The Spurs Youth Thread - 2018/19

[IGSpur]

If someone was able to give a brief summary of the positions/ style of play of these (Spurs) England u15s it would be greatly appreciated. I see names like Hackett and Scarlett mentioned a lot, and obviously the Forson situation has been talked about plenty, yet I don't even know what positions they play in!

ig and spurzinho will know more about them than i do but based on the little i've seen (roughly half a dozen 30-40 minute games):

bryan-waugh (cb) - not the biggest(he was playing up a year when i saw him so that's probably why) but looked quick, agile, aggressive and good on the ball. of all the spurs lads in this england squad he impressed me the most.

hackett (cb/lb) - tall, rangy left-footer, athletic and got up and down the pitch well when he played lb. i can't remember much more than that though tbh.

forson (rw/cm?) - most places seem to refer to him as a cm but the games i saw he was playing rw and #10. was difficult to gauge as he was a lot bigger and a lot quicker than the poor little czech kids he was destroying, looked to have a good left foot. if you've seen much of sheyi ojo then that's who he reminded me of but as i say it was only over a few short games so i could be way off.

scarlett (st) - looked like a classic #9, was relatively quiet in the games i saw though so again it's difficult to go into too much detail.

funnily enough the two players i liked the look of the most didn't make the squad. khalon haysman a ball-playing cm instantly caught my eye, just in the way he received and passed the ball you could tell he has a bit about him. the other was roshaun mathurin, a direct and tricky left winger, tidy dribbler and scored a few nice goals, not too dissimilar to jneil bennett. obviously it's early days yet but to have three(would have been four with forson) starting for england is a good sign that we have another strong group coming through.

BBW - In the spirit of talking about playing up. If it was the tournament where we played Bayern in the final I believe it was an 04 tournament tournament and BBW is born in 04. But he is a school year below them so late born. I'll try and look back but if he didn't look the biggest it must have been a heigh thing as he is very stocky. He used to be quite tall relative to others but I think people must have caught up with him. All the adjectives you used I'd agree with he reminded me of Eyoma when they were the same age running around with the ball from the back. He does play up up quite regularly I believe, think he's played a few u16 games this year and he's an u14.

Hackett - I think he'd be a good CB due to his height but apparently he prefers playing LB. I've seen him play more at CB though. He is excellent on the ball, deceptively so, very comfortable. I can't remember when he really started to catch my eye but I'm a big fan of his. Very good feet to turn himself out of trouble. Can't comment too much on how good he is as a LB as that tournament was the only time I'd ever seen him play there. I don't remember him getting to the wing and crossing any or making off the ball runs. He did look decent there though. I imagine he finds himself at LB as BBW and Watt play CB.

Forson - As BG said the tournament he refers to he was almost punting the ball and chasing after it, but Forson is a proper player. Really skilful, good dribbler, strong quick, bit of a hot head. overhead kick specialist, and good shot. I think he is probably one of the most skilful CMs I've seen like Madueke. Very good technician.

Scarlett - not much more to add. Very classic no.9. Good positioning, strong, good anticipation, brave. Brings people into play well. He's not as noticeable as the others but he definitely looks the part and bags goals

BG has mentioned Mathurin and Haysman as two other players. There are a couple of more from that age group so it is a very strong one

 

[Blake Griffin]

1-0 down

this really wouldn't be the time to lose our first game of the season.

 

[maltahotspur]

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34 - Goal for @MillwallFC. The hosts take the lead in spectacular circumstances as skipper Mitchell fires into the top corner from 25 yards after the ball was given away cheaply. #COYS

 

[DezFitz]

Is there a reason Bowden isn't playing?

 

[guru]

Half time 1 - 0 to millwall FA Youth cup

 

[guru]

Is there a reason Bowden isn't playing?

Probably feel they don’t need him as Harvey white is playing

 

[edson]

We are not playing well,I missed the first 10 min.

 

[maltahotspur]

57 - Close! Two great chances for us to get back into this FA Youth Cup tie within a couple of minutes - both fall to Markanday but he heads wide and is then denied by keeper Wright on his line. #COYS

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

They'll be so gutted if this is their first loss of the season. Averaging over 4 goals a game up to this point too!

 

[ralphs bald spot]

1-1 bENNETT

 

[Blake Griffin]

yes!

 

[maltahotspur]

90+3 - GOAL! White's third corner in quick succession is turned in at the far post by sub Bennett. #COYS

 

[mark87]

Thank God for that!

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

So what happens now? Replay or extra time?

 

[chrissivad]

So what happens now? Replay or extra time?

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FULL-TIME - We head into extra time after that added-time equaliser from Bennett. #COYS

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

We've gone into extra time. Come on lads!! Hopefully we can show our extra quality now we've finally got one.

 

[IGSpur]

Our tails should be up after that.

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

Worth noting United have knocked Chelsea (winners of the last 5 FA Youth Cups) out, 4-3. Anyone's to play for if we can make it through.

 

[ralphs bald spot]

2-1 up Richards

 

[coys200]

Greenwood got a hatrick for United. Surely must be knocking very hard on the door.