Here are our talking points from Spurs' 0-0 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Monday afternoon
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Alfie Devine the organiser
He might only be 17 but
Alfie Devine is an organiser. During Monday's match, he would pop up one minute in support of Scarlett high up the pitch and the next be found in a deep-lying anchorman role. All the while he was talking to everyone around him, telling the full-backs to push up or hold back and carefully watching how the match was playing out.
The teenager is another who big things are expected of and it's not hard to see why when you watch him in action with his close control, technique and reading of the game above most others on the pitch.
He has stepped up to regular U23s football with aplomb this season with 11 goals and three assists for Spurs' academy sides in 20 appearances.
Devine turns 18 on August 1 and, as with Scarlett, the plan has now shifted for the England U19 midfielder to head out on loan. Originally the idea for the midfielder was to keep him at the club to complete three full seasons in order to register him as a club-trained player for the future. His arrival from Wigan only two years ago made it difficult to involve him in the young Europa Conference League squads early this season as he could not be registered on the B list of young club players.
However, Devine's development this season has been such that
football.london understands Spurs will now consider loan moves for him for next season so they do not hold back his progress and the player is also believed to be pushing for a loan spell to build on his development.
Tottenham turned down a loan offer from Leyton Orient last year as they felt at that stage his development was better served by spending time split between the first team training sessions and working with Wayne Burnett's development squad.
Devine has already made his Tottenham debut, making history as the club's youngest ever goalscorer with his strike against Marine in the FA Cup third round last season.
Despite still being just 17-years-old, this season he was named on the bench by Conte for the Premier League match at Leeds United and in the FA Cup tie at Middlesbrough.
Devine is outgrowing academy football despite his tender years and now is the time for him to push on and learn all about the rigours of first team football.