I'm gonna say something controversial. I think Richie needs a run of games to improve, after which I think he'll do better than we think. We forget he was injured not so long ago, and has been almost trying too hard to prove he can still play at the required level. He'll have a better end of year than the beginning of the season, we'll probably ship him of to Everton in January at the peak of his powers, he'll then do very well for them for the rest of the season. I don't think he's as bad as a lot of moaning Spurs fans think. If he'd have actually tucked away that first header, that he completely missed, the conversation would be entirely different now. Same for Johnson with the exceptional cross too. Small margins.
Nah I think he’s a pretty tragic footballer. Been in the league for about 8 or so years now and never once has he established himself as an upper tier striker, so I highly doubt a run of games is going to change much. I said the day we signed him that he was basically our “Harry Maguire”; an instant flop for the price. If both Spurs and Utd paid half as much as they did you could probably live with the fees and their impacts but neither club have gotten anything close to the fees they paid and will make considerable losses the day they leave. I hope we sell him back to Everton, what he then does there will be of little interest to me, whether he hits 15 goals or 1 for the remainder of the season, it’ll be a relief not having him on our books often stinking the place up.
Would like to see some youngsters given a chance I don’t think Liverpool have amazing off the planet youngsters but in their successful periods they have given them game time and belief to level up and they have replied in kind on the whole We don’t seem to have that passion as a club it seems to get that young homegrown player to that level Was hoping Scarlett and Mikey Moore types were regular off the bench but it just doesn’t seem to happen
I think the difference is that Liverpool and City's youngsters have been inserted into already very, very good sides with a core of brilliant experienced players. Chelsea are probably the only example of a ridiculously young squad that is somewhat successful, but it cost them half a billion quid to put together.
It did happen last season to a degree with many youngsters featuring in the EL cup run. Most have now been loaned out, I imagine to increase the minutes they get. We need stability in management for more than our current two season average. I think Klopp being there for a significant stretch helped solidify the philosophy of play throughout the club.
The benefit the likes of the Mansourites, Liverpool and Arsenal have is they can bin off the League Cup and nobody bats an eye, so they may as well get the youngsters some guaranteed minutes and see them grow from there If we do the same thing our fanbase will likely **** in their own hands and throw it at the pitch
This is what supporting Spurs does to you. You start sitting around for years waiting for players to show they actually deserve to wear the shirt. "This year it will all click", you tell yourself. And then after six years of underperforming, they leave on a free transfer. You say small margins, but if a player constantly falls on the wrong side of that margin, doesn't it indicate that we might be looking at a problem more the width of the Grand Canyon?
