Good morning. Three years ago, on a Friday evening in September, there was a big countdown clock at the bottom of the screen on Sky Sports News The event for which the world was waiting? The team news for Everton v Crystal Palace. Yep.
It was an exemplary satire of a sport that has completely lost its noggin. But today, and I feel slightly unclean typing this, the team news might genuinely be the most interesting thing about Spurs v Huddersfield.
With Spurs going to Manchester City in the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BLOODY QUARTER-FINALS on Wednesday, Mauricio Pochettino’s selection will tell us where he sits on the glory/money scale. You would think, given Huddersfield’s form, that Spurs could roll out their 1982 FA Cup final team and still get three points.
Even if they don’t, meh. In 20 years’ time, no Spurs fan will be saying, ‘Cor, remember that season when we finished in the top four? That was the time of our life!’ Spurs have a chance to do something everlasting in the Champions League. We’ll soon see whether Pochettino thinks the same. It’s almost time for the team news!
(Oh, and the actual football kicks off is at 12.30pm.)
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