mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
Whatever happened with Smalls? Isn't he out of contract now?
no hes on a scholarship so can basically leave if he wants.
turns 17 in august and can sign a pro deal then
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Whatever happened with Smalls? Isn't he out of contract now?
…London Boys tended to be a representative team not involved in the National trophy. They did play annually against Liverpool Boys at Goodison or Anfield (I played against Ray Wilkins and a few other future professionals at Anfield), but I’m not aware that fixture is played any more.
Was London not split into 4 regions?
…boroughs, I think. The regions might be the next level up (county level) but I might have that wrong.
Tense times for the academy atm. Since the club propaganda loves to tell us how all the youth teams copy the first team tactics they must be anxious to know which manager we are going to get as none of them play anything alike
Certainly re: City it comes down to money mainly I think. They through huge amounts at their youth setup.I was thinking moer on the 16/17 scale, and especially all over europe!
Were are the young irish kids that teams like Norwich seem to bring through every couple of years? Do we have people looking over there?
We did get burned with the 'buying 3 or 4 18 year olds' a couple of years ago with Bowler, Adineran, Foulds & Gibson! So i wonder if that is on our radar....looking at those lads, though that just looked like lazy scouting!
I go through Man Citys under 23s (i know it is Man City so far far easier to get these lads in) but they have signed Edozie from Milwall u18s, Delap from Derby u18s, Rogers from West Brom u18s, Bazunu from Shamrock Rovers, Gbadebo from Leicester u18s, Esbrand from West Ham u18s, Gomes fro m PSG youth, Lavia from Anderlecht, ....i can go on and on! Thats not inclusing the 2 Brazilian lads they have just signed.
As i said, as a kid, City coming in would be hard to turn down, as some kids also tend to treat them as how the U.S kids treat college football, its a great place to learn and get coached, and at the end you have a good selection of teams to go to at the end!
City obviously have the City group, which again, is an atractive proposition for kids, they already have a network of clubs willing to take these lads on loan to furthar there progression!
But surely a couple of very talented kids from all over the country world would think of us as an attractive proposition.
Last summer we saw a very talented Wigan youth team get pretty much tore apart by clubs like Leeds, Brighton & Spurs! Were we looking at these lads? Did we think they wern't better than what we had? Did we not have the budget to bring them in?
I saw a post earlier which sparked my thoughts on this, it was the one were Brighton said there target was 30% of first team minutes come from the academy.
What's our MO? Do we even have one? Or is it all just separate teams and a bit of a club for everyone to hang around?
Arsenal | Aston Villa | Brighton & Hove Albion | Chelsea |
Crystal Palace | Everton | Leeds United | Leicester City |
Liverpool | Manchester City | Manchester United | Newcastle United |
Southampton | Tottenham Hotspur | West Ham United | Wolves |
The Papa John’s Trophy Round One draw will take place live on Sky Sports at 4:30pm on Thursday 24 June.
The 16 Invited U21 teams will be placed into their respective Northern and Southern section Groups, with the 48 EFL Clubs placed into pre-determined Groups prior to the draw. Consideration has been given to ensure travel time is minimised and recovery time is maximised for players.
In addition, if there is a situation where two teams meet in the Group Stages for a second successive season, then the Club who was at home in 2020/21 will play away in 2021/22. All EFL Clubs will play two of their three matches at home in the Group Stages.
The confirmed Invited U21 teams are as follows:
Arsenal Aston Villa Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolves
Yeah we took the year off due to fixture congestion. Given Unsworths support for B teams we were always going to rejoin if possible I thinkwe didnt enter this last year, right?
They used to alternate it I think, one year played in Liverpool then one in London, I watched Liverpool Boys play London at QPR in 1984, London had Kevin Campbell and Gary Charles in their side.…London Boys tended to be a representative team not involved in the National trophy. They did play annually against Liverpool Boys at Goodison or Anfield (I played against Ray Wilkins and a few other future professionals at Anfield), but I’m not aware that fixture is played any more.
They used to alternate it I think, one year played in Liverpool then one in London, I watched Liverpool Boys play London at QPR in 1984, London had Kevin Campbell and Gary Charles in their side.
The Papa John’s Trophy Round One draw will take place live on Sky Sports at 4:30pm on Thursday 24 June.
The 16 Invited U21 teams will be placed into their respective Northern and Southern section Groups, with the 48 EFL Clubs placed into pre-determined Groups prior to the draw. Consideration has been given to ensure travel time is minimised and recovery time is maximised for players.
In addition, if there is a situation where two teams meet in the Group Stages for a second successive season, then the Club who was at home in 2020/21 will play away in 2021/22. All EFL Clubs will play two of their three matches at home in the Group Stages.
The confirmed Invited U21 teams are as follows:
Arsenal Aston Villa Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolves
Group A |
Carlisle United |
Hartlepool United |
Morecambe |
Group B |
Oldham Athletic |
Tranmere Rovers |
Salford City |
Group C |
Wigan Athletic |
Crewe Alexandra |
Shrewsbury Town |
Group D |
Port Vale |
Rochdale |
Bolton Wanderers |
Group E |
Rotherham United |
Doncaster Rovers |
Scunthorpe United |
Group F |
Bradford City |
Lincoln City |
Sunderland |
Group G |
Accrington Stanley |
Barrow |
Fleetwood Town |
Group H |
Sheffield Wednesday |
Harrogate Town |
Mansfield Town |
Groups for the Northern section are sorted and Everton after been classed as one of the Invited U21 teams will end in one of the below groups in Tomorrow's Draw
Everton U21,
Leeds United U21,
Leicester City U21,
Liverpool U21,
Manchester City U21,
Manchester United U21,
Newcastle United U21,
Wolves U21
Group A Carlisle United Hartlepool United Morecambe
Group B Oldham Athletic Tranmere Rovers Salford City
Group C Wigan Athletic Crewe Alexandra Shrewsbury Town
Group D Port Vale Rochdale Bolton Wanderers
Group E Rotherham United Doncaster Rovers Scunthorpe United
Group F Bradford City Lincoln City Sunderland
Group G Accrington Stanley Barrow Fleetwood Town
Group H Sheffield Wednesday Harrogate Town Mansfield Town