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So, like Spurs Idol, I'm expecting all bar Amos and KWP to leave. But even those two may leave depending the positions their agents take. KWP should only stay if he's given reassurances that he'll be one of two rotation RBs, and Amos should only stay if he's given a Championship loan and a new contract.
Poch gave Amos a 3 year contract at the start of the season sodoubt agreed with your assessment of him or he wouldn't have given him the contract.
Just s question of whether Poch wants to give him development time next sesson
He's 22, doubt someone is trying to develop him rather than give him some game time to sell him for a Championship team, no way Poch will favour him when Skipp is younger and a lot more talented.
He simply has to. Otherwise the lad might as well pack his bags and go. No point wasting his talent just sitting on the bench.
Agreed and might have got more games if Amos had looked good - just because he is older bigger and stronger. The precedent for going from a league 1 loan to Spurs first team is of course Ryan Mason.
Hope though that Skipp gets game time in the coming season, and Skipp spends some time in the gym this summer to add muscle and bulk up a bit
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Mason was 23 weren't he?
I don't particularly rate Amos but if he's happy to be in the squad and perhaps occasionally make our bench when others need a rest. I don't mind keeping him on.
Cheap, HG and not getting in anyones way.
Championship loan would be smarter option for him though in terms of game-time.
Yes to Mason
I would agree on Amos - but in academy/ u23 there was no recognised LB so Amos played there a lot for about 2 seasons whhich might mean we didn't see the best if him.
Rave reports of him on loan at Stevenage as a result of which he went on preseason 2018 whrre he Skipp and Eyoma did well - and that is why I think Poch will give him s chance to see if he can hack it as a squad player.
All depends of course on TW with Amos - if there is no space for him at Spurs chances are he needs to leave with s loan as second best given his age
It's likely if we don't loan Amos out that he'll just take Marsh's place in the actual squad - it'd be smart to then send Marsh out on loan or... sell him.
Amos got great reviews at Stevenage but they were League Two... That's a huge fucking leap.
I know right now Amos seems more trusted with the pre-season appearances in the summer and making his Prem debut in August but I don't think as a footballer he's better than Onomah for example, who's younger and played a lot more mens football at higher levels.
Hopefully in the summer we do see the likes of Onomah, Edwards, Amos etc. in pre-season with a clean slate.
CCV simply isn't going to make it. Foyth and Sanchez are different class to him.
Sissoko has a lot more going for him though.
Being quicker and more powerful two key ones. Sometimes those two things go along way in the Premier League.
Amos to me is tenacious and whilst may be better on the ball than say Sissoko, I feel like he doesn't really have much else going for him. If he's closed down for example, I don't think he has the skill to get away from them with a first touch or in Sissokos case, to be able to just bounce off them, kick it and run away due to his power.
Plus, he's going to be coming back from a HORRIBLE injury which'll mean he'd have gone another 12 months without competitive mens football in his career.
It's obvious Poch likes the busy midfielder who has that 'never say die attitude' as you say. Who would put everything on the line as proven by the likes of Winks, Amos, Skipp, Marsh being promoted to the first team and Onomah and Edwards who are more technically blessed have been loaned out/
Understand the points you make on Sissoko but don't think Amos would have got a 3 year contract if he was merely tenacious - I actually think he is decent on the ball and has a decent first touch. As an u16 he started as an AM before dropping deeper - and being sidelined as a LB.
Think the major deciding point in TW is his many are recruited into the cm area as if it's 2 and we keep Dier, Winks and Sissoko ( so a total of 5 experienced players) I am not sure Amos will stay - better to give a few minutes to Skipp and maybe Bowden who has been 19,th man a few times recently.
Being quicker and more powerful are meaningless, this isn't rugby. What do those qualities translate to in the context of us as a team if they are attached to a player with poor technique and very little footballing intelligence. Even DMs should have good technical level of competence at our level.
Didn't Amos start showing a bit more attacking verve again at Stevenage - I seem to remember watching highlights and reading write ups saying he was bombing own a bit more and getting involved in attacking play more - whereas with us the last 2/3 years he'd been more of a busy **** and then played at LB (for some strange reason)?
Because if you haven't got proper technical ability, you need to at least be strong and powerful to be able to somewhat keep the ball at this level.
Amos has the technical ability of Dale Stephens. Is as weak as shit and at 22 has barely played above League One.
He'd be eaten alive in the Premier League.
If you haven't got proper technique you shouldn't be near this level. Sissoko dreams of having Dale Stephens first touch.
and I'm sure Dale Stephens would love to be consistently starting for a team in the semi finals of the Champions League and sitting 3 points clear in 3rd place.
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