Tommy Spurr, am I the only one watching?

It's been a while since I wrote an article, but I just can't hold in this outburst any longer. My depression and lack of desire to talk about football has transformed in anger and contempt for some Sheffield Wednesday players. The player that angers me more than anyone is the incompetent, predictable and frankly quite embarrassing Tommy Spurr. When Spurr was finally dropped a few months back I was overjoyed at not having to watch him give ball after ball away and foul or ignore the presence of some quite honestly poor wingers in league one. At this time Tommy Spurr was playing in his favoured position at left back and was getting ripped up weak in weak out by the likes of Brentford's Myles Weston, who are very standard league one Wingers, and Spurr seems to make them look like Super stars. Wednesday have been awful defensively in recent months and that has called for Tommy Spurr to be brought back into the side.  For the last two games, Tranmere on Tuesday and Birmingham today, Spurr has been positioned at right back. For me Spurr is the worst left back in League one, constantly letting wingers past him and in behind him or instead taking them out with embarrassing fouls that just show his complete lack of ability. Spurr is also one of the most predictable and worst passers of the ball I have seen in a Wednesday shirt, constantly hoofing it up the line and out of play, and when in the opponents final third he cannot cross a ball to save his life. This shown quite brutally in his attempts of crossing in the first half at St Andrews. Twice Spurr found himself in promising positions on the left and twice he fluffed crosses to the first man with no pace or whip to be seen on the ball. Spurr had one good year for the Owls, in which he managed to consistently defend properly and some how has become a favourite and a regular at Hillsborough, he even attracted interest from Championship leaders QPR. All I can say is how I wish we'd cash in when we had the chance, because if any scout saw him play now, they would tell their club to stay well clear of the hopeless full back.

For me what makes it so much worse, is the fact that three Wednesday managers have failed to spot his poor play and continued to play him in and out of position. It is sometimes embarrassing when the likes of Richard Hinds get one game in a whole season because players like Tommy Spurr are apparently capable enough to play out of position, when in reality he cannot even play in his favoured position. Some may criticize my opinion, because of our lack of other options in Spurr's position, but Daniel Jones has come in, in the summer and fair enough he isn't the best defensive option at left back, but he is at least as competent as Spurr at defending. His attacking play is by far superior and yet one bad game from Jones sees him dropped, 30 from Spurr sees him applauded for his effort. Effort counts for nothing when you don't have the ability. I can only be critical of the manager's selections as the other option we have persisted to use at left back is Mark Reynolds. Reynolds was signed as an impressive centre half and only Wednesday would play him in a weaker position until he is dropped for poor performance. With Michael Morrison yet to play a half decent game in a Wednesday shirt, surely it is time to give Reynolds a decent run in the team at Centre Back and put Jones back in a position where he has excelled far better than both Reynolds and Spurr all season. In my opinion Spurr ranks with some of the worst we have seen down at S6, personally I think Leon Clarke made more of a positive impact. For me Spurr's time at Wednesday has got to be coming to an end, if any club comes in for him, Megson should snap their hands off and sign a decent replacement when he has the chance, because I am honestly fed up of seeing Tommy Spurr's name on the team sheet, whether he is playing right back or left back, it just isn't acceptable, lets see some change please Megson, god knows we need it.