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The all new Juniors/on-loan thread 2013/14

Spurs U18s 2-2 West Brom U18s

Anthony Georgiou struck twice from the bench as our Under-18s came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 against West Brom on Saturday.

Trailing 2-0 at half-time despite dominating the first half, the deficit was halved on 62 minutes when Georgiou - introduced just six minutes earlier - drilled home from the left angle.

It was all-square five minutes from time when Kane Vincent-Young crossed from the right byline and Georgiou volleyed into the ground and into the far corner.

There were still chances after that but West Brom goalkeeper Alex Palmer parried out Connor Ogilvie's rasper on 90 minutes and then Georgiou fired across goal, Palmer palmed out and the ball agonisingly ran away from Kyle Walker-Peters in front of goal.

Palmer made a number of fine saves and as chances came and went, West Brom took advantage to take a 2-0 lead into the interval.

Daniel Akindayini and Harry Winks went close before the visitors struck on 15 minutes, Jonathan Leko's drive from the edge of the box appeared to take a slight deflection on its way to the bottom corner.

Palmer tipped over from Onomah and Akindayini was denied in front of goal after good work down the right from Emmanuel Sonupe, who then fired over from the right angle.

Cameron Carter-Vickers won possession deep in West Brom territory on 40 minutes and poked the ball to Sonupe, who forced a brave save from Palmer. The goalkeeper did even better to turn away Harry Winks' drive from 20 yards a minute later but just as you thought the equaliser had to come, the Baggies broke away and doubled their lead.

This time, Samir Nabi cut in from the left and curler a 20-yarder across Luke McGee into the bottom corner.

Sonupe had the first effort at goal five minutes into the second half and on a rare attack, McGee did well to block one-on-one from Tahvon Campbell.

Georgiou replaced Nathan Oduwa on 56 minutes and we were back in the game on 62. Will Miller slid Georgiou on down the left and his crisp drive beat Palmer at the near post.

It was completely one-way traffic now. Baggies defender Kyle Howkins did well to block from Georgiou in front of goal, Georgiou was inches away from Akindayini's shot after good work from Walker-Peters, Josh Onomah tested Palmer.

The next action saw a goal disallowed. Palmer saved Ogilvie's blaster and was up to deny Walker-Peters and Akindayini before Ogilvie finally tapped in - but the flag was up for an earlier foul.

Onomah then turned Winks' free-kick onto the post.

The lads kept going and were rewarded five minutes from time. Walker-Peters and Vincent-Young combined down the right, Vincent-Young got to the byline and stood up a cross for Georgiou to dispatch at the far post.

That was the least the performance deserved - the lads now prepare for their FA Youth Cup fourth round tie against Fulham at Dagenham & Redbridge on Thursday (7pm).

Spurs:

McGee

Vincent-Young, Carter-Vickers, Lesniak, Ogilvie

Miller, Onomah, Winks

Sonupe (Walker-Peters, 71), Akindayini (Pritchard, 78), Oduwa (Georgiou, 56)

Unused sub: Voss.

West Brom:

Palmer, Donnellan, Greendiue, Cleet (Gannon, 67), Howkins, Jones, Ward (Wedderburn, 46), Leko, Oldnall (Campbell, 59), Wright, Nabi

Unused subs: Ezewele, Ross​
 
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Jon Obika scored in a 3-1 win for Brighton to see them through to the 5th round of the FA Cup.
 
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Our U-14 youngsters have won the Riga Cup Final today, beating Zenit Saint Petersburg 3-1.

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braineclipse said:
Must have been a fun experience for the kids...

Any of them ready for the first team soon? ;)
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With 14 goals scored with just one conceded in their 5 matches played, I'd say we have our starting line-up for Emirates Marketing Project on Wednesday!
 
FA Youth Cup - lads ready for Cottagers clash

We return to action in the FA Youth Cup this evening – with domestic table-toppers Fulham our opponents.

We host the Cottagers in the fourth round of the competition at Dagenham & Redbridge, kick-off 7pm, with Academy Manager John McDermott expecting a stern examination.

“On paper it should be a very good game,” he said. “I think Fulham have probably been one of the toughest opponents that we’ve played.

“I say it every time – on all of these occasions you hope that all the players and the subs step up to the plate and don’t get overawed by the occasion and show what they can do.

“There’ll undoubtedly be some talent and hopefully players of the future on display tonight.”

This evening’s game – with a place in the fifth round at stake – takes place less than 48 hours before a home Barclays Under-18 Premier League game against Norwich City.

But John still expects to be able to field a strong side for both matches: “We’ve prepared for tonight as normal although it’s a little bit different because there’s three games in a week so we’ve got to take into account Saturday’s fixture as well, because we want to do well in the league.

“We’ve got a very good squad of players and you can see from when we’ve been away on recent tours, all the players always start. That’s because we think they’re good and we can trust them, so whatever side we put out tonight and on Saturday I think will be strong enough to do well.”
 
Spurs U18s v Fulham

McGee

Walker-Peters Carter-Vickers Winks Ogilvie

Lesniak Onomah Sonupe

Miller Oduwa Harrison


Subs: Priestley (GK), Vincent-Young, Pritchard, Georgiou, Akindayini


Fulham

Rodak, Donnelly, Evans, Burgess, Adebayo, Sambou, Smile, Hyndman, O'Halloran, Roberts, Williams

Subs: Norman, Sheckleford, Leac0ck-McLeod, Baba, Walker​
 
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FT: Spurs 2-3 Fulham

Onomah & Oduwa with Spurs goals but a hat-trick from Roberts ensures Fulham progress to meet Emirates Marketing Project.
 
U18s v Norwich City Preview

John McDermott has warned our Under-18s not to read too much into the big win we enjoyed at Norwich City in October ahead of Saturday’s return at the Training Centre.

We host the Canaries looking for a repeat of the 4-2 victory we secured against them earlier in the season – a game which saw us surge into a four-goal lead before Norwich reduced the arrears late on.

However, Academy Manager John insists we cannot expect an easy ride this weekend as we seek to bounce back from Thursday night’s FA Youth Cup defeat to Fulham.

“The score possibly flattered us last time we played Norwich,” John said. “It was a very tough game at the start and I thought it was even for about 15 or 20 minutes. Then we got into a groove and ended up playing really well.

“Maybe if they’d scored early on, the game could possibly have gone the other way so there’s no way that we will take Norwich lightly, no way at all.

“In youth football, sometimes previous results can be a little bit misleading because games ebb and flow, so it will be a really tough test for us this weekend.”
 
The club’s next generation may well have been disillusioned about their long-term futures at the club after seeing three academy graduates leave the club in the summer due to a likely lack of playing time.

Steven Caulker was sold to Cardiff, while Jake Livermore and Tom Carroll were loaned to Hull and QPR respectively as Tottenham spent over £100million on foreign stars.

However, Danny Rose and Andros Townsend have been first-team regulars this season, and the new management team have also promoted 19-year-old Nabil Bentaleb, who got his fourth conseuctive start in last night’s clash with Emirates Marketing Project.

Ferdinand feels that will give huge encouragement to those who are trying to catch the eye in the development squad.

“I think it’s extremely important for our young players to see that,” said the coach. “For you to believe you have a chance at a football club you’ve got to see your peers or the people that have gone before you getting an opportunity.

“In the past we went out and spent a lot of money in the summer, so if you’re in that development squad you’re thinking you’ve got no chance of playing, and that can’t be right for the club.

“Players have to believe that they’ve got a chance of playing in your first team, otherwise what’s the point of them being here?

“What we have [as a management team] is a knowledge of what’s in that development squad at the moment, and we’ll continue to have that.

“If you’ve got the knowledge of what’s going on in that development squad then you can identify whether players will be good enough for your first team.

“We understand that these boys can’t come from the development squad and become first-team regulars straight off - sometimes they need to be dipped in and out. It’s about finding the right games for that, but what they need is an opportunity.”

Tottenham have invested £45million in building a new training facility which functions as an academy as well as a first-team base.

They demonstrated the talent in their youth section by reaching the final of the Barclays Under-21 Premier League last term – where they lost 3-2 to Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Tonight’s FA Youth Cup tie could be viewed as another barometer of the talent in Spurs’ youth section – but Ferdinand feels the competition has limited importance.

“People used to get an idea that if you won the FA Youth Cup or if you won this or that [youth] league then you’re doing well as a youth team,” he said.

“You can win as many youth cups as you like and win as many leagues as you like, but if you’re not producing players who are going into your first team, what does that mean? Where do those players go to if they’re not coming into your first team?

“Surely the whole point of having a youth development squad and an Under-21s squad is to be trying to produce players to go into your first team.

“Otherwise you have to do what this club has done and what a lot of other clubs do - go out and buy players. What’s the point in having a development squad then?

“I don’t buy into the idea that because your team wins in the FA Youth Cup you must have a great crop of players coming through, because if you look at when we were winning FA Youth Cups and things like that in the past, how many of those players went on and played in Tottenham’s first team? That would be the question.”

Ferdinand added: “We’ve got a lot of players around, and we’ve got a very big [first-team] squad so it’s difficult to bring younger players through at the moment.

“When you look at the squad that we’ve got, if you’re trying to keep everybody happy then you’re going to look at opportunities to give them a game as well.

“When it’s right to bring youngsters in we’ll do it, whether it’s in Europe, in the league or wherever it may be. If we think the kid’s good enough and done well enough then he’ll get an opportunity at some stage.”
 
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