Academy round-up 11/10/09
First of all, huge congratulations to Ryan Mason, Steven Caulker, Dean Parrett and Adam Smith – all in the England U19 squad for the European U19 Championship First Qualifying Round in Slovenia between October 9-14. The games are against Finland, Slovenia and Slovakia. They won the first game against Finland 3-1 yesterday – Ryan (1st cap) and Dean (3rd cap) started, Steven (1st cap) came on as a sub, and Adam (0 caps as yet) wasn’t used. Dean captained the side, and scored the 3rd goal in the 92nd minute.
In addition, Danny Rose (currently on loan at Peterborough) played for England U21 last night, and Jon Obika has just returned from an England U20 trip. Meanwhile, Paul McBride will join up with the Republic of Ireland U18s next week.
A couple of articles from the official site:
Proud moment for Academy
Parrett on target
This week, the U18s lost 4-2 away at Leicester, with Oyenuga and M’Poku getting our goals.
Here’s how things have gone since my last update:
FA Premier Academy League
Sat 12 Sep (at Southampton) Southampton U18s 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur U18s
Scorers – M’Poku, Oyenuga, McBride
Smith (18) Butcher (18) Byrne (17) Francis-Angol (16)
Fredericks (16) Nicholson (17) M’Poku (17) McBride (16)
Kane © (16)
Oyenuga (16)
Subs:
Durojaiye (16) for Butcher, 76
Waller-Lassen (16) for Fredericks, 80.
Blackwood (18) for M’Poku, 89.
Not used:
Ranieri (17)
O’Neill (17)
Spurs Official Site report.
Confidence the key
Spurs Odyssey report.
Southampton Official Site report.
FA Premier Academy League
Sat 19 Sep (at Spurs Lodge) Tottenham Hotspur U18s vs Fulham
Scorers: Kane, Smith, Oyenuga, Fredericks, Waller-Lassen 2
Smith (18) Butcher (18) Byrne (17) Francis-Angol (16)
Nicholson (17)
Fredericks (16) Kane © (16) M’Poku (17) McBride (16)
Oyenuga (16)
Subs:
Durojaiye (16) for Butcher (18), 46.
Waller-Lassen (16) for McBride
Blackwood (18) for Francis-Angol
Not used:
Ranieri (17)
Lancaster (16)
My report.
Spurs Odyssey report.
Official Site report.
Official Site interview with Inglethorpe.
FA Premier Academy League
Sat 26 Sep (at Bristol) Bristol City U18s 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur U18s
Scorers: Oyenuga, Kane, McBride, Waller-Lassen
Smith (18) Byrne (17) Durojaiye (16) Francis-Angol (16)
Nicholson (17)
Fredericks (16) M’Poku (17) Kane © (16) McBride (17)
Oyenuga (16)
Waller-Lassen for Fredericks, 70
Blackwood for Durojaiye, 80
Lancaster for McBride, 80
Not used:
Ranieri (17)
O’Neill (17)
Official Site report.
Spurs Odyssey report to appear here.
Bristol City Official Site report.
FA Premier Academy League
Sat 03 Oct (at Spurs Lodge) Tottenham Hotspur U18s vs Watford
POSTPONED
FA Premier Academy League
Sat 10 Oct (at Leicester) Leicester City U18s 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur U18s
Scorers: Oyenuga, M’Poku
Blackwood (18) Durojaiye (16) Byrne (17) Francis-Angol (16)
Nicholson (17)
Waller-Lassen (16) M’Poku (17) Kane © (16) McBride (17)
Oyenuga (16)
Ranieri (17) for Butler, 32
Fredericks (16) for Nicholson, 78
Lancaster (16) for McBride, 68
Not used:
Carroll
O’Neill
Foxes bite back
Leicester City U18s 4 Spurs U18s 2
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Thanks again. Any thoughts on whether any of these youngsters might make it through to the senior squad?
The wastage rate of youngsters is incredible.
What do you think about the withdrawal from Reserve team leagues.
Be careful anything you say may well appear in a garbled form on my Blog after a decent interval to allow me to present your views as my own under the guise of 'informed sources'
JimmyG2 - sounds like a wonderful job, I wonder if it exists? Very early to say with this particular crop of youngsters - we have a lot of 16 year olds in the team who are basically 3 months into a 24 month scholarship. Several have potential but, so far, I'd say I don't rate any of them as highly as, for example, Mason or Caulker. That's not to say that this time next year or in two years that I won't.
'Informed sources' - very News of the World. I like it!