El Dante
Cecil Poynton
Tottenham Hotspur v Charlton Athletic
EFL Cup Round 2
7:45PM Wednesday 26 August 2026
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
I know the usual rule about waiting until the last match isn’t a Sticky BUT I’m done with the Brentford result. We need to move on and demand more from the players and staff.
So I’d be tempted to play as strong a lineup as possible v Charlton. Forget rotation. Tell the team that what happened v Brentford was completely unacceptable. That we should be heading out to win every match. That we should be fighting for every ball. We should be leaving it all out on the pitch and almost crawling off the pitch at the end such is the intensity of our work rate and desire to win.
Hopefully Savinho and Marmoush will have signed by then and can start for us.
We can’t rotate players and play a weak team. We need to have players realise that defeat is not acceptable. We need to build understandings in the team and actually become just that a Team.
IF we hold a lead of three goals+ in the second half then that’s when we bring on the backups and youth players but not before.
EFL Cup Round 2
7:45PM Wednesday 26 August 2026
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
I know the usual rule about waiting until the last match isn’t a Sticky BUT I’m done with the Brentford result. We need to move on and demand more from the players and staff.
So I’d be tempted to play as strong a lineup as possible v Charlton. Forget rotation. Tell the team that what happened v Brentford was completely unacceptable. That we should be heading out to win every match. That we should be fighting for every ball. We should be leaving it all out on the pitch and almost crawling off the pitch at the end such is the intensity of our work rate and desire to win.
Hopefully Savinho and Marmoush will have signed by then and can start for us.
We can’t rotate players and play a weak team. We need to have players realise that defeat is not acceptable. We need to build understandings in the team and actually become just that a Team.
IF we hold a lead of three goals+ in the second half then that’s when we bring on the backups and youth players but not before.
