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Everton Youth Teams Thread

blueloon said:
I remember about 18 months ago Galloway coming back from an unsuccessful loan and being allowed to play for our U23s alongside Holgate in a streamed game and , in that game, he looked the better centre back. Maybe not the physicality for PL but you’d think he’d be able to make a career somewhere and work his way up.
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When he first got dropped he played for the under 23 v Liverpool he didn't look interested it was steamed live , believe his attitude that day was the beginning on the end for him, I thought he had the making of a decent player on the times he played in the first team shame the way it's gone.
 
Eggs said:
..it’s odd with Galloway, he looked decent for us but the Manager clearly didn’t fancy him as Back-up for Baines and sent him on loan. He’s struggled for game time since at a couple of clubs under a couple of different coaches so you have to think there might be flaws in his game and perhaps in his approach.

Browning too appeared very inconsistent at Sunderland in particular, although he has struggled with injury throughout his career. He’s not a youngster now.

Both Silva and Brands have spoken of the squad being too big so I can’t see either of these being given new contracts given their records over recent seasons, although @Barnfred 55 feels Browning still has the rest of the season to impress and get a new deal.
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Only in the event that he goes on loan to a decent championship side in January, and does really well showing that he is a level above. The chances of him doing this are, admittedly, very slim.

But in fairness to the player, his career to date has been extremely hampered by injuries. As a youth, he was the standout player in his age group playing for the U21s from age 17 and winning numerous England International caps across the different ages. His spells with both Preston and Sunderland were both hindered by his injuries. I disagree with you completely regarding his spell at Preston. His only played a handful of games before being ruled out for the rest of the season, and I recall the manager and fans were very impressed with his performances. In fact Simon Grayson, manager of Preston at the time, was happy to take him on loan again at Sunderland the following summer.

This spell now is the first time in probably 6 years that he has put a number of games together, and I don't think I've ever seen a player look so out of place at that level. That, of course, is no guarantee that he could do it at championship level or above. But surely, if there is just the slightest chance that we have a very good defender on our books, surely it makes sense to test that by sending him out on loan in January and closely following his performances. It costs us nothing.
 
Barnfred 55 said:
Only in the event that he goes on loan to a decent championship side in January, and does really well showing that he is a level above. The chances of him doing this are, admittedly, very slim.

But in fairness to the player, his career to date has been extremely hampered by injuries. As a youth, he was the standout player in his age group playing for the U21s from age 17 and winning numerous England International caps across the different ages. His spells with both Preston and Sunderland were both hindered by his injuries. I disagree with you completely regarding his spell at Preston. His only played a handful of games before being ruled out for the rest of the season, and I recall the manager and fans were very impressed with his performances. In fact Simon Grayson, manager of Preston at the time, was happy to take him on loan again at Sunderland the following summer.

This spell now is the first time in probably 6 years that he has put a number of games together, and I don't think I've ever seen a player look so out of place at that level. That, of course, is no guarantee that he could do it at championship level or above. But surely, if there is just the slightest chance that we have a very good defender on our books, surely it makes sense to test that by sending him out on loan in January and closely following his performances. It costs us nothing.
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I think he may do another Duffy but I still don’t think that’s enough to keep him considering what we have now back there.
 
I thought that Browning had been offered another contract but was more interested in letting his contract run out at the end of this season so he will become a free agent: thus he can sign for another club and get a decent signing on fee as
well a good contract off another club.
 

Nymzee said:
Another 4 in the England U21 squad for tonight’s game.
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CRIMHEAD said:
He was the best player on the team that won the U21 World Cup, it wasn't THAT long ago...is this just because he's not getting a game at LFC? How many of those guys are playing at their big clubs?
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No , he won some subjective award for scoring lots of goals, but for many he wasn’t the best player in that team , Lookman was far more exciting , and I thought DCL looked better, all about opinions I guess.
 
blueloon said:
No , he won some subjective award for scoring lots of goals, but for many he wasn’t the best player in that team , Lookman was far more exciting , and I thought DCL looked better, all about opinions I guess.
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Spot on. Lookman was definitely England’s best player. Solanke was just leaving one media darling team to sign for another. So was headline news.

I listened to 5 live one night, just after the last 2 un21 games. The studio guests/journalists were talking about which players could make the step up. Not one of the Everton players mentioned, even though they had all just played well.

It was the usual suspects, Solanke, Abraham, fodden Some kid from Arsenal. Winks.
 

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