- May 18, 2006
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Defensive duties aside, did Toby used to work as a sniper at some point? Every game i'm blown away by how dead-eye his big crosses are. I really don't enjoy long ball football, being a Spurs fan i'm sure i'm not the only one who prefers to see the ball on the ground, but he must've spent hours practicing that in training - i can't recall, off the top of my head, a single over or under hit long ball forward from him (that i've seen) and whilst some credit has to go to our wide men charging into the space, when he fires that ball into the air i'm fully confident that it's hitting a white shirt.
It's also made me notice how bloody superb Walker is at receiving a ball - his first touch has improved a great deal, accepting crosses yesterday he looked like he had magnetic boots, so kudos to both for clearly working hard on that play.
Apparently Dawson was a big inspiration to him when he was coming through at Ajax, that must be why he mastered the long diagonal.