Mauricio Pochettino has made nine changes to the Tottenham team that beat Chelsea 2-0 on Wednesday night for the visit of Aston Villa in the FA Cup.
Spurs stick with three at the back — Toby Alderweireld is accompanied by Cameron Carter-Vickers and Kevin Wimmer in defence.
Eric Dier, who captains the side, will sit just in front of the back three. Heung-Min Son and Vincent Janssen also start, while Pau Lopez and Kyle Walker-Peters are on the bench.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to all the team news.
#THFC: Vorm, Trippier, Carter-Vickers, Alderweireld, Wimmer, Davies, Dier (C), Winks, Sissoko, Son, Janssen. #COYS pic.twitter.com/EyTJ7hkb5s
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 8, 2017
Subs: Pau Lopez, Walker-Peters, Vertonghen, Wanyama, Dele, Onomah, Nkoudou. #COYS
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 8, 2017
Excellent! Happy with that, glad to see squad players getting time in the 3-4-3, too. #COYS https://t.co/jrWdEUZVXx
— Nikhil Saglani (@Nikhil_Saglani) January 8, 2017
Yyyyyup we're officially a three at the back team now
— Nathan (@TTTactics) January 8, 2017
Is N'Koudou ever going to start, though? Thought today was the perfect chance for him to make a mark against a lower league side.
— Spurs In The Blood (@SpursInTheBlood) January 8, 2017
#thfc Tom Carroll started both of the League Cup ties earlier in the season but is absent from today's squad. Surely he'll move on soon.
— Ben Pearce (@BenPearceSpurs) January 8, 2017
If the thought of Eric Dier as captain doesn't stir your loins, you're probably dead.
— Bankrupt (@bankruptspurs) January 8, 2017
Vincent Janssen finally getting 90 minutes under his belt gives me all sorts of goosebumps. Deserved rest for most of our starting XI. #COYS
— Talking THFC (@TalkingTHFC) January 8, 2017
Clever decision by Pochettino today giving Eric Dier the captaincy, just a reminder to him how important he is to our squad. #COYS#THFC
— Ricky Sacks (@RickSpur) January 8, 2017
Janssen needs a goal today. Surely he'll get it.
— TottenhamTalk (@tottenhamtalk1) January 8, 2017