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Everton Youth Teams Thread

Nymzee said:
And a lot of his finishes have been really good not just barging past people.
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Loved the way Simms barged the Sunderland kid off the ball in midfield, then laid the ball off for Gordon to score the third goal. Hard to call it an assist as Gordon did the hard bit , but the mentality of using your strength is there, ok it won’t be so easy against older, bigger players but heh, he’s going to get stronger too , so it bodes well.
 
Nymzee said:
And a lot of his finishes have been really good not just barging past people.
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Indeed I remember Hallam Hope who was very good when we won the milk cup around a decade ago and he seemed to just be stronger than everyone else but as you say a lot of the goals Simms scores are top corner unsavable shots
 
blueloon said:
I think the move to U23s age has had an impact in that we keep them til they’re a bit older , maybe meaning less opportunity to promote u18 earlier , don’t really know .
I think everybody wants to see Simms playing at U23s . Personally I can’t fault his development playing in the u18s . I remember when he first showed up at that Cee something preseason tournament about 18 months ago , looked big , strong, clumsy , scored 2 or 3 goals and missed about 4 in a match. Same last season, scored some , tripped over his feet and missed some more, like a cross between a young Lukaku and Oumar . This season he’s tucked them away brilliantly, can’t fault his strike rate even assuming he’s missed a few. That hasn’t happened by accident, he’s been coached well at u18 and worked hard on his deficiencies , the confidence is flowing through him you could see that on Saturday.

I can’t see us keeping him back after Christmas due to a club policy. Sometimes players have been good , scored a few goals at u18 , but the coaches never judged them good enough to step up e.g. Delial Brewster , Simms is different .
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Kane was like that...looked an utter donkey for england youth but after a couple of seasons hit the top with spurs.

DCL also cant hit a barn door for the first team but something about him especially for england u21s

I wonder how simms will be in the u23s...would be incredible if he kept progressing as weve not had a centre forward come up through the ranks in ages.
 

We have seen very recently how Hornby was bagging loads of goals at u18 level but has struggled to get anywhere close at u23. Hopefully simms can show him how it's done soon enough
 


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