nottsblue wrote:Sister of fu wrote:nottsblue wrote:Sister of fu wrote:Spurs were really good last night but I do think Stoke have a look of a team that are on the beach.
Not sure who works in our scouting network but how come we never spend 6 mill on some young kid like Alli. He is the real deal. I know Liverpool pretty much had him and stalled over a small amount of money and Spurs nipped in. What were Liverpool thinking.
Patrick Roberts?
Will he get a chance though??
An odd one. He is at Celtic next season as well. Maybe if he does well, Pep may give him a chance to replace Navas, assuming he is still with us. But you are right. There is little chance of us giving a player like Ali or Roberts or Iheanacho a long run in the team. Perhaps our higher aspirations than Spurs mean we have bigger pressure to deliver results so we are less likely to invest time in youth. Be interesting to see if spurs or rags both play as many young lads next season.
I for one am hoping Pep will take a punt on a young lad or two next season. That is what we built the Academy for after all
There's only a year between Alli and Sterling. Just saying.