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I wonder if we got Skinner cause they knew Binks would leave. Thought it was a bit of a strange one at the time.
Has Binks left us???
If so my dream of a team with Binks and Winks in it follows him...
I wonder if we got Skinner cause they knew Binks would leave. Thought it was a bit of a strange one at the time.
Yeah, Bowen was a class LB and we particularly struggled for decent FBs in the early 90s.Early 90s Norwich were fighting in the top of the table and had an impressive UEFA cup run. A lot of that team was built upon Spurs academy products from the 80s that we'd eventually let go, players we very much could have had use for in those days.
Mark Bowen, Ian Crook, Ian Culverhouse, John Polston. Bowen especially was a big miss for us.
Kerry Dixon, same age group as Mark Falco.Went on to be Chelscum top goalscorer and played for England.
yesHas Binks left us???
If so my dream of a team with Binks and Winks in it follows him...
I still get quite confused with the contract situations up to 18. Can anyone clarify if this is correct.
1. Pre 17 can literally just walk away anytime but would have to be some sort compensation
2. At 17 can sign a pro deal but no longer than 2 years. Does that contract fully cover club ?
3. At 18 can sign a proper deal of any length like any player.
Is that correct ? So presume Binks was number 2 and we get some money if move is made permanent although probably peanuts.
I think some of the boundaries are being greyed.
Maybe not world class but solid premier League standard we've had quite a few more since then. The two Bournemouth fullbacks, Fredericks at West Ham, Townsend.
iirc there was a credible itk (whom i forgot the name) shared the story that veljkovic missed his chance to be on the bench against yanited due to a traffic jam or something like thatAgree. I don't really get this conversation as you well know. A young player leaves, then as a defence mechanism we start doing the roll call of players who became world class after they left. What for?
This notion of a player having to become world class to eat our words, and prove to have ever been a viable option for us is stupid. Tanganga may not become world class and he has already made a great impression on the team, Winks will likely never be world class but if he left before he got a chance with us we would have lost his contribution. Chelsea have 6/7 academy players in their current squad, only 1 or 2 may become World Class but it's clear they've all played an important role in their season today and will likely to in the future. Had they not been given a chance more time would've been invested in overage players, instead as a total they're all probably valued around 200m. If they hadn't played possibly a combined 20m. That's a big loss to a club.
Veljkovic alone has played 3 consistent seasons at CB in the Bundesliga, he's another that could easily have played for us. But we're content on buying Sanchez and Foyth when we could've potentially just saved money with him.
If only we held every player to the standard we hold academy players to. They never become world class so they're no great loss or have no real value to us, the majority of our signings never become world class, but we still recognise their importance.
Early 90s Norwich were fighting in the top of the table and had an impressive UEFA cup run. A lot of that team was built upon Spurs academy products from the 80s that we'd eventually let go, players we very much could have had use for in those days.
Mark Bowen, Ian Crook, Ian Culverhouse, John Polston. Bowen especially was a big miss for us.
Des Walker.
I've never heard Des Walker was with us. Forest picked him from non-league. Did we let him go as a kid?
Yes, I remember reading about him in 1990 or 1991 that he was a Spurs fan who was released by the club as a youngster.
His wikipedia only lists Stowe Boys Club and Sudbury Court before he joined Watford at 17. Perhaps we had him on trial but no more than that.I've also seen John Barnes listed as a former Spur but never seen any proof of that.
I think you've made some pretty big jumps there.Agree. I don't really get this conversation as you well know. A young player leaves, then as a defence mechanism we start doing the roll call of players who became world class after they left. What for?
This notion of a player having to become world class to eat our words, and prove to have ever been a viable option for us is stupid. Tanganga may not become world class and he has already made a great impression on the team, Winks will likely never be world class but if he left before he got a chance with us we would have lost his contribution. Chelsea have 6/7 academy players in their current squad, only 1 or 2 may become World Class but it's clear they've all played an important role in their season today and will likely to in the future. Had they not been given a chance more time would've been invested in overage players, instead as a total they're all probably valued around 200m. If they hadn't played possibly a combined 20m. That's a big loss to a club.
Veljkovic alone has played 3 consistent seasons at CB in the Bundesliga, he's another that could easily have played for us. But we're content on buying Sanchez and Foyth when we could've potentially just saved money with him.
If only we held every player to the standard we hold academy players to. They never become world class so they're no great loss or have no real value to us, the majority of our signings never become world class, but we still recognise their importance.