Bobby TwoShots
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Anyone who saw him play knows. Hoddle. Truly a one-off.
Your 1 favourite Spurs Player of all Time
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Im finding it very difficult to pick
Lennon - got me off my seat particularly in those times we werent great
Dembele - just filled me with home comfort whenever he played - when he played you knew you were n safe hands...
King - he was so good but also home grown etc.
Hugo - simply because he i so underappreciated i feel and love him so much id have his babies if it was possible
I cant decide
Lennon - got me off my seat particularly in those times we werent great
Dembele - just filled me with home comfort whenever he played - when he played you knew you were n safe hands...
King - he was so good but also home grown etc.
Hugo - simply because he i so underappreciated i feel and love him so much id have his babies if it was possible
I cant decide
JamieSpursCommunityUser
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Favourite Spurs player:
Gascoigne, Ginola, or Modric.
I couldn't decide.
Favourite Spurs person:
Cliff Jones, Gary Mabbutt, Garth Crooks, Michael Dawson, or David Howells.
Also couldn't pick one out.
Gascoigne, Ginola, or Modric.
I couldn't decide.
Favourite Spurs person:
Cliff Jones, Gary Mabbutt, Garth Crooks, Michael Dawson, or David Howells.
Also couldn't pick one out.
Huddlebone
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Huddlestone for sure. His passes were more smooth than any female skin on this planet has ever been
EQP
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He's probably the only Spurs players whose career I followed intently after leaving Spurs. So much promise, wish he had Lamela's intensity or drive, he would been one of the best CM's to grace the premier league.
bradfordspur
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My favourite when growing up was Cyril Knowles. I don’t think we have ever had a better left back since and he had a cool song!
SirHarryHotspur
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Has to be Dave , if today's Spurs players had some of his grit we would have won a bit more silverware lately...
bomberH
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Overall, Hoddle. Imagine if the pitches back then were like they are now. He’d have scored and assisted 12,500 more goals at least.
Individual favourite performance in a match goes to Eric Dier, for his absolute thuggery against Chelsea in the ‘battle of the bridge’, where he should’ve been sent off 12,500 times at least. Special mention to Lamela in the same match.
Too many special mentions to mention, but Gazza and Ginola, just wow.
Hoddle though, definition of graceful. Everything he did looked so classy and the end product, be it a stunning goal or a stunning 12,500 yard pass, was there more often than not. The only player that has been similar in style since is probably Berbatov, who I also loved but not quite in the same class as Hoddle.
i emailed Hoddle 13 years ago when I was rather drunk to ask him if he has any intention of managing Arsenal at any point, because I was naming my son Hoddle (middle name) and I didn’t want to have to change it when he’s 5 because Hoddle became a frickin’ Judas. He never replied, fucker. He did send a lovely little video message to my son though a few years back when my brother met him and told him about my littl’un’s middle name, so all was good in the world again. Sounds obvious but the way I felt when I first heard about his heart attack just confirmed to me that he’s my all time favourite. It was like I heard my best mate had a heart attack.
Even though football has completely changed in the last 40 years, and now the focus seems to be on physicality, pace and tactical awareness, I still truly believe he would be up there with the best in the world.
Individual favourite performance in a match goes to Eric Dier, for his absolute thuggery against Chelsea in the ‘battle of the bridge’, where he should’ve been sent off 12,500 times at least. Special mention to Lamela in the same match.
Too many special mentions to mention, but Gazza and Ginola, just wow.
Hoddle though, definition of graceful. Everything he did looked so classy and the end product, be it a stunning goal or a stunning 12,500 yard pass, was there more often than not. The only player that has been similar in style since is probably Berbatov, who I also loved but not quite in the same class as Hoddle.
i emailed Hoddle 13 years ago when I was rather drunk to ask him if he has any intention of managing Arsenal at any point, because I was naming my son Hoddle (middle name) and I didn’t want to have to change it when he’s 5 because Hoddle became a frickin’ Judas. He never replied, fucker. He did send a lovely little video message to my son though a few years back when my brother met him and told him about my littl’un’s middle name, so all was good in the world again. Sounds obvious but the way I felt when I first heard about his heart attack just confirmed to me that he’s my all time favourite. It was like I heard my best mate had a heart attack.
Even though football has completely changed in the last 40 years, and now the focus seems to be on physicality, pace and tactical awareness, I still truly believe he would be up there with the best in the world.
Duke of Northumberland
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Ultimately it has to be Bobby Buckle...
The Apprentice
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Me too mate. Ever since the shush to the Arsenal fans.
Daytripper
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So hard to pick one, VDV, Ginola or King. Players who knew what it meant to pull on the white shirt. To name a few more I’d go with Lamela, Paul Robinson and even Freud. Yeah Freud wasn’t great but he absolutely got what it meant to wear the shirt.
knowlespurs
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Supporting since 79
Gazza
Gazza
dg8672
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I started following Spurs soon after the 2010 World Cup - I fell in love with the sport during the tournament and searched high and low for a team to support so I could stay invested.
Later that Summer came the first transfer window I ever went through, and what a rush to follow all the news as it came in. Was a brand new experience.
Then the news broke that we'd landed a class player at the deadline, and I watched all the Arsenal fans I knew (on a movie forum i frequented) lose their collective minds. That reaction, followed by his time with the club, cemented my love for him - Rafael van der Vaart.
He was the first Spurs player I ever loved. Eriksen was my first jersey, but VDV will always have that place in my heart.
Later that Summer came the first transfer window I ever went through, and what a rush to follow all the news as it came in. Was a brand new experience.
Then the news broke that we'd landed a class player at the deadline, and I watched all the Arsenal fans I knew (on a movie forum i frequented) lose their collective minds. That reaction, followed by his time with the club, cemented my love for him - Rafael van der Vaart.
He was the first Spurs player I ever loved. Eriksen was my first jersey, but VDV will always have that place in my heart.
agrdavidsfan
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Probably now it’s Jan Vertonghen it used to be King or Bale
Lifelong
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We’ve been lucky to have been blessed with some truly outstanding players in my supporting lifetime (since the mid/late 60’s). For me Gazza, King, Berbatov, Van Der Vaart, Waddle, Mabbutt, Klinnsmann, Ardiles, Jennings, Ginola, Bale and latterly Kane are up there, not necessarily for playing ability with some, but my all time favourite will always be Hoddle. To watch him play was an absolute privilege, absolutely wasted by England managers, to think he lost his place to Neil fucking Webb…….wasn’t even fit to clean his boots.
TheHoddleWaddle
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Tough question.
For my spurs lifetime, hmm. Favourite doesn't necessarily mean the best (which is subjective anyway).
It used to be Hoddle and funnily enough, Waddle. But after I had a cat called waddle that had to be put down and then a puffer fish called Hoddle who died after biting through the heater, I then got 2 royal pythons, called..
Hoddle and Waddle. Hoddle managed to open the vivarium and they both fucked off into the house and... Hoddle ended up in my neighbours wardrobe, and Waddle was fortunately in the airing cupboard. Neighbour was terrified, slept in her lounge. Fucker cost me a huge box of chocolates and wine. I then ended up shagging my neighbour, who turned out to be a bit mental. So I had to move for a few months and rented the house out.
So Hoddle and Waddle, can do one.
VDV in modern times. One.skilfully silky player.
For my spurs lifetime, hmm. Favourite doesn't necessarily mean the best (which is subjective anyway).
It used to be Hoddle and funnily enough, Waddle. But after I had a cat called waddle that had to be put down and then a puffer fish called Hoddle who died after biting through the heater, I then got 2 royal pythons, called..
Hoddle and Waddle. Hoddle managed to open the vivarium and they both fucked off into the house and... Hoddle ended up in my neighbours wardrobe, and Waddle was fortunately in the airing cupboard. Neighbour was terrified, slept in her lounge. Fucker cost me a huge box of chocolates and wine. I then ended up shagging my neighbour, who turned out to be a bit mental. So I had to move for a few months and rented the house out.
So Hoddle and Waddle, can do one.
VDV in modern times. One.skilfully silky player.
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