So, Tottenham Hotspur fans are still pouring over the poor defeat in midweek to Norwich City in the fifth round of the FA Cup and with the game being our fourth defeat on the spin across all competitions, there’s not an awful lot of confidence as we prepare for our trip to Turf Moor to take on Burnley in Saturday’s late kick off.
What could be said about Norwich has been but there are definitely questions surrounding the Burnley clash and manager Jose Mourinho basically implied post-game that players were running on empty.
“As you can expect it was a difficult game, as I could expect some of my players were really, really in trouble and they made an incredible effort to try. Harry Winks was completely dead. I think he’s started 11 to 12 games in a row, we had many, many players in trouble. I don’t have one single negative feeling towards my players, the opposite, they tried fantastic things. I am really, really sad for the boys, I can cope with the bad result and with negative moments, I’ve had so many, but I am really sad for the players. In this moment I have to think about what’s next and I have to speak to my club because I think some of these boys to have a chance to fight Tuesday for a Champions League position they just can’t play on Saturday. Particularly in forward positions, behind we’ve got options but not going forward.”
There will be those who agree with Mourinho when he talks about our forward positions given the injuries we have and our upcoming games, but equally, there will be those questioning selections and having odd players wildly out of position, which certainly can’t be helping their own confidence.
Youngster Troy Parrott was decent in my eyes and got himself into the mix, but you certainly wouldn’t expect to see him in this one given Burnley’s more physical approach, but the biggest question – as ever – is which Spurs side will turn up, regardless of who Jose picks.
Should the Champions League even be a priority given our domestic form – our upcoming matches don’t exactly get easier?
To ease the further growing tensions, we need a win and to draw a line though…and the more negative just can’t see it coming.
To Dare Is To Do and all that, but will we?
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