Career of one Tottenham player in tatters: Three things we learned from FA Cup win v Swansea
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Tottenham booked their ticket to the FA Cup semi-finals with an easy win over struggling Swansea at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Two goals from Christian Eriksen and a beauty from Erik Lamela fired Mauricio Pochettino one step closer to his first trophy with Spurs.
And they'll play the semi-final (and hopefully final) at their home ground now, with both ties set to play out at Wembley.
The portents are good for Spurs and fans will be desperate for them to salvage something from this season, lift a trophy and get that particular monkey off their back.
Back to today's game though and, despite a commanding win, there were several big talking points from the action – not least the fact that one Tottenham player's career appears to be in tatters after backtracking from Pochettino led to him making a huge decision.
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1. Vorm is a real class act
He doesn't get much of a look-in with Hugo Lloris firmly entrenched as the number one under Pochettino.
But, wow, when Michel Vorm does get to play he really looks the part.
He was in scintillating form again today, calling the shots at the back and making a string of fine saves.
If you want to see what he's capable of check out the double save he makes at the start of the second half from Tammy Abraham.
Vorm could walk into most sides and take the gloves – the fact he stays with Tottenham shows real class and loyalty.
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2. Fernando Llorente's career is done
Fernando Llorente's Tottenham career is in tatters after he was only named on the bench for the FA Cup quarter-final against Swansea on Saturday lunchtime.
With Kane out injured, the 33-year-old striker would have been forgiven for thinking he would make the starting XI on Saturday, especially as he's scored three goals in five FA Cup games this season.
Instead, Heung-Min Son led the line and it looks like he'll be the man Pochettino turns to with Kane on the sidelines.
If Llorente isn't going to be called on when it's the cup and when the team's main striker is out, when will he play?
Today's decision is more of a slap in the face though, as Llorente joined from Swansea in the summer and so would know more about the team than anyone else.
It seems an odd decision but it shows that Pochettino is taking the FA Cup seriously, which represents a backtracking from earlier in the season when he said Tottenham wanted to win a major, like the Premier League or the Champions League.
That's good for everyone, apart from Llorente, who must know he's done in the summer.
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3. VAR isn't working
We want VAR to work. We're not traditionalists who want to see the game ruled by humans who can make mistakes. VAR on paper is brilliant but in practise it just doesn't work.
Son's goal was ruled out for offside but the VAR evidence clearly showed he was level.
They ruled that inconclusive which means the original decision stuck, but that just makes VAR look stupid.
We don't want it binned, we just want it refined, and we want VAR to be the casting vote if a decision is not clearcut.
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