Tom Cairney’s three game ban could not have come at a worse time for Marco Silva.
With Harrison Reed injured and Saša Lukić suspended for Thursday’s meeting with Brighton, we could have done with our Captain’s presence in central midfield.
And though Cairney does not start matches as often as he once did, his Head Coach still knows just how much he has to offer the team.
“It will be tough for us to not have a player like him,” Silva said in his post-Spurs press conference.
“I know that he's not always playing as a starting XI player, but Tom is the type of player that if he plays 10 minutes he’s going to have an impact, if he starts the game he’s going to have an impact.
“He's really important for me. Of course, he's not a young player no more, [but] I know his qualities.
“I know some things that he needs to keep improving, but I love him as a football player, I have to say. Probably if I got him a little bit younger, he's going to be fantastic for me, because what a player he is.
“It's going to be a big absence for us, definitely. We have Harrison Reed out as well, next game Saša Lukić is not going to play because he got the fifth yellow card as well.
“Let’s hope we can have Andreas ready again next week, to go in the way I know he can play as well, with all the others around him, because we need everybody in this moment of the season.”
