The Amazon dock will definitely get a 2nd series.John McDermott to join FA | Tottenham Hotspur The Club can confirm that John McDermott is to leave his role as Head of Academy Coaching and Player Development to take up the position of Assistant Technical Director at the Football Association. https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2020/march/john-mcdermott-to-join-fa/
Be interesting how much of an influence Mourinho has if any at all. Could be a difficult appointment. Most would think/accept that Mourinho is the polar opposite of everything we stand for in regards to youth policy. Yet they will have to appoint someone with a long term vision who will also get on with Mourinho. Also be interesting if we go British or foreign. I would guess it’s a hugely attractive job to many even quite high profile ex players.
chance they’d bring Sherwood back ?
You've pulled that straight out of your hole, I suspect.He wasn't poached, but unwilling to work under Mourinho I suspect.
You've pulled that straight out of your hole, I suspect.
after the failures of pritchard, onomah, edwards, ccv and kwp I have more and more doubts about this though...When the only evidence of a player being good enough has been whether the manager uses them; I can understand to most this won't seem like much of a loss. I imagined that most people would think like this and it's impossible for me to reason you or anyone out of that position.
But for anyone who's watched the academy and knows about youth football in England they'll know this is a huge loss. My evidence is seeing the level of player he's produced consistently over the last 10 years, the emergence of England youth teams in general as a dominant force with a heavy contribution from our club, the emergence of top coaches from our club getting poached by big clubs and the FA especially and finally the FA getting their hands on the man that did it all. He will be a huge miss and has done so much, unfortunately not many people got to see his work or appreciate it. We became one of the top academies in the world under him and while in recent times we lost out on talent or talent left us, we remain one of the best in England still.
Hopefully someone will be able to step in and fill the void.
after the failures of pritchard, onomah, edwards, ccv and kwp I have more and more doubts about this though...
I'd hardly call them failures. They're all playing at Championship level or higher.after the failures of pritchard, onomah, edwards, ccv and kwp I have more and more doubts about this though...
after the failures of pritchard, onomah, edwards, ccv and kwp I have more and more doubts about this though...
I remember a full decade where the best we could come up with was Phil Ifil and Jamie Slabber, unless I've forgotten all the decent homegrowns between King Ledley and the Mason/Townsend generation.I'd hardly call them failures. They're all playing at Championship level or higher.
i mean parents of the talented boys will have doubts regarding our academy system, mainly the path to first team footballAnd you place those "failures" squarely on McDermott? Not the managers who didn't give them opportunities to play?
which is part of our responsibility as the aim of academy is to develop them. of course they also need to put effort. every parties have their own responsibilitiesMaybe they weren't good enough
usually i agree that it would be a success if an academy graduate plays at championship level. however i think those mentioned did not meet the expectation so i would consider them as failureI'd hardly call them failures. They're all playing at Championship level or higher.
after the failures of pritchard, onomah, edwards, ccv and kwp I have more and more doubts about this though...
If you were levy what would you do with the youth structure now?But that's not McDermott's failing, hence why the FA have now hired him and why he is held in such high regard.
Surely those in the know, coaches, youth coaches and those high up in the FA would have been clearly monitoring his output. If none of those players were any good why go after him that's 10 years of his work. As I've said England have become the best youth production line in the world, and the FA would largely have been choosing players he has produced. Their success has come directly from his work. McDermott did the best he could for us and he did it very well, if very underappreciated and he's now moving on to bigger things
But that's not McDermott's failing, hence why the FA have now hired him and why he is held in such high regard.
Surely those in the know, coaches, youth coaches and those high up in the FA would have been clearly monitoring his output. If none of those players were any good why go after him that's 10 years of his work. As I've said England have become the best youth production line in the world, and the FA would largely have been choosing players he has produced. Their success has come directly from his work. McDermott did the best he could for us and he did it very well, if very underappreciated and he's now moving on to bigger things
How about getting Michael Emenalo? Chelsea has a great youth system - seem to churn out premier league standard players