Tottenham go into tonights UEFA Cup Round of 32 second leg against Shakhtar Donetsk, with a 2-0 deficit to overturn. Harry Redknapp has repeatedly made it
Jeff Okudah Jersey abundantly clear that Premier League survival is his main priority and, with the Carling Cup final on Sunday, is expected to field a weekened team, as he did in Ukraine. The club got progre sed two rounds further than this last year, and would crush the fans if they throw tradition to the wind, and surrender their place in the competition.Team NewsThere are still a number of first-team players mi sing, as Vedran Corluka, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Robbie Keane, Ricardo Rocha
John Penisini Jersey , Adel Taarabt and Ben Alnwick are all inelligable for the competition. Alan Hutton and Jermain Defoe remain unavailable due to long-term injuries. The big news, though, is that midfielder Jamie OHara is in contention for a starting place, after returning from a hip/grown injury.OHara mi sed out on Wembley last seasonHe is unlikely to start, however, as he will probably be saved for Sundays game, along with the likes of Aaron Lennon, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modricand Ledley King. Giovani Dos Santos should be given another chance to impre s, though, whilst John Bostock could feature on the bench. So I beleive Redknapp will go with: GomesGunter Dawson Huddlestone ChimbondaBentley Zokora JenasGiovani
Taylor Decker Jersey Campbell BentSpurs did themselves no favours in Ukraine, conceding two late goals after a distinctly average performance, but if the team crashes out of the UEFA Cup, most of the fans blame will fall on Redknapps shoulders. Although, Giovani beleives we can overturn the margain.Gio wants to impre s, after Harry tried
Trey Flowers Jersey to sell him in JanuaryI think we have every chance to win the game with the confidence we have as a team and we need our fans to play their part as they always do, said Gio.Its good that we are back at home where the pitch will be much more suited to our style of play than it was out there. If we play at our best, we can turn this tie around.Anything can happen in this competition and we want to show the rest of Europe what we are made of in this game.Shakhtar are a very good team technically with a lot of talented Brazilian players, but they have weakne ses that we can exploit.For me, its a great opportunity to
Will Harris Jersey impre s in a big game. Im fit and ready and want to give something back to the fans.My Verdict: I feel it will be an end-to-end match, with Tottenham needing to go for the win. But I beleive the deficit will prove too much, with us winning 2-1, which would not be enough.
