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Troy Parrott

Bullet said:
Robbie Keane began his professional career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, scoring twice on his first-team debut aged 17. The following season he was the club's leading goalscorer and scored his first international goal for the Republic of Ireland. He changed club frequently between 1999 and 2002, breaking transfer fee records, but his brief spells at Inter Milan and Leeds United were unexceptional. He joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2002 and played there for seven-and-a-half years over two spells and amassed 306 appearances across all competitions, scoring 122 goals. The 2007–08 season was the most fruitful of his career as he set a career record of 23 goals in a season, including a landmark 100th competitive goal and won his first senior honour, the League Cup.
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Aka in the Championship.
For three seasons.
Before moving to a (at best) lower mid table Prem team.
He did then move to a CL team at 21.....that didn't work out so well.
 
monkeybarry said:
Aka in the Championship.
For three seasons.
Before moving to a (at best) lower mid table Prem team.
He did then move to a CL team at 21.....that didn't work out so well.
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Being Irish I was obsessed with Robbie Keane around this time.
He was fully formed at 17 like Rooney was, same tricks he learned from the street.

Parrott is nowhere near Keane's level at the same age.

Look at Keane playing against Argentina at the age of 17
 
Yea Keane was electric at that early age. The inter Milan move didn’t work out but that was poor management, he always played well there when picked and the fans loved him. Would have been like Poch barely playing Dele in his first season then selling him.
 
Modric THFC said:
Being Irish I was obsessed with Robbie Keane around this time.
He was fully formed at 17 like Rooney was, same tricks he learned from the street.

Parrott is nowhere near Keane's level at the same age.

Look at Keane playing against Argentina at the age of 17
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Keane looks exactly the same now as he did back then! Doesn't seem to have aged a day! :D
 
Please lads let the boy have a little time to develop, I've seen him a few times and he's a million miles away from Premier League football, got great potential but I would hate to see lots of people pushing like they did for Edwards based on little clips and good reports from youth games. Age level football is far easier for a good player to standout. Poch will see how he reacts and players with the first team before making his decision and thats the way it should be.
 
monkeybarry said:
Aka in the Championship.
For three seasons.
Before moving to a (at best) lower mid table Prem team.
He did then move to a CL team at 21.....that didn't work out so well.
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I guess you mean Coventry? He did well there before the big money (in those days) move to Inter, where I think there was a change of manager and he got frozen out. As Gazza said, the fans loved "Baby Irish".

Leeds then snapped him up, and that was a very fine side, who managed a terrific CL run too. Martyn, Robinson, Harte, Ferdinand, Woodgate, Bowyer, Viduka, Kewell, Huckerby and even Alan Smith were all in that side. Fine players, albeit a high level of general cunbtishness. And then the club imploded, of course.
 
K.D.D.D.D.Soc said:
Please lads let the boy have a little time to develop, I've seen him a few times and he's a million miles away from Premier League football, got great potential but I would hate to see lots of people pushing like they did for Edwards based on little clips and good reports from youth games. Age level football is far easier for a good player to standout. Poch will see how he reacts and players with the first team before making his decision and thats the way it should be.
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So long as Aurrier can take the ball of him without giving away a penalty he'll remain in the juniors.
 
FatBloke said:
I guess you mean Coventry? He did well there before the big money (in those days) move to Inter, where I think there was a change of manager and he got frozen out. As Gazza said, the fans loved "Baby Irish".

Leeds then snapped him up, and that was a very fine side, who managed a terrific CL run too. Martyn, Robinson, Harte, Ferdinand, Woodgate, Bowyer, Viduka, Kewell, Huckerby and even Alan Smith were all in that side. Fine players, albeit a high level of general cunbtishness. And then the club imploded, of course.
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The point being, with everyone clamouring for Parrot, Keane may have played for Ireland at 17, but it was early 20s until he did anything of note at a decent level of club football
 
monkeybarry said:
The point being, with everyone clamouring for Parrot, Keane may have played for Ireland at 17, but it was early 20s until he did anything of note at a decent level of club football
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I don't think anyone's expecting him to be the second coming of George Best - just an option on the bench given that our only available forwards for this evening are Llorente and Moura.

I certainly don't think he's ready for a run in the side or anything.
 
FatBloke said:
I don't think anyone's expecting him to be the second coming of George Best - just an option on the bench given that our only available forwards for this evening are Llorente and Moura.

I certainly don't think he's ready for a run in the side or anything.
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Given where he comes from he’ll definitely not be the second coming of George Best.

The DUP would have you burnt on top of a bonfire for comments like that.
 
Mikey10 said:
Given where he comes from he’ll definitely not be the second coming of George Best.

The DUP would have you burnt on top of a bonfire for comments like that.
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brick! Yes, of course. Can't believe I did that! Got a fair few mates from Norn Ireland too.
 
K.D.D.D.D.Soc said:
Please lads let the boy have a little time to develop, I've seen him a few times and he's a million miles away from Premier League football, got great potential but I would hate to see lots of people pushing like they did for Edwards based on little clips and good reports from youth games. Age level football is far easier for a good player to standout. Poch will see how he reacts and players with the first team before making his decision and thats the way it should be.
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Agreed, and if anything, age level football is at best a good indicator of talent. There's so much more needed to excel in professional football, where only work ethics, good training routines and ability to adapt to a system can get you further - and even substitute raw talent. At least at a club like Spurs. I remember reading about the Manchester United '92 youth cup winners, where Nicky Butt was widely regarded as the standout player even ahead of Giggs, Robbie Savage was a star, few really believed in the shy kid Beckham and Scholes, one of the best midfielders of the 90's wasn't even first choice before injuries gave him a chance. Our own Jermaine Jenas was regarded as the top talent of Britain, who as we know became a bang average sideways-passing passenger.

I remember having belief in Kane, not because I saw him play, but because his numbers at 16-17 were simply ridiculous. I was against loaning him out, and would rather start him than the lazy immobile ineffective 1-goal a month cancerous bag of sh*t known as Adebayor. But hindsight has shown that his loan spell was healthy, and he has never looked back since. There are a lot of things going on behind the curtains, and if a top talent isn't given the chance there's a reason for that. And vice versa, Sissoko obviously did things during practice for several years that prevented him from serving fast food today.
 
SubZero said:
Agreed, and if anything, age level football is at best a good indicator of talent. There's so much more needed to excel in professional football, where only work ethics, good training routines and ability to adapt to a system can get you further - and even substitute raw talent. At least at a club like Spurs. I remember reading about the Manchester United '92 youth cup winners, where Nicky Butt was widely regarded as the standout player even ahead of Giggs, Robbie Savage was a star, few really believed in the shy kid Beckham and Scholes, one of the best midfielders of the 90's wasn't even first choice before injuries gave him a chance. Our own Jermaine Jenas was regarded as the top talent of Britain, who as we know became a bang average sideways-passing passenger.

I remember having belief in Kane, not because I saw him play, but because his numbers at 16-17 were simply ridiculous. I was against loaning him out, and would rather start him than the lazy immobile ineffective 1-goal a month cancerous bag of sh*t known as Adebayor. But hindsight has shown that his loan spell was healthy, and he has never looked back since. There are a lot of things going on behind the curtains, and if a top talent isn't given the chance there's a reason for that. And vice versa, Sissoko obviously did things during practice for several years that prevented him from serving fast food today.
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Agree talent alone is not enough.
 
SubZero said:
Agreed, and if anything, age level football is at best a good indicator of talent. There's so much more needed to excel in professional football, where only work ethics, good training routines and ability to adapt to a system can get you further - and even substitute raw talent. At least at a club like Spurs. I remember reading about the Manchester United '92 youth cup winners, where Nicky Butt was widely regarded as the standout player even ahead of Giggs, Robbie Savage was a star, few really believed in the shy kid Beckham and Scholes, one of the best midfielders of the 90's wasn't even first choice before injuries gave him a chance. Our own Jermaine Jenas was regarded as the top talent of Britain, who as we know became a bang average sideways-passing passenger.

I remember having belief in Kane, not because I saw him play, but because his numbers at 16-17 were simply ridiculous. I was against loaning him out, and would rather start him than the lazy immobile ineffective 1-goal a month cancerous bag of sh*t known as Adebayor. But hindsight has shown that his loan spell was healthy, and he has never looked back since. There are a lot of things going on behind the curtains, and if a top talent isn't given the chance there's a reason for that. And vice versa, Sissoko obviously did things during practice for several years that prevented him from serving fast food today.
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While I agree with a lot of what you write, I'm not sure that is completely true about Beckham. He was actually training at Spurs when Man Utd came in and nicked him (it was much easier for clubs to poach from other academies back then) and as a youngster he had all of the top clubs in the country after him. My Dad was doing a lot of young player sponsorship deals with Adidas back then; Beckham and Robbie Fowler were the two young players that the all the boot manufacturers were chasing in the biggest way.
 
Finney Is Back said:
While I agree with a lot of what you write, I'm not sure that is completely true about Beckham. He was actually training at Spurs when Man Utd came in and nicked him (it was much easier for clubs to poach from other academies back then) and as a youngster he had all of the top clubs in the country after him. My Dad was doing a lot of young player sponsorship deals with Adidas back then; Beckham and Robbie Fowler were the two young players that the all the boot manufacturers were chasing in the biggest way.
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I only read an interview, but it was with a player who was a first teamer, and the only one of them who didn't go on to have a good career. He was incidentally the one who gave up his place as midfielder to fill in at left back as he was so versatile, which opened up a spot for Paul Scholes. They both did so well that Scholes cemented his place, and when Ferguson came to recruit he was told he was too short to be a fullback... He eventually became a delivery driver and was happy with that, except the what-ifs I'd reckon. This is the source I have, so if you have better insight I will certainly not dispute that. But you also have to consider the possibility that Beckham had a better mug for posters than Butt, Scholes and Neville! (joke)
 
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