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Leather Trumpet, it was obvious IMHO that the Poch was going to field a weak side. Don't know why everyone is shocked. His priority is the PL and at least getting top 4 which they are on brink of achieving. They dropped points against in last 2 games so need to keep pressure on Leicester. 4 more wins and Spurs will be in CL next season guaranteed, starting with AV. In fact AV and Bournemouth are Spurs next games, on paper highly winnable, yet they don't want these 2 teams to do what Leicester did last season and go on a run of wins. AV are where Leicester were last season. They need to make sure the likes of Kane will contribute and thrash AV.

Spurs don't need to be in the EUROPA league - they have almost qualified for the champions league and may even get title. EUROPA for last few seasons is just being used to blood in inexperienced players , get them used to playing superior opposition. Whereas Liverpool and Man U need to win EUROPA to have chance of playing CL next season

I feel sorry for the fans who shelled out cash on travel, tickets etc. It's bit of a con as Spurs didn't reveal the team selection until really late. They made out this was going to be a good match up, battle of the teams Bundesliga and Premier League #2 in their leagues. To be fair even if Spurs had a full strength side it would probably have been a defeat to Dortmund just 2-1 rather than 3-0. Might as well rest Kane and bring him on as a token gesture to keep fans on side.