Thudd

Corluka is the most consistently decent unsung hero in the Spurs squad IMO.

corluka has transformed aaron lennon. it's as good a partnership as anderton/carr that one season they were both fit.

THUDD

AH-AH

HE'S A MIRACLE

UH-HUH

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/02/27/article-0-03AF19EE000005DC-554_306x410.jpg

every time he hits the ball at speed i make an involuntary sound that approximates to YOMP!

YOMP!

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/12_04/107spurs_468x321.jpg

YOMP!

http://images.sportinglife.com/08/05/330/Wales-U21-v-England-U21-Tom-Huddlestone-score_874003.jpg

DE JOMP!

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00950/Tom_Huddlestone_tak_950177a.jpg

it's usually followed a fifth of a second later by a similar noise and a defender lying on the floor winded

http://timesonline.typepad.com/thegame/images/2008/07/14/huddlestone.jpg

nike invited him to test their new football and he kicked it so hard it went back to before it was invented and the scientists at nike were confused and many of them cried for fear and all that thudd could say was YOMP

this guy here broke his neck trying to follow a YOMPER from THUDD and THUDD's all like 'Ref I am not to be blamed if foolish individuals break their necks trying to follow a YOMPER from my boot"

http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00061/IN6530412BIRMINGHAM-_61141t.jpg

YOMP

spurs-supporting friend and i found a pub showing the spurs-hull game illegally on canal plus and i told him of 'yomp'...he approved. there was one inevitably blocked half-volley that was yomp in its distilled form

i'd have to know how you were sayin it though, to be completely happy with it spreading. for a start, it's never 'yomp' it's definitely YOMP, got to bite down on the 'mp'

oh don't worry, i typed 'yomp' but said "YOMP"

ok, a small thing but we owe thudd this.

i dream of an entire packed 'Naming Rights Here' stadium barking YOMP as one some day, it will truly be shock and awe for the hapless opposition.

won't be available against liverpool due to a knee injury.
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/teamnews190110.html

But assuredly it was in that Word of God itself which was in the beginning with God and was God, namely, in the wisdom itself of God, apart from time, at what time that wisdom must needs appear in the flesh. Therefore, since without any commencement of time, the Word was in the beginning, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, it was in the Word itself without any time, at what time the Word was to be made flesh and dwell among us. And that Word was YOMP.

Do Royal Marines still YOMP? I remember the Falklands was all about the YOMPING.

Poor Tom, he deserves better than having 'yomp' as his legacy.

yeah what was wrong with THUDD?

UNIT, Big THUDD, YOMP- new marine code

and YOMP is only for a THUDD strike, it's not a catch-all or anything

But THUDD works better for a big strike. Simplistic, powerful and onomatopoeic. And you can put extra Ds on the end to indicate POWER.

Anyway having JJ in midfield may not be a bad thing against Liverpool.

I say you can have both YOMP and THUDD, Batman-stylee

seriously, thudd with a soft 'd' finish just kind of dies out, but YOMP! echoes like a military shout

JJ or kranjcar? would have assumed that niko/modric can do a job centrally, though that may be just a touch too attack minded.

that said, jenas midfield is just a touch too nothing-minded.

Definitely not Modric in the centre up against Mascherano, he's way better with more space to play with out on the left. Probably not Kranjcar either given he plays pretty ineffectively there for Croatia.

Every time JJ has come on we start playing in a different way and there's more penetration through the middle of the park. I'd say Palacios-Jenas-Croatians on both flanks is the way to go.

I'd trust Modric to win space in the centre, tbh. And I'm not sure that Liverpool, in their current state (including injuries) need much more than Palacios to handle them through the centre.

I'd much prefer to see us put them on the back foot, though in fairness JJ covers a lot of ground off the ball (though again, in fairness he doesn't seem to do much once he gets there)

I actually just said YOMP out loud :(

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jan/30/tom-huddlestone-tottenham-hotspur-england-interview

no excuses for not watching him tonight folks- the best passer in the english game.

eh unless he isn't playing for any reason, like.

I think watching a competent passing midfielder would make me cry.

jesus to think that it's only 12 months since our starting midfielders were zokora and jenas- is this right?

That Graun piece is v sweet and nice to read in its own way (this is the thread where it is OK to say stuff like that about Graun features) - also I love that he got picked ahead of Ravanelli for his Derby debut, aged 15

also it acknowledges that he is the best passer with either foot in england, which maybe more people need to say and hear.

no excuses for not watching him tonight folks- the best passer in the english game.

eh unless he isn't playing for any reason, like.

― genial anarchy (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 13:46 (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

It's like I live in a world where no-one else knows Cesc exists.

fabregas is a very good passer.

terrible.

Three more of those in a row and he should be ready to hit the bar to speed up England's inevitable quarter-final exit this summer

thudd and modric- both in crap form lately (modric back from injury tbf) and that's 90% of our shit form (other 10% dawson's lack of brane and palacios lack of giving a shit intermittently)

but i thought modric was the best player in britain

I guess we can lock this one now right

modric off form isn't going to be the best player in britain, don't talk shite

in the meantime, the best player in britain has been aaron lennon, then david bentley iirc. i may be missing king for 90 mins in there somewhere

nani was the best player in britain for like a game and 30 minutes until he got too good and got himself sent off