Are we on the road to greater things now?

Tomorrow we face struggling West Bromwich Albion in a must-win match; for both teams. Our defeat last week, against Arsenal meant we fell further behind the chasing pack, with Arsenal and Liverpool catching us up (one point away).

On Tuesday we put up a good performance against Borussia Dortmund and won. So we can't we beat United or Arsenal? We are far the better side. Who I might add both lost in Europe this week. We've been outstanding in the H league, and undefeated. We can't say the same in the Premier League. We've already suffered defeats by United, Arsenal and Chelsea. And not forgetting, we've been knocked out of the league cup by lowly West ham, who were trailing. So we need to get our act together and pull out our fingers.

Team News.

Erik Lamela is still out, but did manage to play for an hour for the Spurs Under-23. 

Victor Wanyama and Toby Alderweireld are still out injured, but good news for Kieran Trippier and Ben Davies, they should both be included in the squad.

Former Spurs winger Nacer Chadli, now with WBA, will miss out as he is injured.

James Morrison and Craig Dawson are also out.

We should never underestimate anybody that comes to Wembley. They are all trying to prove a point.

I am going for a 3-1 win.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Tottenham have lost only one of the last 15 Premier League meetings (W6, D8).
• However, the Baggies have earned at least a point in four of their five most recent Premier League away games against Spurs (W1, D3, L1).

Tottenham Hotspur

• Tottenham have lost two of their last three Premier League games, having won their previous four.
• They have scored just one goal in those three league matches.
• Spurs have won three successive Premier League home games and are unbeaten in five (W3, D2).
• Harry Kane has scored 39 goals in 38 competitive appearances for Spurs this year.
• Kane has been involved in 99 Premier League goals during his career (86 goals, 13 assists).

West Bromwich Albion

• West Brom are on a 10-match winless run in the league (D4, L6).
• They have only scored nine goals in their 12 Premier League matches this season.
• Albion averaged less than a goal a game during Tony Pulis' Premier League tenure, scoring 105 times in 106 matches.
• Their average possession of 40.3% this season is the lowest in the division.
• West Brom return to Wembley for the first time since the 2008 FA Cup semi-final that they lost 1-0 to Portsmouth.
• Gareth McAuley could become the second oldest outfield player to make 200 Premier League appearances, aged 37 years and 356 days. Stuart Pearce holds the record at 39 years and four days.

Let us get behind the team, whether that be at home or watching it from your seats at Wembley.

Your, Don Scully