Any update on Madueke has he definitely left ?
Zapata-Caicedo was raised in Enfield, I think he joined us as a 9 year old. - SPURZINHO
Well done and well spotted! Now can you just comment on the thrust of the comment rather than being small minded. You are better than that (I think).
in reply to someone claiming he's signed for utd -
jb is pretty reliable when it comes to utd youth stuff so would guess it's true.
Zapata-Caicedo was raised in Enfield, I think he joined us as a 9 year old.
I'm told he'll be joining United.
I don’t think Thorpe has been injured most of the season , yes some of it . But he has played with the younger age group more often then not , spurs do tend to do this with the smaller less stronger boys . I think he played a similar position to Patterson at one stage , probably focusing more on Patterson this year as they don’t want to loose him like they lost his brother kane therefore giving him more game time
Over Thorpe .
I am also hearing rumours that we will not be having a large intake of scholars this year , unlike last year . Similar intake to the year before TOB , Griffith’s , year
The general consensus is that there are nine definites: Kurylowicz, Walcott, Binks, Cirkin, White, Bennett, Cooper, Asante, Parrott with Glean, D'arcy, Pedder and Madueke all possibles.
Nine would be a small intake. 13 still wouldn't be all that big so it could go either way.
Was Pedder not very, very highly rated a year ago? Be strange to release him because of a single injury-riddled season.You may know more than me. I know at the end of last year he was still out due to broken wrist. I know that he has been playing u17 football but not sure for how long. It's very plausible he may have been playing there due to his size but I imagine it would be more to do with his injuries. When Markanday and Shashoua are smaller than him at least in height I doubt it would be for that reason especially when he has been playing or at least training with Wales u19s. Maybe we are easing him back due to his injuries, as holding people off may be affecting him.
Also I'm not really sure about the Patterson issue. Thorpe was more of a striker and it appears he now finds himself on the wing more, whereas Patterson plays a lot more central though of course can play on the wings. There isn't space for everyone but if Thorpe is rated which I think he is I don't think they wouldn't play him at the risk of annoying Patterson if they rated him. Plus Thorpe could have taken Mukendi and Poch Jr's minutes and it doesn't explain why he hasn't been on any of the tours for the u17s as Patterson hasn't been eligible for any of them. Finally, I don't think Kane Patterson leaving affects anything.Unless you have ITK that says otherwise my understanding is that we didn't offer Kane Patterson a contract rather than him rejecting us, though I would like to have kept him. He would have got game time for us, so I just think we didn't feel the need to keep him. So I doubt the club would give special treatment to the brother of a player we didn't want anymore.
As you have said I've heard it will be a small intake. I'd be surprised if it wasn't what Spurzinho has posted. Glean has gone D'arcy is AWOL and basically gone, Madueke gone, Pedder I think will be offered a lifeline due to his injuries and talent. If they really wanted to be cuthroat they could release Asante as we have Parrott, but Asante has been decent.
I think there will be a minimum of 8 but a maximum of 10 depending on Asante and Pedder. WIll be a good intake but not on the 99/00 level. If Madueke didn't leave would make it a lot better, but then that age group lost Kirby
With regards to this years intake of first year scholars there is no mention of any players from abroad (discounting Troy Parrott). I wonder if any are in the pipeline. It seems it is a rare event when we do not get another player from abroad. In recent years we have signed Tainio, De Bie, Glover(Australia), Azzaoui, Veljkovic, Lesniak, Lameiras, Zapata- Caicedo, Bentalab, Gallifuoco, Coulibaly & Luongo in the last 8 years or so.
Was Pedder not very, very highly rated a year ago? Be strange to release him because of a single injury-riddled season.
Why do you think more and more of our young players are choosing to leave us for other clubs. We are suppose to have the best facilities , decent coaches , Surely it can’t just be for the money , can it ?
Why do you think more and more of our young players are choosing to leave us for other clubs. We are suppose to have the best facilities , decent coaches , Surely it can’t just be for the money , can it ?
This isn't really a helpful 'answer' but I don't think there is one - it'll be down to a myriad of reasons: money, education, agent involvement, route to first team, coaches, links to clubs for loans, glamour etc.
Also we (fans) don't pay much attention to other youth academies. Other than the odd high profile case like Sancho I doubt many of us have any idea how many kids bounce around academies.This isn't really a helpful 'answer' but I don't think there is one - it'll be down to a myriad of reasons: money, education, agent involvement, route to first team, coaches, links to clubs for loans, glamour etc.
Also we (fans) don't pay much attention to other youth academies. Other than the odd high profile case like Sancho I doubt many of us have any idea how many kids bounce around academies.
Why do you think more and more of our young players are choosing to leave us for other clubs. We are suppose to have the best facilities , decent coaches , Surely it can’t just be for the money , can it ?