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  1. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    Tbf Chelsea change manager so often and crave success in such a way that youth development is not a priority and instead their academy is simply another way of them making money. I think the model is broadly a good one and if it helps give our young players opportunity I’m all for it. As a...
  2. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    Agreed. In matches where he had the beating of his man every time it worked well because one in every ten passes/crosses would end in a goal, but otherwise he was very wasteful.
  3. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    Griffiths is third year of schol.
  4. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    https://www.premierleague.com/news/698775 Griffiths is listed under Scholars... so has he signed to a third year of his scholarship?!
  5. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    Taarabt may have had more tricks than Edwards but that was about it IMO. Edwards the superior player for me.
  6. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    I think the thing to remember with Winks is that he was training with the first team at 16- identified by AVB and fast-tracked to some degree, but also played regular Under-21 games. I guess the player you'd most compare his development with is TOB.
  7. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    Forgot to share this earlier:
  8. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    That's a real pity and in contrast to how the club stood by Joe Pritchard. If Tsaroulla's getting released then it all but confirms that Brown is too as Tsaroulla is the superior player IMO.
  9. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    Last Chance U is an incredible show.
  10. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    Think there's a balance between thinking Griffiths is a bit of a berk for tweeting some deliberately provocative stuff and thinking he's got 'an attitude problem'. For all we know he's been messed about by the club all year and is frustrated. We can't always assume the player's 100% in the wrong...
  11. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    He's been at the club at least a year longer than I expected and I can't quite work out why. But best of luck to him, hope he has a good career.
  12. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    I saw quite a lot of Bostock and always felt that he had lovely technique but was well behind others in terms of positioning/decision-making, so didn't really fit into a team very well.
  13. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    Sensed a little sarcasm there. Still expecting him to leave.
  14. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    Rebrov was largely terrible (despite being good in another league and his country) much like Paulinho was largely terrible (despite being good in another league and his country) and much like Sissoko has been largely terrible (despite being good in another league and his country).
  15. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    Somewhere in a dark corner of the coys web is a post from years back saying ‘Rebrov may not be good enough for Spurs but he’s better than any striking prospect we’ll ever being through ourselves’.
  16. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    Can confirm Lilywhite Rose is very much a legit account which gets decent snippets of info. It's run by two people, one of whom I know and who is a great guy.
  17. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    I think you make some good points but £2m for Bennetts is cheap, like £250k for Veljkovic was cheap at the time, £500k was cheap for Azzaoui, etc. I totally agree that selling players on for profit is a large part of the Academy -- and rightly so, we can't just hold on to players indefinitely --...
  18. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    It's an uncomfortable truth for some that a lot of our successes have had something to do with Sherwood one way or another.
  19. WindyCOYS

    The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

    I'd heard United were confident they'd get Noni.
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