Thursday, 15 August 2013

Crystal Palace v Tottenham match preview

Crystal Palace v Tottenham

Expected lineups
4-3-3                                                                                                      4-3-3
Speroni                                                                                                   Lloris
Ward                                                                                                     Walker
McCarthy                                                                                            Kaboul
Delaney                                                                                               Dawson
Marange                                                                                              Rose
Jedinak                                                                                                 Dembele
Dikgacoi                                                                                               Sandro
Campana                                                                                             Paulinho
Bolasie                                                                                                  Lennon
Gayle                                                                                                    Soldado
Williams                                                                                               Sigurdsson

For me, Crystal Palace are by far the weakest team in the league on paper. Having said that so were Ian Holloway’s Blackpool side and he almost performed a miracle to keep them in the league. A similar effort will be needed for Crystal Palace to have a chance of survival. Their chances are reliant heavily on the £8.5million addition Dwight Gayle but with no previous premier league experience and only 6 months at Championship level, doubts must be raised as to whether he is deserving of such a price tag.  I can only see an away win even if Spurs are without Gareth Bale, they have strengthened well in key areas and I can see them mounting a title challenge should Bale stay.

Prediction 3-0 Tottenham


Outs- Thomas, Murray                                                                                                                                                  Doubts- Holtby, Bale, Vertonghen

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