Here come the big guns

upcoming run of games.

Starting with the early SKY clash this Saturday against Spurs (kick-off 12.30pm), David Wagner’s men will undeniably face their sternest test of their Premier League credentials so far this season.

However, it is one the German head coach and his young charges should not only relish but likely to revel in – after all, this is a football club who has made the term ‘defying the odds’ their own over the past 18 months.

The fact Town have already equipped themselves so well against Premier League stalwarts as well as taken a decent points haul from relegation rivals means they face these challenges with no pressure on their shoulders whatsoever.

It means that Town don’t have to chase these supposedly insurmountable games to catch up on points they may have missed in previous encounters, making them a dangerous beast for any Premier League giant to tame.

And it would be foolish for boss Wagner not to up the ante of ‘David vs Goliath’ rhetoric and underdog metaphors throughout the period to further ensure his players can play with the freedom their previous results have earned.

After all, it worked perfectly throughout Town’s ‘impossible’ SkyBet Championship promotion which saw the side overcome a number of more fancied opposition throughout that hedonistic and celebratory season.

So that is Town set and prepared, but what of the supposedly fearful opposition they are to face, all currently in the top five where they are expected to remain throughout the campaign?

Despite facing Spurs at the John Smith’s Stadium and not the hoodoo of their Wembley ‘home,’ Mauricio Pochettino’s side face a tricky trip to Cyprus to face Apoel Nicosia in the Champions League before even contemplating Town.