Spurs7891
Jermaine Jenas
With us out of League Cup and FA Cup being jinx for us, Europa League is our only remaining chance of winning a trophy this season. So, we should give our best to progress in this match. That means we have to play our best available players. It will be ideal for us to rest players before the tough league match at Everton. But we seem to be unbalanced everytime we rest players. Besides, traditionally Spurs players tend to get complacent when they are rested. A win will be enough for us to progress. But we should try to extend the 3 match winning run we have now.
Defoe has been in excellent goal scoring form lately, scoring 4 goals in the last 3 matches. With the form he is in, we cannot rest Defoe now as it might affect his form. Hope he can continue goal scoring run. I am not sure about starting Adebayor in this match. He seems to be too eager to impress against Arsenal, resulting in the red card. I think better if we can only bring him on as a sub first. Don't want him to get over excited and spoil it for us again.
We are going to miss Bale in midfield. But as we shown against Fulham, we can cope without him if players like Dempsey and Lennon can play to their full potential. I can see Dembele and Sandro being key to us getting a good result in this match. We have won all the matches Dembele has been involved so far this season. Hope he can continue to give us that luck.
Our defence did well to keep a clean sheet against Fulham. But since Friedel will be playing in goal instead, hope he can organize the defence as good as Lloris. I don't think we can play Gallas in this match as he cannot be playing all the time due to his age. But don't want us to play inexperienced youngsters in defence as well. I would prefer to play Caulker-Vertonghen there, with Naughton and maybe Walker playing alongside. Will be disappointed if we cannot keep a clean sheet in this match.
There is no reason whatsoever why we cannot beat teams like Panathinaikos us at home. As long as we don't get complacent and treat them with respect, we should be doing well against teams like them. A draw will be enough for us to progress to the next round. But will be disappointed if we don't win this match.
Defoe has been in excellent goal scoring form lately, scoring 4 goals in the last 3 matches. With the form he is in, we cannot rest Defoe now as it might affect his form. Hope he can continue goal scoring run. I am not sure about starting Adebayor in this match. He seems to be too eager to impress against Arsenal, resulting in the red card. I think better if we can only bring him on as a sub first. Don't want him to get over excited and spoil it for us again.
We are going to miss Bale in midfield. But as we shown against Fulham, we can cope without him if players like Dempsey and Lennon can play to their full potential. I can see Dembele and Sandro being key to us getting a good result in this match. We have won all the matches Dembele has been involved so far this season. Hope he can continue to give us that luck.
Our defence did well to keep a clean sheet against Fulham. But since Friedel will be playing in goal instead, hope he can organize the defence as good as Lloris. I don't think we can play Gallas in this match as he cannot be playing all the time due to his age. But don't want us to play inexperienced youngsters in defence as well. I would prefer to play Caulker-Vertonghen there, with Naughton and maybe Walker playing alongside. Will be disappointed if we cannot keep a clean sheet in this match.
There is no reason whatsoever why we cannot beat teams like Panathinaikos us at home. As long as we don't get complacent and treat them with respect, we should be doing well against teams like them. A draw will be enough for us to progress to the next round. But will be disappointed if we don't win this match.
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