Spurs news: Jol praises dogged Rovers

By Gary Beaumont
March 6 2006

After Tottenham's narrow 3-2 victory over Blackburn Martin Jol praised his opponents. "Everyone can see now how strong they are, especially as they are now fifth in the table,"

"Everyone can see now how strong they are, especially as they are now fifth in the table," said Head Coach Martin. "We knew that because when played them away earlier in the season they perhaps weren't settled but now they have a settled team.

"Sometimes they play five in midfield and sometimes 4-4-2 but it's a strong team, very organised and they are playing very well.

"They break very quickly, but they can play aswell"

"I think Neill is a very good full-back, in midfield Tugay is a passer, Pedersen might be out injured but he always seems to score against the big teams, Kuqi works very hard and Bellamy is a great asset for them. They have qualities that can damage any other team."