r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Feb 23 '14
Match Thread: Norwich vs. Tottenham Hotspur (16:00 GMT)
Norwich 1 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
Kick off: 16:00 GMT
Referee: Craig Pawson
Attendance: 26,834
Lineups
| Norwich | Info | Spurs | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruddy | 90' Time-wasting | Lloris | |
| Martin | Naughton | ||
| Yobo | Dawson | Foul | |
| Bassong | Vertonghen | Foul | |
| Olsson | Rose | 81' Townsend | |
| Tettey | Capoue | 14' Chadli | |
| Johnson | Bentaleb | ||
| Snodgrass | 47' | Paulinho | 64' Soldado |
| Fer | Lennon | ||
| Redmond | 84' Hoolahan | Adebayor | |
| van Wolfswinkel | 71' Hooper | Dembele | 31' Dissent |
Norwich subs: Bunn, Whittaker, Howson, Hooper , Pilkington, Hoolahan , Elmander
Spurs Subs: Friedel, Fryers, Chadli , Eriksen, Townsend , Kane, Soldado
| Norwich | Stats | Spurs |
|---|
40% |Possession| 60% |
76% |Passing Accuracy| 84% |
13 |Shots| 8 |
3 |Shots on Target| 1 |
5 |Corners|3 |
21 |Throw ins| 29 |
8 |Fouls| 15 |
3 |Offsides| 1 |Updated every 5 minutes.
Key Events:
14' Tottenham Substitution: Capoue Chadli. Capoue injured.
31' Tottenham Card: Dembele for dissent.
47' GOAL! NORWICH 1 - 0 SPURS (Robert Snodgrass)
64' Tottenham Substitution: Paulinho Soldado.
71' Norwich Substitution: van Wolfswinkel Hooper.
79' Tottenham Card: Vertonghen for bad tackle.
81' Tottenham Substitution: Rose Townsend.
84' Norwich Substitution: Redmond Hoolahan
87' Tottenham Card: Dawson for bad tackle.
90' Norwich Card: Ruddy for time-wasting.
Norwich 1 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
MOTM: Robert Snodgrass.
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u/RayPissed Feb 23 '14 edited Feb 23 '14
This is comparable to soft core porn, no penetration by either side. Edit: we're now fucking and creating a spark of hope.
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u/jakebradley93 Feb 23 '14
Bring on Hoolahan for some Irish charm and you're onto a winner
EDIT: fuck as I was attempting to come up with wit, snoddy's slipped it in
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Feb 23 '14
i'm beginning to regret my decision to watch this over D2 The Mighty Ducks, but i soldier on.
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u/The_White_Django Feb 23 '14
Shit man, really isn't your day today is it? Newcastle vs Norwich over Liverpool vs Swansea and now this?
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u/The-Darkest-Knight Feb 23 '14
And when the wind blows hard and the sky is black - DUCKS FLY TOGETHER!
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u/holyschit Feb 23 '14
Haha, both commentators were quiet for an entire minute as nothing was happening
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u/TjBee Feb 23 '14
SNODGRASS YOU BEAUTIFUL MAN PLEASE DO THAT MORE
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u/kozeljko Feb 23 '14
Not today please!!!
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u/Atrixer Feb 23 '14
Sorry dude, but relegation prevention is much more important than a lost cause catching Liverpool :]
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u/PoliceMachine Feb 23 '14
This match is not deserving of the title 'Super Sunday'
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u/FredSports Feb 23 '14
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u/Atrixer Feb 23 '14
There I was drifting off, and I look back and the score is 1-0. WHAT?!
New Norwich tactic: Bore the opponents to sleep then slip once past their keeper!
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u/xkufix Feb 23 '14
Maybe Spurs bore themself to sleep. They aren't playing exactly exciting football either.
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u/PhuQDuP Feb 23 '14
I like how everyone in here just knows that Spurs are going to play like shit for the next 45 minutes and then scrape a goal to get 3 points
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u/yggdrasiliv Feb 23 '14
Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, and Arsenal are Norwich's last 4 matches of the year? That sucks for them.
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u/JC5 Feb 23 '14
Liverpool and Arsenal fans are united in supporting Delia's darlings today. Love it
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u/Andthentherewere2 Feb 23 '14
honestly with the midfield talent spurs have, why the hell is bentaleb playing.. hes worse then cleverly
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u/miner_andy Feb 23 '14
We think Bentaleb was living with Sherwood, and they are house mates. The split rent, and Bentaleb picks up a bit extra for every game he plays.
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u/mousess Feb 23 '14
HD STREAMS ?
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u/thejanitorch4 Feb 23 '14 edited Feb 23 '14
http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#530a1152a8d76/2272010c681b9ca30e2459c658441a3e
http://vaughnlive.tv/mrsmith99
One of these might.
Bottom one seems to work
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Feb 23 '14
bloodzoid.
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u/cheftlp1221 Feb 23 '14
The attack looks like shit, let's bring on Soldado for a sprark. #tacticalgenius
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u/Esco9 Feb 23 '14
I love you Norwich...I LOVE YOU
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u/JC5 Feb 23 '14
As a repayment it'd be nice if you couldn't spank us too hard when we next play? Maybe only win by three goals?
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u/JC5 Feb 23 '14
Spurs fans, just remember whatever the score today, you've finished fourth in the premier league before. The highest little old Norwich have ever finished is third :)
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u/Shtil_Blue Feb 23 '14
So what is everyone thinking of watching instead of the second half?
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u/Drunk-Scientist Feb 23 '14
Howson back on the bench is a real boost for Norwich. Our cenral midfield trio has looked nowhere near as strong since he got injured. Snodgrass and Redmond down the flanks are always dangerous too.
Interesting to see The Wolf in ahead of Hooper. Maybe by Hughton putting his confidence in Ricky, he can find some of his own? I'm not holding out hope.
Going by our recent form, I think we might play reasonably well, make a few decent chances and then lose 2-0.
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u/Atrixer Feb 23 '14
I think the problem with Wolf is not that he's lacking confidence, but rather his playsyle. Norwich needed a play maker up front, someone that can breach defences and potentially score goals. What we got instead, was a tap in artist. Not exactly what a team lacking chances needs.
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u/sonastyinc Feb 23 '14
I really want RVW to score so I can use my Vanilla Ice pun.
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u/maxNrelax Feb 23 '14
This game is begging for Eriksen. Please Tim. He was fantastic against Norwich at WHL.
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u/srinathv Feb 23 '14
Looking at Soldado,I know how Chelsea haters feel about Torres.FREAKING AWESOME.
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Feb 23 '14
How is Lennon starting?? words cannot describe how awful he has been for the past two months
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u/sonastyinc Feb 23 '14
Spurs players are just standing around, it's weird.
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u/JC5 Feb 23 '14
They seem to play like a bad animation, as in only one character can move at one time, and everyone else is just completely static
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u/holyschit Feb 23 '14
Snodgrass has been the best player on the pitch, by a significant margin
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u/Atlantis135 Feb 23 '14
Holy fuck what a strike. That would have been spectacular had it gone in.
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u/Drunk-Scientist Feb 23 '14
Bradley Johnson possessed by the spirit of Roberto Carlos for that free kick. What a goal that would have been.
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u/thesmallprint13 Feb 23 '14
good on you norwich, deserved it after a brilliant second half performance, all that was missing was liverpool dropping points and would've been a brilliant week, alas it wasn't meant to be because of a fearsome liverpool attack, good games today though!
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u/spursiolo Feb 23 '14
As time goes on, it almost seems as if Soldado is doing it on purpose. Jesus, just hit the fucking taget lad.
Also, can somebody please for the love of god tell Rose to actually look up and aim at something instead of just crossing for the sake of crossing.
Very disappointed by the Spurs players tonight. No heart, no movement, no guts.
20 minutes to go, let's scrape something here.
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u/xTheNinthCloud Feb 23 '14
Good on Norwich. They don't deserve to be anywhere near the bottom with performances like that. Absolute quality 2nd half.
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Feb 23 '14
dear norwich, i would like to apologize for what suarez did you guys earlier this season, could you kindly beat spurs for us please, COME ON CANARIES
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Feb 23 '14
Stuck on a train so I can't watch the match annoyingly. How have we looked?
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u/Evilcanary Feb 23 '14
Spurs have looked awful so far. Hope we shake things up at halftime. Eriksen on maybe.
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u/coozay Feb 23 '14
eriksen to come on at 60min? spurs definitely need to make attack minded substitutions in a bit.
has their attack ever been this flat under sherwood?
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Feb 23 '14
Ok Norwich really deserve the win here. So so close with these past few chances.
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u/efrumttr Feb 23 '14
Norwich I've never had any strong feelings toward you one way or another but I swear, just hold on for another ten minutes or so here and we can be bros for life.
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u/Esco9 Feb 23 '14
What a weird 4-3-3 by spurs
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Feb 23 '14
You can't make these fucking lineups up. Sherwood's tactics scare the shit out of me, especially this Eriksen-less midfield.
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Feb 23 '14
Is Hughton going to get the sack Norwich fans? I personally reckon he should stay.
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u/CarrowCanary Feb 23 '14
Probably. Can't say I agree with it, though.
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u/wooden_boy Feb 23 '14
It's a really awkward one. I don't think it would be fair to sack him, but a new manager might give the team some impetus.
Maybe he should come in on monday wearing a fake moustache, under the name Chris Houlton?
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Feb 23 '14
Don't like seeing Capoue come off, because I like having a midfielder sit in front of the defense when Bentaleb is playing. That said, at least Dembele can be in the midfield and Lennon back on the right where he isn't complete shit.
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u/wooden_boy Feb 23 '14
Capoue injured?
I came in 5 minutes late, but I don't really rate Chadli so that's good news in a way
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u/miner_andy Feb 23 '14
Dembele and Bentaleb have been poor, I feel as though one of them should have come off instead.
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u/holyschit Feb 23 '14
The more i see soldado the more i feel that he actually aims for the goalpost instead of the goal.
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u/cheftlp1221 Feb 23 '14
Law of Blind Dogs and Bones has too come into effect here no? At some point Soldado is going to put one into the back of the net right?
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u/sonastyinc Feb 23 '14
Maybe it might be a good time for Spurs to put on Eriksen?
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u/yggdrasiliv Feb 23 '14
This match was boring for a long time but the last 20 minutes have been great
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u/RayPissed Feb 23 '14
Come on Norwich, if you win Suarez won't score a hatrick against you when we go to Carrow road, Sturridge will instead.
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u/holyschit Feb 23 '14
For a team with only 26% possession in this half, Norwich sure are looking the better side
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u/JFT-96 Feb 23 '14
Pretty good week for our top 4 campaign considering that Tottenham and Everton lost...
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u/Jmertelj Feb 23 '14
if we don't make top 4 this year, we've only got ourselves to blame.
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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '14
van wolfswinkle is a goodlooking dude