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Spurs under 18’s 4-1 QPR – FA Youth cup: (match report)

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Spurs under 18’s 4-1 QPR – FA Youth cup: (match report)

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It was a wonderful night at Loftus road on Tuesday, as our under 18’s thrashed QPR 4-1 in the fourth round of the FA Youth cup, with john McDermott’s side being rewarded with a home tie against Norwich in round five. The gulf in class between the two sides was plain to see, as McDermott’s side dominated the match playing some superb football in the process. Our youngsters were cheered on by over 200 travelling Spurs fans, who were in fine voice for the entirety of the match. The vibrant atmosphere seemed to spur the youngsters on, and they started the game brightly as forward Reo Griffiths flashed a shot narrowly wide of the left post on six minutes. The Rs goalkeeper Marcin Brzozwkski made two fine saves in the space of six minutes, first when Roles received a fine pass by Shashoua in the box before seeing his effort denied well from six yards out by the QPR goalkeeper. Then a couple of minutes later TJ Eyoma whipped in a cross from the right ring, which was met well by Griffiths at the far post, the forwards header was tipped over the crossbar from the alert Brzozwkski. Spurs’s free flowing football saw the home side struggle in the minutes that followed, and Spurs’s near total domination on the game was rewarded in the 24th minute, when McDermott’s side took a deserved lead. Kazaiah Sterling eased past a hoops defender before releasing the ball to the free Jack Roles inside the penalty area, Roles curled an effort beyond Brzozwkski and despite a touch from the keeper the ball flew into the bottom corner of the net, 1-0 to Spurs.

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Sterling raced into the box on 36 minutes before dinking the ball over Brzozwkski and narrowly wide of the right post. However, just a minute later Spurs doubled their advantage through Reo Griffiths. Sterling’s well measured pass from the right side of the box came to Griffiths at the far post, and the forward buried the ball in to the back of the net, to cap off a nice move. Despite barely entering the Spurs half, QPR pulled a goal back shortly before the interval through the Rs Kingsley Eshun. The goal came about after George Marsh lost the ball in the midfield with Eshun charging down the left wing, with the sprinting Japhet Tanganga unable to reach Eshun as he fired the ball past Austin as it flew inside his near post. Spurs resumed the second half in superb fashion as they grabbed a third almost instantaneously from the restart, after some good work on the right wing, Samuel Shashoua fed the ball to Roles inside the centre of the penalty area, and the goalscoring midfielder was as clinical as ever as he fired the ball beyond Brzozwkski and into the back of the net, to put Spurs 3-1 ahead. We continued to command the game during the rest of the second half playing some wonderful attacking football, and on 74 minutes Spurs got their fourth of the match. Left back Nick Tsaroulla tried his luck on the edge of the box but his shot was deflected off the Rs defender and straight in front of George Marsh. As the midfielder headed the ball into the back of the net from point blank range, the final score Spurs 4-1 QPR, a really good performance from the young Lillywhites and I really fancy this crop of players to go all the way this year, their a special group of players.

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There were so many splendid performances on Tuesday night every single player had a good game, but the following players really stood out for me. Jack Roles was my man of the match (see below) but another player who wowed the crowds last night was Samuel Shashoua. The inside forward is my favourite player within the academy, he is a player of exceptional quality and his performance last night was one of the finest on the field. With two assists Shahsoua had a big influence on the game on the right wing, his skill, close ball control and decisiveness proved too much for QPR, Shahshoua has been one of the most consistent players in the under 18’s side this season. 17 year old Japhet Tanganga was immense in central defence he was superb in the air and he looked very comfortable at the back, he shows great maturity for a 17 year old. Tanganga is yet another hot prospect with in the academy, and I’m confident that he will replicate Carter-Vickers path in to the first team squad in the next couple of years.

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“This was a brilliant experience at Loftus Road. It was a London derby against a team where there’s Chris Ramsey and Perry Suckling who worked with us previously, so that made for a special atmosphere before the game. It was played at a Premier League-standard stadium and whenever you come here and play under the lights it’s a privilege to do so. We’ve seen over the years that this type of setting can bringnerves but I didn’t think we looked nervous tonight – this is a confident and highly-competitive group who handled the atmosphere and the situation. We don’t normally get an army of Tottenham fans when we play at the Training Centre so to have that level of support where they know all the players’ names and sing them aloud is superb. It gives the boys that little bit of a taster of the pressure of being able to play in front of a crowd and having to entertain them – we had unbelievable support again tonight. (John McDermott)

My man of the match: Jack Roles. The midfielder has been on fire this season scoring 15 goals from the centre of midfield as well as creating two assists, and the youngsters performance last night was no exception. Roles is Frank Lampardesque, the timing of his runs are incredible and his performance on Tuesday night was brilliant, his a natural goalscorer.

QPR: Brzozowski, Barzey (Springer-Downes 78), Genovesi, Klass (Mesias 60), Eales, Fox (c), Francis-Adeyinka, Folkes, Eshun (Platt 60), Akinola, Bowler. Substitutes (not used): Ribeiro, Bowman (GK).

Spurs: Austin, Eyoma, Tsaroulla, Marsh (c), Dinzeyi, Tanganga, Shashoua, Roles (Reynolds 83), Sterling, Duncan (Oakley-Boothe 68), Griffiths (Bennetts 75). Substitutes (not used): Skipp, Whiteman (GK).

Goals: QPR – Eshun 45; Spurs – Roles 24, 46, Griffiths 37, Marsh 74.

Yellow cards: QPR – Brzozowski 25, Folkes 26, Akinola 44.

Referee: Lloyd Wood.

Spurs under 18’s 2-1 West Ham united: (match report)

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Spurs under 18’s 2-1 West Ham united: (match report)

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Our senior side fought out a memorable London derby against West Ham on Saturday, defeating the Hammers 3-2. Coincidentally our under 18’s side also faced West Ham this time in the under 18 premier league, as John McDermott’s side managed to beat West Ham 2-1 at Hotspur way in what was a thoroughly entertaining and highly competitive match. Spurs went close to taking an early lead in the fourth minute after centre back Japhet Tanganga met Keanan Bennets corner, as he powered a header towards the goal which the Hammers goalkeeper Nathan Trott thwarted with a fine save at the near post. Shortly afterwards West Ham almost took the lead at the other end, after Hector Ingram was one on one with Austin, but the Spurs goalkeeper denied the striker with an important save.  The young lillywhites took the lead in the 21st minute through Jack Roles as the midfielder netted his seventh goal in the league this season. Oakley-Boothe pressed the West Ham goalkeeper with the ball loose, as Roles latched onto the loose ball to tuck the ball home with a smart finish from within the box.

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Despite Spurs being the better team in the minutes that followed, West Ham looked dangerous on the break and the east London club equalised six minutes from half time.  Goalkeeper Brandon Austin raced out to intercept the ball from the approaching Hector Ingram however, Ingram fired the ball beyond Austin and into the back of the net from 30 yards out. West Ham looked the slightly better of the two sides in the second half, going close on a couple of occasions but so too did Spurs. Just when the game seemed to be heading for a draw, Spurs snatched a dramatic late winner after Dinzeyi was brought down in the penalty area by Rosaire Longelo deep in additional time. A confident Kazaiah Sterling stepped up to fire home from the spot to give spurs a sensational winner with virtually the last kick of the game.

 

Oliver Skipp was my man of the match; the 16 year old had a fantastic game in the centre of the park. In addition Jonathan Dinzeyi also impressed me throughout, the centre back made some key challenges and interceptions and his presence was immense at the back. Reo Griffiths returned to the starting line up after missing the last few matches through injury, Griffiths had a good game upfront. The striker was a constant goal threat and his physicality and skilfulness were highly impressive.

 

My man of the match: Oliver Skipp. The schoolboy was exceptional in the centre of the park; he played like he was a second year scholar. Skipp was diligent throughout, tidy with the ball and showed great vision, the midfielder also defended really well.

 

Spurs U18s: Austin, Hinds, Tsaroulla, Skipp, Tanganga, Dinzeyi, Shashoua (Sterling 72), Roles, Griffiths, Oakley-Boothe (c, Patterson, 58), Bennetts. Substitutes (not used): Eyoma, Whiteman (GK).

Spurs under 18’s 1-2 Reading: (match report)

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Spurs under 18’s 1-2 Reading: (match report)

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Our under 18’s were unlucky not to have gotten something out of their match against Reading on Saturday which they lost 2-1 on a day in which where they were the better side. Spurs started off well in the pouring rain at Hotspur Way and they wasted no time in looking for an opener as four minutes in Oliver Skipp passed to Duncan on the edge of the box, the midfielders fine effort striking the bottom of the left post. On 19 minutes the young Lillywhites were again denied by the woodwork after striker Kazaiah Sterling was denied by the Royals goalkeeper Luke Driscoll from inside the area twice in a matter of moments, with the second effort rebounding off of Sterling’s shin and on to the post. Shortly after the half hour mark the visitors came desperately close to taking the lead after House met Howe’s cross as he powered a diving header past Whiteman and onto the crossbar. With three minutes remaining until half time the Royals broke the deadlock with a somewhat fortuitous goal. Howe powered an effort at goal from the right wing as centre half Joy Mukena slid to block his effort Mukena unfortunately helped the ball into the back of the net to give the royals the lead. However, it was an instant reply from John McDermott’s side as just moments later midfielder Dylan Duncan pounced on to a loose ball inside the penalty area to cooly slot the ball past Driscoll and into the bottom left hand corner of the net.

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The visitors started the second half the better of the two sides and their hardwork paid off as they regained the lead on 57 minutes after Shokunbi’s cross into the box was unfortunately bundled into the back of the net by Mukena. The players weren’t able to stamp their authority on the game in the minutes that followed with the game becoming messy and slow, despite a couple of half chances at both ends Reading won the match 2-1 in a game in which the young Lillywhites will be feeling disappointed after putting in a good, industrious performance. It was for the most part a good free flowing game of football and it was really nice to see so many good performances on the field, it was however evident that we missed our players that were on international duty. I thought midfielder Dylan Duncan had a very good game in the number ten position, Duncan constantly looked to get in to goal scoring opportunities and his relentlessness and hard work paid off after he scored just before the break. Samuel Shashoua has put in some exceptional performances of recent and the winger had yet another great game on Saturday. Shashoua was the most creative player on the field, his quick feet and excellent vision troubled the Reading back four and his eagerness to get forward posed a constant threat to the visitors. Young defender TJ Eyoma had a good game at right back, Eyoma was strong on the ball and his concentration and decision making were impressive. In addition schoolboy Oliver Skipp had a good game in the centre of the park especially in the first half where he had a very good game, Skipp really reminds me of a young Michael Carrick.

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I managed to catch the first half of our under 15’s match against Milwall yesterday morning it was great to see this talented pool of players for the first time, although I wasn’t able to recognise a fair few players I did however recognise talented centre half Malachi Walcott who I was really impressed with, Walcott’s over all decision making was top draw and the composed defender is without doubt a hot prospect . I left the match at the start of the second half at which time the score was 2-1 to Spurs.

My man of the match: Goalscorer Dylan who put in an excellent shift behind the centre forward.
Spurs U18s: Whiteman, Eyoma, Tsaroulla, Skipp (Patterson 74), Mukena, Marsh (c), Shashoua, Oakley-Boothe, Sterling (Oteh 63), Duncan, Bennetts (P Maghoma 79). Substitute (not used): Freeman (GK).

Spurs under 18’s 1-0 Fulham: (match report)

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Spurs under 18’s 1-0 Fulham: (match report)

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Our under 18 side recorded a 1-0 victory over Fulham on Saturday as John McDermott’s side defeated the cottagers 1-0 at a bitterly cold Motspur park. It was a thoroughly entertaining game of football, it was an end to end match and it could have easily produced half a dozen goals, but our lads were the deserved winners on the day as they continue their great run of form. The opening stages of the game saw plenty of chances at both ends of the pitch with Spurs have a coupling of fantastic early chances. Spurs best chance of the opening half hour came when striker Kazaiah Sterling nodded a header narrowly wide of the far post and shortly afterwards he set up Jack Roles inside the box but the midfielders effort was saved well by the Fulham goalkeeper Ashby-Hammond. At the other end of the pitch Jonathan De Bie was forced into action to make two smart saves in quick succession, shortly after Fulham again came close to taking the lead. Jose Garrido met Marlon Fossey’s free kick his headed effort went narrowly wide of the post. Meanwhile we went close minutes later at the other end of the pitch after Jack Roles found Shashoua with a pull back but the winger blazed his effort over the bar from 20 yards out.

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Following his introduction at half time striker Aramide Oteh almost made an immediate impact after he managed to get past Garrido but with one on one with the goalkeeper Oteh’s low effort was saved. The deadlock was finally broken on
77 minutes, after Oteh was brought down in the area after trying to turn past his man the referee pointed to the spot, up stepped Shashoua who fired home to cap off an excellent performance from the under 18’s. It was a truly fascinating game of football both sides were incredibly creative but the lads class shone, we were the deserved winners on the day Our under 16’s were also in action on Saturday as they drew 2-2 to Fulham at Motspur park courtesy of goals from Rodel Richards and Elliot Thorpe.

 

My man of the match: Samuel Shashoua, the inform winger was outstanding. Shashoua’s dribbling was at times mesmeric and his mazing runs, creativity and vision were superb causing Fulham a defensive headache throughout the entirety of match, scoring the all important winner from the spot late on with a cooly taken penalty.
It was a very good performance from the young Lillywhites and there were some excellent individual performances. Goalscorer Samuel Shashoua had an excellent match on the wing the highly skilful 17 year old caused the cottagers many problems throughout the match. Another player who had an excellent game was midfielder George Marsh, Marsh was terrific in the centre of the park covering so much ground the midfielder reminded me of Ngolo Kanté. Marsh was everywhere making countless interceptions and challenges breaking up play throughout the match he also passed the ball around really well throughout.

 

Spurs U18s: De Bie, Hinds (Eyoma 80), Tsaroulla, Marsh (c), Tanganga, Dinzeyi, Shashoua, Duncan, Sterling (Oteh 46), Roles (Patterson 60), Bennetts. Substitute (not used): Austin (GK).

Mixed fortunes for our youth sides against Chelsea on Saturday :

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Mixed fortunes for our youth sides against Chelsea on Saturday :

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It was a mixed day for our youth sides yesterday as both our under 18’s and under 16’s faced Chelsea at Hotspur Way. Our under 18’s played out a 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Hotspur way in what was an exciting game of football, in which John McDermott’s side impressed against a top class blues side. Chelsea took the lead through Guehi after the youngster converted from the following corner. However, Spurs equalised soon after through Samuel Shashoua who rounded the goalkeeper before slotting home after being played in by Dylan Duncan. Chelsea failed to convert a second half penalty as Spurs clutched on to a good point, in what was a very good performance from the Lillywhites. Meanwhile, our under 16’s were defeated 1-0 by Chelsea under 16’s.
Spurs U18s: De Bie, Hinds (Lock 73), Tsaroulla, Skipp, Marsh (c), Tanganga, Shashoua, Duncan, Griffiths (Sterling 65), Roles, Bennetts. Substitutes (not used): Reynolds, Dinzeyi, Austin (GK).

An in depth report of the under 18’s match is provided on the Spurs website: http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/under-18s/match/report/spurs-u18-v-chelsea-match-report-221016/

Three Spurs youngsters called up to England under 17 squad:

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Three Spurs youngsters called up to England under 17 squad:

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Three of our youngsters have been included in the England under 17 squad for next weeks Euro under 17 qualifiers against Azerbaijan, Romania and Austria. The three youngsters that have been called up are Timothy Eyoma, Brooklyn Lyons-Foster and Tashan Oakley-Boothe. Timothy Eyoma is a talented centre back who has featured on numerous occasions for our under 18’s and under 19’s so far this season, the first year scholar has so far adapted really well to under 18 football and Eyoma looks like a really good prospect. The young centre back played for England under 16’s on a numerous occasions last season. In addition talented right back Brooklyn Lyons-Foster is another player to have been called up, Lyons-Foster who is still a school boy is a highly rated talent in our academy and the youngster is already showing Huge potential having been called up to under 17’s yet again. Another player called up is Tashan Oakley-Boothe, the 16 year old midfielder has really impressed for our under 18’s this season and the midfielder has already featured twice for our under 23’s this season as well as being a regular starter for our under 19’s in the UEFA Youth league. Oakley-Boothe is a fantastic talent and he was recently included in the Guardians article which included their 20 best talents in the premier league that were born in the year 2000.

 

Meanwhile Scotlands under 16 squad has been announced for the forthcoming Victory shield tournament and talented Spurs under 15’s centre back Luis Binks has been included in their squad. A link providing Scotland’s full squad is provided in the link below.
http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=2986&newsCategoryID=6&newsID=16580

Spurs under 18’s defeat Leicester City 2-0:

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Spurs under 18’s defeat Leicester City 2-0:

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Our under 18’s defeated Leicester city by two goals 2-0 at the foxes training ground yesterday afternoon, John McDermott’s side battled hard to get a good victory in the under 18 premier league. After a good first half performance which saw a string of chances for Spurs, the Lillywhites persistence paid off late in the second half as Japhet Tanganga and Keanan Bennett’s netted late winners to take all three points back to north London. Up next for the under 18’s are Chelsea at Hotspur way next Saturday.

Spurs under 18’s 2-4 Arsenal under 18’s: (match report)

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Spurs under 18’s 2-4 Arsenal under 18’s: (match report)

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On Saturday our under 18’s side lost 4-2 to Arsenal at Hotspur way, in the first North London derby of the season as John McDermott’s side were desperately unlucky not to have gotten at least a point from Saturdays match. The Gunners started the match well attacking with real intent causing our defence multiple problems. On 16 minutes goalkeeper Alfie Whiteman was forced in to making two excellent saves. Firstly, Whiteman blocked Coyle’s effort before making an exceptional save to deny Da Silva’s effort from 20 yards after he threw himself to the floor to make an excellent reflex save to turn away the ball behind. Despite being on the back foot for the majority of the first half, McDermott’s side grew into the game and after creating a couple of good chances, Spurs took the lead on the stroke of halftime through Reo Griffith’s. The goal came about following a good move which started in the midfield with Oliver Skipp who picked out Shashoua who put in an intelligent pass to Griffiths who one on one rounded Virginia and slotted the ball into the back of the net.

Arsenal equalised 15 minutes into the second half after Pileas netted at the back post following a corner kick. A mere five minutes later the Gunners doubled their lead through Chris Willock after the forward netted from inside the box. However, just three minutes later Griffiths got us level with his second goal of the game, after the striker got on the end of the bouncing ball inside the penalty area, before nudging the ball past Virginia and into the back of the net. The game seemed to be heading for a draw but on 89 minutes Arsenal got a late winner courtesy of a goal from Chris Willock. Willock capitalised after Jack Roles was brought down near the half way line with the referee waving play on Willock surged forward down the left wing before firing the ball into back of the net. Deep in stoppage time Arsenal put the game out of sight after Coyle received the ball on the left side of the box before slotting the ball past Whiteman and into the back of the net. The result was cruel on Spurs as I felt the lads really deserved a draw however, regardless of the result there were plenty of very good individual performances from this talented group of youngsters and many positives to take. Bearing in minds Arsenal’s under 18 side are one of the best in the country and are currently top of the league.

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Japhet Tanganga and Reo Griffiths were our two best players, Tanganga put in a magnificent job at the centre of defence making some key challenges and interceptions, the England youth international came off through injury late in the second half at which point we were level with the gunners. However, shortly afterwards the young lillywhites conceded two late goals, showing Tanganga’s importance to the game. 16 year old striker Reo Griffiths continued his excellent start to life as an under 18’s player with a brace, the highly talented striker was clinical and powerful, as he worked tirelessly up front for the entirety of the game. Another player who impressed was highly rated goalkeeper Alfie Whiteman, Whiteman made a string of fantastic saves in the first half and his commanding presence in the box as well as his vocalness and leadership were extremely impressive. Meanwhile, Jaden Brown had a good game at left back, whilst midfielder George Marsh had a fine game, working tirelessly in the centre of midfield.

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My man of the match: Japhet Tanganga. The centre back who made his first start of the season against Arsenal on Saturday, is one of our best defensive prospects in the academy, Tanganga was superb against Arsenal and his decision making was top draw as were his numerous tackles and interceptions.

Spurs U18s: Whiteman, Hinds, Brown, Marsh (c), Tanganga (Dinzeyi 84), Eyoma, Oakley-Boothe, Skipp (Roles 73), Griffiths, Duncan, Shashoua (Tsaroulla 66). Substitutes (not used): Oteh, Austin (GK).

Spurs under 16’s defeat Norwich 4-3:

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It was a good afternoon for our under 16’s today as they defeated Norwich 4-3 at Hotspur way to continue there good start to the new season. Talented forward Phoenix Patterson who has already featured for the under 18’s this season, scored a brace whilst striker Rodel Richards also netted for the Lillywhites. A further goal came down as an own goal from a canaries player as the under 16’s triumphed with yet another victory.

Thursday’s international report:

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Thursday’s international report:

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Son Heung-Min: Son played the whole of South Koreas World Cup qualifier against China earlier today as South Korea won the game 3-2.

Josh Onomah and Kyle Walker-Peters: Both Josh Onomah and Kyle Walker-Peters came on as substitutes in the second half on England under 20’s behind closed doors friendly against Brazil at St Georges park earlier today.

Pau Lopez: our new signing Pau Lopez was an unused subsistute in Spain under 21’s 6-0 victory over San Marino in a Euro under 21’s qualifier this afternoon.

Jaden Brown and Jon Dinzeyi: Spurs under 18 defender Jaden Brown came on as an 89th minute substitute for England under 18’s this evening in their 2-1 win over Italy in their first game of a mini tournament. First year scholar Jon Dinzeyi was an unused substitute.

Toby Alderweireld, Mousa Dembele and Jan Vertonghen: Our centre backs Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen played the entirety of Belgium’s 2-0 friendly defeat against Spain this evening. Whilst Mousa Dembele came on as a second half substitute.

Moussa Sissoko: Our new club record signing Moussa Sissoko featured in France’s 3-1 victory over Italy this evening in an international friendly, Sissoko came on in the 63rd minute.

Vincent Janssen: Vincent Janssen played the entirety of the Netherlands 2-1 friendly defeat to Greece this evening. However, Janssen smartly set up Georginio Wijnaldum’s goal that put the Dutch ahead.