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I have spent a lot of this season laughing at how bad Spurs are, but given Kane & Son can single handedly destroy anybody on their day, it’s a tough one to call.
Fabianski
Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Cresswell
Fredericks, Soucek, Rice, Benrahma
Lingard
Antonio
or if Antonio still 'fatigued' would keep Johnson and move Benrahma up with Lingard
Keep Lanzini on the bench until the last few minutes obviously
Fab
Diop Dawson Cresswell
Coufal Soucek Rice Johnson
and whatever combination from whoever is available he thinks will work
Ndombele's been pretty good when I've seen him play for them recently though - even when the rest of them have been terrible.
Of course he COULD be injured. Doh.
I'd have more regard for Ex or any ITK if they told us something we couldn't work out ourselves.
He said he had ‘heard’ that Kane had picked up an injury, then his absence tonight has fuelled that
I suppose we won’t know until Sunday. Jose has played it down, as you would expect
Fabianski
Coufal - Diop - Dawson - Cresswell
Fredericks - Souček - Rice - Fornals
Lingard
Bowen
Randolph, Alves, Balbuena, Johnson, Noble, Lanzini, Benrahma, Antonio, Odubeko
It’s really hard to select a side for this. Part of me thinks the same 11 & formation as Monday, another thinks ‘get Antonio & Benrahma back into the side’. I think if we go with the back 5, Spurs will go with a back 4 & I think that invites pressure from a side who need to be made to feel as uncomfortable as possible given their form. Also, if that back four doesn’t work, Fredericks can go to LWB & we can make it a back five with Fornals moving inside.
But then another part thinks we will need to keep Son quiet & if Kane does play, it would be ideal if we could push up a high line to try & keep him out the box, which leaves Son as a threat in behind with his pace, so we play Fredericks to help combat that threat. We also need enough of a threat going the other way, so a front two that will press their midfield & defenders & keep us up the pitch. Antonio as an option off the bench if he is deemed fit enough, plus Benrahma.
Really not sure though. A draw is not a bad result here, but obviously we need to go for the 3 points.
Just to give you a laugh at this clown...