Troy Parrott F Excelsior Rotterdam (loan from Spurs) b.2002

**seanfhear** · 04/03/2020, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by osarusan

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** · 04/03/2020, 11:07 PM

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

**tommy_c12000** · 05/03/2020, 1:43 AM

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** · 05/03/2020, 7:33 AM

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** · 05/03/2020, 7:43 AM

Originally Posted by 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.

Or any private sector job on planet earth!!!

**NeverFeltBetter** · 05/03/2020, 8:01 AM

Originally Posted by seanfhear

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** · 05/03/2020, 8:48 AM

Originally Posted by Diggs246

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** · 05/03/2020, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by 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

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** · 05/03/2020, 2:39 PM

Originally Posted by Tim Krul

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** · 05/03/2020, 3:00 PM

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** · 05/03/2020, 5:28 PM

Originally Posted by DeLorean

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** · 05/03/2020, 7:54 PM

Originally Posted by 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

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** · 05/03/2020, 11:01 PM

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** · 06/03/2020, 1:35 AM

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** · 06/03/2020, 2:33 PM

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

**Razors left peg** · 06/03/2020, 5:06 PM

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** · 09/03/2020, 2:43 PM

Originally Posted by DeLorean

I always thought the ref was too soft on Krul that day (in Brazil). A yellow at the start and a warning he'd have no hesitation sending him off.

**DeLorean** · 10/03/2020, 10:53 AM

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** · 10/03/2020, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by 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

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** · 10/03/2020, 1:33 PM

Originally Posted by geysir

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.

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Ah, okay. There goes that then.