Tottenham goalkeeping drama continues
On Thursday night at White Hart Lane, Paul Robinson started for the first time in ten matches (with the captain’s armband, no less) and produced a couple of match-saving stops for Spurs on the return leg of their Uefa Cup round of 32 tie with Slavia Prague.
The match ended 1-1, but Tottenham went through 3-2 on aggregate because of their 2-1 victory in Prague a week ago. They will meet Dutch side PSV Eindhoven in the next round.
The man who seemingly holds the number one jersey for now, Radek Cerny, was dropped for this match following his horrific error in Prague a week ago that cut Tottenham’s lead to only one goal coming in to this return leg.
Juande Ramos praised Paul Robinson’s efforts, saying: "He did everything he had to do. He had been a while without playing but I thought his performance tonight was magnificent.”
However, the question all observers will be asking after Robinson’s latest showing is: who will play in the Carling Cup Final at Wembley on Sunday? Surely Spurs will want their strongest side on the pitch, especially after Avram Grant made it clear that Chelsea will be fielding a full-strength squad by sitting Frank Lampard and John Terry for their Champions League match with Olympiakos to preserve their energy.
If Ramos has a preference about who will play on Sunday, he certainly is not making it public.
"There are three days to decide who is going to play their part in the final. The decision hasn’t been taken yet but I know that whoever plays in goal will do the best he can.”
Fabio Capello was also in the stands, provoking the thought that if Robinson’s performance wasn’t good enough to earn a Cup Final appearance on Sunday, it may have been enough to earn an England recall. Each manager will have their own opinion, and they will make decisions based on them.
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