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If there was a talented kid that I knew that had a few clubs after him, I would personally advise not to sign for spurs or chelsea, I would say go Fulham or Man CityDon't doubt that but depends what you mean by form. There are players who I personally don't think are playing that well or contributing much (I know I'm not Poch) where arguably you could send a message to said player by leaving him out of the squad, and giving a chance to a talented young player, who has performed well for the youth teams and worked hard. It would hopefully put pressure on main player and reward the young player.
What seems to be happening for us, is players aren't getting a chance, or Kane only got his chance due to a crisis or an extreme circumstance, involving a perfect storm of both our highest paid player AND our most expensive player both scoring zero goals AND our academy player scoring goals in a competition which we are no longer in.
I don't think these things should come down to chance, when we have invested so much money in the academy and are seeing that we are producing better players than ever before. It is essentially saying that everything is coming down to luck or chance, which I completely disagree with. Additionally if a young player is showing ability again I think they should be rewarded and less pressure games. Ironically, I believe, and you may not, that if Soldado and/or Ade had scored 5 goals before November, Kane may never have got his chance as their form wouldn't have been bad enough. Kane would likely have left, and ina lower league people would assume he would never have been good enough for us.
I think we are essentially saying the same thing, but my threshold for losing form would be lower than yours and most likely Poch's. As I always say there should be more clear pathways rather than relying on chance and crisis situations, we should be more proactive in using our academy like other leagues, whereas if/when we do use it it is reactive. Again I'm not saying, player A has a bad game drop him for an academy player. But if player A is having a month or 2 of poor form and academy player is doing well, why not give them a go. The difficulty though is what is considered poor from. For a striker it's a lot more simple to measure than it is for any other position, which also helped Kane's case.
Man City you may only get the chance if you're very talented but they have given a few of their youth players a decent taste of football this season
I would also look at making a change at the academy at the end of the season if things dont get better