From the Facebook page: Good evening from White Hart Lane! Team news and line-ups just in - headlines - Ledley King and Gareth Bale return, Sandro back on the bench. Five changes from Watford, Jermain Defoe and Aaron Lennon haven't overcome injuries. Niko Kranjcar starts. LINE-UP v WIGAN - Friedel; Walker, Kaboul, King, Assou-Ekotto; Kranjcar, Modric, Parker, Bale; Van der Vaart; Adebayor. SUBS - Cudicini, Dawson, Rose, Livermore, Pienaar, Sandro, Lancaster (young development striker Cameron Lancaster). Remember, we kick-off at 7.45pm. ------------------ No Defoe is the obvious omission - whether that's cos he's still injured or there's something else happening...
Pavlyuchenko's the more obvious one for me, Moorpheus. There were rumours about Defoe and Lennon having knocks, but Pav must be off.
Didn't notice Pav's omission! How did we let ourselves get into this situation where we're so short upfront, now relying solely on a loanee!
I agree PNP, no Pav is what leaps out for me. Defoe we knew about. Not just Pav, but GDS, are thay now officially 'history'?
The line up shows why we could do with Rodallega/Saha or both, if those are what's realistically on offer in this window.
Seeing Lancaster on the bench, I have to wonder what Coulibaly's status is - given he isn't listed as a member of the First Team or as a Professional on our site, which is odd.
Sky think that Pienaar could be staying. No ****. That's some hardcore investigative journalism, right there.
I love watchng sky getting orgasmic cos some player from crewe has begun talks with luton...they scream it out as breaking news...worse than alan partridge!