Comments on: Spurs - Everton Preview: Premiership Points or Carling Cup? http://www.allactionnoplot.com/2009/10/spurs-everton-preview-premiership-points-or-carling-cup-622/ Tottenham Hotspur - latest news, opinion, reports, previews, transfers, gossip, rants... from one bewildered fan Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:19:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: TMWNN http://www.allactionnoplot.com/2009/10/spurs-everton-preview-premiership-points-or-carling-cup-622/#comment-5101 TMWNN Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:12:39 +0000 http://www.allactionnoplot.com/?p=622#comment-5101 Is JimmyG2 a pseudonym for Mrs Jenas? Is JimmyG2 a pseudonym for Mrs Jenas?

]]> By: AllActionNoPlot http://www.allactionnoplot.com/2009/10/spurs-everton-preview-premiership-points-or-carling-cup-622/#comment-5099 AllActionNoPlot Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:46:39 +0000 http://www.allactionnoplot.com/?p=622#comment-5099 Read in one of the papers that Hudd played 71 passes on Saturday and didn't misplace a single one. This astounded me I have to admit, as he looked out of sorts (agree though, this was largely due to lack of movement and massed ranks of deep-lying Stoke defenders, as mentioned in match report). Although he's improved this season, he doesn't look international quality. Really willing him to go boss a game for us, really dictate it from start to finish and be man of the match, step up to the next level. Even if there isn't enough movement he can still have an impact by moving the ball around a la Scholes for example, picking short early passes. He dwelt too long on it on Saturday. Yep, Jenas added energy, again acknowledged in match report, and you can never fault his willing, but ultimately he didn't produce a moment of magic to get us a goal. While more of the blame lies with static team-mates, his impact was ok but not game-changing. Again, would love to see him step up to the next level; but I maintain I'm not inspired by a Hudd-Jenas midfield combo. Don't just want to accept decent performances from these chaps when we need match-winning performances. Would love to be made to eat my words tonight. Read in one of the papers that Hudd played 71 passes on Saturday and didn’t misplace a single one. This astounded me I have to admit, as he looked out of sorts (agree though, this was largely due to lack of movement and massed ranks of deep-lying Stoke defenders, as mentioned in match report). Although he’s improved this season, he doesn’t look international quality. Really willing him to go boss a game for us, really dictate it from start to finish and be man of the match, step up to the next level. Even if there isn’t enough movement he can still have an impact by moving the ball around a la Scholes for example, picking short early passes. He dwelt too long on it on Saturday.

Yep, Jenas added energy, again acknowledged in match report, and you can never fault his willing, but ultimately he didn’t produce a moment of magic to get us a goal. While more of the blame lies with static team-mates, his impact was ok but not game-changing. Again, would love to see him step up to the next level; but I maintain I’m not inspired by a Hudd-Jenas midfield combo. Don’t just want to accept decent performances from these chaps when we need match-winning performances. Would love to be made to eat my words tonight.

]]> By: JimmyG2 http://www.allactionnoplot.com/2009/10/spurs-everton-preview-premiership-points-or-carling-cup-622/#comment-5098 JimmyG2 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:31:19 +0000 http://www.allactionnoplot.com/?p=622#comment-5098 Jenas played only 20 minutes against Stoke and was the only midfielder who took the game to Stoke at pace and with determination. If he had been on from the start we might have won. I know its fashionable to decry Jenas and Huddlestone but getting on Jenas's back when he has played well by almost universal comsent is just lazy, knee jerk thinking Huddlestone too has stepped up this season and the main problem on Saturday was the massed ranks of Stoke's defence, and a lack of movemnt up front to create gaps for Huddlestone to exploit. Jenas played only 20 minutes against Stoke and was the only midfielder who took the game to Stoke at pace and with determination.
If he had been on from the start we might have won.
I know its fashionable to decry Jenas and Huddlestone but getting on Jenas’s back when he has played well by almost universal comsent is just lazy, knee jerk thinking
Huddlestone too has stepped up this season and the main problem on Saturday was the massed ranks of Stoke’s defence, and a lack of movemnt up front to create gaps for Huddlestone to exploit.

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