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If we got 1 player every 3 years I would be happy.
That way over a period of 12 years (20-32 ) you would have 4 academy players in your squad of 17/18
However we are well short of that at the moment
every team just buys young players from other clubs now anyway
its its own black market
the ethos is to just nick a player another club has developed
chelsea have been doing it for years
liverpool as well - they nabbed sterling from qpr when he was 15
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
2 dates already confirmed after yesterdays draw
Wide guess based on some other games taking place that day
Everton v Sunderland
Saturday, September 28th
Date confirmed/no time
Saturday 26th october
Fulham v Everton
Date confirmed/no time
Everton v Norwich City
Saturday, November 23
Philw
Player Valuation: £50m
I wouldn't count Gibson as an Academy product either tbh.
I'm sure over the last couple of years there have been tables produced which show the number of minutes played by youth/english players and we are normally fairly near the top. But it's not always a fair comparison. It's always going to be tougher to get in our first team than somewhere like Bournmouth, or Sheffield Utd. Then again, on the flipside you'd like to think we'd produce better talent, so it's difficult to judge.
I think that finding youngsters that will become Premiership players is far more difficult than some people believe.
If you look at all Premiership clubs I think our record is as good as any. We must also remember that Premiership clubs cannot just bring young players into their team and let them learn on the job, the stakes are too high for that. Most players are loaned out to get experience and will come back after they have learned their trade in a less pressurised enviornment.
We have Kenny, Dowell, Bowler and Broadhead on loan who have a chance of coming back to play for us. We have young Gibson who looks a talent and also we have Davies,DCL and Holgate.
We would all love to see another Rooney coming through, but he is nearly thirty four now and I don't think any young player nearly as talented has been found by any English club since.
I think we also need to redefine our ideas about what is an academy graduate.
We see so many players now moving clubs at sixteen , seventeen or eighteen years old who will be ready to step up, if good enough, within a year or two.
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
No the ban was only give out in nov 2018-it was 2 year ban,so think it may go till august next year-The ban will prevent Everton from registering players aged between 10 and 18, who have been registered at another Premier League or EFL club.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
good to see Gordon still training with the firsts this week
....I’m probably stating the obvious, but I think he’s the forward they rate most.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
hope hes on the bench at least on a few occasions this season, davies is the only other one from the academy currently involved with 1st team.
think utd are the only team ahead of us with a academy player in 1st team squad for more matches in a row.
edit
though utds dates back to 1937 and ours is only to 2001 so bit of a difference!! lol
It’s an interesting balance. Like others on here I roll my eyes when people suggest Hornby/Simms or whomever should be chucked into the first team as “ he might be a Rashford and we won’t know until we try”. I think Gordon has still got a bit more developing to do but I also get a gut feeling that we’d see the best of him with better, more experienced players around him . He hasn’t got the strength and power of DCL but he’s got an instinctive footballing brain. I too am hoping he gets bench time this season , but am happy enough if he keeps on training with the first team .
Ignoring the fact that Hornby is a terrible player.
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
Its took 2 weeks for the crewe date to be confirmed but updated it now