Everton Youth Teams Thread

[mightymoyes]

....it’s important folk don’t get carried away with the U23 success. I watched a fair few of the games this season and Tyias Browning was a stand-out. That’s a benchmark to remember. Unsworth has a settled team who are well drilled, organised and difficult to beat.

We continue to fail at FA Youth Cup level which I think is always a reflection of having a true star player (we got the final in Rooney’s year). One or two of the U23 team might end up having a chance, but it’s a massive step up to Premier level.

I wouldn’t be overly concerned if Silva wasn’t there, he might have been elsewhere on club business and will know these lads very well.

Those days are long gone Eggs, I'd say the last big name to be a youth cup winner for any team is Jack Wilshire and that was 10 yrs ago

 

[Eggs]

Those days are long gone Eggs, I'd say the last big name to be a youth cup winner for any team is Jack Wilshire and that was 10 yrs ago

....fair point, but i still think it’s a good sign for us. The likes of Chelsea have dominated in recent years and their youth strategy is totally different.

 

[KaiserEFC]

Played well last night but there’s a big difference between PL2 and the real PL

 

[TheBigIguana]

So...

Virginia, Astley, Gibson, Feeney and Adeniran all good enough as backups in the 1st team next season?

Virginia maybe. Adeniran definitely not. The rest depends on what we do with Zouma Holgate and Jags.

This isn't directed just at Zat: is this Gordon kid the real deal? I like what I've but I think some of you will know more.

 

[Nymzee]

DCL, according to the forum, isn’t good enough for a first team back-up.

DCL would - and did - absolutely smash PL2.

Ergo, no one from last night is ready for the first team squad bar the keeper.

 

[Stephenlloyd]

Did DCL smash it up though? Your memory might be better than mine, but I don’t remember him being a regular at the level and I don’t remember him scoring that many when he played.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

DCL, according to the forum, isn’t good enough for a first team back-up.

DCL would - and did - absolutely smash PL2.

Ergo, no one from last night is ready for the first team squad bar the keeper.

Eh?

How many games?
How many goals?

 

[Nymzee]

Eh?

How many games?
How many goals?

8 games, 4 goals, 2 assists.

Not Simms levels of scoring but if you watched him it was like a man vs boys.

 

[mightymoyes]

8 games, 4 goals, 2 assists.

Not Simms levels of scoring but if you watched him it was like a man vs boys.

he still has the same problem he had in PL2, missing easy chances

 

[Nymzee]

he still has the same problem he had in PL2, missing easy chances

True but wasn’t the initial point I was making.

 

[mightymoyes]

True but wasn’t the initial point I was making.

Hornby is showing a similar level of promise that dcl did in u23s, looks strong and can dominate centrebacks but again he has the same problem of not scoring regularly.

 

[DrEFC]

So...

Virginia, Astley, Gibson, Feeney and Adeniran all good enough as backups in the 1st team next season?

Probably not, but I think sometimes you have to give them a taste, and see if it sparks a step up. I don't recall people raving about Rashford before they had no choice but to bring him on.

 

[mightymoyes]

Probably not, but I think sometimes you have to give them a taste, and see if it sparks a step up. I don't recall people raving about Rashford before they had no choice but to bring him on.

I think that fella longstaff at Newcastle is a good case in point with young players, not highly rated coming up, average lone spells, manager clearly didn't rate him but eventually forced to give him a chance due to injuries and suspensions but he seized the opportunity and now talk of an England call up.

 

[Tipp blue]

1 more win gets us to 40 points, if I were Silva I'd bring in a few of the young lads especially strikers Simms, Broadhead and Sambou just for a look at what we have when it dosent really matter in the league, you'd never know our striker problem could be solved without costing tens of millions.

 

[Eggs]

Hornby is showing a similar level of promise that dcl did in u23s, looks strong and can dominate centrebacks but again he has the same problem of not scoring regularly.

...as I recall, I don’t think Hornby was a striker when he was first purchased but he’s been converted to that role.