Michael who? Let me tell you a little bit about a bloody giant lad called Tom Huddlestone.

The guy is phenomenal and I don’t think it is unreasonable to say he’s probably the best young talent Tottenham has seen since Paul Gascoigne or Glenn Hoddle. By season’s end I fully expect him to be amongst the favourites for the Premiership’s best young player. Don’t get me wrong, Aaron Lennon is exciting, but for me the Hudd is the real deal. A lot of journalists have written this weekend that Huddlestone has replaced the void left by Michael Carrick last year; but in reality we have a player with the potential to be far better in most areas of the game.

In Huddlestone we have a player who has the ability to beat the first man on set pieces, is fantastic in the air and unlike Carrick is not scared to take advantage of the long-range shooting opportunities a holding midfielder often receives. His vision and range of passing are already among the best in the Premiership and like Hoddle his touch is wonderful for a big man. Knock a pass at any speed or height to him and he’ll drop it to his feet instantly.

Martin Jol stated last weekend that he rates him as one of, if not the best young player in Europe at the moment; I’m inclined to agree and there is certainly no one like him. For me he has all the holding skills of Claude Makelele, the passing range of Carrick and the shooting technique of a Frank Lampard. To think he will end up costing us £2.5m; it’s a big two fingers up to the dirty scoutmaster at N5 who claims there is no array of English talent in the game.

This week's fixtures saw us conclude our group stage against Bucharest and finally give us our first away win in the Premiership at Manchester City. It is fair to say that both of these matches could have been named the “Tom Huddlestone show”. And people are saying that Joey Barton deserves a call-up?

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