Now, I do not expect any self-respecting West Ham United fan to be getting the violins out for Tottenham Hotspur at the moment, but having just seen a list of their injured and unavailable players, it is understandable why the club would be worried about their Premier League safety.
Because at the same time, the Hammers have been able to furnish Nuno Espírito Santo with fully fit squads for the last two games.
Tottenham Injury Crisis Deepens
Tottenham have been completely decimated by the injury curse. It would appear many of Roberto De Zerbi’s players are long-term absentees with serious injuries.
No talk of tummy bugs and dodgy lasagnas as excuses for losing this time around.
To add insult to injury, Xavi Simons and Dominic Solanke both sustained injuries during Tottenham’s lucky 1-0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the weekend.
Spurs Win Fails To Convince
If it seems as though I am being slightly disingenuous by calling it lucky, that would be fair. But the manner of their victory was hardly convincing, particularly when set beside the way West Ham and Leeds United dealt with the team at the bottom of the league.
Simons picked up an ACL injury, which will rule him out for the next seven months, while Solanke is looking at missing the remainder of the season with a hamstring injury, if early reports are accurate.
Forgotten Name Reappears
But as you will see from the list below, the absentees are quite striking and contain a name I had almost forgotten about.
Yes, former Hammer Mohammed Kudus of course joined Tottenham in the summer for £55 million.
At the time, that looked like a bad deal for West Ham.
With hindsight, perhaps not.
| Tottenham Player | Injury |
|---|---|
| James Maddison | Knee |
| Dejan Kulusevski | Knee |
| Ben Davies | Ankle |
| Mohammed Kudus | Thigh |
| Wilson Odobert | Knee |
| Guglielmo Vicario | Hip |
| Cristian Romero | Knee |
| Destiny Udogie | Muscle |
| Dominic Solanke | Hamstring |
| Xavi Simons | Knee |
Somethings going very wrong there at Spurs with that list of injuries. Clubs sometimes go through these spells. I remember having similar issues at times.
So it could just be their turn. But, just think about how much money they’ve spent on training facilities and a football stadium that boast cutting edge playing surfaces and medical facility. Way over a billion pounds to essentially injure most of their 1st choice 11 and just 2 home wins all season. Not a great return on investment is it.
A lot can happen in four games, “nailed on” well is that confidence or complacent? I certainly wouldn’t be confident enough to put my house on it! It might end up being only sellotaped on 🤣, let’s face it , there are no guarantees in this life…..
Their injuries have been extraordinary. For a club like Tottenham to go down it would take a perfect storm and that has happened this season with Maddison and Kulusevski not playing a single minute and always having at least 9 unavailable players.Their relegation is nailed on now which gives West Ham the opportunity to build next season with a good manager, no Brady and the opportunity to find a buyer who may otherwise have bought Tottenham
“nailed on” – not sure I share your optimism just yet…
List amounts to 10 players most of which would not be termed as bench miscellaneous backup.
Figures which equate to a whole team and this has been going on for sometime.
Not something most teams could handle certainly not West Ham.
Like you said No Violins
and the supreme Irony could Be
Millwall winning the Play offs and getting Promoted.
Wont that go well in Tottenham ??????
Whilst it’s good to see the current problems at Tottenham. I’m not going to get too smug until I see the next set of results. Sometimes when you back is against the wall and a situation seems impossible you can muster the energy to get out of it. I know most of us were not alive but we know about Dunkirk and the Blitz.
I may need to update my cultural references
They have had a quite remarkable number of injuries, long term ones too.
I think fans can complain about the board too, not a good board of men in suits lacking in football related background who have made shocking decisions. Like who in their right mind would have appointed Igor Tudor is precisely what I said about Lopetegui.
I remember them going down way way back in the 70s, they’ve had a good run it’s time it happened again.