The north London outfit do not kick-off until 7:45pm local time against Wolves, with the Argentine normally at home relaxing with his pet by then
Mauricio Pochettino has no problems with Tottenham's late kick-off on Saturday, though he is worried how his dog will cope without him!
Tottenham travel to Molineux to face, rather ironically, Wolves this weekend looking to get back to winning ways in the Premier League after their 1-0 defeat to Manchester City on Monday.
The clash is the latest match to take place at 7:45pm GMT (3:45pm ET) in the English top flight, a new initiative from the Premier League.
Fans have questioned the decision due to the travel problems it will cause, but Pochettino just hopes his pet can deal with his absence from their normal Saturday night routine.
"It is similar to when you play [in the] Champions League," he told a media conference. "[But] it is strange because it is on a Saturday.
"At seven o'clock, 7:30 I am [normally] on my sofa with my dog, Sansa, and watching the Spanish league because they start 7:45 or France because Ligue 1 starts at eight o'clock, or Italy or different games.
"It will be so strange for my dog. Not for me but my dog.
"'Where is my dad?' she is going to say. She is beautiful and I am in love with her."
It is not the first time Pochettino has cited animals in a press conference this season having referred to a cow when discussing his team's experience of playing in the Champions League.
"It’s like a cow that every single day during ten years, sees the train crossing in the front at the same time," he said ahead of their clash with Inter in September.
"And if you ask the cow what time is the train going to come, it’s not going have the right answer. In football it’s the same.
“Experience, yes, of course experience [matters]. But hunger, motivation, circumstance, everything, is so important."
Spurs head into the game fifth in the Premier League table despite recording their best ever points tally after 10 games in the Premier League.
idleness
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Poch and Levy.....we don't really need to buy players from outside; use the money to develop and groom all these young lads into our own Spurs "brand"....the Club has a better goodwill....
educate
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The team played good flowing football . Sanchez had superb performance and against City as well.Time to drop Lloris and play Gazzaninga. Also need to give Wanyama more game time as he is short of match fitness and unconfident.
Imanima
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Top performance from Juan on Wednesday. Streets ahead of what he showed in the same game last season, so it's good to see he's improving massively. Looking at him, he needs to be stronger and put some time in at the gym. He's still only a nipper though. I think he & Big Dave are the future. COYS.
Hazardr
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Poch are you watching. Needs to be playing alongside Toby & Sanchez to build his experience, especially while Jan is out injured. Now's the time to give him the opportunity. He certainly plays with maturity and confidence. Well deserved off this MOM performance.
moments
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It’s crazy to think where we could be in 3 years time. Kane, Dele, Eriksen, Lamela, even Dier, all in their prime. Then add 3 years worth of game time and maturity to Foyth, Sanchez, and Winks (who is absolutely unbelievable already by the way) and we have a world class core right there.
Benin5855190
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l think you dont know anything about football Tottenham lose to Man city but if you watched the game their performance was better than ever not this bullshit
that's your thought. but they could do better. l watched that game. they didn't create enough chances. believe me they could have won 2.1
ballstarsee
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Going to be a tough game but believe and we will do it COYS
quaooma
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Imagine scoring three goals in a match.
Robindon
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Mauricio Pochettino is unbeaten in 26 PL fixtures (W24 D2) v promoted teams as @SpursOfficial manager, winning both matches so far this season.
smindloadonia
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l think Tottenham's poor performance against man city should be strange to his dog.
l think you dont know anything about football Tottenham lose to Man city but if you watched the game their performance was better than ever not this bullshit
Benin5855190
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l think Tottenham's poor performance against man city should be strange to his dog.