The patently obvious call is dropping Forster and having Austin and Whiteman as backups to Vicario.
Whats crazy about it. Not saying sack him, but spence has been on the bench and bought on in games. Suggesting hes back up to porro. He needs playing time to fully understand the inverted role and europa would have been perfect. Or we going to play Archie Gray who everyone wants to be played in CM at RB. Fine if so but then why not play him there as back up in league instead of spence. Its illogical. As others have pointed out 4 keepers is stupid. We suffered horrific injuries last season with no europe and now we are going to flog the same defenders in Europa. Its stupid and now going to have a player not getting any minutes after being talked up by Ange preseason, in a competition that would have been perfect to play him in.
Ange himself has talked Spence up in recent weeks. Stupid to leave him out of europa squad. To me it would have been less stupid to leave Porro out of the group stage. We cannot afford to play the majority of our back 4 in Europa considering the injuries we got last seasonSerious questions because he left out a guy everyone wanted out of the club 2 months ago, but they changed his tune because a few preseason games
They played 8 minutes combined for Spurs 1st team, Forster is just better. Whiteman and Austin both included has nothing to do with Spence considering they are club trained so it's basically different list.
Do you not realise the only reason we have 4 keepers is that Austin and Whiteman are our only club trained players. Obviously Austin is 3rd keeper but might as well stick Whiteman in there as well. Doesn’t affect the squad , doesn’t mean he will play either.
The drop off from Vicario to any of the 3 'keepers is huge - would you honestly want Forster on the ball building attacks which is a fundamental aspect in Ange's system plus let's be honest, he's 36 years old and never been a particularly agile 'keeper.
I think given his preseason form people felt he deserved a fair crack of the whip, nobody was saying based off that he is world class, being dropped from Europa seems harsh and makes it that bit harder for him to fully integrate and give him his best chance to succeed, Europa would have been great for him to get some game-time, strange call.Serious questions because he left out a guy everyone wanted out of the club 2 months ago, but they changed his tune because a few preseason games
Forget the club trained keepers, it’s irrelevant. It was either leave out Forster or Spence. Obviously Ange has no confidence in Austin. He’s never played a competitive game for us. Rough on Spence but that’s the way it is. can’t say I fancy seeing Austin in goal away to Galatasaray if Vic gets injured. To be honest, if Vic ever gets injured we are knackered, Forster doesn’t inspire confidence.. We badly need a new keeper next season.
Its that last part that I think has people questioning this decision - I don't think Forster - at his age - is the difference between winning and losing - if the alternative if Austin.
If Ange has no confidence in Austin then what was the point in giving him a 5-year contract in the summer? That's the thing I can't get my head around.
If Ange has no confidence in Austin then signing a new keeper should have been a priority this season, because Forster shouldn't be second choice keeper. In fact I am not sure he is, I suspect he is more of an insurance policy if Austin is called on and crashes and burns. But as others have said, leaving out Spence creates more significant squad management issues than leaving out Forster.
He trains with them all week, I'm sure he is just perfectly integrated. In terms of game time, still has carabao + FA cup. I suspect though we aren't going to see much or any of him. Ange has given him a chance, and he either isn't up to it or not taking it.
3rd choice for extremely dire situations, takes up no spots on any of these lists. He's probably popular in the group as well
Yes, but five years?
It's odd then that Ange has named him on the bench for all three matches this season, and has brought him on as a substitute twice.
