WBA Away - Opposition Fan View, Pub Ammo & Team News

For me, this game is harder than the Villa game. Villa is a team that we've dominated at home over the past decade, whereas West Brom away is one of those Jekyll and Hyde games. You don't know what West Brom team is going to turn up, but they are capable of getting something out of us. Despite our current run of form, the WBA forums back this view up and are filled with a mixture of cautious optimism and soul crushing despair.

Some of the Baggies fans are listing our midfield and forward players and are the following it up with a prediction of crushing defeat.

"with Lennon,Modric,Parker,van DH, Bale and Adebayor it hurts to say there can only be one outcome....Spurs by 2 clear goals."

"Spurs 4-0 :( "

Where as the more optimistic ones are citing our Fulham game as an example of how we can be got at.

"Sure, they won 3-1 in the end, but the score line flattered them, and if we can exert the same amount of pressure, but be a bit more clinical in front of goal, we should get something out of this game. Desmond for me" (Desmond is a prediction of a 2-2 draw, as in Bishop Desmond Tutu)

"Can't argue with that, Fulham deserved something out of the match, but Fulham we're two nil down to Man City and came back to draw, they're the only team to take points out of City this season and therefore had experience at pegging back a superior side. 2-0 to Spurs."

WBA Fan predictions: WBA win 20%, Draw 50%, Spurs Win 30%

Pub Ammo
-Tottenham have won 99 Premier League away matches and drawn 99 too
-West Brom have only won two of their 10 Premier League matches against Spurs (W2 D4 L4), but both of those wins and only one defeat have come at the Hawthorns (W2 D2 L1)
-In their last eight Premier League matches, West Brom have either scored two goals or failed to score at all
-Tottenham are unbeaten in their last nine Premier League games (W8 D1) and have scored at least two goals in each of those matches.
-Spurs have conceded the joint-lowest percentage of goals inside the first 15 minutes (0%) and the highest percentage (40%) in the opening 15 minutes of the second half.
-Younes Kaboul has made more headed clearances than any other Premier League player this season (79). - Cracking Stat. Beast.

Team News
Gallas, Huddlestone, Dawson and Krancjar are out. We're kicking ass at the moment, I don't see any reason to change the team. UPDATE: From Redknapp: "Rafa is struggling with a hamstring injury while Jermain has a tight groin. That leaves us with Pav and Adebayor. Pav's had a back problem but trained yesterday and looks fine." Balls.

Friedel

Walker  Kaboul   King   BAE

Lennon   Parker   Modric   Bale

VDV

Adebayor   Pav

As I said at the start, a more difficult game than Villa, and as a cautious Spurs fan who doesn't want to get caught up in our own hype...yet...I'm approaching this one with some cautious optimism. Either 2-0 Spurs or a Desmond. COYS.

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