Thudd

i think so, and i think we have the players

supposedly thudd is miffed at his lack of playing time during pre season and it's now being reported that he won't be in the squad tomorrow. rip biggest of all big men.

Rumoured to be on his way to Stoke :(

found his level tbf

cold

Reportedly deleted a load of veiled AVB disses on Twitter this week as well. Love the guy but after a year out my hopes for him getting even his old paltry level of mobility back are pretty much zero.

it's almost as if he has always been shit

Reportedly deleted a load of veiled AVB disses on Twitter this week as well. Love the guy but after a year out my hopes for him getting even his old paltry level of mobility back are pretty much zero.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:12 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

his tweets were not anti avb, that whole story was complete bullshit. wish he would go to italy, his game would be appreciated there.

what was the whole respect thing about then?

he retweets lots of generic inspirational quotes all the time

ah, okay.

it's almost as if he has always been shit

This is nonsense - he's (okay maybe was) one of the best long passers of the ball in the Premiership. The problem is you effectively have to build your midfield around him to compensate for his failings and most clubs above say Everton or even Stoke level wouldn't be prepared to do that, because they have more complete players to build teams around.

yes but as an overall player, just because ilx had a big jizzfest for him since day 1 doesn't mean he's ever actually done anything.

found out bill

a fat clown for all to see

huddlestone is potentially a good player.....give him a fletcher type to cover for his lack of running and a couple of flying wingers

probably why he was best in palacios' first season, with lennon to hit on the break

^^^ OTM. He would have been fine with Parker round there as well I think.

Give him one job to do with the right players around him and he'll do it very well, same as hundreds of good players who can't do everything and anything on the pitch. But why retool your midfield to accommodate him when you already have Modric in there?

This is all Redknapp-era anyway, he's probably not mobile or versatile enough to fit in an AVB team.

Modders and Huddlestone didn't really work when they were being played together because Thudd was expected to do most of the defensive work and he's just not quick enough.

let's see where he ends up.

He'll turn up at Stoke like all second-tier Spurs players do these days.

http://i.imgur.com/0cbFp.gif

you had to cordon off moving sparks to shade areas it was either game boy or spectrum and it was from about the same time as qbert that's all i got

QIX

yes!

obv he's not over injury fully yet, and looks in shape, but idk how he fits in these days....

try greasing him and giving it a big push

He's been excellent off-the-bench past few weeks

respect. i thought he was done. maybe now he'll get the move to italy his game deserves.

Hush you, what'll happen is avb works out a credible rotation and tactical policy to keep sandro, dembele, thudd, holtby all happy and competing.

i would like him to stick around, just don't think he has the mobility avb will require. carroll more important to work into the rotation imo.

I agree, if u mean ANDY

There's not been a lot of mobility with avb's starting xi inc dempsey and sig on wings lately, adebayor lolloping around fifty yards from anyone and parker tripping everyone else up. Hopefully he'll spot that having a player that lasers the ball around in a very disjointed unit at present is A Good Thing

MOTD2 graphics last night showing the entire Spurs midfield all with ten feet of each other makes me wonder who he's meant to laser it to once Bale isn't there.

Point being that he wont be within ten feet of anyone, not having run anywhere, ever

tbf that all changed with defoe and holtby comin on anyway

thudd may have pulled a dawson for now but you'll try and replace with moutinho again i'd expect

chasing willian and damiao generally does suggest avb sees where the problems are at least

still not sure i really get holtby yet but i suspect he might be one to flourish next season

He's been very neat, but better off the bench imo for now. Better wide than either sigurdsson or dempsey, probably best in the hole tho.

would hate to see thudd go obv.

his weight is given as 71kg ie 11 stone 2lbs gtfo

Nother site says 12st 5lbs gtfo

Yet another says 15 6 maybe, maybe

yeah holtby's gotta be the amc

think he probably just needs to bulk up a bit, got the engine and skillset just a tad lightweight

like it's not even a steroidal premier league thing i don't think, i mean ozil had to get ripped to play in spain after he moved so

Modric didnt but he bounced off tackles

Think Tom's a Plan B/not-so-secret weapon rather than a regular starter.

Holtby is very incisive and composed and more intelligent in his play than Sigurdsson or Dempsey and can play deep or further advanced. Would imagine Dembele-Sandro-Holtby will be the first choice central midfield, the squad has been reasonably well built from the back upwards but is really threadbare upfront and out wide.

avb out
;_;

He'll come back to us, like Defoe did, when the management realises what they've let go.

I know ppl say no one player is bigger than the team but with thudd that is just factually incorrect.

I will adopt hull as second team if livermore/thudd are a starting two in midfield. That's immobile but as a sitting pair it's an interesting prospect.

thudd/koren dreamteam

thudd/koren/boyd is p much the most cultured potential midfield three in the premiership outside of man city & chelsea, shame it's also probably the most immobile

and then there's paul mcshane and alex bruce behind them :D

i am wounded, wounded. it will never really heal.

much like hudd's ankle

http://www.hullcityafc.net/cms_images/news/tom-huddlestone-signing-4-3116-992054_478x359.jpg

I'm excited for him, although it may mean I like Spurs less