Former Chelsea striker Tony Cascarino and ex-England international Micky Gray have urged Thomas Tuchel to do something unusual with Djed Spence for the upcoming semi-final against Argentina.After England’s round of 32 win over Congo, Tottenham fans were the only ones defending Spence amid widespread criticism from various parts of the media.However, the Spurs full-back has shown in the round of 16 and the quarter-final exactly why Thomas Tuchel liked him on the plane.Spence has delivered two outstanding defensive cameos off the bench against Mexico and Norway to help the Three Lions get across the line, and the full-back is now deservedly receiving a lot of love on social media.Credit: @thefrederikkejensen / InstagramThomas Tuchel told to start Tottenham’s Djed Spence as a wingerCascarino has now opined that Spence has the attributes to hurt the opposition as a winger and urged Tuchel to start the Spurs man further up the pitch in Wednesday’s semifinal.Gray agreed that the former Middlesbrough full-back could be handy in attack, suggesting that his pace can pose major problems to the Argentine defence.Cascarino told talkSPORT: “Just one point I’d like to add on Djed Spence is that Djed Spence looks like, to me, the most natural winger. Not as a full-back. I think he looks such a dangerous winger because he’s so quick and direct. And I actually feel like, Thomas, you could use Djed further up the pitch quite comfortably.”Gray responded: “Yeah, I think you’ve got a point there. He looked excellent when he came on the pitch yesterday. We know he’s got that turn of pace. We know he’s got them recovery runs in him. And he’s certainly going to need them against a side like Argentina. He nearly got himself a goal as well, didn’t he, when he closed down the goalkeeper? He looked absolutely fantastic.“There’s been question marks, you know, should you have actually taken Djed Spence? Well, I think he put that to bed yesterday with the performance that he put in when he came onto the pitch. Again, his energy levels were excellent. He was getting up the pitch when he needed to. I’m not quite sure if he’s got a great end-product. I think that’s maybe one of the things that he got missing from his game. But there’s no question about his energy levels, being able to take on a defender, if he is asked to do that job.“I’m not sure that Thomas Tuchel will actually start Djed Spence as a winger. But I get your point in that, when you get into the latter stages of a game, for the last 15, 20 minutes, if he’s got any concerns of maybe changing one of his wide players, I wouldn’t have a worry at all of putting Djed Spence into one of those positions because of that pace that he’s got. That’s a threat that you’ve seen the top sides have got in this competition.”Is Spence likely to be given the nod to start against Argentina?The Tottenham man may have felt unlucky to miss out on the starting eleven against Norway after Jarell Quansah’s suspension, with Tuchel opting to play Ezri Konsa at right-back instead.Given the impressive displays that Spence has delivered in the quarterfinal and the round of 16, the Spurs defender may be in line to start on Wednesday at right-back, as it is unclear if Reece James is fit enough to be involved from the start.There is even a case to be made for Spence being drafted into the starting eleven at left-back over Nico O’Reilly.READ MORE: Savinho sparks fresh Tottenham talk after sending public Pedro Porro messageThe post Thomas Tuchel urged to make out-of-the-box Djed Spence decision for semi-final appeared first on Spurs Web.