FA Cup preview.

Spurs travel to Leicester City tomorrow for the ridiculously timed 6:30pm kick off. Spurs will miss Mido who is off preparing for the dumbest timed football competition in the history of FIFA. Naybet is also away although he has hardly featured this season for Spurs. Tainio has a fever and I suspect will be rested while Edgar Davids, King and Reid are definitely out. Lee is a doubt. Expect Pamarot to cover.

With all this in mind I expect an almost identical team to play against Leicester as played against Citeh. Obviously Mido won't be playing so the one change (if Lee is fit) will probably be Rasiak but really it should be a chance for Jol to say to Defoe that this is his chance to stamp his authority back on the first eleven and compete for the starting position alongside Keane while Mido is away.

There is no arguing that Keane and Mido are first choice at Spurs now with Keane taking his chance well and combining excellently with Mido. Defoe now needs to do the same and take this chance if it is presented to him. I'm not saying that Defoe will be on the bench for ever but while Mido and Keane continue to link up with each other as they have been Defoe will just have to sit there and bide his time.

COYS!