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The one thing about Livermore he is not your usual overyped youngster coming through like the Ox for example, all hype and no substance. Livermore is just a good hard working honest professional, who gives his all, and is pretty good at what he does. No fuss. Just good solid performances.

All teams need players like that.

i think his passing is underrated.

he put defoe through for a goal a few weeks ago. great eye for the run, and perfect sliderule pass. i think he's got some class about him.

Morning Sandy................

You are correct, even the Spurs Double Team had players like Les Allen who worked their socks off in midfield.

You look at players like Graham Roberts, not the most skilful player we had but always gave 100% & could tackle a bus if necessary, was also a good passer of the ball, great in the air & won our hearts with his never say die attitude! Also the closest we have ever had to Dave Mackay.

The problem with Spurs fans these days is that their expectations are totally out of proportion. Not every player needs to be able to turn on a sixpence ala Modric, or hit a beautiful 50 yard inch perfect pass ala Huddlestone, or go past players with pace like Lennon or Bale. All team need a balance & that is why I rate Livermore and his value to the team is currently not recognised, but mark my words it will be over the next few years!

The problem with Spurs fans these days is that their expectations are totally out of proportion. Not every player needs to be able to turn on a sixpence ala Modric, or hit a beautiful 50 yard inch perfect pass ala Huddlestone, or go past players with pace like Lennon or Bale. All team need a balance & that is why I rate Livermore and his value to the team is currently not recognised, but mark my words it will be over the next few years!
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i dont mean this as a dig at chrnoic AT ALL, but i think that's a great post and i totally agree.

some posters (not chronic) seem to think we are going to sign the whole barcelona team over the summer. it's not going to happen - and i wouldnt want it to. i want to watch spurs develop as a team and a club. that means watching the youngsters being nurtured and developed into top players and the odd "mature tree" planted only where necessary. that's the way i see it anyway. dont get me wrong, id be really excited if we signed a couple of star names, but i also want to see us get the most out of the assets we already have. in the case of livermore and a few others, i think we have some classy players in this category, notwithstanding their lack of a specific 'take the breath away' skill.

"All team need a balance & that is why I rate Livermore and his value to the team is currently not recognised, but mark my words it will be over the next few years!"

Whether that will be as a PLAYMAKER CM, remains to be seen. And just to kill certain things dead now, being a playmaker doesn't means you have to be able to hit 50 yd laser-guided passes etc.

The problem with Spurs fans these days is that their expectations are totally out of proportion. Not every player needs to be able to turn on a sixpence ala Modric, or hit a beautiful 50 yard inch perfect pass ala Huddlestone, or go past players with pace like Lennon or Bale. All team need a balance & that is why I rate Livermore and his value to the team is currently not recognised, but mark my words it will be over the next few years!

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i actually quite rate him too.. but i rate krancjar too.. but i dont think either should be in the first choice team

Whether that will be as a PLAYMAKER CM, remains to be seen
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Isnt that part of the point though mate. I think some of us are saying that you dont have to have a central midfield which has 1 designated tackler and 1 designated distributor.

Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham are all said to be monitoring Theo Walcott's contract talks with Arsenal. #MCFC #CFC #THFC #AFC
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Lennon>Walcott

I can see him going to City, they love Arsenal players