Troy Parrott F AZ Alkmaar b.2002

[Kingdom]

21st club goal of the season, which passes out last season's total, but AZ 3-1 down at home to NEC after an hour. The winners move into the Champions League spot.


https://youtu.be/jNY6CU2J8W0?t=202

A beautifully simple goal well-executed.

[Fixer82]

Has an assist tonight

[Razors left peg]

Has a goal in extra time now too

[Kingdom]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiQVaOmARDI

Highlights here. That's a very clever headed assist and a lovely strikers finish (happy RLP? :-) ) What i liked most was the last minute where he's supporting a breakaway which dies away wide and with 4 teammates (madness) exposed ahead of him immediately spots it and sprints back to cover. deep into extra-time. brilliant stuff.

Hopefully they can get telstar or gay in the semis.

Seems their main keeper was back too.

[Kingdom]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV3CO2eFSkI

1-1 home draw vs Ajax.
Troy had what looks like (in whatever mashed up version of offside is being used this season) as a good goal ruled out. He's looking bloody sharp it has to be said.

Kian Fitz-Jim equalised in the last minute. Surely he has parents from Lismore or Cappoquin - that's the most Waaaaaterford sounding name of all time.

It wouldn't be a surprise if Ajax looked at Parrott. Pretty sure someone above has suggested it. Wonder if he's priced beyond them at this stage though - same for a Wolfsburg or a Hoffenheim, escpecially when Spurs have the sell-on clause. What odds on a Leverkusen or Stuttgart type club coming in for him. Not exactly top tier continental but with enough clout to cover a fee and provide another rung on the ladder.

I wonder if either party but a release clause in - would make more sense for AZ to have done so with the 20% due to Spurs.

[Buckett]

Whatever happens, signing Parrott was a great bit of business by Aaayy-Zeee

[Kingdom]

Aahhh-zeddd.

[Kingdom]

AZ have been drawn to play Telstar in the KNVB Cup semi finals on Mar 4th in the AFAS Stadion. massive,

[pineapple stu]

They'll easily beat a satellite surely?

[Kingdom]

Should do, they don't occupy the same orbit at all.

[EalingGreen]

It wouldn't be a surprise if Ajax looked at Parrott. Pretty sure someone above has suggested it. Wonder if he's priced beyond them at this stage though -
I wonder if either party but a release clause in - would make more sense for AZ to have done so with the 20% due to Spurs.Ajax might not be in a position financially, at least should there be a bidding war.

For Season 2024/25, they reported a pre-tax loss of -€51.3m. By contrast, these others all posted pre-tax profits: AZ +€14.3m, PSV +€10.1m, Feyenoord +€31.1m, Twente +€19.9m.

And with Ajax finishing in 32nd in the Champions League Group table this season (2 wins, 6 defeats), they won't have made too much money from that, either.

[Kingdom]

That is a fair point EG, a very fair point. A bidding war only works if it involves teams on the Parrott trajectory radar (as has been alluded to previously in terms of his career roadmap). your point still stands though.

[samhaydenjr]

Ajax might not be in a position financially, at least should there be a bidding war.For Season 2024/25, they reported a pre-tax loss of -€51.3m. By contrast, these others all posted pre-tax profits: AZ +€14.3m, PSV +€10.1m, Feyenoord +€31.1m, Twente +€19.9m.And with Ajax finishing in 32nd in the Champions League Group table this season (2 wins, 6 defeats), they won't have made too much money from that, either.Well, apart from the 18m euros they get just for being there

[EalingGreen]

Well, apart from the 18m euros they get just for being thereActually it was a lot more than that:

https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p6b6!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_pro gressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc8dafb 1-f660-4b5b-b614-ec0b12f16745_1986x2188.jpeg

But even with €43m, it doesn't wipe out the previous season's €51m loss. While PSV made €45m from Europe, to add to the previous season's €10m profit.

While they've still got a bit to do to qualify for next season's CL (PSV pretty much guaranteed):
dutch football eredivisie, 2025/26 table

[rebelmusic]

Another day another goal. The last time a player felt this important was...Robbie? Roy?

[Eirambler]

Maybe Kelleher? Honestly not sure which of Kelleher or Parrott would be worse to lose for March. I'd say the drop off from Kelleher to the next pick in goal is bigger than the drop off from Parrott to Ferguson. But then Ferguson probably won't be available either, so you could be on to Idah at that point (if he's fit). Idah up front or someone other than Kelleher in goal - choose your poison!

[rebelmusic]

Haha fair point. I think we're looking at Cannon as the next option? I've already mentally decided that Ferguson will be injured , better to have low expectations there me thinks.

It's great to be able to say that we have two world class players though, it's been a while!

[pineapple stu]

Cannon seems to have reverted to type lately - no goals since New Year's Day. Idah is injured and not certain to be fit for March (and is a poor player anyway). Sammie obviously has gone off the boil. Johnny Kenny has maybe found his level in the third tier. Even Obafemi went off injured again, and Blackpool fans are increasingly of the view he's useless anyway.

It's terrifying how quickly we drop off after Parrott - and you could put a similar argument for Kelleher (though Travers is probably a reasonable option).

Let's not think about what might happen and just focus on how good they are!

[tetsujin1979]

Interviewed by Miguel Delaney
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/troy-parrott-republic-of-ireland-world-cup-play-offs-tottenham-mourinho-b2921014.html

[rebelmusic]

Another 90 minute goal. His capacity to score late goals is a huge asset on top of all the other benefits that come from having him

[Kingdom]

It seems to have got unmentioned that Alkmaar have made the KNVB final on April 19th, with Nijmigen their opponents (having knocked out PSV in the other semi-final). AZ beat Telstar as expected, Parrott central to both goals (two og's by the looks of it).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZXo2fztNjM

I'm looking to see if it is possible to attend this as it's going to be hosted in de Kuip, a ground I've always wanted to visit and Rotterdam is a cracking town

[pineapple stu]

Scores against the Czechs tonight 😃

[Eirambler]

Twice.

26(?) for the season now. How much would Premier League clubs be willing to pay for him this summer if he was Dutch or Spanish or Portuguese and he was doing that in the Eredivisie? £50m plus add-ons maybe? Will be interesting to see what he goes for in reality.

[Plib]

If he doesn't move to the prem next we might have a superstar on our hands. I think the lesson he learned from his early loans in the lower english leagues will hopefully be that the Premier league is probably the end goal but while he is still developing a slightly less physical league and he flourishes. He'd easily do it in Portugal or France at this stage, but i'd love to see him at a big German club if the interest is there. Its exciting having someone with these types of options in our squad!

[samhaydenjr]

Without wanting to be too much of a downer, or diminish Parrott's achievements so far, I thought I should point out that Jozy Altidore scored 20 and 31 goals in his two years at AZ, earning a big money move to the EPL, where he gained the nickname Jozy Antiscore.
Fortunately, he went on to become a Toronto FC legend and ended up with 42 international goals, which I am sure we'd be happy with, if Parrott ended up on that mark.

[rebelmusic]

You could make the same argument about Szmodics to a certain extent but I think we can all see that Parrot is something special. It's always been there, he's just really discovering himself this season and last. I genuinely think we'll be taking about Robbie and Troy in a different bracket then any of our other strikers for a long time

[CraftyToePoke]

& again today with the opening goal V Heracles

[Eirambler]

And follows it up with a lovely assist.

[tetsujin1979]

And follows it up with a lovely assist.
Lovely indeed
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[tetsujin1979]

Zeleny in defence for Sparta Prague tonight against AZ is in the Czech squad

[pixiehead]

Scores in Prague...

https://streamain.com/u8e66fSv5jZmU13/watch

[rebelmusic]

Please God take him off the pitch now that the game is beyond any doubt.

[rebelmusic]

And he's off after another assist. Couldn't ask for him to be in better form coming into a match against Czechia 😁😁

[Kingdom]

He's having an incredible season.

I registered on an AZ forum after the cup semi-final win and my impression is that they aren't particularly enamoured with him. Perhaps its because they seem to know he's gone at the end of the season and that this season hasn't been anything special for them as a club. Someone was using the argument that because he hadn't scored in the conference league (before last week) that diminished his performance.

There may have been some sarcasm (as was evident on other threads) but I didn't think that was actually the case.

I hope you all get to see the full clip of the assist for the final goal. The touch on the run that sends him clear is majestic.

[pineapple stu]

The last couple of pages of this thread have been Kingdom falling rapidly head over heels in love. It's been great to watch :D :love:

[tetsujin1979]

Clip available here
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/QhVZQXz1WG

[Kingdom]

The last couple of pages of this thread have been Kingdom falling rapidly head over heels in love. It's been great to watch :D :love:

I swooned many many years ago over this fellow. This is merely my announcing it to the world.

[SkStu]

I registered on an AZ forum after the cup semi-final win and my impression is that they aren't particularly enamoured with him

Sorry, who? Never heard of em.

[Kingdom]

Sorry, who? Never heard of em.

Ah you have, there's a whole encyclopedia of tourist guides named after them.

[SkStu]

from Ah to Zed :)

[Fixer82]

AZ playing today. I would be incredibly happy if Troy is an unused sub

[pineapple stu]

Unlikely I think! Best we can hope for is he keeps his form going

[rebelmusic]

Unscathed through the first half anyway. AZ not playing great and watching Troy it looks like he has half his mind on next week. Still looking dangerous though when given half a chance

[SkStu]

Survives! :)