20-09-2014, 20:10
Alan Irvine on tomorrow's game:
....Albion have not won at White Hart Lane since 1984 but Irvine insisted that, while his team will be wary of the threat Spurs possess, they are not going there to just sit back and defend.
"You certainly have to be mindful of the way they can hurt you," he added. "They've got a lot of attacking players and real threats from individuals.
"We have to be mindful of that but we've got to make sure we don't give them too much encouragement at the start.
"We need to be right defensively but we can't be passive. We can't just sit back and let Tottenham come at us for 90 minutes because, with the quality they have got, they will open you up.
"So we have to be organised and structured but also positive and aggressive."
Sounds promising, but will that materialise? Let's hope so.....
....Albion have not won at White Hart Lane since 1984 but Irvine insisted that, while his team will be wary of the threat Spurs possess, they are not going there to just sit back and defend.
"You certainly have to be mindful of the way they can hurt you," he added. "They've got a lot of attacking players and real threats from individuals.
"We have to be mindful of that but we've got to make sure we don't give them too much encouragement at the start.
"We need to be right defensively but we can't be passive. We can't just sit back and let Tottenham come at us for 90 minutes because, with the quality they have got, they will open you up.
"So we have to be organised and structured but also positive and aggressive."
Sounds promising, but will that materialise? Let's hope so.....