Tottenham Hotspur vs South China Match Review

Spurs took on South China in Hong Kong today in the third and fourth play off for the Barclays Asia Trophy. After a very disappointing semi final against Sunderland AVB lined up a slightly better team of Lloris, Rose, Walker, Dawson, Caulker, Dembele, Parker, Sigurdsson, Dempsey, Lennon and Defoe. This team payed off as Spurs completely humiliated South China in a 6-0 thrashing.

Once again they had to play on a poor pitch but AVB's risky decision of playing a short passing game payed off and Spurs started incredibly brightly and it looked like a different team from the game just a few days ago. Spurs were very impressive all round and in the 12th minute they got what they deserved, a goal. Dembele, Dempsey and Sigurdsson played some lovely football together and played it out wide to Rose who drilled the ball across the box and South China defender Tse knocked it into his own net. Spurs carried on the impressive play with Dembele ruling the play and with Dempsey and Defoe coming very close to scoring our second until on the 33rd minute Defoe took it passed the South China defence and cut it back to Dempsey who side footed it into the bottom right hand corner. Spurs kept the pressure on and in the 44th minute they put the game to bed when Walker drilled his free-kick into the wall and it deflected straight into Defoe's path who slotted home from close range.

The second half began with two Spurs substitutes of Carroll and Naughton on for Dempsey and Walker. Despite Spurs being three up they didn't ease off and in the 53rd minute they went four up when Rose played the ball over the top and the keeper went to clear the ball but it rebounded off of Defoe who ran on to the ball and just had to tap it in. Tottenham then seemed to ease off and made four changes of Townsend, Huddlestone, Livermore and Fryers for Dembele, Lennon, Parker and Rose. Despite easing off Spurs still managed to score on 79 minutes when Defoe got his hat-trick from a perfect through ball from Sigurdsson and he slotted home into the bottom left hand corner. But Spurs still weren't finished and on the 86th minute Townsend scored a great free kick. Lloris had nothing to do the whole game but in the 88th minute he was forced into a great save.

I was really impressed by Spurs' performance this afternoon and to be honest I couldn't fault a player. I was very impressed with Dembele and Carroll in the middle who were pulling the strings in the middle. Walker and Rose were brilliant bombing forward and created numerous problems for the South China defence and finally the Man of the Match, Defoe who scored a great hat-trick and hopefully this is what we are to see in the coming season.

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Spurs will play South China at 11 am in Hong Kong  for the third-fourth play off in the Barclays Asia Trophy. (Join us www.tottenhamhotspurspurs.blogspot.co.uk for the match review at around 2pm)

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Player expectations for next year ! (Dembele)

Last year Dembele had a great year in the centre of midfield despite having to play slightly out of position because of injuries. Although he played in a holding position he got forward and weaved through the oppositions defence and he scored some brilliant goals.

I expect Dembele to have another great year at Spurs next year and if its just slightly better than last year then he will be playing unbelievably. I expect that next year Dembele will be playing in a more attacking role with the signing of paulinho and Sandro coming back from injury meaning he doesn't have to fill in the defensive role anymore. The fact that he will be playing in a more attacking role means that he can have more freedom to do what he does best and that is run past players so I expect this to give us another dimension going forward next year and also should get us more goals.

Player expectations for next year ! (Paulinho)

We have recently bought Paulinho from Brazilian outfit Corinthians for £17 million. This guy should be a great signing as not only has proved himself an excellent all round midfielder for Corinthians but he also proved himself for Brazil and ultimately against England.

I expect Paulinho to be one of our best signings yet. Paulinho is an excellent all round midfielder who is strong, a good tackler, good in the air, good passer, good under pressure and ultimately can score a lot. I expect Paulinho to just grow and grow into an excellent midfielder. He has already shown this in the Brazilian league but some critics are not convinced and want to see him perform like that in the Premier League and to be honest I expect Paulinho to completely prove them wrong. I also expect him to perform great in a partnership with Sandro and I expect the two Brazilians to rule the midfield with Sandro bulldozing the attacking players and Paulinho weaving his way passed the defenders.

Player Expectations for next year ! (Sandro)

Sandro got injured half way through last year which kept him out of action for the rest of the year. But for the half year he did play he played very well as a holding midfielder. He is a very physical player or as I would call him a BEAST but not only this he is good going forward and is a good footballer. I you don't agree that he is a beast have a look at this ...

I expect Sandro to have a great year for Spurs next year and I hope he can establish himself up there with the best holding midfielders which I already think he is. I expect him to create a perfect partnership alongside Paulinho. In my opinion Sandro doesn't have much more to work on to establish himself as a great holding midfielder. He is extremely strong, a great reader of the game, good tackling, good shooting and good passing there really is nothing this man cannot do. I expect if he can stay fit for him to be one of the best because the potential in this guy is incredible.