He deserves a mention like Fred West deserves a mention in the Beginners guide to Plastering.I said he deserves a mention - same as Comolli. Poor trolling, mate - 2/10. Must try harder
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He deserves a mention like Fred West deserves a mention in the Beginners guide to Plastering.I said he deserves a mention - same as Comolli. Poor trolling, mate - 2/10. Must try harder
Bore of 'Arry - your character speaks for itselfHe deserves a mention like Fred West deserves a mention in the Beginners guide to Plastering.
A top quality striker, to me, is one proven in our league- Bony for example, or at the highest level- Soldado for example. But the point is, had we made such a signing, whilst it would have satisfied the "big club, big signing, shows ambition" part of a lot of fans (myself included), we would not have seen Harry Kane rise to the fore. He would have remained a "prospect" on the bench/on loan. With the benefit of hindsight, that would have been a disaster for the player & the club. As you rightly say, we may have spunked a huge amount of money on a flop. It's hardly worked out with Bobby & it would have hindered Harry's progress. That was the point of the posting. We may as well just sit back & let Poch do his thingWhat the hell is a top level striker? We spunked 28m on an apparent "top level striker' and look what that got us.
What the hell is a top level striker? We spunked 28m on an apparent "top level striker' and look what that got us.
A top quality striker, to me, is one proven in our league- Bony for example, or at the highest level- Soldado for example. But the point is, had we made such a signing, whilst it would have satisfied the "big club, big signing, shows ambition" part of a lot of fans (myself included), we would not have seen Harry Kane rise to the fore. He would have remained a "prospect" on the bench/on loan. With the benefit of hindsight, that would have been a disaster for the player & the club. As you rightly say, we may have spunked a huge amount of money on a flop. It's hardly worked out with Bobby & it would have hindered Harry's progress. That was the point of the posting. We may as well just sit back & let Poch do his thing
Depends what you mean by 'an impact'. There are so many of them that I really think can be squad members for us. In terms of regular first-teamers I think Onomah, Carter-Vickers and Walker-Peters can make it.SpursLegend WindyCOYS I trust you too implicitly when it comes to our youth setup, so I was wondering, which of our current crop of U18's and U21's you would put your house on having an impact for the first team.
From what I have seen, the dead certs would be Onomah and CCV. I would love to say the same of KWP but worry that his size might hold him back.
Steffan Freund, in that interview recently, explicitly said he thought Onomah could start right now. That's a hell of a vote of confidence from someone in a position to know.Depends what you mean by 'an impact'. There are so many of them that I really think can be squad members for us. In terms of regular first-teamers I think Onomah, Carter-Vickers and Walker-Peters can make it.
Honestly, I could list another 10 that have a chance of making 10+ appearances. I still think Ogilvie, Oduwa and Winks can play for us too, even though all three have gone a bit quiet - due to injuries, lack of competitive games, etc.
I don't want to rave about Edwards too much as he's only played a handful of Under-18 games, but he looks an unbelievable prospect.
Hell, Wayne Gretzky played in the 10-year old league when he was 6. If you're good enough, you're old enough.Edwards only looks about 10. Is it even legal for him to be playing with boys that are so much bigger than him?
The problem with us is that we don't have CL and can't attract players like Sanchez from Barca. Everyone knew he was quality. They couldn't fail with him IMO. We don't have that luxery and have to go after players that aren't proven at the top level like the players that CL squads can attract. We can attract like Soldado, Lamela, Paulinho that are playing for slightly smaller sides looking for a step up. Not players like Ozil and Sanchez that are looking for a slight step down and playing time. The first group of players are a risk. The second group have a much smaller risk.There is an element of scouting though, Soldado is slow and not very strong relying on other players to set him up, quite simply not suited to the prem. People at the club are paid to identify top targets who would suit us and we ended up with Paulinho, Soldado and Capoue none of whom even looked that great under no tactics Tim let alone high tempo Poch.
That 26 million we spent hangs on us badly, we should not give up taking risks and spending some good cash just because we bought badly with the Bale money, 30 mil Sanchez has carried Woolwich for much of this season. If Poch is happy just promoting youth thats fine, but if he wants a top class striker to complement Kane and it costs 20 mil I think the least we owe him is some backing, one or two top signings could take us to the next level, we need to put the Baldini fuck ups behind us.
Hell, Wayne Gretzky played in the 10-year old league when he was 6. If you're good enough, you're old enough.
Sorry for the cross sports analogy.Never heard of him. Which Soccerball franchise does he play for?
Southampton is streets ahead, just off the top of my head...
And West Hams is pretty decent
Defoe
Joe Cole
Lampard
Carrick
Rio Ferdinand
Tomkins
Noble
Glenn Johnson
Someone somewhere in their set up did their job to a very high level. Some serious top class talent have in fairness come through their academy..For what it's worth, Arry said West Ham got lucky, the last player they produced that made the first team
before this was Tony Cottee .
Defoe was an expensive teenager from Charlton, and spent a lot of time at
the FA School of Excellence at Lilleshall
How many times a day are you asked that question lolDepends what you mean by 'an impact'. There are so many of them that I really think can be squad members for us. In terms of regular first-teamers I think Onomah, Carter-Vickers and Walker-Peters can make it.
Honestly, I could list another 10 that have a chance of making 10+ appearances. I still think Ogilvie, Oduwa and Winks can play for us too, even though all three have gone a bit quiet - due to injuries, lack of competitive games, etc.
I don't want to rave about Edwards too much as he's only played a handful of Under-18 games, but he looks an unbelievable prospect.