Ange Postecoglou vows to stick with his 'mad' tactics ahead of Wolves clash
Tottenham have been hit by a huge double blow with star men James Maddison and Micky van de Ven ruled out until January.
The pair both limped off in the first half of Spurs’ 4-1 home defeat by Chelsea on Monday — England midfielder Maddison with a kick to his ankle and £43million summer signing Van de Ven having pulled his hamstring.
They add to a list of long-term absences that also includes Richarlison, after the Brazil forward underwent pelvis surgery. Maddison was named in the England squad on Thursday for the upcoming Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia, but has withdrawn.
‘Micky with the hamstring injury, we knew it was fairly significant, probably a couple of months for him, looking into the new year,’ said Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou.
‘Madders is a lot worse than we thought. The next day wasn’t great — again, probably into the new year for him.’
Spurs can go back top of the Premier League with victory at Wolves on Saturday lunchtime but travel to Molineux without their three walking wounded plus the suspended Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie.
Ben Davies is back from injury at left back, but midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg may have to step in as a makeshift centre back with Romero and Van de Ven out.
Postecoglou, however, insisted the club have dealt with worse this season even after this week from hell, having lost Harry Kane to Bayern Munich in August.
Asked how Spurs would respond to their first big test of this season, he replied: ‘The first test? After losing the greatest ever player in this competition the day before the start of the season? Nah, piece of cake.
‘Mate, there are tests all the time. In my whole career, I figured out there are only two states of being as a manager — under
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