Fergie gave players this choice. It separates your Giggs and Nevilles from your Sharpes and Morrisons. Talent without the right attitude at the top level is like losing 50% of your ability.
Yep. And I'm not saying that we shouldn't make the players choose if it's having an impact on their careers, but there seems to be a lot of stuff written on here about Parrott based on rumour and a dodgy newspaper article.
Do we reckon Parrott is a bit of a cocky toss-pot? Every time Jose talks about him it seems he's trying to bring him back down to earth.
Yep. What @nicdic was alluding to was something quite separate from Dublin Gangsters and shady pals. The recent exclusion would have more to do with the discipline matter than the other stuff but it’s already two marks against a player who has an exciting opportunity in front of him.There was itk earlier in the thread that there was a disciplinary issue with him but it wasn't related to being on holiday with the coke dealer.
Who wasn’t a cocky tosspot at 18? I was and I didn’t have his money, prospects or talentDo we reckon Parrott is a bit of a cocky toss-pot? Every time Jose talks about him it seems he's trying to bring him back down to earth.
There was itk earlier in the thread that there was a disciplinary issue with him but it wasn't related to being on holiday with the coke dealer.
At 18 that may seem tough but with the money at stake aligned with the fact that friendships change as lives do going into your 20s/30s/40s with family and work responsibilities changing your social circles he’d be mad not to focus on the
Who wasn’t a cocky tosspot at 18? I was and I didn’t have his money, prospects or talent
Sadly, I still don’t...
Hey, don't be so hard on yourself, you're still a tosspot so be thankful for small merciesWho wasn’t a cocky tosspot at 18? I was and I didn’t have his money, prospects or talent
Sadly, I still don’t...
45 minutes under his belt. Ready for Wednesday.
Not ITK. Wasn’t a big stretch...Yesterday we decided it was good for him to play [for the U23s] but we decided before the game, with the relations we have with youth football, it was only for 45 minutes, to give him some match time but not 90 minutes because tomorrow he's going to be on the bench. It's a process.
It’s all down to Troy. To succeed in the modern game you have to make sacrifices.
Who are we to judge him at this point? He has already got this far, and so he must have a certain amount about his character.
There will be a number of crossroads in his career ahead, and this is one of them. At this point I will just hope he wants it enough and makes the right decisions.
The world is too soft now.
Comments like ‘how would you feel if you had to cut out your our mates for work when you were 18’?
Grow a pair. People have had to make all sorts of sacrifices for work. I know people who haven’t been able to see their wife or kids for months because they had to work.
I don’t think disassociating with a known drug dealing family in sacrifice of earning millions of pounds playing football is a tough call.
Troy could even look at recent examples such as Raheem Sterling. He had a much tougher childhood, and he came through it and focused on football. He hasn’t done too badly.
Just to clarify, I am not slating Troy here. He is yet to prove himself either way and currently I will give him all my faith and support.
Jose has been honest on Troy with full explanation here. It seems that Troy is going to earn his chance now
Mourinho explains Troy Parrott treatment with comparison to McTominay
Jose Mourinho has offered a detailed explanation of his treatment of Troy Parrott, saying the teenager is still learning the required attitude and professionalism to succeed at Tottenham.www.standard.co.uk
I don't agree with some of what you write, probably the because og the inflection rather than content, but what you say here is on the money. Earlier in the thread I had a brief debate with @Dillspur about how young Mr. Parrott needs to be a professional in how he conducts himself, something that can be very challenging for a newly crowned 18 year old, and decisions are made in an instant, without the benefit of years of experience in the envoronment he is in. He lives and works in a cauldron of personal talent and personal expectation, wrapped up in a cauldron of external professional expectation and peer pressure, and as you say "At this point I will just hope he wants it enough and makes the right decisions". I think we all want him playing NOW, I do, but I hope he listens to JM and his other coaches, I think they've seen this behaviour before, and know how to guide him in the direction that benefits his career and personal goals.
This was also posted on the SC Front Page News from The Athletic. The comments from JM make total sense!