The Spurs Youth Thread - 2017/2018

[Anuth]

Our u15 lost in our first 2 matches in Pape--Cup

1-4 Hoffenheim

1-2 Wolfsburg

 

[Blake Griffin]

de bie;, hinds, dinzeyi, lyons-foster, reynolds; bowden, patterson; richards, markanday, clarke; griffiths

subs: oluwayemi, lock, statham, p.maghoma, lloyd-bennett

 

[Waxman]

Am at the u18 game...

 

[faze_coys]

If Marcus is not in attendance tomorrow I don’t think it’s down to injury but more a personal issue.

As in actual attendance or being involved?

 

[Waxman]

Am at the u18 game...

 

[bat-chain]

Am at the u18 game...

You can say that again.

 

[Waxman]

3-0 playing lovely football

 

[TottenhamLegend]

Was planning to head down there today but didn't wake up until 5 minutes before kick off. Looks like I'm missing a good one!!

 

[coys200]

3-2 now lol spursy

 

[Waxman]

We're still playing very nicely though. One of theirs was a pen

 

[IGSpur]

We've been completely dominant. Conceded 2 in a few minutes, Dinzeyi dived in in the box to give away a penalty, and then he got stood up for the 2nd goal.

Feel we could have had at least one pen, and we've been unlucky with so e pinball in their area not going in. This group has a lot of good players. Markanday, Hinds, Richards, Clarke and Griffiths having really good games. Hinds, Markanday and Richards all shift their weight quite effortlessly to dummy defenders and take the ball on either foot really nice to watch.

To give Dinzeyi some credit, he chipped a lovely ball to Markanday in CM under serious pressure. Markanday then ended up finishing off the move.

Richards' finishing is quite lethal rolled the ball across the keeper into side net on the edge of the box. With his weaker foot. He's also very tenacious and very clever.

Hopefully we don't let the 2 goal slip up affect us

 

[Blake Griffin]

Conceded 2 in a few minutes, Dinzeyi dived in in the box to give away a penalty, and then he got stood up for the 2nd goal.

not surprised by this, he reminds me a lot of c.maghoma.

good to hear markanday's doing well on his return though.

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

How have we lined up? Is Markanday or Patterson playing in CM? Or is it a 4-3-3/4-1-4-1?

 

[Hengy1]

How have we lined up? Is Markanday or Patterson playing in CM? Or is it a 4-3-3/4-1-4-1?

Tottenham academy on twitter put this up

 

[Hengy1]

4-2 Patterson

 

[Blake Griffin]

4-4

 

[Spurzinho]

I completely understand that the management don't give two hoots about the score, I've made that point myself many a time but as a fan it doesn't 'alf wind me up when we lose.

When we restructured the academy we chose to prioritise individuality, invention, technique and skills pretty much exclusively. I do wonder sometimes whether Poch would prefer Leicester's academy where if they can fit through the training ground door frame then they're not big enough and get released or If they don't eat raw liver straight out of the carcass for lunch then their attitude isn't right and they get released.

 

[Anuth]

U15 last 2 matches

5-0 vs Lok Stendal

1-6 vs Gladbach

That make us 1W 3L 8F 12A

 

[stevenurse]

Is it just me or have our youth teams been shite this year, YCL aside?

The u23's have been absolutely useless. Makes you wonder what's the benefit of keeping these players instead of getting them good loans. That said, CCV and Onomah haven't had the most successful of times.

 

[Hengy1]

Is it just me or have our youth teams been shite this year, YCL aside?

The u23's have been absolutely useless. Makes you wonder what's the benefit of keeping these players instead of getting them good loans. That said, CCV and Onomah haven't had the most successful of times.

Academy isn’t about winning it’s about developing. We can’t just shove everyone on loan or release them if not good enough as we need to fill teams.

As long as we carry on producing 2 or 3 per age group able to compete then we are doing fine imo