John Wenham excited after ‘leader’ James Maddison’s performance on Tottenham debut
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James Maddison looked like he had been with Tottenham for “10 years” during his competitive debut for the club, according to John Wenham.
The Ange Postecoglou era got up and running with a draw away at Brentford on Sunday 13 August and Maddison, who was making his debut for the club, looked brilliant during his first match in Lilywhite colours.
Besides his two assists for the goals, he was fantastic on the ball, constantly finding pockets of space and looking to create. Having taken the number 10 shirt from Harry Kane after the Spurs icon departed for Bayern Munich, the pressure would have been on him to perform.
He showed no signs of the pressure getting to him in any way, though, and Wenham was delighted by his performance, which has left him eager to see what the midfielder in action again.
Speaking exclusively to Tottenham News, Wenham said: “I thought he was phenomenal, he already looked like the leader on the pitch, he looked like the captain.
“He was demanding the ball off players. When people weren’t running back, I was sitting in row three so I had a really good view, and I could see him screaming at people to run.
“There was a moment when Ivan Perisic came on during the second off, he didn’t pass him the ball and Madison absolutely screamed at him. He just looks like he’s been there for ten years, even though he’s only been there this summer, with that being his first proper game.
“To see him finish with the armband and see him clapping the Tottenham fans when he got a corner early on, I just thought he was absolutely brilliant.
“I’m really looking forward to seeing him as a Tottenham player over this season.”
In other Tottenham news, Wenham saw a lot of other positives from the team as a whole during the match against the Bees.