Alan Hutton yesterday

[badluckeric(gates)]

Thought he looked decent bombing on down the wing. What did you all think?

[Gerrin]

Nice to see Baros had a couple of shocking misses, some things never change.

[olaftab]

I watched the game mainly for Alan and hoping Barry will come on. First half was very difficult for the Scots and were lucky to be 1-0 up. However Alan made a superb tackle inside the box to deny CR a goal opportunity. They were much better in the second half and had more of the ball. This is when Hutton was more effective. Made some very good runs down the right and put in some telling crosses. Better than anything we have had from  any of our fullbacks in the recent past. However  when Czech Republic pressed in the second half  they mainly attacked  down their left and Hutton and his colleagues were exposed. For their equaliser he was a little guilty of watching the ball and no one picked up Kadlec  who made a run  in to the left edge of the box.
It was a tough test against some very good attacking players and and I thought he did very well.

[Pete3206]

He was OK.

[IRISHPHIL]

by getting hutton in, do people think with that added height we might not have to play as much in the starting 11

[IRISHPHIL]

above post should read by getting hutton in do peole think heskey should not be in starting 11, meaning have a play maker of ireland or bannon in his postion behind the striker

[Dave]

Heskey shouldn't be in the starting XI ahead of Ireland or Bannan anyway.

Signing Hutton doesn't impact on that at all.

[gervilla]

Heskey shouldn't be in the starting XI ahead of Ireland or Bannan anyway.

Signing Hutton doesn't impact on that at all.

I agree.

[olaftab]

That is the correct answer.

[barrysleftfoot]

  I only watched the highlights , but i thought defensively he was a nightmare.Did'nt track back, did'nt mark his man, lethargic, has a bit of pace, but lacked awareness for me.Can only improve hopefully.

[IRISHPHIL]

totally agree, but if we have 2 defensive midfielders then he will give us extra options on rhs
him and albrighton cannot plat together as both defensively poor

[Chris Smith]

Heskey shouldn't be in the starting XI ahead of Ireland or Bannan anyway.

Signing Hutton doesn't impact on that at all.

He should certainly be in ahead of Ireland, why do people keep holding this torch for him when he's done nothing to justify it?

I'd like to see Bannan playing but can understand if they don't think he's quite ready yet to deal with the pressure of being a regular starter. You only have to look at the example of Albrighton to see what can happen to young players if they're not carefully managed.

[TheSandman]

I watched the game and thought Hutton did well. He made a few good tackles and attacked well. On the negative side I thought his crossing was a bit erratic. All in all it was a decent enough performance from him especially considering the fact he hasn't played since March. He'll play again in midweek and hopefully that will increase his match fitness further ahead of Everton.

[Dave P]

Hutton did very well but did nothing that Luke Young wouldn't have.  Overall he is a good replacement.

[Ad@m]

Hutton did very well but did nothing that Luke Young wouldn't have.  Overall he is a good replacement.

It seems pretty clear that the changes in the squad are less about bringing better players in and more about bringing cheaper (ie on lower wages) players in.  Spurs have historically been very good at keeping their wages down - a lower wage bill than us despite being in the Champions League last year - so it's no surprise we're shopping there for replacements.

Hutton may be no better than Young but I bet his wages are less.