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josh just scored, leapt like a salmon and headed home.
josh just scored, leapt like a salmon and headed home.
Is he in attack or in midfield?
Bring back Josh next week and stick him in the first team squad, please Poch. We need another central midfielder for the second half of the season, and we've got one ready to go on our books already.
Again I'm aware I'm late but there's a few more bits in the book I found interesting and I dunno maybe they'll be of interest to someone
In the debate there's about youth and Edwards, in particular, there's been conversation about his attitude etc and I'm suprised I haven't seen anyone quote it before but poch explicitly says Edwards has "authority and behaviour problems"
More positively he says that if you "ask CCV to run into a wall, he'll say, do you want me to do it twice?" and that that attitude is rare in young players so I could imagine CCV very much being in pochs plans considering how much emphasis he puts on attitude
Also talks in great detail about the challenges with money, technology and fame with young players, it seems to be something that really bugs him
Again I'm aware I'm late but there's a few more bits in the book I found interesting and I dunno maybe they'll be of interest to someone
In the debate there's about youth and Edwards, in particular, there's been conversation about his attitude etc and I'm suprised I haven't seen anyone quote it before but poch explicitly says Edwards has "authority and behaviour problems"
More positively he says that if you "ask CCV to run into a wall, he'll say, do you want me to do it twice?" and that that attitude is rare in young players so I could imagine CCV very much being in pochs plans considering how much emphasis he puts on attitude
Also talks in great detail about the challenges with money, technology and fame with young players, it seems to be something that really bugs him
Heard that before about ccv. His father who is a professional basketball player installed it into him.
Again I'm aware I'm late but there's a few more bits in the book I found interesting and I dunno maybe they'll be of interest to someone
In the debate there's about youth and Edwards, in particular, there's been conversation about his attitude etc and I'm suprised I haven't seen anyone quote it before but poch explicitly says Edwards has "authority and behaviour problems"
More positively he says that if you "ask CCV to run into a wall, he'll say, do you want me to do it twice?" and that that attitude is rare in young players so I could imagine CCV very much being in pochs plans considering how much emphasis he puts on attitude
Also talks in great detail about the challenges with money, technology and fame with young players, it seems to be something that really bugs him
it was posted and discussed at length a while back.
with regards to the fame bit, i wonder if that's why spurs no longer upload any youth footage?
Wonder who spotted that in himFinished like a centre forward. Nice one Josh.
Did you see James Maddison 23 for Norwich put the ball through to Pritch for the first goal. Pleaty wanted to sign him 18 months ago from Cov. He went to Norwich only 2 or 3 mill. Been on loan at Aberdeen. He does look a class player.josh wasn't good tonight, bar the goal, but then it'd be a challenge for any player to look decent in that team. all villa do is sit off and hoof it forward for players to chase, josh needs to try and get himself into games more but it's not easy when the ball is ping-ponging over you.
here's pritchard looking quality for norwich today, he's just back from injury but hopefully he can stay fit this time. still think he has way too much ability not to make it as a decent pl player at least -
http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11185696/birmingham-0-2-norwich
Did you see James Maddison 23 for Norwich put the ball through to Pritch for the first goal. Pleaty wanted to sign him 18 months ago from Cov. He went to Norwich only 2 or 3 mill. Been on loan at Aberdeen. He does look a class player.
With the debate in his thread recently I've started to doubt poch in this area, as youth watchers have made some very good points about the seeming stagnation of the academy. However reading the book I think it's hardened my view that poch doesn't just randomly have a reputation for being good with youth, he truly does care about it and believes it's key. I think it says during his time at espanyol he promoted 20 youth players and also he says explicitly that it provides an affinity between club and fans. I don't know why it's slowed down here but surely there's an explanation as it's unlikely he's just decided to give up on it now.
He also constantly talks about youth players and their progress, so the academy must be on his mind a lot as the book is a kind of diary. He calls Edwards a "rare" player and talks about THAT run from Edwards against gillingham in detail so you'd guess he's just as desperate for him to make an impact in the first team as us.
But then he also says about he doesn't like just throwing players in and that sometimes the bedding in period with the first team can take up to 6 months. That's probably what we're experiencing ATM especially with KWP and TOB, who seem to be in and around first team squad but getting limited first team chances, still frustrating though. I think Edwards and onomah are separate, more complicated cases.
Yeah there could be a range of factors but whatever they are I'm sure he still has the same feelings about youth and it's importance