Interview with John McDermott (Head of Coaching and Development)

[Paq]

Excellent thread. Thank you.

 

[Bulletspur]

Very good read and thanks for sharing. Will be sharing this with others.

 

[nickspurs]

Great insight. Thanks for sharing. Reps to follow.

 

[Has1978]

Great read. Brilliant thread. Thank you.

 

[elDiablo]

Best piece of ITK. Ever. Thank you

 

[Tucker]

Really interesting read. Sounds like we have a really great philosophy running through the club at the moment. Long may it continue.

 

[bigpalacios]

I really hope that him and Poch want to build a legacy here and not just see us as a stepping stone in their careers.

That was one of the best things Ive ever read on here.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

I really hope that him and Poch want to build a legacy here and not just see us as a stepping stone in their careers.

That was one of the best things Ive ever read on here.

John McDermott has been with us for eleven years. If he does leave at some point in the future we've hardly been a stepping stone.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

The stuff about losing good academy coaches and some the current group of coaches not being quite as good is something we've all been discussing in the development thread for the last couple of years. I think Inglethorpe particularly was a huge loss and someone we should have done more to keep.

I was quite annoyed and surprised to see Inglethorpe leave for Liverpool, at a time when we were finishing above them and looked to have a better academy.

He was manager of my second team (Exeter City), when Spurs snapped him up, and he was held in very high esteem by the Exeter fans. Taking Man Utd to a replay in the FA Cup (Ronaldo was nutmegged by a non-league defender ), saving Exeter from administration in the process, didn't exactly do his reputation any harm.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

Really not sounding good for Bentaleb - being mentioned in the same breath as Townsend, Adebayor, Capoue etc - all of whom left after becoming "problematic".

My interpretation was that John McDermott was complementing Bentaleb's attitude for requesting to play in the U21 team.

The known facts of Bentaleb's season are:
He started our first game of the season and was involved in every game up until he became injured.
Algeria rushed him back from his ankle injury and took a knock to his already weak ankle. This set back his recovery.
He was given opportunities in Jan/Feb, but was clearly not at his best.
He has now undergone surgery.

I would say this clearly demonstrates that he is in Poch's plans, but injuries have prevented him from playing a more prominent role.

 

[The Feet of Hoddle]

I think Poch is and what JM is saying is that this needs to be better integrated into academy teaching, which he's saying has been more individually focused. Although, as I have said elsewhere, I've always thought one of the most encouraging things about the ethos JM had put in place was the collective tactical awareness being taught in our academies. Maybe Poch has just moved this to a higher level and JM is saying it's his remit to make sure the academy aspire to that level ?

Yup exactly. It was previously more individually focused and now they want to aim towards a greater focus on team work, then the focus of elements like tactics will reap greater rewards.

 

[The Feet of Hoddle]

Excellent read, cheered me up no end.

It is nice to hear that there are those with strong morally correct ethics at the club.

Just fantastic.

 

[bigpalacios]

John McDermott has been with us for eleven years. If he does leave at some point in the future we've hardly been a stepping stone.

Ok. I just want them to stay.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

I was quite annoyed and surprised to see Inglethorpe leave for Liverpool, at a time when we were finishing above them and looked to have a better academy.

He was manager of my second team (Exeter City), when Spurs snapped him up, and he was held in very high esteem by the Exeter fans. Taking Man Utd to a replay in the FA Cup (Ronaldo was nutmegged by a non-league defender ), saving Exeter from administration in the process, didn't exactly do his reputation any harm.

The Liverpool U21 team now coached by him absolutely mullered our U21 recently, playing a very "Poch/Klopp" brand of high energy, hard press, possession based football.

I think it was a huge mistake to let him go. But I think this was possibly one of the flip sides to Sherwood being brought in. Inglethorope was a proper coach, who was very much on board with McDermott's philosophy and he had our U18 NextGen group - a group which has produced Pritchard, Carroll, Veljkovic, Bentaleb, Kane, Smith, - playing an outstanding brand of football that saw us wallop teams like Inter and Barca. From what I can gather, Inglethorpe did most of the coaching of that side, but Sherwood took most of the credit and put his name of team sheet.

I reckon Inglethorpe suddenly realised his standing and chances of advance had been dealt a blow with the arrival of Sherwood and Liverpool came knocking with an offer of promotion to U21 coach.

 

[Singayid]

To me it says that these guys are far more important to this club than a lot of the players. Long may it last. MP & JM are like gold dust & Levy needs to do everything in his power to keep them ($$$)

 

[olliec]

This is the first time in many years that everything behind the scenes is all coming and working together. A real system that works in place and stability. We seriously have such a bright future ahead if we can keep everyone together!

 

[Shadydan]

http://theboyhotspur.com/best-spurs-itk-this-season/?

Harry Hoptspur has copied this word for word btw

 

[lunde1]

Thanks for sharing. The club seems to be moving in the right direction. Very important that we keep Poch and his team.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

The Liverpool U21 team now coached by him absolutely mullered our U21 recently, playing a very "Poch/Klopp" brand of high energy, hard press, possession based football.

We're still above them in the U21 league though

 

[Sweech]

The Liverpool U21 team now coached by him absolutely mullered our U21 recently, playing a very "Poch/Klopp" brand of high energy, hard press, possession based football.

I think it was a huge mistake to let him go. But I think this was possibly one of the flip sides to Sherwood being brought in. Inglethorope was a proper coach, who was very much on board with McDermott's philosophy and he had our U18 NextGen group - a group which has produced Pritchard, Carroll, Veljkovic, Bentaleb, Kane, Smith, - playing an outstanding brand of football that saw us wallop teams like Inter and Barca. From what I can gather, Inglethorpe did most of the coaching of that side, but Sherwood took most of the credit and put his name of team sheet.

I reckon Inglethorpe suddenly realised his standing and chances of advance had been dealt a blow with the arrival of Sherwood and Liverpool came knocking with an offer of promotion to U21 coach.

Isn't Inglethorpe essentially their version of McDermott?

I can't see how we could have kept him as we couldn't offer him the level of control and responsibility that Liverpool have given him without diminishing McDermott's.