Tottenham U21 coach Wayne Burnett believes his talented young stars are at the best place to develop following their 4-0 drubbing of League 1 side Gillingham.
Spurs' youngsters recorded their first ever win in the Checkatrade Trophy thanks to goals from Jack Roles, Paris Maghoma, Jaden Brown and a late penalty from Dylan Duncan.
The U21s showcased the influence of first team coach Mauricio Pochettino at the Valley, as they outclassed their Football League opponents with their one and two-touch play.
And Burnett believes that his young stars are lucky to have the Argentine at the helm in North London.
He said: 'We have a brilliant manager at this football club who gives players an opportunity. You can be a wonderful football player but if you're not given the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.
'So we're fortunate we have a manager that's willing to give players and young players an opportunity.
'We've got a very very young team so I can't say whether they're good enough, I can't answer that, all I can say is that they can continue to grow and develop and they're at a fantastic football club to enable that to happen.
'Where the future lies who knows, but they'll continue to get the very best opportunity and they've got a wonderful platform to try and make that happen.' Spurs controlled the ball for long spells in the first half in South London without creating many gilt-edge chances.
Elliot List went close for the home side when he flicked over a Bradley Garmston cross, while Roles missed a glorious chance for Spurs on 20 minutes, curling a shot wide from ten yards.
But he made amends soon after, tucking home a rebound after good work from Maghoma, before returning the favour for the wideman by teeing him for Spurs's second shortly after the restart.
Despite a second-half rally from the home side, who were playing at the Valley while pitch work is completed at Priestfield, Gillingham were unable to get a foot-hold in the game.
Wing-back Brown sealed the result with tap-in after substitute J'Neil Bennett was denied one-on-one with Tom Hadler, before Dylan Duncan converted a penalty he won after being fouled in stoppage time.
Burnett was pleased with the win but keen to temper expectations.
He said: 'It means a lot to us. I'm really pleased for the players for the hard work they've put in. They were rewarded tonight.
'Sometimes you can get carried away. We scored four goals but the pleasing for me was that we kept a clean sheet.'
Only 308 fans turned up to watch the game, 60 of which were in the Tottenham end.
The Checkatrade trophy has been beset by criticism, notably at the inclusion of academy sides, leading many fans to boycott it altogether.
But Burnett believes the competition is important for his young players.
He added: 'For us the competition is invaluable. The teams we come up against are different, the task's different, the challenge is different.
'You're playing against players who have got league experience it's slightly more competitive.
'The pleasing thing is that we stayed competitive. We knew it would be and we spoke about how we didn't want to be outworked or out-fought and neither of those things happened today.'
Gillingham meanwhile have lost any momentum gained from their 2-0 win at League 1 leaders Portsmouth over the weekend.
The Gills are 19th in League 1 and have had a stuttering start to the new season. In the Checkatrade trophy, they have now lost both their games 4-0.
First team coach Ian Cox was understandably disappointed at the result but believes his side came up against extremely talented opposition.
'We're disappointed really with the result. I think the boys acquitted themselves as well as they possibly could against a team who I thought we very very talented.
'You are seeing the future of Tottenham and I thought they set a precedent early on, they got the ball moving, you could see they were comfortable with the ball from back to the front and they took their chances.
'I think it wasn't through lack of effort we just came up against a very talented young team.'
He added: 'We're not gonna get this standard of football in League 1, and that's something we said to the boys inside. But equally it's a learning curve for us. We came up against individuals who got the ball down, moved it quickly, one and two touches. There were lessons for us all to be learned by how they played their football.'