Youth player(s) you had high hopes for?

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Danny Rose. Yes he had some good seasons for us, but nothing quite matched his debut goal against the scum. I know he has his demons, but I think with the right manager at the right time, he could really have made the England LB position his own. Had he hit his potential, we probably would have lost him to Real Madrid!

 

Dov67

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EireYid said:

Another obvious one is Taarabt, had all the skill in the world but just never put it to good use.

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He could have been sensational.

 

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lincspurs said:

Anybody remember a very young lad who looked & played like a young Maradona? Wasn’t Marcus Edwards but looked a lot like him.
He had a YouTube video which highlighted his skills, sure I saw it on here

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Are you sure it wasn’t the real Maradona? He played once for us in a testimonial game ?

 

dontcallme

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Sonny Pike: How the wonderkid crumbled under the pressure of fame

HE was touted as the biggest prospect of his generation, with sponsors throwing cash at him, various TV appearances under his belt and a trial at Ajax in the 1990s. But for football prodigy Sonny P…

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Not Spurs, but anyone remember this kid?

 

Shadydan

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Was convinced that John Bostock was gonna be an absolute worldie.

 

TEESSIDE1

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Zeki Fryers, Jonathan Blondel, Milos Veljkovic, Archibald-Henville, Obika, Yuri Berchiche, Paul Jose-Mpoku, Tomas Pekhart, Musa Yahaya, Gomelt, Georgiou, Alton Thewell, Shilow Tracey.

These were all either homegrown or signed because they had a promising future yet they’ve all either flopped or not fulfilled their potential.

 

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Strikeb4ck

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Alex Pritchard. Albeit possibly because of all that Barcelona talk. Iago Falque maybe, too.

 

stormfly

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I remember watching Jamie O’Hara play for our reserves v Fulham in Woking years ago and he looked like the mutt’s nuts! Jamie Redknapp played as well but O’Hara was pinging inch perfect balls with either foot and looked a class above. I was very excited when he finally started breaking into the 1st team but it only made me realise that the standard in the reserves was probably not all that after all.

 

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Tyler24durden

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Terry Dixon, our Irish Rooney. Such a shame injuries robbed him of stardom.

 

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TEESSIDE1 said:

Zeki Fryers, Jonathan Blondel, Milos Veljkovic, Archibald-Henville, Obika, Yuri Berchiche, Paul Jose-Mpoku, Tomas Pekhart, Musa Yahaya, Gomelt, Georgiou, Alton Thewell, Shilow Tracey.

These were all either homegrown or signed because they had a promising future yet they’ve all either flopped or not fulfilled their potential.

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Always like the look of Veljkovic. He's carved out a decent career at Bremen.

 

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dontcallme said:

Sonny Pike: How the wonderkid crumbled under the pressure of fame

HE was touted as the biggest prospect of his generation, with sponsors throwing cash at him, various TV appearances under his belt and a trial at Ajax in the 1990s. But for football prodigy Sonny P…

www.thesun.co.uk

Not Spurs, but anyone remember this kid?

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Coincidentally, he was mentioned last month:

DEFchenkOE said:

At least Bostock has kept getting contracts throughout his twenties so far. You a have lots of child prodigy's like Sonny Pike who didn't succeed in making a living from football despite all the hype and media attention as a youngster.

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Strikeb4ck said:

Alex Pritchard. Albeit possibly because of all that Barcelona talk.

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One of my exes was in a long term relationship with Pritchard, until she received a message from a guy saying, “Pretty sure your boyfriend is fucking my girlfriend.”

Turns out his missus worked as a receptionist at Swindon, where Alex was on loan, and had caught them kissing after he‘d driven there to collect her. Classy.

 

antti19

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Owen Price, Terry Dixon, Marcus Edwards and John Bostock

 

Hazelton

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TEESSIDE1 said:

Zeki Fryers, Jonathan Blondel, Milos Veljkovic, Archibald-Henville, Obika, Yuri Berchiche, Paul Jose-Mpoku, Tomas Pekhart, Musa Yahaya, Gomelt, Georgiou, Alton Thewell, Shilow Tracey.

These were all either homegrown or signed because they had a promising future yet they’ve all either flopped or not fulfilled their potential.

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Yuri Berchiche has actually turned into a very good player too, annoyingly.

 

LSUY

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Troy Archibald-Henville. From watching him in the reserves I thought he was going to develop into a new Ledley King.

 

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Phil-spur99

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There was a decent looking player who made his debut with Alton Thelwell against Liverpool I think. Not sure what happened to him...

 

Krafty

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Phil Ifil, Steven Caulker, Milos Veljkovic, Josh Onomah, Jon Obika.

I remember Shaq Coulthirst banging a Hattrick in the YCL against Barcelona.

 

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EireYid

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Harry Kane

What ever happend to that one season wonder...?

 

Guntz

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Souleymane Coulibaly.

Everyone thought he was going to be the next Drogba haha

 

wirE

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To be a little up to date; Taraabt, Bostock, Livermore, Rose(!), Caulker, Townsend, Carroll, A. Smith, Fredericks, Veljkovic, Pritchard, Bentaleb, Onomah and Edwards

 

allpaths

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Josh Onomah was/is to date my biggest let down. I thought for sure he was going to be heir to Dembele throne. Who was gonna to be that all action midfielder who was strong defensively, impossible to get the ball off of and progressive in possession. I had hope he turned things around with his strong performances in the championship at the end of last season.

But I caught his limited amount of performances in the prem this season and his work rate is still so below par and he still is brave/confident enough on the ball at this level. Still time left to turn in around but he's all ready 23, which managers like Mourinho say he should a fully matured player at this point.