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Tottenham projected starting XI vs. Gillingham

By Rucker Haringey

WOKINGHAM, ENGLAND - AUGUST 22: Shayon Harrison of Tottenham celebrates with team mates after scoring his teams fourth goal of the game during the Premier League 2 match between Reading and Tottenham Hotspur on August 22, 2016 in Wokingham, England. (Photo by Ben Hoskins/Getty Images)
WOKINGHAM, ENGLAND - AUGUST 22: Shayon Harrison of Tottenham celebrates with team mates after scoring his teams fourth goal of the game during the Premier League 2 match between Reading and Tottenham Hotspur on August 22, 2016 in Wokingham, England. (Photo by Ben Hoskins/Getty Images) /
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DERBY, ENGLAND – AUGUST 26: Shayon Harrison of Tottenham during the Premier League 2 match between Derby County and Tottenham Hotspur at Derby County Training Ground on August 26, 2016 in Derby, England. (Photo by Alex Morton/Getty Images)
DERBY, ENGLAND – AUGUST 26: Shayon Harrison of Tottenham during the Premier League 2 match between Derby County and Tottenham Hotspur at Derby County Training Ground on August 26, 2016 in Derby, England. (Photo by Alex Morton/Getty Images) /

Striker-Shayon Harrison

The injury to Harry Kane provides Harrison with a huge opportunity to seize a place in the senior squad. His first opportunity to really impress his manager should come on Wednesday evening.

The club have already given us a huge hint that he’ll be involved Wednesday by leaving him out of the U23 fixture against Liverpool. I suspect that not only will he feature Wednesday, he could also make the squad at Middlesbrough on the weekend.

He’s at the point in his career where it’s time to find out if he can really meet the standard of the first team squad. Wednesday night will be his first, in what should be a lengthy series of tests over the next month or two.

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Bench-Vincent Janssen, Erik Lamela, Moussa Sissoko

I’ve only bothered to list the three players I expect to see real action on Wednesday evening. Some more youngsters might make the matchday squad, but I wouldn’t expect them to see action.

The inclusion of Janssen is fairly obvious. Tottenham aren’t blessed with a ton of options at the striker position, so he almost has to be a member of the squad. Ideally the match never gets close, and he doesn’t see the pitch.

Lamela and Sissoko will only see the field in the event that the match is closer than Tottenham want it to be. Ideally, they can be rested as well. Unfortunately, I have a feeling they’ll need to play in what could turn out to be a very sluggish affair.

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