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Our former u16 captain doing well at PSV making his senior debut aged 17 - moved to PSV after refusing an Academy Scholarship at Spurs due to lack of route to first team after seeing only Winks get to first team in the last 4 or 5 years. One of the best talents in his age group in the England set up let alone Spurs, so just shows how destructive to Spurs long term future Poch's 'youth development' (or not) strategy was.
Hi all,
Apologies for intruding on your forum. I was at the U18 match between Fulham and Spurs yesterday as a photographer. I've put together a match report with some pictures and thought it might be interesting to a few on here.
Fulham U18 vs Tottenham U18
Regards,
GRTourist
Apologies for intruding on your forum. I was at the U18 match between Fulham and Spurs yesterday as a photographer. I've put together a match report with some pictures and thought it might be interesting to a few on here.
Fulham U18 vs Tottenham U18
Regards,
GRTourist
Decided to make up a quick video of Roles vs Scunthorpe. He was playing as the deepest midfielder early, eventually ended up wide left to start the second half, and then came inside a bit more often. His first half was fine, but nothing really noteworthy. Second half he was one of the better players on the pitch, albeit against a side down to 10 men since around the 20 minute mark.
Very neat and Winksy. Done well. Playing with authority, and that became even clearer after Tom Davies was subbed off. Some of his progressive passes have been a bit sloppy and could do with a little more power. Clever player. Decision making and positioning looking good.
One of the best players on the pitch
Great goal
Makes you wonder.
In a time - and I do mean the last 3 years included - where Spurs have been under quite a bit of fan pressure to make signings to really lift the team and refused to do so, the easy alternative to shut up critics would be to play a fuckload of youth players in cup games and when rotating.
Instead we bought the likes of Aurier, Sissoko etc while also giving way too many minutes to obvious duds like GKN and N'jie.
Absolute carcrash of a strategy
I’m all for signing youth players and this one seems very exciting, but still, it’s a bittersweet feeling.
Can’t help feeling for Wigan and their fans. Absolute disgusting gambling cunt, Stanley Choi! I know a lot of ppl don’t like Levy/ENIC, but at least I feel safe under their guidance.
Nice relaxed atmosphere.
Only the west and North stand lower tier are open. But pretty much full.
Unsurprisingly with school holidays, the crowd is mainly families. Lots of kids and supporters who are here to see the stadium for the first time. Good for the future set of fans.
Then there's the odd nutter like me who had nothing better to do on a Friday than to watch spurs, even though I've been to every game played at the ground
Decided not to make video on Georgiou since we've seen a decent amount of him over the years in preseason and I don't think too many still consider him a top young player, but here's a few words on his Ipswich debut:
Played in a more advanced role on the left side of a 4-2-3-1 and made an instant impact to a team that was very flat in the first half. Had great chemistry instantly with left back Myles Kenlock who I like quite a bit.
Did a good job winning physical battles and drew some fouls going forward. His first real involvement in the game was winning a foul not far outside the box and then crossing the free kick to a wide open man who got a weak header on it.
Kept things fairly simple, created a good amount of opportunities streaking down the left side and crossing in. He was used on both corners and free kicks from any spot in the attacking third and most were very good. Worth noting that when Alan Judge was subbed on he took a late corner instead that led to Ipswich's first goal.
My personal feeling at this point is Georgiou is he's more of a Championship player long term but I see why people like him. He'll be excellent for Ipswich this year and has a chance to make a nice career for himself, I just don't see it being at Spurs.
Played in a more advanced role on the left side of a 4-2-3-1 and made an instant impact to a team that was very flat in the first half. Had great chemistry instantly with left back Myles Kenlock who I like quite a bit.
Did a good job winning physical battles and drew some fouls going forward. His first real involvement in the game was winning a foul not far outside the box and then crossing the free kick to a wide open man who got a weak header on it.
Kept things fairly simple, created a good amount of opportunities streaking down the left side and crossing in. He was used on both corners and free kicks from any spot in the attacking third and most were very good. Worth noting that when Alan Judge was subbed on he took a late corner instead that led to Ipswich's first goal.
My personal feeling at this point is Georgiou is he's more of a Championship player long term but I see why people like him. He'll be excellent for Ipswich this year and has a chance to make a nice career for himself, I just don't see it being at Spurs.
But that's not good enough for the supporters.
Just look at the vitriol that Winks gets.
Former Spurs u16 captain, left before signing Spurs Academy Scholarship due to concerns over lack of pathway to first team......now looks like he's playing as Bergwijn's replacement.
Shows up the cost of Poch's 'train with me, but you are only likely to get a few minutes playing for the first team' policy.
Great to see Chris Powell.
He is an absolute gentleman! Met him a few times when I was involved with Charlton. Might see more players from our youth setup being involved with England now as he is part of Southgates team.
Big opportunity now for players like Skipp, Bowden, Cirkin, White, Markanday and Eyoma to push for regular places in the England youth teams.
He is an absolute gentleman! Met him a few times when I was involved with Charlton. Might see more players from our youth setup being involved with England now as he is part of Southgates team.
Big opportunity now for players like Skipp, Bowden, Cirkin, White, Markanday and Eyoma to push for regular places in the England youth teams.
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