The team that won't play
The second team take centre stage tonight and perhaps who is picked will give an indication of who will be dropped at the weekend.
It is essential that Vlad Chiriches is dropped, their can be few Spurs fans left still believing he is 'top quality' when he is slaughtered by the expensively assembled West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland front lines. He should certainly be playing against Nottingham Forest tonight so we can play Jan Vertonghen against Arsenal. Anything else and it's pretty clear there has been a falling out over the captaincy with Pochettino for the Belgian.
Kyle Naughton, who apart from being harshly sent off, has improved and done nothing wrong this season, will surely be back at right-back with Ben Davies hoping to get over his nightmare mauling against Partizan Belgrade at left-back. Danny Rose has done nothing wrong and improved also this season so he must retain his place against Arsenal especially as he is now the quickest player in the team by a country mile.
It's a Wednesday so Fazio could play and still play at the weekend, I doubt he will though, I expect to see captain Kaboul put a smile on all Arsenal supporters faces by starting on Saturday. The logic of having your two best central defenders either on the bench or not in the squad and playing two who are not top four standard escapes me.
Ahead of the back four this is a game to give Ryan Mason a starting position alongside Nabil Bentaleb or Benjamin Stambouli, whichever is not in the squad at the weekend when I'm expecting Pochettino will pick Capoue and Dembele again.
Andros Townsend, Aaron Lennon and give Paulinho another hour to see if he is going to try at all this season. He is in serious danger of needing to be shipped out in January. I wonder how he would fare on the left or the right with Harry Kane as the central attacking midfielder and Lennon or Townsend on the bench.
He looks to be going through the motions again and if he is then he can be taken off after an hour and replaced with Harry Kane. One does wonder whether he has a problem with Pochettino or whether he is simply tired and in need of a rest.
There is a case for playing the side tonight you'd play at the weekend, it would help get them accustomed to what they are supposed to be doing but then they would be playing 3 games in 7 days so I can't see that happening.
The team as it probably won't be is:
It is essential that Vlad Chiriches is dropped, their can be few Spurs fans left still believing he is 'top quality' when he is slaughtered by the expensively assembled West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland front lines. He should certainly be playing against Nottingham Forest tonight so we can play Jan Vertonghen against Arsenal. Anything else and it's pretty clear there has been a falling out over the captaincy with Pochettino for the Belgian.
Kyle Naughton, who apart from being harshly sent off, has improved and done nothing wrong this season, will surely be back at right-back with Ben Davies hoping to get over his nightmare mauling against Partizan Belgrade at left-back. Danny Rose has done nothing wrong and improved also this season so he must retain his place against Arsenal especially as he is now the quickest player in the team by a country mile.
It's a Wednesday so Fazio could play and still play at the weekend, I doubt he will though, I expect to see captain Kaboul put a smile on all Arsenal supporters faces by starting on Saturday. The logic of having your two best central defenders either on the bench or not in the squad and playing two who are not top four standard escapes me.
Ahead of the back four this is a game to give Ryan Mason a starting position alongside Nabil Bentaleb or Benjamin Stambouli, whichever is not in the squad at the weekend when I'm expecting Pochettino will pick Capoue and Dembele again.
Andros Townsend, Aaron Lennon and give Paulinho another hour to see if he is going to try at all this season. He is in serious danger of needing to be shipped out in January. I wonder how he would fare on the left or the right with Harry Kane as the central attacking midfielder and Lennon or Townsend on the bench.
He looks to be going through the motions again and if he is then he can be taken off after an hour and replaced with Harry Kane. One does wonder whether he has a problem with Pochettino or whether he is simply tired and in need of a rest.
There is a case for playing the side tonight you'd play at the weekend, it would help get them accustomed to what they are supposed to be doing but then they would be playing 3 games in 7 days so I can't see that happening.
The team as it probably won't be is:
Post a Comment