Troy Parrott

pre Madonna wrote:

The Huntacha wrote:

Spurs 4-0 up. Would have been the perfect game to stick him on for 25 minutes for his competitive debut, but he's not on the bench.

Needs a move.

He has been treated like absolute sh*t.

His legs are gone

Danger here, OH NO

tetsujin1979 wrote:

Stimpy wrote:

attracting interest from Bayern, Juventus and Real Madrid

https://punditarena.com/football/ccunningham/troy-parrott-juventus/

punditarena couldn't even be bothered translating the original article from calciomercato: https://www.calciomercato.com/news/somiglia-a-keane-studia-da-kane-il-tottenham-si-gode-parrott-la--10482
This is the quote

Eppure, all'età di 16 anni l'attaccante irlandese classe 2002 si è più volte allenato agli ordini del tecnico argentino, questa estate si è fatto le ossa in precampionato scendendo in campo contro formazioni del calibro di Real Madrid, Bayern Monaco, Inter e Juventus, che si è segnata il suo nome come quello di un prospetto da seguire per il futuro.

and the translation (via Google translate)

And yet, at the age of 16, the 2002 Irish striker was trained several times under the orders of the Argentine coach, this summer he had his bones in preseason taking the field against formations of the caliber of Real Madrid, Bayern Monaco, Inter and Juventus, which has marked its name as that of a prospectus to be followed for the future.

LMAO so someone saw a spanish website saying "Troy Parrott" in the same sentence as "Real Madrid, Juventus" etc and just made the assumption it meant they were chasing him? Journalism at its finest!

Looks like tetsujin is a better investigatory journalist that some actual investigatory journalists

It's all over the websites today. If that's the case, rather embarrassing!

Trap junior wrote:

He'd want to start getting some regular 1st team football soon though. Why isn't he sent out on loan?

Poch is keeping him caged up.

Trap junior wrote:

He'd want to start getting some regular 1st team football soon though. Why isn't he sent out on loan?

Poch is keeping all his (striking) bases covered. Which is not mere cyncism - at 17, Parrott has still plenty he can learn training at Spurs and playing for the U-21's.

But if he's not getting serious game time over the next season or two (i.e. i.e. by 2021/22), when he'll still be a teenager btw, then I imagine both he and Spurs will want to send him out on loan. (That's assuming nothing serious happens to Kane, Son, Moura & Co in the meantime).

As it happens, I was at Spurs y'day. Palace were playing a narrow three at the back, so Poch pushed Eriksen forward on the left (to tie down the Palace RCB), alongside Kane and Son in a nominal 4-3-3.

Which meant with Palace trying to play 3-4-3, when Rose and Aurier (esp) went bombing forward, they effectively outnumbered Palace 5 to 4 in midfield. By the time Hodgson had a chance to change things at H-T, Spurs could easily have been 7 or 8 goals up.

Which puts Troy's place in the attacking order in perspective. Kane and Son are untouchable (obv), with Moura as Poch's go-to back up. Had Dele been fully fit, I dare say he'd have started in the 3rd attacking role y'day, but in his absence, Poch still moved Eriksen from his normal midfield role.

TP might get a run out against Colchester etc, but don't be fooled by that, imo he's still a LONG way short of a first team place for the games that count.

Edited by Territorial - 15 Sep 2019 at 1:41pm

good article

https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/players/mauricio-pochettino-troy-parrott-spurs-16899046?fbclid=IwAR3xuQsvASRwCj3oQ_xa2Kwb-7JTC6ABcUDau23VtAyVJDHvwTHY8om538A

kevincronin2000 wrote:

Just scored against olympiacos in the uefa youth league

Nice one. He's consistent anyways!

excellent article all right, it looks like he has the right manager in pochettino to introduce him gradually into the first team. surely he'll make his first senior appearance in the league cup vs. colchester next week. realistically if they go on a couple of cup runs it's his best chance at first team opportunities.