VanDerVaart

Yeah I'm a Spurs fan. As it stands we don't have any free dates left to play a rearranged game unless/until we go out of the FA Cup or Europa League but as you say it's unlikely we'll get to the final in both, though it's not impossible. I am actually on the side of Villa fans here, if other games have been called off for similar reasons then you can't go and make Villa play. Ironically though I think that by you cooperating and going ahead with the Liverpool game the other day that has given other teams/fans and maybe even those in power ammunition to say well you played that game, so you can play this one as well. I wouldn't want Spurs to be made to fulfil this fixture if the shoe was on the other foot though so I can't sit here and say that you should play it. If we could play Fulham instead then that would be ideal but then we'd probably want it on the Wednesday(as scheduled) whilst Fulham will argue that they can't because they then have a game on Friday. If we were to go all the way in both comps though I don't know what would happen as our fixture would have to come after the season has finished but I can't see the PL going for that.

Spurs are in the Europa which has an extra round compared to the CL so as it stands Spurs would have two additional games compared to City(if Villa gets called off).

He actually made more tackles and completed more successful dribbles than any other player on the pitch tonight.

His natural position is where you have Bjarnason/where Hourihane usually plays. Anywhere else and you're just going to get one good game in four from him.

How is the midfield lined up?

Somewhat ironically you also have Onomah, whose main attributes actually do suit a deep-lying midfield role, being shoehorned into attacking positions.

Front six of: Onomah Hourihane Snodgrass Grealish Adomah Hogan

I wonder why that is ...

I would be surprised if we sold him, he's rated very highly by the club. There was a story going around that Pochettino wasn't impressed with his attitude upon returning from the U20 World Cup(where he was one of the standout performers), apparently Onomah came back a little too confident and that was one of the deciding factors in allowing him to go on loan. Pochettino also seemed narked at constantly hearing people suggest he hadn't been playing him in his best position which all throughout his youth career is central midfield, I think there was a case of him saying to Onomah to go and prove him wrong but as we know, so far Bruce has pretty much used him the same way - in fact he's playing even further forward with you. I do still think that you're not even seeing half the player when he's asked to play in the final third, he would show a far higher and more consistent level if he was played deeper but as long as he's playing and contributing positively then that's the most important thing.

Move Onomah back to Hourihane's position with Grealish #10.

I don't know how it works but it's a shame that it appears to be one or the other as they're nothing alike as players, the two of them could quite easily play in the same side.

If Bruce played him in Whelan's or Hourihane's position you'd see the quality he has, he's not going to do anything when being tasked with some kind of target-man type role.

No, he played 90 minutes. Think I accidentally left the time-stamp on but the video should play from the start now rather than from near the end. I'm a big fan of his, as a (deeper-lying)central midfielder. Anywhere else and he's not worth the bother.

He always looks like that when he plays so far forward.