Talk:Ledley King

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[edit] Birthday

Is his birthday December 10th or October 12? The external link gives it as 10/12, and presumably that is in British notation, meaning 10 december. Other language versions of this have october 12 as birthdate. Can Anyone verify this? --{{User:Wonderfool/sig}} 09:41, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

THFC official bio lists 12 October 1980. probably most reliable source. The rest of the web is divided - presumably because Americans quote dates backwards.--T (talk) 08:58, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality

This article is not close to being neutral and shows a heavy bias in his favour. Some examples are included below

He rose to the challenge brilliantly, kicking of the 2001-2002 season with a clean sheet against Aston Villa and an excellent performance man-marking Duncan Ferguson as Spurs held on for a point against Everton at Goodison Park despite playing the final 25 minutes with 9 men. By the end of the season he'd been capped for England and was regarded as one of the best young defenders in the country as Tottenham finished 9th, their highest league finish in 6 years. - This would need sources to justify "brilliant" and "Excellent", especially for the "one of the best young defenders in the country"

but he continued to impress with some excellent displays at the back. However, King was criticised due to the large amount of goals Tottenham were conceding. The season ended with Tottenham letting in 9 goals in their final two games against Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers. However, people[citation needed] defended King, saying the reason Spurs were conceding so often was because of Hoddle's poor choice of tactics in using a 3-5-2 formation and Tottenham's lack of a proper defensive midfielder that left the defence unprotected. same as above, needs sources to justify its stance

Expectations were high for the season and King did not disappoint, forming a new excellent partnership with Michael Dawson. King's excellent displays at the back meant that Spurs were even stronger in defence than the previous season, conceding only 38 league goals. Again, sources to justify such a point of view.

However, when King was fit his performances were of a consistently high level. King's finest moment of the season came in a Premier League clash with reigning champions Chelsea at White Hart Lane, when Chelsea's pacy forward Arjen Robben was played through on goal. Despite Robben having a several yard head start, King was able to catch up and make what was arguably the best tackle of the season just as Robben was about to shoot. Again, source it, prove it. IS this commonly accepted by the news media at the time or just someones opinion?

Playing a starring role by man-marking Thierry Henry out of the game and not putting a foot wrong, he impressed everyone with his composure Again, where's the source for this? The whole article takes this tone, which reads a fan boy's opinion rather than a neutral article about the player. For example, who is 'everyone'? Is this 'everyone' just the writer, or did he make such a big impression on all the media outlets of the time? --Tiresais (talk) 13:28, 27 December 2007 (UTC)