The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018
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allpaths
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I have very little exposure to him, but he seems like a second striker type, like Son when he plays off Llorente or Kane. He can play the lone striker role but his hold up play atm is weak. That's how I've interpreted him, could be wrong.
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Yeah cos that's exactly what that phrase means!
No it isn't exactly what that phrase means but neither is how it was being used by the person I quoted (responding to Windy saying "it's all about how they train"). My point being that it is an absolute truism that players are paid to turn up and train, but it's not all about how they train in relation to who plays, which how it was being used by who I quoted who I believe was suggesting kids might not be getting chances because of what's happening in training.
It has no real relevance in this thread or in the context of development football. It was used by Poch to explain why he wasn't picking a purchased player (Sissoko I believe) who we'd paid big money for. Youth wages are never going to influence any selection decision are they ? But there will always be questions about whether players get picked (like Sissoko) because of what we paid and the wages they are being paid, whether it is a factor or not - and I appreciate in Poch's case it may not be.
The next 2-3 years are gonna be so interesting to see how many of these talents actually come through. Don’t think I’d be exaggerating if I said we had 10-15 from 1st year to development that could come through and that’s not even including someone like Lloyd bennet who I only really discovered today. Will be fascinating to see how Poch plays it.
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Problem is you don't actually read people's posts, instead just pluck comments out of context and start droning again.
There's barely any point reading his posts. They're just the same three opinions over and over again, with all sorts of twisted evidence and cherry picked stats used to support them. And the argument is always that we should be doing whatever we're not doing. If KWP were playing he would have a problem with it. This is the guy who, as recently as August, was arguing that Jannsen is pretty much as good as Kane. http://spurscommunity.co.uk/index.php?threads/ratings-vs-newcastle.129811/page-3#post-5557700
I enjoy reading arguments about which youth players should be in the first team, and I think it is definitely an open question regarding whether Poch gives enough chances to young player. I just skip BC's posts in the debate.
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Some good shots from today. Griffiths is gonna be a bit of a scary unit. Funny shot when they are shaking hands with Preston he looks about 25
I think physically U18s will be much more able to compete with likes of Chelsea. They were bit out muscled last year in semi.
Some good shots from today. Griffiths is gonna be a bit of a scary unit. Funny shot when they are shaking hands with Preston he looks about 25
I think physically U18s will be much more able to compete with likes of Chelsea. They were bit out muscled last year in semi.
think that Trippier screwed things up a bit for KWP....if he had started the season as he ended it, we may have not gone in for Aurier....ultimately think that Trippier and KWP are here to stay
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No way to early for any of them and there is no need to.
Only player from the u18s that would cope is Skipp and I would not like to see this happen.
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Man, he was injured for the last two months, and never got many starts in the league to begin with. He is on a different planet than the player he was this time last year, complete different planet. The early part of the season winks was still coming back from injury, having only played twenty minutes in pre-season, and actually was far from impressive at the start of the season.
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This is a compilation of Luke O'Reilly clips. The kid is a very good young goalkeeper, and as I said to Edson in a PM he's big, strong, brave, got good decision making, good long distribution, excellent hands, gets down well. I'm amazed League Two & Conference National teams haven't had a serious look at him because he looks ready for that level to me. Obviously I don't see him train or know his character but he looks the sort of keeper that will make us a decent amount in a year or two when we sell him on to a League One club for a few hundred thousand pounds and add ons. If he's lucky and develops stupendously well then he could find himself best of the rest when it comes to our keepers and Lloris isn't going to be around for ever. We shall see what we shall see. At this stage I think he's an development investment with resale in mind but you never know.
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Just out of interest, if Poch is 2nd best, who is the best manager in your lifetime?
Billy Nick for me and then poch no contest
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I don't think @WindyCOYS is that old, but could be wrong.
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Last season he wasn't injured until Burnley in April. He was continually on the bench from Dec to April. I really don't think he is "on another planet" - he's just evolving with game time. I think he could and should have started more games than he did last year, especially as his skillset is a better balance and blend with Wanyama (who he could have been paired with most occasions) than Dembele or Dier, for many types of games where we dominate the ball and need to move it with some tempo, and that was still applicable last year. He made 4 league starts.
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He definitely doesn't look 60+, no
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The thing is, you have 2 or 3 cm's in games, and they are frequently a change sub made as they cover vast expanses of pitch in all directions, you have one RB and the FB's are rarely changed unless for injury, because they are rhythmic positions that just move up and down and that rhythm and matching up of opposition wide attackers is important to maintain. That's for in game changes, to get a start in his proper position KWP needs two international RB's to become unavailable. He didn't even get a start in the League cup or a dead rubber CL game.
I really would love you to be right, but it's very hard to see it.
