Spurs Vs. Lyon

Spurs staggered there way to the Peace Cup Final on Thursday with an unconvincing 1-1 with Real Sociedad. Nevertheless we are there are should be ready to play one of the better teams in Europe who regulary play "Champions" League football. It will be a good test to see how far we are progressing as a squad.

I did wonder about the wisdom of entering The Peace Cup earlier in the season but looking back it has been a good tournament. Spurs have generally played well especially when you consider the match fitness issue. We have also been able to experiment with player positions (Tainio) against good opposition to see what they can really do.

Based on what I have seen over the last week I would stick Cerny back in goal. Fulop had a good game against the Spanish but I never once saw him communicate with the back four. The Eurosport feed did tend to miss a lot of corners so I could be completely wrong on that point but Cerny did seem to command his box more and looked more confident as well. Along the back I would recall King to play alongside Gardner. Tony has had a good tournament I feel and knows King well. Kelly and Edman will continue in the full back positions.

In the middle of the park I would play Carrick alongside Mendes who has been excellent. I would push Tainio out on the left with Routledge on the right. Lennon can always come on if Routledge fails to impress.

In the forward positions I would start with Keane and Kanoute. They will be fresher than Defoe and Mido who both played the majority of the game on Thursday.

It would be a great boost to win the cup against stronger opposition and would set us up nicely with around 3 weeks to go before the opener against Portsmouth. However a defeat would not be the end of the world as it is still only pre-season. We had a shocking pre-season last year and then had a great start. This pre-season, so far, has been fantastic compared with the last one.

COYS!