“What chance an upset?” says Bill Hargreaves. “Not a lot, I’d guess.”

Lads, it’s Tottenham.

“So, Spurs are playing three centre halves plus two fullbacks against Huddersfield?” sniffs John Tumbridge. “Plus two defensive midfielders? the cupboard is quite bare now that Spurs really need some depth.”

I think that’s slightly harsh – the full-backs will play like wingers, pretty much, and they do have a lot of attacking players missing. A reserve (sic) front three of Lucas Moura, Llorente and Lamela is decent, though I suppose ideally they’d like one more quality attacking player.

“Has Jan Siewert basically decided to demote the entire Danish contingent?” asks Anders Vad Bruun. “Not that long ago that Zanka, Lössl and Billing were regulars in the starting eleven. Now it seems as if they can’t get a game. Has he dropped all the players that are likely to leave in the summer?”

It looks that way, which makes sense I suppose, even if it is a slightly sad ending for Lossl in particular.

Mauricio Pochettino has made seven changes from the team that beat Manchester City on Tuesday. The survivors are Lloris, Vertonghen, Sissoko and Eriksen.

Tottenham Hotspur (3-4-2-1) Lloris; Foyth, Sanchez, Vertonghen; Walker-Peters, Sissoko, Wanyama, Davies; Eriksen, Lucas Moura; Llorente.
Substitutes: Gazzaniga, Trippier, Rose, Alderweireld, Marsh, Skipp, Son.

Huddersfield Town (4-2-3-1) Hamer; Hadergjonaj, Schindler, Kongolo, Durm; Hogg, Stankovic; Bacuna, Kachunga, Lowe; Grant.
Substitutes: Coleman, Smith, Zanka, Mooy, Williams, Pritchard, Mounie.

Referee Lee Mason

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.)