Kyle Walker

[Bill]

Serious?

We had a kid on our books. We let him go. He finished higher than us in his new club.
Pretty simple really. It was a mistake.

 

[geoff clipp]

Trippier

It's great for Trippier that he's doing well at a top side but looking at the bigger picture, you can hardly accuse us of dropping a bollock on this one. He found his feet by getting to play 150 games at Burnley. During that time period we had the stand out right back in the league in Zabaleta and another academy product in Micah Richards (who looked the better prospect at that time). We just couldn't have given him that kind of game time back then. It was unfortunate timing and it was right for him that he moved on. Not only that, but let's not overstate the player he's become. He's an able back up at Spurs and he'd be nothing more than an able back up here. Walker is the better of the two and if he hadn't fallen out with Pochettino he wouldn't have been left out of the side at the end of last season.

 

[mosssideblue]

We had a kid on our books. We let him go. He finished higher than us in his new club.
Pretty simple really. It was a mistake.

Your logic now makes me realise I need to cut you some slack when tearing into Bravo as you do.

 

[FantasyIreland]

It's great for Trippier that he's doing well at a top side but looking at the bigger picture, you can hardly accuse us of dropping a bollock on this one. He found his feet by getting to play 150 games at Burnley. During that time period we had the stand out right back in the league in Zabaleta and another academy product in Micah Richards (who looked the better prospect at that time). We just couldn't have given him that kind of game time back then. It was unfortunate timing and it was right for him that he moved on. Not only that, but let's not overstate the player he's become. He's an able back up at Spurs and he'd be nothing more than an able back up here. Walker is the better of the two and if he hadn't fallen out with Pochettino he wouldn't have been left out of the side at the end of last season.

As has been said many times already on here,thats it in a nutshell.

Trippier is a very capable replacement but,in Walker,we are pinching Tottenhams best right back.

 

[Easy]

It's great for Trippier that he's doing well at a top side but looking at the bigger picture, you can hardly accuse us of dropping a bollock on this one. He found his feet by getting to play 150 games at Burnley. During that time period we had the stand out right back in the league in Zabaleta and another academy product in Micah Richards (who looked the better prospect at that time). We just couldn't have given him that kind of game time back then. It was unfortunate timing and it was right for him that he moved on. Not only that, but let's not overstate the player he's become. He's an able back up at Spurs and he'd be nothing more than an able back up here. Walker is the better of the two and if he hadn't fallen out with Pochettino he wouldn't have been left out of the side at the end of last season.

Exactly.

It also looks like Spurs will bring in another RB for a lot of money, suggesting that Trippier will move back to second choice.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

As has been said many times already on here,thats it in a nutshell.

Trippier is a very capable replacement but,in Walker,we are pinching Tottenhams best right back.

Without wanting to sound too pedantic. I doubt the word "pinch" is going to be appropriate by time Levy has finished with us.

 

[johnmc]

We had a kid on our books. We let him go. He finished higher than us in his new club.
Pretty simple really. It was a mistake.

Trippier played 12 times. 6 times the year before. 18 games in 2 years. Carry on.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Trippier isn't good enough for City, but he doesn't have to be.

He isn't really good enough for Spurs, just as most of Utd's kids aren't good enough for them & most of Barca's, including Bojan, who Pep played 100 times, aren't good enough for them.

They still give these kids 100s & 1000s of games, which helps the clubs get through season after season & every now & then, because they play them, a kid appears who takes to it & stays as a full squad member..

We have ignored most of our kids year in year out, so we end up with situations like having to buy 4 fullbacks in one window or make do with Kolarov.

 

[Bill]

Your logic now makes me realise I need to cut you some slack when tearing into Bravo as you do.

I've been soft on Bravo.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Trippier isn't good enough for City, but he doesn't have to be.

He isn't really good enough for Spurs, just as most of Utd's kids aren't good enough for them & most of Barca's, including Bojan, who Pep played 100 times, aren't good enough for them.

They still give these kids 100s & 1000s of games, which helps the clubs get through season after season & every now & then, because they play them, a kid appears who takes to it & stays as a full squad member..

We have ignored most of our kids year in year out, so we end up with situations like having to buy 4 fullbacks in one window or make do with Kolarov.

Agreed. Where other clubs give youngsters who may or may not be good enough an opportunity, we choose to play those that have already proven that they aren't good enough. e.g. Fernando at right back against WBA. Hardly surprising though given some on here celebrate it as tactical genius, rather than a damning indictment of our failure as a club to give youth a chance.