My campaign for European football began on my earlier blog, as for the first time in over a decade I recalled the unbridled joy of being on a European tour again for the first time in a long time, when we were under the auspices of Big Martin Jol, and the feint whiff of John Player king size that came with him.
That tour is dependent upon winning our next two games – the first of which is against Leicester City, who are a strange beast at the best of times.
Jonathan Beale of Press Association Sport was at today’s presser and Dele Alli is still not ready to return in time for Sunday’s massive game.
For me, Dele isn’t a player about which you build a side, but under Mourinho, he’s one that might just bust a gut from the subs’ bench.