Spurs under 21, under 18 Leagues and other youth news

[easley91]

Why only 4 subs?

 

[SlickMongoose]

Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial 29s
35 - GOAL - Norwich U21! Murphy down the right, squares to Loza who hits it first time past Miles - 0-1 #THFC

 

[Lufti]

Come on Lewis!

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial

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HT: Spurs U21 0-1 Norwich U21. Some good football from Spurs in the first half but a good finish from the visitors separates the teams #THFC

 

[SlickMongoose]

2-0 to Norwich.

First the NLD, now this.....

 

[TottenhamLegend]

As soon as I saw our team, I put money on Norwich at 9/1. Pretty weak team by our standards.

 

[paulcumpstone]

jesus are we still perservering with Dawkins

 

[SlickMongoose]

Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial 1m
85 - GOAL Holtby! Spurs U21 1-2 Norwich U21. Played in to Lewis inside the box and he slotted home. Good pressure from Spurs now. #THFC

 

[thinktank]

Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial 1m
85 - GOAL Holtby! Spurs U21 1-2 Norwich U21. Played in to Lewis inside the box and he slotted home. Good pressure from Spurs now. #THFC

AVB take note ffs.

 

[Gbspurs]

AVB take note ffs.

AVB isn't doing anything wrong with Lewis. He missed nearly all of pre season and is now playing to get back full fitness.

 

[thinktank]

AVB isn't doing anything wrong with Lewis. He missed nearly all of pre season and is now playing to get back full fitness.

He shouldn't have put him on the bench on sun then if he wasn't gonna use him.

 

[SandroClegane]

He shouldn't have put him on the bench on sun then if he wasn't gonna use him.

He might have used him if Capoue didn't get hurt, which forced his hand and he had to put in sandro

 

[Gbspurs]

He shouldn't have put him on the bench on sun then if he wasn't gonna use him.

Not his fault he had to change Capoue. We needed a goal and he brought on Lamela and Defoe, what more do you want!!

 

[thinktank]

Not his fault he had to change Capoue. We needed a goal and he brought on Lamela and Defoe, what more do you want!!

Lamela and Holtby!!!

OK!!!

 

[DEFchenkOE]

So we lost? Let's hope hope it's not an omen! Where is Ceballos? And Mccevoy? That seems like a very weak team apart from Holtby, Bentelab, Coulthirst, and Velkovic

 

[not_tenth-again]

Ceballos is now on loan in Portugal... a promoted team I've never heard of.

Any other youth players loans slipped under the radar?

 

[SlickMongoose]

*Takes refuge in the sensible thread*

Has the loan window shut now? I seem to recall that we were loaning players after the window shut in previous years.

 

[al_pacino]

*Takes refuge in the sensible thread*

Has the loan window shut now? I seem to recall that we were loaning players after the window shut in previous years.

It's not open yet. It opens in a week(for football league clubs).

 

[eddiebailey]

So we lost? Let's hope hope it's not an omen! Where is Ceballos? And Mccevoy? That seems like a very weak team apart from Holtby, Bentelab, Coulthirst, and Velkovic

Don't forget Dawkins, who should be eating defenders for breakfast at this level, and Miles and Lancaster have been knocking around a while. But yes most of the starting line up will continue to qualify for U21 for another couple of years; with all the loans and the lads we have let go it is a much less experienced U21 team this year.

It bodes rather badly for our next Premiership outing that Norwich are still our bogey team even at U21 level.

 

[ShelfSide18]

I toddled off to this game last night, anything to escape Jim White and his iPad on SSN, and a string of reporters who must have been back of the queue when charisma was handed out, surrounded by pubescent teens outside a club training ground.

First thing first, we were missing quite a lot of our regulars, but forgetting the result it was another positive example of what we're trying to grow at Spurs. Basically Norwich had 2 counter attacks and scored, they were lovely precise goals - but I'd be pissed if my U21 youth side rocked up playing a very negative 4-4-2, sit deep and look to grab something on the break.

As usual we dominated the ball, not that Norwich had any pretence of battling us for possession anyway, and whilst the unfamiliar make up of the side (inc the curious case of 25yo Simon Dawkins?!?) meant at times it was a little disjointed with some sloppy passes going astray, we moved the ball quickly, combined nicely and a tried to play through them, with a little more luck and precision it would have seen our often excellent approach play reap some rewards. Often our first team don't see that final pass, our kids do seem to see the passes, last night we just didn't quite find them correctly.

Really like the look of Veljkovic, played at the base of the 4-3-3 (later moving to CB) and he set the tempo excellently. Always available, plays on the half turn, the Busquets type 'half touch' type player. I know he's very highly rated and I can see why, slight concern about a lack of pace, but the boy has talent. Bentaleb looks a good prospect too, lovely first touch - reminds me of the players Arsenal had a habit of finding - good technique, dynamic and powerful and can spot a pass too.

We are a very well coached side, not many of our players really stood out last night but again it is clear they are being coached into a collective group philosophy. Pass, move, combine... then press like fuckers high up the pitch. I've said this a lot, but good times ahead for us - in many ways seeing your youth sides play the kind of football we do gives me more satisfaction than Levy and Baldini's shopping trip this summer.