please log in to view this image Wednesday 26th November 8pm Champions League Group Stage Parc des Princes Dragusin, Kulusevski, Maddison, Bissouma and Solanke are all long-term injured. Brennan Johnson is suspended after receiving a red card against Copenhagen. Lineups for each side's last league game: Spurs: Vicario; Danso, Romero, van de Ven; Spence, Palhinha, Bentancur, Udogie; Kudus, Odobert; Richarlison. Subs: Kinsky, Porro, Gray, Sarr, Bergvall, Simons, Johnson, Tel, Kolo Muani. League form: WLWLDL. PSG: Chevalier; Zaire-Emery, Zabarnyi, Beraldo, Mendes; Vitinha; Neves, Mayulu; Lee, Ramos, Mbaye. Subs: Safonov, Boly, Marquinhos, Pacho, Hernandez, Ruiz, Kvaratskhelia, Barcola, Ndjantou. League form: DWDWWW. Ref: Felix Zwayer (GER). VAR: Sören Storks (GER). Zwayer was the ref in Bilbao. TV: TNT Sports 3. How would you like to line up for this one and how do you think we actually will line up?
Two funny/apposite comments from the fan base.... 1. (On seeing the players getting on the private jet to Paris). "If they play as badly as on Sunday they should come back on a small boat!" 2. "Well, on the bright side, at least they are rested after having the weekend off..."
I don’t think RKM can play against his parent club so joy of joys, we will once again bear witness to Richarlison. I’m a bit torn on what I want to see - on the one hand I want to se us commit to trying something that doesn’t involve Bentancur and Palhinha in a double pivot for a few games in a row, on the other hand, this might actually be the game for it. Vic Porro Romero VdV Udogie Gray Palhinha Sarr Kudus Xavi Richy
Doesn’t matter in European comps so will be available and hopefully selected. Still don’t feel we know if he’s actually any good for us or not!
I don’t think this game could have come at a worse time for us. The continued reaction to Sunday (which I think has been blown way out of proportion) means that we go into a game we would probably lose anyway even if we’d have had a better performance on the weekend with knives at the ready again. I think one more win should be good enough to get top 24 which should be Slavia but I don’t see a reason we can’t also take points of Frankfurt and Dortmund.
This game is only going two ways for me, thumping or a dramatic last gasp winner from Johnson. One score line I would be AMAZED at would be 0 - 0.....
Oh dear I had forgotten that!!!! OK I will go even further into fantasy land - "..a dramatic last gasp winner from Richarlison".
I think large sections of the fan base need a huge reality check. Myself included. The danger of winning a trophy is that the euphoria creates a real hubris in which cold hard truths are ignored. Last season demonstrated beyond a doubt that we don't have the squad to compete in four competitions, let alone when the fourth one is CL. And we went into this season with a weaker squad than last season, thanks to long term injuries and our inexplicable inability to replace Son. We have to start managing expectations or Frank will become the latest victim of delusional thinking. Until those injured players are back, and/or we strengthen in January, we are every bit a mid table side who tbh frankly has no right rubbing shoulders with the likes of PSG but we won a trophy playing like Stoke so hey ho here we are. FA Cup should be a priority this season. I doubt we're going to qualify for Europe through the league, so another trophy and Europe through that would be amazing. Forget the CL. We won't last 5 minutes in the KO stages.
