LUKE YOUNG is hoping to frustrate the biggest perfectionist in football today . . . And earn the right to correct a double wrong. The Boro right-back knows from bitter training-ground experience just how unforgiving Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink can be. So he will be delighted if his former Charlton team-mate’s return to the Riverside ends in an ear-bashing for everyone on the Cardiff team bus. “Jimmy’s probably the most intense player I’ve played with, and that’s because he’s a winner,” says Young, who spent last season with the Dutchman – 34 goals in 89 appearances for Boro – at The Valley. “That was one of the things that struck me when he first came to Charlton. If things weren’t right, he would let people know. “He would have banter in the changing room, but if the lads took it a bit too easy, he would be the first to say: ‘Come on, let’s do it properly.’ “It was good to have him around because he wouldn’t let standards drop. “I spoke to some of the lads here and they said: ‘If you gave Jimmy a bad ball, he would look at you with those big eyes . . .’ “You need one or two like that. Poggy (Emanuel Pogatetz) and Huthy (Robert Huth) will tell the lads to pick it up, but we probably haven’t got anyone to Jimmy’s high standards!” High indeed, even at almost 36. “Jimmy will be looking to put in a good performance and he’s someone you have to look out for,” adds Young. “If he gets a yard and can get a shot off, he’s quite lethal with the power he has in those legs. “He scored a brilliant goal against Wolves in the last round – the way he let the ball run, sold the defender, and stuck it in the top corner was superb. “He did well here. He scored a lot of goals and he hasn’t really got anything to prove – he’s scored goals wherever he’s been. “I think every club could do with a Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.” But what Young could do with is the chance to exorcise the ghosts of two previous FA Cup semi-final appearances. Both were played at Old Trafford. Both were lost. Needless to say, the prospect of a trip to Wembley in this year’s final four is an exciting one. “The furthest I’ve been in the FA Cup is playing in two semi-finals for Spurs and we lost both,” Young recalls. “The first was against Newcastle at Old Trafford and I was only 19. The second time was Old Trafford again against Arsenal. “I didn’t realise at the time how important they were or whether I would get another chance. “So it’s anywhere but Old Trafford if we can do the job against Cardiff.” | 
