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Player Watch: Marcus Edwards

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coys200

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If he can’t even get on bench there must be a point where this becomes pointless. He could be playing in high quality UYL games.
 
theShiznit

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coys200 said:
If he can’t even get on bench there must be a point where this becomes pointless. He could be playing in high quality UYL games.
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Maybe worthwhile as an ego diminishing process?

The Messi comparison from poch looks a bit misguided now. Not sure what his intention was when he said it(sure it was good) but don't think it's gone how either party would have invisaged.
 
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Mullers

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Trix said:
Had a long convo with my source last night and I have to say I am worried for the youth progression to the first team. If we sign the players we are targeting in the Summer I just don't see how any of the current crop are going to push through in the next couple of years.

Remember when I say this I have always in the past defended the club and Poch on how the youth set up is integrated into the first team.
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I can't say I'm surprised Poch has said it will be harder than ever for the youth to break into the first team.
http://www.espn.co.uk/football/engl...uth-must-be-better-than-ever-to-break-through
I'm thinking to myself do these same high standards apply to someone like Sissoko? I'd rather give a chance to Onomah who is at the start of his career and has potential, than a seasoned professional who aside a handful of good performances is very mediocre.
 
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coys200

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It’s either gonna go one of two ways. He wil knuckle down and fight or it will all go tits up. But from feeling like 80% sure he would be a 1st teamer I’m now at about 20% or less.
 
Shadydan

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coys200 said:
If he can’t even get on bench there must be a point where this becomes pointless. He could be playing in high quality UYL games.
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He needs to mature and grow up, the only way he's seemingly gonna do that is by taking him out of his comfort zone and experiencing different pressures, if he's not playing it still looks like he has some growing up to do.
 
Lilbaz

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scat1620 said:
I'm fine with the philosophy of signing players rather than developing youngsters, as long as the signed players are good enough for our first team squad objectives. But we need to get the signings right: if we introduce a player to the first team squad who doesn't cut the mustard, that pill is a lot easier to swallow if it's a youth player you've brought through rather than a dud signing that you've paid money for.

First choice is that new first team squad players are up to scratch, and in that case I'm not too fussed where they come from, chequebook or academy. But if a player is going to fail with us (and some players will), I'd much rather the failures be a Bentaleb rather than a Stambouli. Youth team integration takes off some of the pressure financially; for a club with limited resources like us then when you spend money to sign a player you have to make sure you're getting it right.
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Bentaleb probably not the best example.

https://www.football.london/tottenh...hettino-vindicated-over-former-spurs-14304714
 
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scat1620

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Lilbaz said:
Bentaleb probably not the best example.

https://www.football.london/tottenh...hettino-vindicated-over-former-spurs-14304714
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Thing is, I'd still rather our failures be a Bentaleb than a Stambouli, because we made at least £12m from finding out Bentaleb wasn't up to it (not to mention his lower wage bill vs Stambouli), whereas at best we just about got our money back from the Stambouli signing. Like I say, not opposed to a chequebook approach, but for players who don't work out you're better off them being a youth team graduate rather than someone you've paid dollar to bring to the club.
 
Danny1

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Danny1 said:
Time to bring Marcus home I think!
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@TommyGee not sure what the Doh is for, couldn’t care less about the rating but wondered if you thought it’s good that Edwards isn’t getting playing time.

The reason I want him home is so that he can train at the best training ground in the UK with a manager who, hopefully, he will play for and also play for the youth teams
 
Streetspur77

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Trix said:
Had a long convo with my source last night and I have to say I am worried for the youth progression to the first team. If we sign the players we are targeting in the Summer I just don't see how any of the current crop are going to push through in the next couple of years.

Remember when I say this I have always in the past defended the club and Poch on how the youth set up is integrated into the first team.
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Not sure if good news or bad news:cautious:
 
Hengy1

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Danny1 said:
@TommyGee not sure what the Doh is for, couldn’t care less about the rating but wondered if you thought it’s good that Edwards isn’t getting playing time.

The reason I want him home is so that he can train at the best training ground in the UK with a manager who, hopefully, he will play for and also play for the youth teams
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He wouldn’t be training with poch though.

If he’s got attitude and application problems it’s better he’s out of his comfort zone at Norwich than having it nice in our comfortable training facilities.
 
tiger666

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Danny1 said:
@TommyGee not sure what the Doh is for, couldn’t care less about the rating but wondered if you thought it’s good that Edwards isn’t getting playing time.

The reason I want him home is so that he can train at the best training ground in the UK with a manager who, hopefully, he will play for and also play for the youth teams
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We can't bring him home.
 
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