The Spurs Youth Thread – 2016/2017
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raggy
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I'm told U18 manager Kieran McKenna has left Spurs for Manchester United.
I'm told U18 manager Kieran McKenna has left Spurs for Manchester United.
Spurzinho
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Blimey McKenna gone? Bit surprised by that. He spent his entire playing career with us and we gave him a shot as a fulltime coach. There may be more to it but it does feel a bit disloyal. I had wondered why McKenna had been absent for the last few games & McDermott had been doing the donkey work again, when he was supposed to have properly moved upstairs. I'm sure we'll make a good appointment. Hopefully someone with a bit more experience and nous this time.
spursfan77
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Can't be good to keep losing all these coaches
Sweech
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Hopefully he's being given more responsibilities and opportunity for job improvement there that may have been blocked off from him by McDermott - otherwise that is a right piss off.
That said United is essentially rebuilding their youth setup at the moment and I'm guessing they're giving Kieran a voice in that, also probably some decent $ as well.
That said United is essentially rebuilding their youth setup at the moment and I'm guessing they're giving Kieran a voice in that, also probably some decent $ as well.
Theres a newspaper clip floating around on twitter about Hull being interested in KWP on loan. Dont wanna put it in the transfer section as theres no newspaper name attached to it though.
Think that would be a good move, tbh. A huge test for him. I know Poch is averse to loans for young players he likes(like he is with giving young players more than garbage time sub minutes even if the game is crying out for one of them) but he should think about this one, IMO.
Think that would be a good move, tbh. A huge test for him. I know Poch is averse to loans for young players he likes(like he is with giving young players more than garbage time sub minutes even if the game is crying out for one of them) but he should think about this one, IMO.
Sweech
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He let Will Miller, who he liked enough to give a squad number to and play in pre-season, go out on loan.
KWP turned down his Eredivisie loan because they played as a deep team firing long balls all the time. Can't see how he'd look at Hull any differently as that's exactly what they're doing.
Hull is a Premier League club. A huge test for him and one that can very well propel him into being first choice sometime next year if he does great there.
Sweech
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I said this last year with Pritchard to WBA, style of play, minutes played, and the training received is incredibly important. You can't just place a "PL" sticker on it and expect it to magically make things work out. We know what KWP is, he's a great attacking fullback with fantastic football IQ, but his weaknesses are his size and inexperience and on a team like Hull who are battling against relegation and who will play the vast majority of matches without the ball it doesn't look like a very good match - being in the PL doesn't suddenly make that all better. He's going to be asked to defend 99% of the time in a team like that and very rarely will he ever get to explore his best assets and use them in a game. Then with that considered a few mistakes and he may never even see pitch time again for them making the loan totally worthless.
I think he'd be better of on a Championship team who actually look to be proactive with their approach on the ball.
Blake Griffin
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kwp is actually more suited to playing the roles that poch is asking onomah to perform.
IGSpur
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Seems we are taking our pic of players on their closure. Hoped to get Bohui but he went United Poveda went City and we have Velasco. Also a bit of a Kirby replacement which I think we needed.
IGSpur
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Social media mate. Though I'm doubting whether Skipp went.
Highlights of the 3-1 are around but featured no Spurs players so wasn't worth posting in here
Bowden and Maghoma started the 2nd game which they lost 2-1 to Romania
IGSpur
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Wasn't the best debut felt he was trying too hard to make an impression. Also didn't see enough of the ball at 10, so forced it when he did
danielneeds
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I understand the point you're making - the fit is really important for a loan move. But surely a team defending a lot is not a bad move for KWP - because that is the element of his game he needs to work on...
Sweech
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And are Hull going to be patiently waiting for him to work on it if he should make a mistake while they're in a relegation battle?
