please log in to view this image Tuesday 30th September 8pm Champions League Group Stage Aspmyra Stadion, Bodo No news yet, but Dragusin, Kulusevski and Maddison are all long-term injured. Solanke, Takai, Davies, Sarr, Bissouma and Kolo Muani all missed the Wolves match. Davies, Takai and Bissouma trained today, though the latter is not eligible for this competition. Neither side has any suspensions. Lineups for each side's last league game: Spurs: Vicario; Spence, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie; Palhinha, Bentancur; Kudus, Bergvall, Simons; Richarlison. Subs: Kinsky, Porro, Danso, Gray, Sarr, Johnson, Odobert, Tel, Scarlett. League form: WWLWDD. Bodo: Khaikin; Sjovold, Bjortuft, Aleesami, Bjorkan; Evjen, Berg, Brunstad Fet; Bassi, Hogh, Hauge. Subs: Faye Lund, Nielsen, Dybvik Maatta, Klynge, Helmersen, Bro Hansen. League form: WDWWWD. Ref: Ivan Kružliak (SVK). VAR: Bram Van Driessche (BEL). I never like it when the ref and VAR officials are from different countries. Kruzliak previously reffed us in the group stage against PSV in 2018. We won 2-1 with two late goals. TV: TNT Sports 2. How would you like to line up for this one and how do you think we actually will line up?
Solanke has had a minor surgery on his ankle, according to Frank. Should know more after the international break, apparently. Our whole striker situation has been horribly mismanaged. Everyone knew it was a ****-up almost immediately.
Definitely should have been aware RKM was in pre-season limbo and hadn't done any pre-season training, similar to Nkoudou
And we did nothing to get Scarlett up to speed either, despite Kolo Muani being a last minute signing. Absolutely nowhere near good enough, I'm afraid.
Apparently Romero hasn’t travelled? Assuming it’ll be something like Vic Porro Danso VdV Spence Sarr Palhinha Xavi Kudus Richy Whoever
Death, taxes and Spurs players undergoing surgery after weeks of everyone pissing about pretending that they don't need surgery. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même.
I'd go with Kinsky Porro Danso VDV Udogie Sarr Bentancur Gray Johnson Richarlison Simons We're already in danger of running players into the ground, Kudus being top of that list.
Precaution, according to Frank Likely due to Cuti looking in some discomfort after winning a late challenge
As I've mentioned in the past, in areas where decision success can easily be measured, getting 55% right is world beating performance. The judgement on whether a small injury requires treatment is obviously very tricky. What evidence is there that we are doing worse than expected?
Like CK said, I think we need to be careful with Kudus - and Palhinha - and avoid burning them out. I really want to see a 4231 instead of a 433 and get Xavi playing in his best position. Not sure playing him LW is doing his confidence any good and it’s not really doing the team any good either. I’d go with Kinsky Porro, Danso, van de Ven, Spence Sarr, Bentancur Johnson, Xavi, Odobert Richarlison
What concerns me more is what I see as a recent trend of players getting injured then supposedly returning to the point of actually playing competitive football again, when a simple eye test will show that they look miles off of fitness, then they disappear again and a few weeks later comes the inevitable surgery announcement. We've seen this with Solanke, Richarlison, Kulusevski, Micky and one other who I can't recall and that's in the past two years alone. Who is giving the green light for them to return to action when they are clearly not right?
