Certainly. The less room he had to manoeuvre with, the better we seemed to do. That Tottenham away win for example, I seem to remember we were down to the bare bones.
The team that day:
Given, Ramage, Taylor, Huntington, Pattison, Solano, Butt, Milner, Dyer, Martins, Sibierski.
(Subs Not Used: Harper, Edgar, O'Brien, Carroll, Troisi).
That defence
Who the hell's Huntington?
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42449000/jpg/_42449573_ab8.jpg
He scored that day btw.