Thudd

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/11_01/101huddleston_468x811.jpg

the way thudd plays football is the way football is played in all of my dreams btw

http://images.football.co.uk/Dynamic/Group/Source/99fffe0048e6da3810233468d1b2df9a.jpg

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2008/10/14/460HuddlestoneNickPottsPA.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J84KYkmPs2Y

tom huddlestone is the best footballer in england, discuss.

^^^that is about as well as a football has been hit ever, i mean steven reid might have it beaten but sheesh the technique is mindblowing xp

THUDD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I4g_DmR9L4

"oh that's beeeeeautiful"

gerrard/lampard/barry/hargreaves should be begging to partner him at england cm tbh

Love this pass

THUDD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Ezcr8ba74

he must be such a blissful joy to train/play with

like, he should be in the england squad to train with the others, even if they're going to be speedist about picking him

speed is for lesser beings without the touch and passing ability of THUDD

I really hope he is aware of his nickname/trademark.

d-mac otm, also suedey otm

that pass is simply out of this fucking world

pretty sure he takes the curve of the earth into acccount or something, he can make the ball speed up mid air i seen it with my own eyes

Somebody needs to make a rap song about Thudd, it would be much like Black Rob's WHOA but with the obvious THUDD refrain.

he deserves a croon/swing anthem imo, cos he's a classy guy.

paucity of thudd clips on youtube a fucking travesty

hahaha i'd like to say that Thudd's goal against Man City would have been an easy goal of the month

but December 2006 was, like, sensational. Probably the best GOTM ever, and that includes the Edman/Gerrard/Rooney/Chippo month

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzUyYOCKzcE&feature=related

thudd still wins obv

although matty taylor MATTY TAYLOR

what a shame he never got his own thread :(

An excellent 4m53s of anyone's time.

oh i don't want to spoil thread but it really has to be essien there. maybe scholes, lampard ahead of it too. that is 5 mins of pure striking for sure xp

when you see the replay of matty taylor's you see it is a full volley with the ball spinning across him FROM 45 YARDS INTO THE TOP CORNER

i'd like to say that's a once-a-career hit but not many people hit one like that

but yeah, simply amazing month

April 2005 was the other stormer

lol at celebrations of mourinho and mark hughes

yeah seriously, essien wins - it's not the strike itself, it's that he's running off to the fans a full second before anyone else knows its in

fucking hell what a month though

bentley's is amazing too just for the sheer i-guess-i-have-no-option-left-but-to-do-THIS-! of it

you british people sure do spell "soccer" weird

almost as weird as how Americans spell "hand"

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2007/Nov/Week4/1615935.jpg

Clearly more footballers should fall into the cauldron of magic potion as a baby.

I love Two Ton Tom, even when he's a bit rubbish.

guys we should not be fighting on this , not ont he one thread where the glory of soccer meets the dramatic majesty of the all american 7 ft quarterback

xp this from a guy that accuses me of not being a real spurs fan, i ask you. there's nothing more spurs than loving a footballer like BTH

Yes, this is a thread of love. Big, big love.

Propose we should rename it the quarterpounder position after Tom.

I can't tell you how much I wanted him to score a proper thunderbolt equaliser against Brazil. In the 90th minute.

One this this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnSfs170XPw

BOOOM like dynamite explode.

quarterpounder

jesus i gotta be honest between that and 'jews did 9-1' ilx just keeps on giving this week.

the official footballer of ilx

i think so, i mean who ever even heard of dave kitson?

he gained stoke city and lost our hearts

jimmy bullard pulled a similar move

whereas i could never begrudge tom a move to real/milan.

maybe liverpool- i'd begrudge him that, even though he'd be IMMENSE there

ugh the thought is hateful- benitez in charge of our beautiful innocent and carefree tom. he'd have him playing sideways passes to lucas the whole time.

Big Thudd aka THE UNIT

thudd lyfe

I <3 THUDD.

He's made a perfect career move. Midfields have to be built around him, and at Spurs this was not the case. He's looking absolutely imperious at Hull. Obviously an England recall would be out of the question as Wilshere is his more-mobile equivalent, although I think Thudd's deep-lying style is more suited to controlled possession football - perhaps Wilshere will develop in this regard. Thudd's a better passer and dead-ball striker. Let the love-in continue!

wilsheres best skill is carrying the ball between the lines with lil bursts then playing off of the attacking midfielders / forwards like ilkay gundogan with a feltham YOI demeanour and haircut

can see other teams looking for similar skillets

huddlestone isnt really like that at all

veratti should be better than wilshere or ilkay because he can do everything wilshere can do but with real playmaking intelligence

yeah but wilshere is the player england are looking to build their team around

a wilshere - huddlestone CM would be an interesting experiment though

i dont really care about england

huddlestone wilshere is quite a complementary central midfield

i dont rate huddlestone that highly but id like to see what he does with a few months starting for hull, the epl lacks interesting players in those sort of teams

cleverley & milner though. keepin it solid bruv

england won't select thudd so this is moot. let's talk about hull. ridiculous flair quotient for supposed lumpen relegation trash

di canio getting rid of one of the only interesting players in that tranche and giving him to wba was probably not the best decision

what else are hull doing, is meyler playing, is gamelad brady still being game, who is aluko, why is aluko

when Sunderland signed Giaccherini I thought it was the wing-back who played for Italy in the recent Euros and was excited, but I'd gotten the name wrong

?? that was Giaccherini

gamelad brady scored a game finish & assisted the 2nd goal, so steve bruce subbed him off for flair merchant supreme george boyd who set up the winner quite brilliantly

bruce deserves quite a lot of credit for this & how he's set up hull to retain possession and build slowly

elmohamedy (sp?) is a speedy winger/fullback with a decent cross & brain, but thudd & aluko alone make hull worth watching. aluko is like a little buzzing bee who pops up everywhere doing impressive things & skinning opponents. and occasionally thwacking in amazing volleys

this Giaccherini is a striker, maybe they're brothers, Italian football does brothers more than any other major nation I think

oh it is the same one

paolo you're a shit. play him where he's supposed to be

I haven't really watched him tbh, but for some reason in my head he's not a million miles away from Weimann in terms of skillset. That could be way off the mark though

hes mostly played in attacking midfield in italy i think

he is i would guess about 8" shorter than weimz

low centre of gravity scampering sub-giovinco supra-stephen hunt lateral utility drone

yeah that may not be far off, i'm always taken aback by weimann's heigh when i see him in the flesh. usually imagine him as quite a diminutive chap

haha xp

he scored a headed goal in the first game, assumed he was a standard CF

attacking midfield in italy rarely = attacking midfield here, especially when playing alongside conor wickham

kinda want to discuss steve bruce's unlikely being a good manager tho

weimzi was playing #9 vs germany the other week

what are weimann's obvious attributes

i don't notice him much until he's popped up in front of goal. gather he must have pace & awareness as primary skillset

hes quickish for his size, not especially skilful but can find space and is a good finisher

not dissimilar to the way podolski plays for arsenal or the german nt

someone compared him to dempsey on here not so long ago, seemed kinda otm - not necessarily a good footballer but an effective one. works hard, makes good runs, which makes him look quicker than he actually is. as a result he often does that thing of just being in the right place at the right time. gives off the vibe of being a good finisher whilst still missing potloads of chances. endeared himself to the fans by being prepared to accept that he wasn't going to be the central striker and apparently committing fully to being a high energy presence on the flank, tracks back well etc.

find it surprising he'd be a #9 then - that sort of player would probably need a skilful & physically dominant player alongside to thrive, mostly for the purpose of distracting defenders

villa seem to be playing him as a replacement milner, maybe a bit further forward. which is FAIR ENOUGH probably

dempsey isnt a bad comparison, more so than the hypertrophic jawline drone

what about dirk kuyt

gonna keep this up all night maybe

dempsey has a lot more swag than weimann. cf chip vs juventus

heavy drinking has turned my posting style into a hoy hoy's. perhaps time for a ban

ilf is missing a hoy at least in the high volume a hoy of 2k10 vintage

re: Kuyt Yeahh, maybe. I think Weimann has it in him to be more prolific from the flank than Kuyt was. 12 goals in 38 isn't a bad return for a lad playing in our shower of shite (as we were for much of last year) and I think he could push on well past that if he keeps progressing

let's start a thread

at least 1/3 as obsessive as this one

<3

Sad realisation that i like this guy a lot more than the club he left

oh Thudd is totally my Premiership team yeah

saw the second half; to say he was imperious does augustus c a grand deal of flattery

it was fulham, lads

The fulham that fucked us out of cl place at whl this sixmonth past, tbh theyve prob fucked us since but thats the one avb can thank

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tom-Huddlestones-hair-/221345205566

this lad at hull thom huddelston tell of him someone he looks an interesting mix of strength and technique

for posterity, there is little more joyous than an act of pure, savage bullying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7fo2FOPvaw

ah, now if only he could play in League One every week eh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5ASCB1kSpU

p special

Half-time: Hull 0-3 Arsenal

Hull seemed to have got themselves into this game, and missed a great chance through Aluko, but now they’re well out of it. Even if the first two goals owed a lot to deflections, sloppy play – twice by Tom Huddlestone – was part of their undoing and you have to praise Arsenal too.

Thudd has had a nigh-appalling season

the line about huddlestone that he was a 16st xabi alonso cast before the swine of english fitba is about as accurate as those sentiments usually are

his notable skill is being able to drop well weighted passes over 20-60 yards with minimal backlift and a lowish trajectory but with a slight backspin so it sits at the feet of the recipient

it's a neat trick to have but it's also the most common such talent for an english midfielder or pseudo midfielder to have, gerrard, carrick, twp &c

his control and short passing are not especially good

― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Friday, 16 August 2013 00:43 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

1 month passes...

He's made a perfect career move. Midfields have to be built around him, and at Spurs this was not the case. He's looking absolutely imperious at Hull. Obviously an England recall would be out of the question as Wilshere is his more-mobile equivalent, although I think Thudd's deep-lying style is more suited to controlled possession football - perhaps Wilshere will develop in this regard. Thudd's a better passer and dead-ball striker. Let the love-in continue!

― C/3 Jenks kakling Neu! military£ absinthe snkkt! pckls Özil JTCF njhtdgs (imago), Saturday, 21 September 2013 21:18 (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the fuck

Huddlestone's main virtue relies on having very fast attacking players around him to capitalise on those long balls, he was never going to work well for long in a side as slow as Hull, and that's before you get into his own lack of mobility. Elmohamady is probably their best player and he is no Bale/Lennon.

Sounds like he's covering himself in glory today if Twitter is anything to go by.