I think people are missing the point here.
Yes he might not turn out to be amazing but that's not the point.
The issue is that we're rolling out the same dud players over and over again who have failed under numerous managers.
At the same time the players that have come through the academy and been given a chance with the exception of Skipp haven't actually performed that well even when they were in the youth setup.
Japhet wasn't anything special in the youth teams and frankly TJ Eyoma was a better player. He went on loan and helped Lincoln to a play off final eventually getting a permanent move. In all the youth teams games I watched, you always came away thinking TJ had a better game than Japhet. This is why it doesn't surprise me to see Japhet look so shit when he plays for us, the recent Chelsea games are reminiscent of his performances in youth team football. So what possesses coaches to prefer one over the other?
Dane Scarlett keeps getting a chance when he hasn't done much for the youth teams, his development has been stunted by asking him to train with the first team and therefore not get valuable game time. In the cameos he has appeared in, has Dane done anything to requisite another squad inclusion. He literally only gets in because Levy thinks 1 CF is OK for a football club, whilst simultaneously loaning out 2 CFs from the youth team in Parrott and Etete. Again, how have the club decided on the loan system here? Personally I think the wrong loans have been handed out here, Parrott should be with the first team and Dane on loan.
My biggest issue is why are the form players in our youth teams like Dilan, Harvey, Nile not been given a chance in the first team in little cameos ahead of others who've been involved in squads and not done anything to provide any encouragement that they deserve their chance. That goes for the 2nd string first team players and youth players who are preferred without any real justification.
We don't know if the promising players in our youth teams will flourish unless we give them a chance. That's all Dilan was asking for, and it's not like he didn't deserve it. Even putting him on the bench for a few first team games shows some ambition from the club to the player that they value him.
Dilan ain't stupid, he's got a good education under him and sensible people advising him. Fair play to him for wanting first team football. He also realises he has a bigger role to play socially as an elite footballer of South Asian descent. He has much better chance of being role model playing first team football for a Championship side than any PL youth team. Just another own goal and why I'm disappointed by this in particular, we of spurs could have used it as a PR opportunity and even from a business point exploit the south Asian Market which is probably the only one left that genuinely has mega bucks left to be exploited. But levy as the businessman couldn't even see this...although I'm not surprised. The man is obsessed with American and Far East Asian markets.
