Chalkboard for Aston Villa | Chiriches In?

scan0092 League Cup, ahoy!

With the squad we’ve now assembled, it’s not in the ambit of wibbling lunacy to suggest that we might challenge on more than one front this season. We could even win something. No, hear me out.

Rightly or wrongly, Champions League qualification takes precedence over much else for Modern Spurs these days (unless you count *ahem* a title challenge) but with strength and quality in numbers at White Hart Lane, there’s every reason to think a Shiny Old Tin Pot would be just lovely, too. If you’re not convinced: imagine Lewis Holtby’s little face if we were to lift a trophy.

Don’t you want Lewis to be happy?!

Villa are likely to be without former Spurs striker Christian Benteke this evening. He’s suffering from a dicky-hip which you wouldn’t blame Lambert for not risking. Libor Kozak will probably feature in his stead.

Here’s how I’d line Tottenham up, by the medium of Champs Manager 01/02:

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