SOLDIERS OF MISFORTUNE

Tudor fears injuries have left him with a fatigued team for relegation battle

- BY ALASDAIR GOLD

IGOR TUDOR believes he has the soldiers at Tottenham to fight a relegation battle - but they will have to do things they will not like to climb the table.

The Croatian has come into Spurs with the same no-nonsense approach he arrived with at clubs like Juventus, Lazio, Udinese, Hellas Verona and Marseille before dramatically pushing those sides up their respective divisions.

Tottenham need his football firefighting skills as they sit 16th in the Premier League and just four points above the drop zone.

Tudor admitted after his debut defeat against league leaders Arsenal (below) that the job at Spurs was bigger than he expected.

The 47-year-old had previously said that he wants the team to go to war and he was asked ahead of tomorrow's trip to Fulham whether he has enough soldiers to do so.