Football FanCast columnist Jake Walters feels it about time that Tom Huddlestone was given his opportunity to play the holding role in the Spurs midfield.

One footballer that has most Spurs fans differing in opinion, then it is big Tom Huddlestone. There is no doubting among anyone that the boy has ability, but the constant question mark that surrounds the player is his apparent lack of mobility around the football pitch - I cannot see the problem myself and feel he is being terribly underused at White Hart Lane.

One of the biggest criticisms levied at Huddleston is this supposed lack of mobility. It is true that he isn't what you call your box to box midfielder, but why does he have to be? I don't ever remember seeing Michael Carrick tearing into the penalty box - he simply kept to his 20yrd zone both sides of the halfway line. Carrick's brief was simple; he was the pivot of the team, the starting point of attacks and always available for a pass to keep possession - it is not as if Tom doesn't share Carrick's talents with a football. All Ramos has to do is discipline Huddlestone and just give him the brief to sit in front of that back four. He continues to persist with the ill disciplined Didier Zokora who continually acts like a headless chicken taken on players on the wing and leaving the defence woeful exposed in his absence. There is no fear of Huddlestone doing this and we would look more solid as a result.  

So why do Spurs fans have a big question mark over Tom Huddlestone? You look all the top holding midfielders like Makelele, Diarra and of course Carrick and they hardly put in the seemingly high energy performances that many feel necessary. They go about their jobs with relative ease and go unnoticed; Tom could do this job for our football club and I feel it's a travesty that he hasn't been given the opportunity on a regular basis. We have been struggling big time in this position all season and the likes of Jenas, Zokora, O'Hara have all failed to provide a bit of stability, shape and balance to the midfield. I feel Huddlestone deserves his chance to play the role and given an opportunity to show his worth - who knows, he could possibly save us a few quid in January.