Hoddle - A touch of genius (Sky)

[Spursmad321]

Just a heads up regarding a program about one of our greatest players.

A Touch of Genius. See it in full on SS1 @ 7pm on 15 March. Also available On Demand from Friday.

The best player I have seen play for out great club.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

Nice heads up, thanks.

There's also a 'Time of our lives' in the on Demand Sky Sports section, with Hoddle, Ossie and Perryman.

 

[garryparkerschest]

Just a heads up regarding a program about one of our greatest players.

A Touch of Genius. See it in full on SS1 @ 7pm on 15 March. Also available On Demand from Friday.

The best player I have seen play for out great club.

Definitely the most talented player to come from these shores, can't think of anyone better from any team.

He is the reason why I supported Tottenham.

The way this country misused his talents was criminal, if he was born twenty years later, he would have been an international superstar.

 

[yusrisafri]

For me as well, he is the greatest spurs player since i first started supporting the club in 1981. And when you google the various sites that rates spurs greatest players, he is always in the top 4 along with mackay, blanchflower and greaves, although I've not seen him as the no 1 in any of those sites.

Outrageous skills and technique. What a legend.

 

[yido_number1]

When you add to that the pitch conditions and equipment available back then it really shows what a master he was. As a pure talent Gazza had so much natural ability and talent, if he hadn't got injured and gone mental he could of been the greatest

 

[Mullers]

When you add to that the pitch conditions and equipment available back then it really shows what a master he was. As a pure talent Gazza had so much natural ability and talent, if he hadn't got injured and gone mental he could of been the greatest

He was always mental, he was a flawed genius, he needed sheringham's discipline. The dude keeps himself in such good shape he could probably still play for a premiership club if he wanted to.

 

[garryparkerschest]

When you add to that the pitch conditions and equipment available back then it really shows what a master he was. As a pure talent Gazza had so much natural ability and talent, if he hadn't got injured and gone mental he could of been the greatest

But no one passed the ball better than Hoddle, it's looked like his right leg was a golf club, he could manipulate a ball like no one else.

 

[yusrisafri]

When you add to that the pitch conditions and equipment available back then it really shows what a master he was. As a pure talent Gazza had so much natural ability and talent, if he hadn't got injured and gone mental he could of been the greatest

Gazza was great as well, and extremely talented, but even if he hadnt gone injured and not gone mental, he only spent about 4 years with us and thus would be hard to call him the greatest, IMO

 

[yusrisafri]

But no one passed the ball better than Hoddle, it's looked like his right leg was a golf club, he could manipulate a ball like no one else.

Not just his right leg mate. Both legs were like hands to him. He could do anything with both legs.

 

[garryparkerschest]

Not just his right leg mate. Both legs were like hands to him. He could do anything with both legs.

Okay, his left was a 7 iron and his right an 8.

The sad thing was he was more appreciated in France than he was here. Michel Platini said if he was French he would have had over 150 caps for the national team.

Same with Waddle, it was only when he went to France, he got the respect his talent deserved.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

Hoddle is and always will be the real king of White Hart Lane. He did things that had me and my mates nudging eachother saying 'did you see that'. Even on the odd bad day he'd do something that captivated us. Not like todays 'superstars', this he did week in, week out. There was pretty much always a 'Hoddle' moment.

I remember him absolutely destroying Feyenoord one night, their team included a young Ruud Gullit and Johan Cruyff and after the game Cruyff said something about not realising how good he actually was.

This is a very interesting read……..

http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/glenn-hoddle-one-one

 

[thinktank]

The most technically gifted player we've ever had.

 

[yido_number1]

Agree with all the sentiments re Gazza and Hoddle, was talking more from a English perspective. When I was at School (many years ago) one of our teachers played against Hoddle in a preseason friendly for Sutton Utd. He said if you lost concentration for a second Hoddle would pass the ball 60 - 70 yards over your head and to the feet of the winger. He said he'd never seen or played against anyone as good. Add to that his sheer creative genius and the variety of goals the man scored he really was well ahead of his time.

Gazza had more of a dribbling technique and was a lot more direct but had that boyish enthusiasm that I loved. As others said not with the club long enough but also an incredible talent.

 

[Gaz_Gammon]

Hoddle was undoubtedly the most skilled played ever to pull on a Spurs shirt, but the most feared player that i have ever seen play was Greaves. Absolutely second to none, with Hoddle definitely a close second.

 

[SEANSPURS1975]

Hoddle the player is the epitome of what our club is all about. One of the main reasons I support Tottenham was watching him as a kid. A Tottenham legend. Great, great player, absolute genius...

 

[Flashspur]

i have been a Spurs fan a long time and I think if you ask me who is the greatest player Glenda still wins it hands down. I know its subjective opinion but I have never seen anyone in Lilywhite do what Glen could. That's including White, Jones, Blanchflower, Gazza, Ardiles, Greaves, Bale, Mackay, Linekar, Klinsmann, Gilzean, Peters etc because I have seen them all and Hoddle stands out as unique.

 

[saintlyspur]

I remember going to Ossis testimonial and at the end of the game maradona pointed over to Hoddle and started clapping

 

[parklane1]

Been watching since the early 60's and Hoddle is the best I have seen for our club.

 

[shelfmonkey]

Hoddle is and always will be the real king of White Hart Lane. He did things that had me and my mates nudging eachother saying 'did you see that'. Even on the odd bad day he'd do something that captivated us. Not like todays 'superstars', this he did week in, week out. There was pretty much always a 'Hoddle' moment.

I remember him absolutely destroying Feyenoord one night, their team included a young Ruud Gullit and Johan Cruyff and after the game Cruyff said something about not realising how good he actually was.

This is a very interesting read……..

http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/glenn-hoddle-one-one

I was there that night, 4-0 up at halftime, I'd never seen anything like it, it was amazing!!

 

[steve]

Nice heads up, thanks.

There's also a 'Time of our lives' in the on Demand Sky Sports section, with Hoddle, Ossie and Perryman.

Can't find it...only the double winning team