Maybe Fulham ? Scotty Parker, decent club, a little good faith gesture after we buy Sessengnon ???
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Maybe Fulham ? Scotty Parker, decent club, a little good faith gesture after we buy Sessengnon ???
mpickard2087
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It's quite obvious by now they have to be a certain type of person for Poch to allow them in to the first team picture. The honest toiler, ultra loyal, teachers pet type of person - usually found in midfield water carriers (see Winks, Skipp, Marsh, Mason, Bentaleb before they fell out, etc) with a few other exceptions such as KWP.
I also think Poch possibly sees the centre of the park, usually thought of in football as the key battle ground that you must wrestle control of, as where he can afford to drop people in. They have people in front of them to provide the quality/impact in front of goal and the security behind them in defence to protect and mop up. The centre of the park is maybe also seen as the best place to inject a dose of youthful enthusiasm and desire.
Added to that there have been a couple of snippets of info that have come out of the academy that people have been told that if you're an attacking player in the youth system then it will take a miracle to get a chance/look in at first team level.
wrd
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That is a fucking great shout, the winner rating didn't do it justice.
Johnny J
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I find this sad. Surely we should be giving him a chance for a season in the first team squad. It's not like we're stacked with options, given that GKN and VJ are clearly off, and they weren't playing anyway. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. But if it works, we've saved ourselves a ton of money and potentially have a new star.
SpunkyBackpack
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You can all say he needs to go on loan teams to like Fulham or Leeds, from what he did this season he still isn't anywhere near the standard to be of any use to those clubs. Either you are misunderstanding the quality at the top of the Championship or you're rose tinted on how well he has played this year, he still looks like a youth player flitting in and out and lacking composure at the end. He didn't stand out in a Dutch team that nearly got relegated.
It might all fall into place and it suddenly clicks but as he is now we need to be realistic, even though someone made a garbage graph that shows precisely jack shit of anything. I'd love to be wrong, though as far as i remember it has never ever ever happened.
It might all fall into place and it suddenly clicks but as he is now we need to be realistic, even though someone made a garbage graph that shows precisely jack shit of anything. I'd love to be wrong, though as far as i remember it has never ever ever happened.
McFlash
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I'm pleased it's not just me, that can never make sense of most of these graphs and fucking scribbles that are posted.
Blake Griffin
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no, it means he was in the top 1 percentile of all players in the eredivisie for that particular stat, same for dribbles. his total tackles puts him at about 18% of all players so he didn't attempt loads but when he did he won them at a higher rate than pretty much any player, does seem like a bit of a statistical quirk though.
EQP
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Gotcha! I appreciate the break down! Thats makes more sense to me and still bodes well for him.
Tucker
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Interesting interview with Marcus Edwards
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...sior-loan-lionel-messi-mauricio-a8957216.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...sior-loan-lionel-messi-mauricio-a8957216.html
BringBack_leGin
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Sadly it does not read like he’s likely to develop with us.
jurgen
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Yep, interesting and hopefully that all drives him on to succeed somewhere, even if not with us.
But as for the usual praise/pressure he has heaped on him... 'With a ball at his feet and defenders to get past, he is one of the most expressive, confident, imaginative people this country has ever produced'.. probably doesn't help.
TheVoiceofReason
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Worrying, really don’t see a single quote in there where he’s taking responsibility for his own mistakes.
‘I’m misunderstood’
‘It’s unfair’
hellava_tough
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I hope he succeeds with us and if not, elsewhere
That mini documentary about John Bostock on YT was quite an eye-opener. A player can have bags of talent, but if they struggle off the pitch it can all go wrong very quickly
That mini documentary about John Bostock on YT was quite an eye-opener. A player can have bags of talent, but if they struggle off the pitch it can all go wrong very quickly
Not one of those training with the first team . Parrott, Roles and even Georgiou is there
"Pochettino also bumped up the numbers in training - with many of his summer internationals absent - by selecting some talented players from the development squad to join in including Troy Parrott, Jack Roles, Harvey White, Anthony Georgiou, Jamie Bowden, George Marsh and goalkeeper Brandon Austin. "
"Pochettino also bumped up the numbers in training - with many of his summer internationals absent - by selecting some talented players from the development squad to join in including Troy Parrott, Jack Roles, Harvey White, Anthony Georgiou, Jamie Bowden, George Marsh and goalkeeper Brandon Austin. "
razzmaster
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I think Sam Shashoua and Marcus Edwards aren't due back yet as both their teams were involved in play off matches.
Blake Griffin
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makes sense for shashoua as his season only ended two weeks ago but marcus last played on may 22nd so not sure why he would need additional time off, i hope you're right but we've been here before wondering where he is only to find he's languishing in the background somewhere.
razzmaster
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Not sure if it's right but I definitely read it somewhere
Edit - Ally Gold suggested it in this article
https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/vincent-janssen-troy-parrott-5-16557508
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