- Nov 6, 2006
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yeah, we we pretty much have already blasted every player on the team so far. Bale's going to have a horrible match soon, so he can join everyone else.
What a bullshit thread to add to the rest so far today.
Can't run.
Can't Tackle(and bottles out of them).
Poor Workrate.
Can't even turn.
Strolls around the pitch like he's a footballing God.:roll:
Passing ability is overrated. I've noticed that his passing range range is very limited. All he can do are long distance passes to the wing or chipped balls over the defence.You very rarely see him play eye of a needle passes...or passes forward ALONG THE GROUND......players like carrick and Fabregas do it for fun. Huddlestone doesn't seem to be able to do it.
Im not basing this on tonights match. He was like this against Villa and boro aswell.
He obviously isn't in Fabregas' league, few are, but he is still very young and a lot is being asked of him.Huddlestone is still 20 for fuck sake.
Huddlestone is slightly over rated and I have mentioned this to Joey when arguing about Zokora.(Joey being a champion of Huddlestone). He has good passing range but needs time to do it and the premiership doesn't always afford you this time on the ball. Get up him and he is far less useful than Zokora who does not panic if he has a bloke up his arse (ooh er). It's not that Hudd is slow exactly it's that he definately isn't very mobile - he doesn't change direction very well. When I first saw Huddlestone I thought he would make a good CB. But at times he gets out muscled in the middle by smaller players so I'm not sure if he could play CB in the prem.
The answer for me, something I've been advocating for months, would be to switch - certainly away and tough homes - to a 5 midfield. It would play more to the strengths of all our players.
Something like:
Lennon Jenas Hudd Zok Bale
1. It would compensate for the deficiencies of each midfielder and bring out their strengths.
2. Defensively we are frail. 5 midfielders would offer more protection.
3. Another problem is who to chose to play with Berb. Keane is out of form, Defoe out of favour and Bent and Berb is a poor combo. Stick either Berb or Bent up front on their own, with support coming from the midfielders, especially the wide players. Like all good 4-5-1's it becomes a 4-3-3 fluidly.
All this is pointless though as Jol is absoloutely incapable of changing his tactics or playing to the strngths of players. It's always 442 with at least 2 players out of position.
I don't know if he's the most over rated because frankly, we have a few players who that applies to.