Spurs Youth - 2019/20

[razzmaster]

Good to see Onomah, Edwards, Walker-Peters and Carter-Vickers all having good seasons and starting to fulfil their potential

 

[Saoirse]

Good to see Onomah, Edwards, Walker-Peters and Carter-Vickers all having good seasons and starting to fulfil their potential

I'm sure with more chances at least two of those would be important members of our squad right now...

 

[Cornpattbuck]

Good to see Onomah, Edwards, Walker-Peters and Carter-Vickers all having good seasons and starting to fulfil their potential

I hope there's sneaky clauses in with both Edwards and Onomah's deals. There are signs that both might fulfill their potential by the age we were bringing players through anyway. Strange few years under Poch.

 

[IGSpur]

Best thing about the goal, was his composure when he got through to tuck

 

[SecretLemonadeDrinker]

I hope there's sneaky clauses in with both Edwards and Onomah's deals. There are signs that both might fulfill their potential by the age we were bringing players through anyway. Strange few years under Poch.

Favourable buyback clauses would be handy if they really come good. In that event, we would have to hope that they still have positive feelings for the club and that their struggle to break through hasn't soured the relationship for them. I believe that both are / were Spurs fans?

 

[IGSpur]

Good to see Onomah, Edwards, Walker-Peters and Carter-Vickers all having good seasons and starting to fulfil their potential

Hopefully they keep on a steady trajectory. Chances are they all won't as that's life and football, but considering they all were stunted it's nice to see them at least enjoying themselves and maybe finding a bit of their old selves.

Always good to see ex-academy players do well, it bodes well and looks good for the club

 

[IGSpur]

Favourable buyback clauses would be handy if they really come good. In that event, we would have to hope that they still have positive feelings for the club and that their struggle to break through hasn't soured the relationship for them. I believe that both are / were Spurs fans?

Out of both of them, I think Onomah would come back over Edwards.

 

[Locotoro]

I'm all for seeing academy players excelling, whether it's with us or elsewhere but just want to point out my understanding from a Fulham supporting friend is that he has been average across the season (and I don't mean that in a derogatory way by average I mean, steady but not spectacular)

I'm told the last 10 games has seen a huge improvement in his output but he was coasting most of the season. Let's hope something has clicked because he has the talent.

 

[Locotoro]

Out of both of them, I think Onomah would come back over Edwards.

Of the two of them I suspect Onomah would be more successful with us.

Edwards is really suited to European leagues

 

[Cochise]

I remember seeing Patterson's name mentioned a lot a few years back in the youth reports. What happened to him?

 

[kmk]

 

[Sweech]

I'm all for seeing academy players excelling, whether it's with us or elsewhere but just want to point out my understanding from a Fulham supporting friend is that he has been average across the season (and I don't mean that in a derogatory way by average I mean, steady but not spectacular)

I'm told the last 10 games has seen a huge improvement in his output but he was coasting most of the season. Let's hope something has clicked because he has the talent.

The unfortunate problem with Onomah is that his running gait and play style make him seem like he’s coasting 90% of the time.

 

[Cornpattbuck]

Love to see this. Wish it was for us, obviously. Great to see Scotty doing well too.

 

[Cornpattbuck]

The unfortunate problem with Onomah is that his running gait and play style make him seem like he’s coasting 90% of the time.

It's not a problem if players are playing well. It's a huge problem if they're not.

I'm hearing the same as @Locotoro, so maybe Onomah - like it looks Edwards has - has finally found those extra yards in their head to combine with their huge talent.

Maybe it was Poch or the weird lack of loans. It seems likely now.

I understood it for awhile, like Pep with Foden, but we had too many lads twiddling their thumbs when they could have been doing what they're doing at the moment. Growing.

Good luck to them but I hope we still have "interests" in bringing them back like other clubs would these days.

 

[C0YS]

It's not a problem if players are playing well. It's a huge problem if they're not.

I'm hearing the same as @Locotoro, so maybe Onomah - like it looks Edwards has - has finally found those extra yards in their head to combine with their huge talent.

Maybe it was Poch or the weird lack of loans. It seems likely now.

I understood it for awhile, like Pep with Foden, but we had too many lads twiddling their thumbs when they could have been doing what they're doing at the moment. Growing.

Good luck to them but I hope we still have "interests" in bringing them back like other clubs would these days.

Well one of the big changes was Parker started playing him further forward after the break. As more of an out and out AM, something Poch was criticised for. The reality is right now, if he wasn't from our academy none would be talking about him being a potential signing, and thats still the case. I'm glad he is doing well now.

 

[Stamford]

Good to see Onomah, Edwards, Walker-Peters and Carter-Vickers all having good seasons and starting to fulfil their potential

Really annoys me. Everyone knew they needed more game time away and now they are they're doing well

 

[SamR]

Really annoys me. Everyone knew they needed more game time away and now they are they're doing well

As much as we all wanted them to break through, Poch & Co's ambition was to win the league - which makes it much harder to seed in youth unless they really stake a claim i.e. winks

In some ways we're more equipped to do so now with EL and finishing sixth.

 

[Deleted member 27995]

As much as we all wanted them to break through, Poch & Co's ambition was to win the league - which makes it much harder to seed in youth unless they really stake a claim i.e. winks

In some ways we're more equipped to do so now with EL and finishing sixth.

In that case they should have been out on loan gaining experience - it's looking more and more like a number of our youth were completely stifled without being given the opportunity to grow and then give the club/Poch/whoever else options rather than spunk money away on punts that were not wanted either.

No wonder some of those who follow the youth setups and comment, get so frustrated with the long term picture of our youth team set ups.

 

[SamR]

In that case they should have been out on loan gaining experience - it's looking more and more like a number of our youth were completely stifled without being given the opportunity to grow and then give the club/Poch/whoever else options rather than spunk money away on punts that were not wanted either.

No wonder some of those who follow the youth setups and comment, get so frustrated with the long term picture of our youth team set ups.

Completely agree on the loans front!

 

[spurs9]

I'm all for seeing academy players excelling, whether it's with us or elsewhere but just want to point out my understanding from a Fulham supporting friend is that he has been average across the season (and I don't mean that in a derogatory way by average I mean, steady but not spectacular)

I'm told the last 10 games has seen a huge improvement in his output but he was coasting most of the season. Let's hope something has clicked because he has the talent.

Yeah, my uncle and cousin are season ticket holders at Fulham and they hadn't been impressed, a mixture of average and anonymous according to them.

He now has the same amount of goals and assists in 12 mins more than he got in his "failed" loan at Villa 2 years ago.

Worth noting though that 3 goals and 2 assists have come since lock down, so fingers crossed he has turned a corner.