stodge

"Indian stodge follows England's spice," wrote the Sunday Telegraph.

It hopes banning the shift will lead to more hits, more action and less stodge.

Instead, this was a chance missed as Spurs lost 3-1 after a display that summed up the stodge and lack of ambition that has characterised so much of their season under manager Jose Mourinho.

When it comes to puddings, however, dinner ladies always know best, and this is an undeniable classic of the genre: a very superior sort of sugary stodge indeed.

It is now four wins and two draws in six matches in all competitions and, out of the stodge, is coming steel.