Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
Everton u23s 2-1 on 60mins
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Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
Southport miss pen on 83mins
Final Score
Everton u23s win 2-1 at Southport
Final Score
Everton u23s win 2-1 at Southport
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Verbal Kint
Player Valuation: £35m
Excellent player, mad Carlos Valderamma hairstyle
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
2 quality goals by whitaker and Mcalister
That looks like Jarrad Branthwaite in our defence, good to see him back from injury, presumably his first game in pre season.
Paul Rideout
Player Valuation: £40m
what division are the Hague Ave massiv in these days? Conference north?
edit - it's called 'National League North' these days, and yes they are.
edit - it's called 'National League North' these days, and yes they are.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
depends on your definition of break through, those 2 have already played premier league and professional football
….I said 18 months ago that Dobbin is one of those footballers ‘who just look right’. Some footballers look fancy but others are uncomplicated but effective, Dobbin is one of those. He was a little disappointing last season but the coaches clearly know what they have and it’s great to see his profile rising.
it’s a massive leap to the first team but he‘s had an amazing pre-season might get a chance because of the lack of quality ahead of him. Fingers crossed.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
Picking of young players to break through is obviously very difficult, as you see them in youth team games but you don't see them training and how they get on. You're right he had a difficult year last year, but he was injured a lot. In a strange way it probably hasn't done him any harm, he certainly seemed to do some growing in that time which would have helped.
You're right that he always looked right. The age group he was in was not a special one by any stretch, but he was very much the standout. I know they wanted to get him into the 23's earlier, and as a 16/17 year old probably struggled to really make that impact. Though this season, he just looks streets ahead of the opponents he is playing at that level. That doesn't mean he is necessarily good enough for the 1st team, but it's a good sign. I didn't get that feeling about Tom Cannon and said as much, and the same with Ellis Simms, who for me just doesn't look a natural at this level (in the way you describe Dobbin as looking "right" Simms just doesn't to me).
Dobbin you'd think is going to be pushing Gordon for his spot. They play in similar areas and Gordon as yet hasn't completely kicked on. I know people often want bespoke plans for players etc, but I always think that sort of stuff normally delays the inevitable. You will get opportunities, but you need to take them. Most of the young players who did well here just fitted in naturally from the 1st minute. Rooney being the obvious one, but Barkley, Rodwell and Michael Ball all looked at home in mens football. I remember watching Franny Jeffers debut at Debut (or one of his early games) and his movement was fantastic.
The big take out from that interview was the part where he says he wants to stay in the managers mind. That's the right attitude for me. Get yourself in his eye line and try and keep yourself there. With the club seemingly reigning in some spending, there are opportunities there for younger players if they really want to take them. I also really like the look of Charlie Whittaker, but do think he needs to grow a bit, but he scored a brilliant goal at the weekend for the 23's, and was a bit (dare I say it) Gerrard esque how he powered with the ball through the middle of the pitch, and slammed in from 25 yards.
….the more games these youngsters play against open-age opposition the better.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
I make that 3 players with Barker. I think both of those lads might be playing a year up on themselves. There's a midfielder called Pickford, and another called Ebere who have had some international recognition I believe. Beaumont Clark I've written about on here before, a tricky right winger we got from Manchester United.