Troy Parrott F AZ Alkmaar b.2002

[Charlie Darwin]

It's quite unfair to insinuate Troy's mate is involved with gangland activity due to who his family members are. He hasn't been convicted of anything.

[Charlie Darwin]

I'd be careful about what you say on this message board as it's not you who'll have to pay the bill if legal action is taken.

[tetsujin1979]

Parrott starting for Spurs U23s tonight
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[tommy_c12000]

Im just happy he’s getting minutes of competitive action anywhere. Close range finish after 8 minutes for his first goal. Hopefully he will grab a couple more. Mourinho actually hadn’t seen him in competitive action so hopefully he can convince him to give him more game time. Probably means he won’t be involved on Wednesday unless he smashes in a couple more and mourinho asks for him to be subbed at half time!

[tommy_c12000]

Per report, Parrott played well, was mature and unselfish, bringing others into the game rather than shooting from all angles. Subbed at half time without any injury evident. Hopefully will make bench vs Norwich on Wednesday

[Razors left peg]

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Poachers goal

[pineapple stu]

Think that's Pochettino's son lining out in midfield, Maurizio (as opposed to Mauricio, the father)

(Edit - Pochettino with the assist too actually)

[elatedscum]

Poch’s son was the person who recommended him when he went on trial. Went straight to his father and said he’s a class above anyone I’ve played with etc etc

[geysir]

I might be the only one but I think Mourinho is a good manager for Troy at this time in his life.

[ColourfulPeanut]

Any word on how Bowden played, the captain and lad in the photo? He's one of the English born lads that appeared for our 19s a few months back.

[Diggs246]

Taken off at half time, may well indicate he will be involved on Wednesday in the cup

[jbyrne]

Taken off at half time, may well indicate he will be involved on Wednesday in the cup

the privileged one...

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2020/0303/1119992-privileged-parrott-still-has-a-lot-to-learn-mourinho/

[paul_oshea]

"He will be on the bench tomorrow," the Spurs boss said of the Dubliner. "We cannot tell you obviously every detail but we're taking good care of a young player and also taking care of a young boy in society, in private life. That's a process.

Jees when i brought this up originally didnt think so much emphasis would be placed on it...clearly there is something they really do not like.

[Bottle of Tonic]

Yep, Mourinho is not the bad guy here. I too think he's a good manager for him at this stage. A big presence, loads of experience and respect earned. Won't be spooked into giving a youngster a game against his better judgement. I'd say Jose has seen plenty of talented kids from tough backgrounds and I'd trust his call on it before Internet fans convinced the lad should not sign contracts or bang down doors to get out on loan.

Hopefully Spurs have talented player liason /youth education /lifestyle coaches /whatever, to get Troy on the straight path needed to make it as a top level pro.

[DCWA]

From The Guardian:


José Mourinho has told Troy Parrott to stop thinking he is “too good” to play for Tottenham’s Under-23s. The manager said he experienced a similar problem with Scott McTominay at Manchester United before he had words with the midfielder and has urged Parrott to show the right attitude to establish himself at Spurs.

Mourinho has been under pressure from supporters to use Parrott, who is the only fit striker in his squad, albeit one who has just turned 18 and has played for a total of 72 minutes. The manager joked that some of the fans who clamour for Parrott have never seen him play and do not even know whether he has blond or dark hair.

Parrott will be on the bench for the FA Cup fifth‑round home tie against Norwich on Wednesday but the discussion around the Republic of Ireland forward concerned the need for him “to have his feet on the ground”.

Mourinho talked about McTominay, whom he brought through at United. He said the player struggled initially to behave properly when he had to return to the youth teams, having tasted life in the senior squad, and his career took off only when he was reminded of a few home truths.

Mourinho sees the parallels with Parrott, who has trained all season with the first team but has appeared in seven under-age matches, scoring 11 goals. He played the first 45 minutes of the under-23 win against Wolves on Monday, scoring once.

“I was so happy with the way he performed and I’m not speaking about his goal. I told him before the game: ‘Every time you play with the kids of your age, you have to show your colleagues why you are the privileged one.’ Because it was something he was not doing. Every time he was playing with the kids, he was playing with the mentality of, ‘I shouldn’t be here’ or, ‘I am too good to be here.’

“I had exactly the same words with Scott McTominay. He was not loved in his age group because he was not there with the right frame of mind. The moment we started changing that lots of things started changing for him.

“Troy cannot go there [the under‑age teams] with discontent, contempt. It is a process. So everything goes very, very well. But this is a world where lots of people don’t even know if Troy has long hair or short hair, or is blond or is dark. They don’t even know that and they speak about Troy, Troy, Troy. There was a guy behind me on the bench the other day: ‘Play Troy, play

[tetsujin1979]

Can embed threads from twitter, but this is interesting from The Secret Footballer
https://twitter.com/TSF/status/1235145430469619714

[DeLorean]

It doesn't fully stack up though, seeing as he got game time at the weekend and more than likely will again tonight. He was getting less game time prior to Dubai! There's obviously a concern there, Mourinho has basically confirmed that anyway. TSF has just been made aware of something the rest of us knew anyway I think.

[Fixer82]

I'd be concerned if I was involved in Spurs' management that he was hanging out with extremely dangerous criminals. Not fully focussed on his football. I imagine they've had a chat with him about it. The photos may be old so hopefully he's fully focussed now. He's still a kid.
But everyone wants to be a gangster now, cruising around on speedboats, drinking Moet in opened short-sleeved shirts with the ink on show. The McGregor syndrome.

[ColourfulPeanut]

I'd be concerned if I was involved in Spurs' management that he was hanging out with extremely dangerous criminals. Not fully focussed on his football. I imagine they've had a chat with him about it. The photos may be old so hopefully he's fully focussed now. He's still a kid.
But everyone wants to be a gangster now, cruising around on speedboats, drinking Moet in opened short-sleeved shirts with the ink on show. The McGregor syndrome.
The photo was literally take weeks ago during the winter break and was taken dow from Instagram fairly sharpish.

Hopefully Jose sorts him out but all the wrong noises are coming out about him and it's very worrying.

[osarusan]

Parrott came on in extra time against Norwich, missed a penalty in the shootout which Spurs lost.

[seanfhear]

Parrott came on in extra time against Norwich, missed a penalty in the shootout which Spurs lost.
Seemed a bit of an ask to let such an in-experienced player take a penalty in such a situation. Where were the other more experienced Spurs players ?

I know Idah took one for Norwich but he has a bit more first team experience and scored a few first team goals.

I suppose Parrott had the balls to take one and it shows he has balls.

[Fixer82]

He’s a striker. That’s his job. He obviously fancied it but didn’t work out. He’ll learn from it

[tommy_c12000]

Agree, did okay. No real chances. Held ball up nicely a couple of times. Really worked hard which I’m sure Jose was delighted with. Certainly an improvement on Alli in a number 9 position. No harm in penalty miss, character building. Baby steps

[seanfhear]

Alli’s body is struggling to cope with the pressures of being a professional footballer at that level. He could probably do with 6 months off but that does not happen in that job.

[Diggs246]

Alli’s body is struggling to cope with the pressures of being a professional footballer at that level. He could probably do with 6 months off but that does not happen in that job.

Or any private sector job on planet earth!!!

[NeverFeltBetter]

Seemed a bit of an ask to let such an in-experienced player take a penalty in such a situation. Where were the other more experienced Spurs players ?

I know Idah took one for Norwich but he has a bit more first team experience and scored a few first team goals.

I suppose Parrott had the balls to take one and it shows he has balls.

I think in those situations having the bravery to put your hand up and say "Yeah, I'll take one" counts for a lot. In a way I'd rather go with that guy then someone with bags of experience who doesn't want to volunteer. I suppose the key is making sure the second guy has the confidence to go for it, but depends on the game that's taken place in a lot of ways.

[seanfhear]

Or any private sector job on planet earth!!!
If you were on Alli’s wages in an ordinary job with such a rare talent you could easily afford to take 6 months off. Its obvious his body is struggling to cope with the demands of professional football at the level he is playing.

[paul_oshea]

Agree, did okay. No real chances. Held ball up nicely a couple of times. Really worked hard which I’m sure Jose was delighted with. Certainly an improvement on Alli in a number 9 position. No harm in penalty miss, character building. Baby steps

That's not right though, and Jose pointed it out. He started the first few minutes and did a few good things, after that he just couldn't find the right run and was not giving options on the counter, players coming left and going across right and vice versa. Perhaps thats just game time with those players, I hope thats it anyway. Jose pointed this out though in the post match interviews.

Spurs fans I spoke with felt he didn't do enough in ET especially with a very tiring Norwich team suggesting Jose is right. That he was dropping deep and running everywhere. Perhaps overkeen. Felt he should have done better on the counter.

I think the Parrott situation and Connolly situation has thought most Irish fans a lot, its probably a good thing.

[DeLorean]

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For me personally, I look at the player. Who’s confident and who’s not. The young lad, Parrott, I played a little bit with his head.

I said, ‘I haven’t seen many penalties from you when I’ve done my homework’ and he just looked at me.

This is when you have to forget about everything and just go back to what I know and what I’ve learnt with my experience from Brazil to wait on the line and react to the shot.

[paul_oshea]

Pretty sad krul needs to do that to a teenager. Parrott should have turned and said I haven't seen many from you either cos you don't play

[seanfhear]

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All part of the education of a young player. Tottenham should be more that capable of handling Norwich in 90 or 120 minutes.

Mourinho was a big gamble for Levy. Not really a Tottenham style coach and somewhat of a pain in the ar$e.

[DCWA]

Pretty sad krul needs to do that to a teenager. Parrott should have turned and said I haven't seen many from you either cos you don't play

Nonsense. Krul done exactly what he should’ve done if he thought it was more likely to lead to Parrott failing to score. Doesn’t matter if he’s a teenager or not.

Anyway dealing with a keeper playing mind games, missing a penalty all good for him i reckon - character building, a young striker has to experience these things.

[osarusan]

Lets not kid ourselves, if Randolf says that he did that to a Slovakian/Bosnian/NI teenager in a few weeks, we'd all be delighted with him.

No way to know if it worked either, it was a pretty well struck penalty, seems like Krul was lucky to choose the right side.

[samhaydenjr]

I never like seeing players do that looping run around when taking a penalty - always feel there's a greater chance of an imperfect connection - still, great to see both him and Idah get good minutes

[Fixer82]

Keeper doing his job, getting an advantage. No problem with it. Troy will learn from it no doubt.

[Razors left peg]

Seriously lads, is there really a discussion about the Keeper being mean to the young fella?

Hopefully the fact that he wanted to take a pen will show Jose that he has the right mentality, seasoned pros have hidden in that situation. Other than that Im glad he got more than 1 minute and hopefully he stays a regular on the bench in the next few weeks.

[Stuttgart88]

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[DeLorean]

Write up on BBC website today. Speculates that he may be involved in the CL game tonight - https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51720135

[geysir]

Write up on BBC website today. Speculates that he may be involved in the CL game tonight - https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51720135

Unless he's called up (24 hours before the game) from the B standby squad to the CL A squad, he would not be eligible to play tonight, and AFAIA this has not been done.
Troy is still listed as a B squad player.

[DeLorean]

Unless he's called up (24 hours before the game) from the B standby squad to the CL A squad, he would not be eligible to play tonight, and AFAIA this has not been done.
Troy is still listed as a B squad player..

Ah, okay. There goes that then.

[tetsujin1979]

He's traveled with the squad to Germany, but that's no indication he's been called into the "A" squad
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[geysir]

There's some hope then.

[Diggs246]

On the bench guys!

[Diggs246]

Spurs need 3 goals and he is literally the only striker on the bench.........

[geysir]

Spurs need 3 goals and he is literally the only striker on the bench.........

Troy of the Rovers.

[Razors left peg]

You would think at 3 nil down at half time a manager would bring on the kid and see what happens. Nothing to lose.

[Closed Account 2]

With a normal manger perhaps you'd expect a roll of the dice... But not with José, he clung on to that 0-3 (inc. away goal) deficit for dear life

[Razors left peg]

With a normal manger perhaps you'd expect a roll of the dice... But not with José, he clung on to that 0-3 (inc. away goal) deficit for dear life

Brought on a 17 year old defender in 90th minute. I get there might be off the field issues but that just seems like Jose is being a total tool

[seanfhear]

Jose is a fine thick man when it suits him. He does seem to be becoming dated quickly. And I don’t mean his love-life !

[Diggs246]

Putting aside our Irish eyes and looking at the game.. can anyone believe how bad spurs were? Last years finalists