Doncaster Rovers will face Tottenham Hotspur in the third round of the Carabao cup today by 19:45pm at Tottenham Hotspur stadium.
Thomas Frank will be really worried with the select process but might improvise with some Youth players to get the job done. Tottenham’s injury situation keeps on getting larger, as James Maddison (ACL), Radu Dragusin (ACL), Dejan Kulusevski (knee), Kota Takai (foot), Yves Bissouma (knock) and Dominic Solanke (ankle) are still sidelined, while Randal Kolo Muani and Ben Davies have not yet recovered from a dead leg and knee twist respectively.
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Frank still has plentiful options for change and will no doubt shuffle the pack considerably for Wednesday’s game, where Antonin Kinsky, Archie Gray, Kevin Danso, Mathys Tel and maybe even Dane Scarlett should be among the starters.
Tottenham either loaned out or sold a plethora of their promising academy products this summer, but the likes of Callum Olusesi and 16-year-old Luca Williams-Barnett could push for involvement; the latter scored a hat-trick for the Under-21s in a 6-3 win over Leicester City in the Premier League 2 on Friday.
Among the surfeit of youngsters Tottenham sent elsewhere was Damola Ajayi, the 19-year-old winger who is currently representing Doncaster, and Spurs have given permission for him to play against his parent club here.
Ajayi was only a substitute in the weekend’s loss to Wimbledon anyway; instead, Luke Molyneux and Jordan Gibson should line up in support of 39-year-old marksman Billy Sharp.
On the injury front, midfielder Harry Clifton recently sustained a hamstring tear in Rovers’ loss to Wigan, and McCann expects the 27-year-old to miss around six weeks of action. Jamie Sterry is also dealing with a back concern but is expected to make the cut.
