Spurs Youth - 2019/20
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What I don’t get , why is shaushoa not down as an over age player ,when he has been one of our better performers , YET TOB who really hasn’t contributed to team performances For the last 2 years , and has been used in youth champion league games for the last 3 years with no real contribution is on the list againOur squad for the UEFA Youth League:
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Overage players: Jonathan De Bie, Timothy Eyoma, Brooklyn Lyons-Foster, Tashan Oakley-Boothe and Rodel Richards.
Schoolboys: Jordan Hackett, Roshaun Mathurin and Dane Scarlett.
Blake Griffin
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agree on shashoua, very unlucky to miss out and he's not played in the uyl too much before so it would have been good for him. i think tob has started the season well though and is playing better than he has for the past couple of years so i don't have any problem with him being in the squad, it's just a shame that it's at shashoua's expense.
we have a good group of centre mids at the club who are all fairly close in terms of ability but all offer something a bit different. white and bowden are the most defensively-minded/aware(which is probably why pochettino likes them), shashoua and maghoma are more forward thinking whilst tob is somewhere in-between. i wouldn't like to say which is the best combo as it probably depends on the game but i think we typically look more fluid with shashoua's energy and craft in there. long-term though i can see him going down a similar path as his brother with us focusing more on bowden and white.
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first bench appearance for yago de santiago(going by alonso instead now it seems).
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It depends. I've always said Foden, Sancho and CHO were better than Sessegnon. Difference is one was playing in championship with good form the others were stuck in their respective academies not really getting chances. Except saying that meant nothing as the going logic is if they're not they're not good enough so how could they be better, and I had no 'proof' as using my eyes when they were all at the same level and judging youth game doesnt count. On the wing there isn't really a comparison and I think there are other players in the age group who are also better wingers, but whether they get their chance and continue to develop or stagnate remains to be seen. RS was the star man as he was the most well known or seen
To most that means they're better.
In a similar vein I've always said and thought Abraham is/was a better striker than Rashford however due to circumstances Rashford got his chance early and showed he could handle the level. Always thought Abraham would be better if he got a chance. Good to see he now has and despite a dodgy start, like Kane's first PL start he is starting to settle. He is Englands next best striker imo.There are countless other examples and I can only wait until some of them get their chance otherwise it means nothing. I wonder how many changed their mind and then thought Tanganga was better than Wilmot after preseason.
I also wonder how many will chance their mind back when JT inevitably doesnt get a chance and Wilmot gets a couple of appearances at Watford
In saying that Sessegnon is an excellent player and signing I just dont think he has the technical skills to be a great winger rhiugh his timings and runs are good and he has decent composure. I definitely think hed make a better fullback. In the future who knows how he will develop.
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Go and win it boys
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Still not
TBD you can't really compare sessengon to those players. They all play distinctly different styles. Sessegnon is not as explosive, but I think he is a supremely intelligent player who makes the right decision time and time again. Still too early to say who is going to be better than whom really.
Still not sure on Abraham tbh, he has had two good games at this level. Got a lot to prove. Rashford if used in the right way is a very solid player. For some reasonan Utd players are seriously underrated these days.
TBD you can't really compare sessengon to those players. They all play distinctly different styles. Sessegnon is not as explosive, but I think he is a supremely intelligent player who makes the right decision time and time again. Still too early to say who is going to be better than whom really.
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Abraham has scored goals against the teams he scored against last season. Let’s see how he gets on against the rest. England centre forward? Really!
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Any stand out performers
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Binks for me, Cesay is doing well at RB
We did not deserve to lose this match a draw would have been a fair result.
West ham second goal was a peach of a free-kick.
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this summer was probably the worst thing that could've happened for tanganga, now he's missed out on a loan where he may have actually played. same thing happens pretty much every pre-season where poch plays a few kids and people build up his rep of giving youth a chance but then the season starts and they all sink without a trace, just look at skipp who was arguably our best performer over the entire pre-season and now he's lost his place to wanyama who we've been trying to shift all summer. complete waste of time.
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I guess we'll see re Abraham, not much more he can do at the moment. Just glad hes finally getting his chance. Rashford is also a very good player. I dont know how you expect him to be used but the manager is clearly not seeing it what you do. Glad we have the options for England.
Re: Sess. I've said a lot its splitting hairs, once they get to a certain level, but as attacking.players the other 3 are far better than RS. But RSs skills can be utilised in their own way in attack and he will obviously improve as with Rashford and what I say about all england youth I'm just pleased some are coming through. I was just answering a question.
