Martinez hopeful over Cleverley injury

Oh well, Osman needs a run out.

Maybe it's good to get these injuries before the window, or maybe it makes no difference, heh.

Looking like a good player of late, somewhat of the glue to the team. Wish him a speedy recovery.

Dier was lucky to stay on as he had a fair few challenges that could have got him another booking.

Feel sorry for Tom...like his effort

Back to Mirallas - and maybe get Lennon back??????

Hope it's not too serious, as they are now saying because he's looked a decent player for us so far.

Dier could have, and probably should have been sent off for several OTT tackles. The Cleverley one, yes he won the ball, but the follow-through is reckless at best.

That photo on the Echo is not pleasant viewing - he's very lucky if it isn't broken but the ligament damage will mean he's out for a few months one would imagine. Fingers crossed, as many have said above, he's a good player for us, I like him in the team. Keeps the ball moving, has good movement himself and whips in a decent cross too.

With regard to Dier's tackle he should have had a yellow at the very least because the new rules don't allow for overly aggressive ones and that tackle was intended to hurt Cleverley, don't care what anyone says.

It's a shame because the lad has quickly won over the vast majority with his decent displays. He's not a headliner but he seems to do what he does well.

It sounds more hopeful that it won't be too serious.

A very dangerous tackle even without malicious intent.

I thought the referee yesterday was very weak in general.

This type of challenge was responsible for Aaron Ramsey breaking his leg a few seasons ago, its a shit-house tackle which is far more dangerous than going through the back of a player for a mandatory yellow card.

Dier could just as easily slid in with his right foot and Tom would have tumbled over the top with minimum risk. As it was he made sure he took the man out as well as the ball.

We have already reached a point where the defender is barely allowed to tackle. I think it's gone far enough!

Injuries back then were far more impact type damage whereas the highly tuned level of fitness these days leads to far more stress type injury whereby the body actually injures itself, or exacerbates the cause of the injury. Hammys a case in point. I don't remember even a relatively few years back seeing so many hamstrings twanging.

Having done ligaments in both ankles playing footy myself I hope for the best for Tom Cleverley because although you get the fitness back they just do not fully recover their original strength making repeat injury more likely. Again I speak from experience. I guess surgery, ultrasound and so on help these days but just wish him well really. He's a good lad.

It is clearly nothing like the Oviedo injury.

Absolute, top of the range, nonsense.

The medical treatment the players get these days will make recovery faster but given the tackle, I cannot imagine he hasn't got any ligament damage and that takes time to heal. He will then need time to get his fitness back as he won't be able to run properly as his ankle gets better. I would be very surprised if Cleverley pulls on a shirt before November.

With two international breaks at least he won't miss that many games - trying to look on the bright side....

Here's to a speedy recovery, lad.

I ponder whether the fix in Cleverly's absence might not be to move Oviedo into LM position (where he's most comfortable?) and use Tyias Browning at left back in the absence of Baines and Galloway?

Spurs are labouring right now, it is a pity we were unable to replicate the ambition we showed at Southampton, but I guess that TC was the unfortunate victim of a half time pep talk by Poccetino asking his players for more "edge" as we were comfortable in possession.

a) We are not really a 'transfer team';
b) We probably have enough cover across the middle of the park anyway.

Mainly a thought...

Stepping on, we now need to fill up our Loan Spots, to shore up our injury losses. Forget this media BS about an EPL club loaning IN players.

We now need #10, RB, LB, CBx2, +DCM, and I mean "Pot Noodle"!

Money Can't Buy You Happiness. Maybe "Once a Blue, Always a blue" is haunting him now inside.

Still nothing on Funes Mori and still nothing on the two attacking players that Roberto mentioned on Friday.

If we don't hear anything re the WP tomorrow then we've presumably got a problem. I still don't know how we'll get approval given the guy only has one cap and is 24, so hardly 'exceptional prospect'.

Couple of brown envelopes will no doubt do the trick...

Do national appearances for youth squads count? If not, then I question the FA or whoever is in charge of the work permits over there to explain why the holdup or the different treatment?

So I guess we won't be hearing anything till Tuesday... not cutting it too fine again I see.

We've so far spent about £6M quid in total transfer fees but got £33M extra in TV money. The difference cannot have gone on improved contracts to 4 players.

Go figure. Still waiting for that rabbit, just can't find the hat...