Suppose too much to expect for him to score a hat trick last night! But he definitely needs to play in a more competitive sphere to hone his talents.
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Suppose too much to expect for him to score a hat trick last night! But he definitely needs to play in a more competitive sphere to hone his talents.
Apparently he added a 4th tooJust bagged a hat trick against Red Star with the U19s
Gotta get this kid on the field before Levy sells himApparently he added a 4th too
Gotta get this kid on the field before Levy sells him
Oh, we should do right by this kid and sell him before he turns into another Marcus Edwards or Reo Griffins
It does seem that we're taking too long to integrate youngsters into the senior team, but then again, it might also be a lack of quality.
The boy is just 17. The thing with using youngsters is that they have to deserve to play ahead of seniors. You can’t just give them minutes because they have talent. Parrott trains with the first team every day and he has to show he is better than the others if he wants to play.
We need to be patient, expecting a 17 year old to show more than Kane, Son and Lucas is silly. Scoring 4 goals in an U19 game is nothing, if we put one of those three seniors in there they would do that too.
The boy is just 17. The thing with using youngsters is that they have to deserve to play ahead of seniors. You can’t just give them minutes because they have talent. Parrott trains with the first team every day and he has to show he is better than the others if he wants to play.
We need to be patient, expecting a 17 year old to show more than Kane, Son and Lucas is silly. Scoring 4 goals in an U19 game is nothing, if we put one of those three seniors in there they would do that too.
Problem for all top managers is how? Do you drop Kane or Son? and if you do what about Lamela and Moura do they not get playing time ... when you have 200m of proven players for those positions already it's very hard to ignore them for an unproven 17 year oldChill, mate.
As Johnny said, this is not only about Parrott.
Generally speaking, Poch has been absolutely woeful (contrary to popular belief) in bringing through academy players and giving youngsters a chance. Across 5 seasons he have brought through one player - Harry Winks.
But just as Johnny pointed out- we don't know if it is the quality of our academy players or managers inability to help players take the step.