Spurs look to preserve their 100% record at the new stadium with the visit of West Ham United. We all know this will be their cup final so expect a tough game as the visitors players will all be gunning to become the first away man to score at the new ground and spoil our CL qualification hopes. I have no idea what kind of team Poch will select with the first leg of the CL vs. Ajax looming on Tuesday. It may just be a question of who is still standing with Winks, Sissoko, Lamela, Aurier and Kane all out.
Lloris Alderweireld Sanchez Davies Foyth Dier Dale Rose Eriksen Son Lucas Not sure I fully understand the Foyth at RWB experiment given Trippier and KWP are on the bench, but he did pretty well there the other day (was it the City league game?) COYS!
Slightly worrying the team facing Ajax on Tuesday will be weaker than this one. Well in attack at least
Nothing new here, squad limitations (when Janssen is getting on the pitch, you know your squad is limited) and the players looked like they had one eye on the CL game. Forwards were poor, too slow on the ball and too slow to play a pass. and Dele especially was guilty of overplaying. Sanchez had his usual rickett, not reacting quick enough to the threat of Antonio on the goal. I would say he is about 90% there as a defender, but he has this terrible knack of switching off at the critical moments and not reacting to danger. Our second half performance was shocking. Fortunately and incredibly, the 3 teams behind us all failed to win, which leaves us somehow on the verge of CL qualification, despite having lost 6 of our last 10 games in the league.