already on the Tottenham training ground, getting the traditional kick up the backside from my new team mates by means of welcoming me. That's the way things are here in London - hard but hearty."

The Germany under-21 captain has not taken long to settle in, making a good impression in his first two appearances. That, according to the 22-year-old, is because he was made for English football.

"I realised immediately that the speed and the toughness really is different here to the Bundesliga," he continued. "It's no place for the faint-hearted and the referees don't blow the whistle as often.

"The game is brutally hard, but that suits me and I really love it. I also loved my second game for Spurs, in which a dream goal from Gareth Bale meant I could celebrate my first win.

"I will never forget this game against West Brom. The fans sang a song for me for almost all of the second half. It was incredible and I really had goosebumps. I had never expected such support so soon. I've just been in England a week and they already have a song for me, who would have thought it?"

Loughtonlegend wrote:tiote was not playing well before the ACN so if i was pardew i would leave the team as it is.

have a good day thought and hope we get the 3 points we need and a clean sheet to help my dream team points lol

Loughtonlegend wrote:wrong dj. newcastle had so many players missing last season when we beat them.
they had players on acn duty aswell as loads of players our injurid

vis wrote:Holtby looks a good buy. Just a shame we're going to have to wait and see him and Sandro in the same line-up. Deffo looks llike AVB will be going back to the lone striker.

Lloris
( Any 4 from)
Walker/Dawson/Kaboul/Vertonghen/Caulker/Naughton/Ekkotto
Dembele Sandro Holtby
Lennon Bale
A.Striker

The likes of Dempsey, Siggurdson , Thudd etc on the bench. Looks good . . . .

djfitzo wrote:

vis wrote:Holtby looks a good buy. Just a shame we're going to have to wait and see him and Sandro in the same line-up. Deffo looks llike AVB will be going back to the lone striker.

Lloris
( Any 4 from)
Walker/Dawson/Kaboul/Vertonghen/Caulker/Naughton/Ekkotto
Dembele Sandro Holtby
Lennon Bale
A.Striker

The likes of Dempsey, Siggurdson , Thudd etc on the bench. Looks good . . . .

Vis, I would play Holtby as a number 10 behind Ade, I posted on another thread that he is tenacious, got a great touch and can run all day, unlike VDV, leave Parker holding and Dembele moving the ball to the front two.

vis wrote:

djfitzo wrote:

vis wrote:Holtby looks a good buy. Just a shame we're going to have to wait and see him and Sandro in the same line-up. Deffo looks llike AVB will be going back to the lone striker.

Lloris
( Any 4 from)
Walker/Dawson/Kaboul/Vertonghen/Caulker/Naughton/Ekkotto
Dembele Sandro Holtby
Lennon Bale
A.Striker

The likes of Dempsey, Siggurdson , Thudd etc on the bench. Looks good . . . .

Vis, I would play Holtby as a number 10 behind Ade, I posted on another thread that he is tenacious, got a great touch and can run all day, unlike VDV, leave Parker holding and Dembele moving the ball to the front two.

Good call Dave. A new VdV who can hopefully take corners lol.
How about this line-up then?

Lloris
(Any 4 from)
Walker/Dawson/Kaboul/Vertonghen/Caulker/Naughton/Ekkotto
Sandro
Lennon Dembele Bale
Holtby
A.Striker

That may well work (And I've gone for Sandro {fitness allowing} but Scotty Parker could easily play the holding role in front of the back four. Oh and don't get me started on how much better a back 3 would be lol) . . . . . . .

vis wrote:Hows this look (he asks slipping his Glenda Hoddle mask gently onto his face)

Lloris
Vertonghen Dawson Kaboul
Sandro Dembele
Bale Moutinho Lennon
Holtby
Mr Striker

LOL & damn I've gone to 3 at the back & fantasy mode . . . . . .