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James Maddison

Craig_J said:
Been such a joy watching him play. He's such an exciting player.


Interested to hear from older fans is he anything like Glenn Hoddle? I never got to see Hoddle play but I can imagine it must have been similar?
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Glenn always felt continental/South American even. He seemed to glide, not run. Effortless. Two brilliant feet, such vision. He was a world class player, just untouchable when on his game (which thankfully for us was most of the time). Early days for Maddison, and his style/energy are superb. what a fun Spurs player for sure. I don't think I have ever seen a player at Spurs like Glenn...Berba in some respects? Kane in terms of his long-range passing? But neither had the 'total Glenn vibe' and way...what a player...
 
Hoddle never look hurried and would excel in medium to long passes...he'd do something outrageous every game with a first time pass or a long distance chip that would surprise everyone.

Maddison is quick turns and short zippy passes...I'd say quite different.
 
metalgear said:
Hoddle never look hurried and would excel in medium to long passes...he'd do something outrageous every game with a first time pass or a long distance chip that would surprise everyone.

Maddison is quick turns and short zippy passes...I'd say quite different.
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Different era players as well, Maddison's constant movement/energy is much more the modern game than players of Hoddle's era
 
thfcsteff said:
Glenn always felt continental/South American even. He seemed to glide, not run. Effortless. Two brilliant feet, such vision. He was a world class player, just untouchable when on his game (which thankfully for us was most of the time). Early days for Maddison, and his style/energy are superb. what a fun Spurs player for sure. I don't think I have ever seen a player at Spurs like Glenn...Berba in some respects? Kane in terms of his long-range passing? But neither had the 'total Glenn vibe' and way...what a player...
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Where he and Maddison are similar is that they both demand the ball wherever they are and whoever they are being marked. Stevie P said Glenn told him to always give him the ball, Maddison seems the same, and as soon as he got the ball, the attackers were off on a run, which Glenn picked out more than not.
 
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Both hugely talented, intelligent and inventive, but also very different. Maddison is kind of dashing, clever and cheeky whereas Glenn just oozed class and stylishness in a transcendant, composed way not seen before nor since. He was quite simply incomparable.
 
Spur of the moment said:
Both hugely talented, intelligent and inventive, but also very different. Maddison is kind of dashing, clever and cheeky whereas Glenn just oozed class and stylishness in a transcendant, composed way not seen before nor since. He was quite simply incomparable.
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Le tissier is the closest i can think of. A shabby version of glenn.
 
What a player.
Looks more like Zidane, who scored 95 club goals in 506 games.
Glenn got 118 in 544 although to be fair, at Swindon and Cheatski he was a sweeper, so only counting Spurs and Monaco he got 115 in 446.

I.e. Better than Zidane.
 
Bullet said:
What a player.
Looks more like Zidane, who scored 95 club goals in 506 games.
Glenn got 118 in 544 although to be fair, at Swindon and Cheatski he was a sweeper, so only counting Spurs and Monaco he got 115 in 446.

I.e. Better than Zidane.
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But Zidane done it at the highest level and won European trophies aswell as world cups.
 
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