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U23s, Academy and Loanees

Olusesi, Byfield & LWB probably on the bench again Tuesday , not in the squad today.

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Can’t make my mind up on that Lankshear red think the oppo went down and played it well though!
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That's definitely a red for me.
Lankshear stops looking where the ball is, focuses on the defender and sprints straight into him at full force with no eye on the ball and no attempt to play the ball and just barges him over.
 
With Odobert out for the rest of the season who steps up from the U21's & academy to fill out the bench.
Byfield & LWB who have made the bench recently although having appeared for the U21's a few times are actually listed on the Spurs website as First Year Academy Players and not part of the U21 squad.
Craig is the most senior U21 but he has only just come back from a long term injury, Olusesi, Kyeremarten , Cassanova, can any of them step up and do a job in the PL .
New coach is going to have to work miracles unless we get some of our lesser injuries back soon.
 
SirPercyHotspur said:
With Odobert out for the rest of the season who steps up from the U21's & academy to fill out the bench.
Byfield & LWB who have made the bench recently although having appeared for the U21's a few times are actually listed on the Spurs website as First Year Academy Players and not part of the U21 squad.
Craig is the most senior U21 but he has only just come back from a long term injury, Olusesi, Kyeremarten , Cassanova, can any of them step up and do a job in the PL .
New coach is going to have to work miracles unless we get some of our lesser injuries back soon.
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You never know if a youngster can make that step, Byfield, Olusesi and Williams-Barnett look the best players but 2 are very young, I don't think Cassanova will make it. Young players need the support of senior players and few of ours are performing well or showing enough character currently to help them.
I would take a punt on Williams-Barnett without expecting him to turn things round immediately, like most he needs time and know he can make mistakes. Playing in front of a booing mob won't do much for any young players confidence.
 
K.D.D.D.D.Soc said:
You never know if a youngster can make that step, Byfield, Olusesi and Williams-Barnett look the best players but 2 are very young, I don't think Cassanova will make it. Young players need the support of senior players and few of ours are performing well or showing enough character currently to help them.
I would take a punt on Williams-Barnett without expecting him to turn things round immediately, like most he needs time and know he can make mistakes. Playing in front of a booing mob won't do much for any young players confidence.
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Agreed; all of the better prospects are out on loan, as they were ready and robust enough to have a loan. Those that are left are not really ready.

E.g. they can come on for 20 minutes and try, but they are not ready for significant minutes 3 times per week.
 
Lemonade Money said:
I didn't realise our purchase of teenagers was so sparse. Quite a good hit rate there.
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There have been plenty of others into the academy over the years, including the likes of Herbie James who iirc, we signed from City a year or so ago and he's just left for Cardiff.
We've been pretty active at bringing younger teens in over the past few years but it's always a gamble at that age because it's so hard to judge how they will progress because there's so much growing yet to do.

Also Mason Melia and the other Scottish lad we just got, who's name escapes me right now.
 
McFlash said:
There have been plenty of others into the academy over the years, including the likes of Herbie James who iirc, we signed from City a year or so ago and he's just left for Cardiff.
We've been pretty active at bringing younger teens in over the past few years but it's always a gamble at that age because it's so hard to judge how they will progress because there's so much growing yet to do.

Also Mason Melia and the other Scottish lad we just got, who's name escapes me right now.
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For whatever reason, these are the only ones that show up on Transfermarket.
 
Gutter Boy said:
I think the ones you've listed have appeared on the senior side website, whereas the others have only ever gone onto the academy pages. The club even has different Twitter accounts for announcing them.
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To be fair, they are also the teenagers that were bought to go into the first team, rather than into the academy.
 
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