23 Apr 2015 18:23:50
How disappointing to hear Koeman rule Gallagher out of the first team squad for Spurs on the grounds of there being no room at the moment - and then to see Mayuka of all people still blagging a living in the training pictures.
I'm amazed that Alderweireld has returned to training. Even a minor shoulder dislocation usually means months out. Still, might as well flog him into the ground if he's going to be off in a few weeks anyway!
Really not confident of a result this weekend. With all the transfer talk and players popping up with quotes in the press about "seeing where they end up in the summer", there's that same end of season feeling that was in place during the run in last season, where players are just going through the motions and eyeing up their exit strategies.
Top four has gone, seventh looks like limit of their ambition and may by achieved even without winning another game, the attack has ground to a halt, yet the same under-performing players are picked every game. It's a shame that things are finishing with such a damp squib - potentially ending what has been an extremely positive season on a negative note.
23 Apr 2015 19:00:17
So, Toby is desperate to play this weekend after such an injury, but players are just going through the motions and eyeing up their exit strategies?!
Trust you don't win the lottery this weekend-you will only be depressed it wasn't a week ago and you have missed a week's interest.
Secure European football in the next few games and I think you will see RoKo making more changes if the league position allows but he would be slaughtered if he did not play what would be judged his strongest line-up and we ended up outside of European football.
24 Apr 2015 00:08:29
It's easy to feel bitter about all this speculation of another summer exodus but remember we won't be losing our manager, likewise apart from Schneiderlin, Alderweireld and probably Clyne our squad stays in tact. I cannot foresee us accepting any bids for Wanyama or anyone else unless they were astronomical numbers. The club can hardly prepare sufficiently for European competition alongside the Premier League without having the core of experienced top flight players we have stay. Yet again we are getting sucked into the media frenzy of speculation before the season has even ended, let's just support the team for the rest of this season and have the belief that we will be a stronger outfit for next season.