Kevin long

[warksclaret]

Yes you could blame him for Son's goal (as Carragher detailed in slow motion), however Spurs will punish even the best teams in the PL with that sort of goal. I have been critical of Long recently-that was possibly the best I have seen him play, and he played well v WBA too. We all know when Mee is fit he will come straight back into the team

[tim_noone]

It's all very well Ben Mee coming back....... but where are the Goals coming from? And well done Kevin.

[dibraidio]

But as I said, he was excellent tonight in general, there just always seems to be a crucial error caused by a talent gap which he simply cannot overcome.

Talent gap or experience gap? Sean has said in the past that top teams don't give young centre halfs a chance because they can't afford to have them make their mistakes during their games. That's a question of experience not talent. Long has the oddity of being our longest serving player yet he's started fewer Premier League games than Dwight.

[claret3561]

The thing with kev is he defends well but looks like a rabbit in the headlights with the ball at his feet

[Inchy]

It's all very well Ben Mee coming back....... but where are the Goals coming from? And well done Kevin.

Are you suggesting we put big Kev up top again?

[tim_noone]

Are you suggesting we put big Kev up top again?

Why not? He cant be that bad.

[rdp2eps]

Gibson showed how to steal a living ..and Tarky by his display last night and his 'sore ' toe episode isn't far off it either. I don't think Kevin Long ever refused to do what the manager requested. He's not good enough but it takes 2 to sign a contract.

Not really Gibson wanted to go elsewhere to play rather than sit on the bench ‘stealing a living’ ... Burnley took a business decision not to sell him or loan him to a fellow Premier League club at that time ... now what went on afterwards would appear to be unprofessional on the part of those involved yes , but the lad wanted to go somewhere where he could play.