... and "some minutes" doesn't mean bringing them on in the 88th minute.
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Player Alfie Devine
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I was watching him when he played for Port Vale, one of good things, in a squad full of garbage. Scored some great goals.
And when during pre-seasons, under Ange at least, was one of teh better looking players that added something to the squad that we was missing.
So no, it's just about one speculative shot, he has been doing it for the last 2-3 seasons.
You have just made the point excellently for me.
Bigging him up as the next coming, without merit, and not realising/total underestimating the massive gap between bottom of League One, Championship and upper echelons of Premier League football.
So he scored great goals at Port Vale according to you, whereas in the real world, he scored 2 league goals, one of which was a penalty. The team as a whole regressed in the second half of the season after he left (down from 16th when he left them to relegation) which could in part be down to him going, I don't know, but he didn't kick on at Plymouth in the second half of that season and made only 9 starts for a team which regressed after he joined them (again don't know if partly due to him)
Pre-season is all about fitness levels, nothing else at all, cannot judge anything by it, apart from he was likely fresh and most of our players were returning from international duty, and I certainly don't recall him as putting in any sort of memorable performance at all.
Nothing yet has shown he is at the levels of a Premier League player, and Spurs, who have people trained to do this sort of thing, and really haven't let anyone go for few decades that we would have regretted them going, obviously have decided that by giving Preston a buy option for his services for £5m apparently they don't believe he quite has it to step up to the final level.
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What about the Spurs people who wanted to sell Harry Kane to Leicester for £600,000?
Leicester almost signed third all-time leading EPL goalscorer
According to a claim by a person directly involved, Leicester City almost signed third all-time leading PL striker Harry Kane for a pittance
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And the pitfalls are huge.
One bad injury, hanging out with the wrong crowd off the pitch, believing your own hype.
There’s a reason only a few out of every thousand make it to the top level of the game.
It’s not easy and definitely not pre written who will make it.
What about the Spurs people who wanted to sell Harry Kane to Leicester for £600,000?
Leicester almost signed third all-time leading EPL goalscorer
According to a claim by a person directly involved, Leicester City almost signed third all-time leading PL striker Harry Kane for a pittance
Well Tim Sherwood - who funnily enough worked for Spurs - convinced the board not to sell him and Daniel “Big Man” Levy stood up to some Italian bloke who nobody remembers.
Daniel trusted Tim over Baldini.
Well done Mr Levy. A great judge of character.
Levy sacked Sherwood at the end of that season.
If it’s that low then we fucked up
I get you have to put the player first and if the kid wanted to move to play then you let him take the best offer, but you have to persuade him that he’s worth more to the club than that….
I remember watching him in a youth tournament with Alex Scott and he was the better technician. Comfortably the best midfielder technically in his age group at the time.
Hes done well on loan as well
Champo or not if hit the ball like that makes no diff.
Why we looking to sell when he has never been given a chance unlike what’s been afforded to other young player no need to mention names. We right off our academy without ever giving them a run of games. Yet we buy players for squillions not proven anything and will have people saying there is potential or player in there BS.
At least it’s only an option we can say no rather than obligation
If Scott is given a chance at Bmouth why is Alfie not given a chance by spurs? Scott had a good game v spurs the other week. Irola obvs can handle young players.
Levy sacked Sherwood at the end of that season.
Yeah Tim is a dickhead!!
Name the teams he’s managed since!!
But when push came to shove he backed his judgement of a young player.
Sign of a leader and a visionary. Made the right call. You can’t refute that as a fact.
And then sacked him to get in Poch. Great call.
Broad shoulders and a wide remit our Danny Boy.
Erm no it's the exact opposite - we can't say no. God knows why this causes so much confusion on here, it's perfectly simple:
- 'Obligation' means the club that the player joins has no choice later, they have to buy him at the previously agreed price when the times comes. So with an obligation, the 'new' club has no choice, no option.
- 'Option' means the choice is with the club who the player joins, it's their option not ours. If they decide to take up that option, it's us who have no choice in the matter.
Is gray any better?
Does the player have an option?
Not correct. The player can say no. Spurs would be required to accept if Preston offer the money etc contained in the option document