Rival Lines: 'They shouldn't have knocked down White Hart Lane'

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Spurs v AFCB
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I spoke to Harry at the Harry Hotspur website before Christmas to see how confident he was of seeing Tottenham mount a Premier League title challenge. Spurs' press conference have been dominated with Pochettino rumours but would they start to annoy the fans and the team as much as they were already getting to the club's press secretary?

CC: How worried are you about Pochettino being linked with Real Madrid and Man Utd?

HH: Significantly. Poch isn't going to have any money other than that generated from sales for the foreseeable future, which limits his transfer activity. In fact, it already has. We were the only club in Europe's top 5 leagues not to buy anyone in the summer.

Worse yet, by the the time he could reinforce, our existing best players will mostly be retired or in China.

CC: Do you feel that too much has been made in the media about the lack of signings last summer for Spurs or should Levy have spent?

HH: Not enough has been made. In any other business sphere this would be referred to as sabotage.

CC: If Harry Kane gets injured, can you see Spurs keeping pace with Liverpool and Man City?

HH: Curiously enough, we haven't experienced any dip in goals when he's been out. Which is a positive.

CC: How important is Son Heung-min to Spurs' attacking play. He seems to have come back stronger than ever?

HH:  He can produce some real magic, as well as quite a lot of bumbling about. He's certainly matured since he joined us.

CC: I'm almost afraid to ask - what is the latest on when the new stadium is supposed to be ready?

HH: It's an omni-shambles. They should have never knocked down The Lane. Hopefully there's a frequent typhoon in North London, it gets blown away in a billion pieces and we discover it wasn't insured.

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CC: Has the Barcelona result changed what the outlook on what Spurs can do this season?

HH: Not really. This squad on it's day can best anyone, the only problem is beyond the first XI there's no depth to the squad and we've been plagued with muscle injuries which are produced by fatigue.

CC: What injuries have Spurs got ahead of the game with Bournemouth?

HH: Mousa Dembele was last seen been led into a glue factory; Eric Dier has an appendicitis, Jan Vertonghen has a thigh strain, Victor Wanyama has joined the Scientologists and Vincent Janssen is now working in a Butlins at Yarmouth.

CC: How do you expect Spurs to line up for this game?

Lloris

Trippier - Alderweireld - Sanchez - Davies

Sissoko - Winks

Son - Alli - Eriksen

Kane

CC: Would you like to see Jermain Defoe get some minutes against Spurs at Wembley?

HH: Of course, lovely chap. And vegan.

CC: What is your score prediction?

HH: We will win by one goal.

CC: Thanks Harry for some intelligent replies as usual. I am not sure if Tottenham fans' cup is ever half empty or half full, but if they land their first trophy this season and hold on to Pochettino, I think it will be considered a breakthrough season for them and with a new stadium it should be exciting times. But with all of those things seemingly under threat, just beating teams like AFCB is not a given, and if Spurs stumble a few times along their way, it is teams like Bournemouth who are eager to get success against a team that has traditionally got the better of them where we could see a shock result this coming Boxing Day.

Make sure you read up on Tottenham at Harry Hotspur, who says Pochettino is nailed on to join Man Utd.

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