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Those who follow the youth players on various forums also said that Kane would never make it...
Damn, I only put it cos I already saw loads of trolls on Twitter put it.
Whisper it... but there was a time - not so long ago - where a certain Harry Kane wasn't that highly rated either...
Loan after loan after loan coulda been the beginning of the end for his Spurs career...
Instead, IT WAS THE MAKING OF HIM!
Just goes to show, you never can tell!
Winks aside, (who has pretty much broken through, barring the injury) looking at the likes of Walker-Peters, Harrison, Amos, Will Miller, Lesniak, Shashoua, Edwards... some will, and some won't make it at Spurs long term. That's just the nature of the beast. It's not for us to pile the pressure on any individual (Edwards) just 'cos he shows flashes of brilliance at Youth level... Youth team level and First team level are two very different things. Just ask Josh Onomah & Nathan Oduwa!
But at least we're the type of club who will give some, if not most of them a chance to prove themselves...
Just as Lesniak came on the bloke who I was sitting next to turned around to me and said
"Lesniak? Never heard of him....has he only got one bollock?"
We both proceeded to piss ourselves for a few minutes....
10 odd mins later he turns to me again...
"That Lesniak is really composed on the ball....for somebody with 1 bollock!"
Seriously though, the kid was quality, looked really cool, calm and tidy on the ball.
"Lesniak? Never heard of him....has he only got one bollock?"
We both proceeded to piss ourselves for a few minutes....
10 odd mins later he turns to me again...
"That Lesniak is really composed on the ball....for somebody with 1 bollock!"
Seriously though, the kid was quality, looked really cool, calm and tidy on the ball.
I think the difference is often mental. It's a question of confidence at that level. All the players in the Spurs reserves and youth will be of a high quality. It comes down to how they act under the spotlight.
Onomah was highly rated, but as soon as I watched him in the first team I could see he was too timid and unsure of himself. He might be a great talent, but until he believes that and treats the first team occasion with contempt we won't see it.
He didn't fuck about, did he? One great tackle, there. (No pun intended.)
I heard Lesniak thinks the collaboration with Janet Jackson was Busta Rhymes' finest moment. This kid knows his shit. Big future.
My feeling with Onomah is that he physically was able to dominate at youth level so looked better than he actually was. I have a theory that afro-carribbean kids reach physical maturity earlier and stand out at youth level and, indeed, youth teams often have proportionally more afro-carribbean kids but the the white, mixed race and other ethnic groups eventually catch up and in the end it's all about talent, aside from physicality, be they black, white or whatever.
Specifically Afro-Caribbean? That's a new slant on casual.
Casual political correctness?
Just making an observation, and research has backed it up:
It DOES matter if you're black or white: Controversial research claims black people age more quickly | Daily Mail Online
There may be evolutionary reasons why it's the case. I.E. More predators in sub Saharan Africa, meaning children had to reach maturity quicker. Or it could be the influence of the slave trade of the genetic make up of Afro Carribean people. Are you gonna accuse Michael Johnson of casual racism for suggesting the slave trade is responsible for people with slave ancesty being better sprinters?
I think Onomah needs to go on loan to a championship club, get kicked a ton, toughen up, and should be much better for it.
We should get some Aussie kids in, think of all the youth team trophies we'd win.
Josh Onomah is not Afro-Caribbean
He's playing against the argies in the under 20s world cup in the Dembele role. Not his best performance so far. Positioning is shite and has no workrate to speak of.
I said that when he was playing for our first team
Cant see Onomah making it through the summer with us Im afraid.
There was a time when Poch played him and he was on the bench every week. I think he's flunked his lines...if Tommy Carroll was deemed surplus in the end, I cant see it for Josh. Its not like he hasnt been given a shot.
There was a time when Poch played him and he was on the bench every week. I think he's flunked his lines...if Tommy Carroll was deemed surplus in the end, I cant see it for Josh. Its not like he hasnt been given a shot.
I used the term meaning someone of sub Saharan African heritage, which, from just checking, is an incorrect use of the term, so I meant people of some or all sub Saharan African heritage.