Why can’t we have good things? Two days after Tottenham Hotspur keeper Guglielmo Vicario put in a masterful shift, making five saves at the Etihad and helping Spurs to a 4-0 win over the four-time defending champions, we get devastating news from the club. As posted by Spurs on its website and social media channels, Vicario has undergone surgery to his ankle and will be out for an indefinite period of time.
I wish I were making this up.
So remember that little thing before halftime where Vic went down and got seen by Tottenham’s physios, and I gave him the Erik Lamela Shithouse Award because it was obviously him killing time and helping his team get to halftime with a 2-0 lead against arguably the most talented team in the Premier League? Well, I guess it wasn’t the dark arts after all.
We have no information about how long Googly Elmo will be out, so that means that the club is now in the (large, meaty) hands of Fraser Forster, a man who is big as an oak tree and just about as mobile. Brandon Austin will probably make the step up to second keeper and likely starter in the Europa League, possibly as soon as this Thursday.
Now, I’m being a little harsh — Forster has shown the ability to make quality stops in some of his appearances, but he’s way less mobile that Vic, and god help us if we ever get into a situation that calls for a penalty shootout. And this also means Tottenham will almost certainly need to be in the market for another keeper when the window opens on January 1.
This is a huge, HUGE blow to Tottenham’s ambitions this season. There’s just a huge drop-off from Vicario to all the keepers behind him, but there isn’t really anything we can do about it — Fraser Forster’s our guy from now until Vic is able to get healthy.
God. Ugh. Crap. This SUCKS.