Jermaine Jenas is determined to be fit to face Arsenal in the Carling Cup semi final and says the club have learned the hard way after the humiliating circumstances of the defeat at the Emirates in December. He says, ‘We just need to play to our strengths and get in their faces.'
Teemu Tainio recalls supporting Spurs back in Finland when Gary Lineker and Paul Gascoigne, and later David Ginola, were players at the club.
It states that Tottenham's midfield is ‘talented but lacks bite and is often unproductive, with Tom Huddlestone lacking the stamina to perform for a whole 90 minutes and Tainio lacking the cutting edge to really punish and impose himself on opposing teams.'
‘Foreign players need time to adjust to the Premiership, but Didier Zokora has more experience than the majority of the Spurs squad. His omission says plenty about Martin Jol's take on Zokora's mental toughness,' it adds.
Meanwhile, Jol backed Paul Robinson, but then said teams don't win away from home when their keeper isn't great.
It points out how the rare feat these days of keeping a clean sheet will be almost essential at White Hart Lane this Wednesday…whilst ‘Dimitar Berbatov and co will need to make the most of their chances, if they are to be in a strong enough position to see off Thierry Henry in N5 seven days later.'