Loan Watch Troy Parrott - Excelsior Rotterdam
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fuzzylogic
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Nice piece about Terry Dixon and troy
Johnny J
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Great article, thanks for sharing. Nice to see a proper narrative piece from Ali, rather than the somewhat clickbait stuff he obviously has to also do.
Such a good read. Thanks for sharing. Really feel for the guy but what a super attitude in reflection. Proud he graced our club, albeit so briefly.
Pretty impossible to say at this point. In youth games he looks great, but obviously that’s youth games. What gave me hope was pre season. Yes pre season but it was still quality opposition and he really didn’t look out of place and that was over 6 months ago. On his international debut again he didn’t look out of place albeit against New Zealand. He obviously has lots of promise but until we actually see some decent minutes in a proper game it all very much guess work. I’d say it’s almost certain he will have a good career in the PL but if he’s gonna be top draw it’s too early to say.
JKendall13
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I think the larger point is that we’ve had a very productive academy the last 10-15 years but there hasn’t really been anyone like a Sancho, Pogba, etc who left the academy and really blew up elsewhere. Maybe Edwards, Binks, or Madueke will break that trend but I think it’d be mildly surprising.
We’re now pretty solidly a top ten team in the world in all metrics. It’s just going to get harder for us to promote from the academy. Realistically if we’re bringing 1 player a season through to the first team, that’s a massive success.
While there’s a balance of patience and expectation to be had in every player’s development it’s really down to the academy boys to seize their chance when they get it a la Tanganga. While we can quibble about what more we could have done for Onomah or KWP, at the end of the day they trained with the first team for years and got a fair few chances to seize a spot in the first team and were never able to take that next step up. I’m sure the club felt very solid in their evaluations of them. In a squad as quality as ours, you’re only going to get so many shots, it’s not a charity.
I wish we could have an entire team of academy players, but being realistic with the stature the club is at now only the top 1% of the academy is going to make the first team and that means a lot of talent making their career elsewhere. It’s brutal but it is what is at this level.
We’re now pretty solidly a top ten team in the world in all metrics. It’s just going to get harder for us to promote from the academy. Realistically if we’re bringing 1 player a season through to the first team, that’s a massive success.
While there’s a balance of patience and expectation to be had in every player’s development it’s really down to the academy boys to seize their chance when they get it a la Tanganga. While we can quibble about what more we could have done for Onomah or KWP, at the end of the day they trained with the first team for years and got a fair few chances to seize a spot in the first team and were never able to take that next step up. I’m sure the club felt very solid in their evaluations of them. In a squad as quality as ours, you’re only going to get so many shots, it’s not a charity.
I wish we could have an entire team of academy players, but being realistic with the stature the club is at now only the top 1% of the academy is going to make the first team and that means a lot of talent making their career elsewhere. It’s brutal but it is what is at this level.
spids
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When Kane is fit our first team will include 3 players from our academy - Tanganga, Winks, Kane. That itself is pretty impressive. If Parrot fulfills his promise he could join them at the expense of Dele or Moura in the starting line up in the next 18 months.
ultimateloner
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Nice article thanks for sharing.
Too much talent and privilege at a young age led to a fragile ego. He has found his place now so good for him.
thekneaf
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Or just a body utterly unsuited to elite football and the mental problems coping with that.
thecook
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From the little I've seen of him he also has presence on the field far beyond his age. He doesn't just look like some kid who's wet behind the ears, he actually puts himself about and don't let himself get roughed up.
karennina
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ultimateloner
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Probably not the strongest knee to start with yes.
No one is born with mental strength. Need the right people around.
nailsy
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McCarthy not impressed by Troy Parrott signing new Spurs deal
The Republic of Ireland manager has had his say on the talented young Spurs striker after he penned a new contract
www.football.london
The talented young Spurs striker signed a bumper new three-year deal at the club this week having turned 18 this month.
football.london understands that the teenager was keen on a loan move in the January transfer window to get more senior minutes under his belt, having made his Premier League and Carabao Cup debut for Tottenham this season.
However, Spurs and Jose Mourinho were not keen on loaning the forward out for a couple of reasons, the Portuguese having previously admitted that at 17 then he was too young to go out and wanted him to develop with the club's senior players.
There was also the problem faced by a UEFA rule that any young player must have been at the club for two years to be considered as locally trained and available for their European competition B list rather than taking up a foreign player spot on the main list.
Parrott could only officially sign for Spurs from Irish youth club Belvedere once he turned 16, on February 4, 2018. That meant Tottenham needed to keep him at the club past deadline day to ensure he qualified as having that two years of continuous service.
McCarthy handed Parrott his senior Ireland debut in the friendly against New Zealand in front of his hometown Dublin crowd, but admitted the teen is unlikely to be in the squad to face Slovakia in his country's Euro 2020 play-off match next month.
When asked whether he was pleased that Parrott had signed his new deal at Spurs, McCarthy was less than enthusiastic.
"Not really," the Ireland manager is quoted as saying by the Irish Times.
"I wish he’d gone to Charlton and played games on loan.
"It’s great for him financially, he’s got a new contract but I wish he was playing football somewhere.
"He couldn't go out before because of his age and I understand that but if he’s not playing competitive football he has very little chance of being in the squad.
chrissivad
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Was it that he was too young to go out on loan, or that we wanted to wait so he counts as club trained?
BringBack_leGin
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The latter. Basically, come Feb 21 he’s going to be a club trained HG, which if he’s good enough to be in our squad will be a big deal.
