7 of that list have/are playing PL football.
That's a pretty good number in my eyes from one year's U23 squad myself.
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7 of that list have/are playing PL football.
That's a pretty good number in my eyes from one year's U23 squad myself.
Haven't we signed some youngsters this season anyway? Like Dylan Graham.
funny cos we released one who then later became our club captain for six years
everton that
….not many young professionals are released and come back to the top flight. Not sure who you are referring to, I understand the likes of Baines and Jagielka may have played as schoolboys but that would be very difficult to evaluate.
My point was “ an age older than 16” , which also applies to Francis Okoronkwo if we ever announce his signing from Sunderland. There may well be other 16 year olds we’ve signed from other clubs that I don’t know about .
Markelo on his way out to PSV, wonder if we got anything for him or buy back clause., I was wondering where he’s been , presumed it was an injury.We’re slowly moving these players on and unblocking the U23s for younger players.
Everton Under-23 player Nathangelo Markelo has completed a permanent transfer to PSV Eindhoven and will link up with the Dutch club’s Under-23 team, managed by Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Everton Under-23 player Nathangelo Markelo has completed a permanent transfer to PSV Eindhoven and will link up with the Dutch club’s Under-23 team, managed by Ruud van Nistelrooy.
With Markelo gone we now have no one in the U23's that is over the age of 20. From players used in pre-season and so far this season the average age is 17.8:
Added Matty Mallon (17) and changed one of the ages (Campbell) but still 17.8.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
he was converted to right back a few years ago and did look promising at one point but seems to have stagnated the last year or so. he needs at least a loan and considering right back is our main problem area and he cant get a sniff probably a perm move elsewhere is due.
Should have been sold this Summer.
Mills, Mallon and Quintayne are the options across the two age groups.
This is long overdue but very positive
Lloydystark
Player Valuation: £35m
Interesting looking at the first post with with the team sheet 8 years ago, lundstram being the stand out
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
pretty much everyone has had a decent career from the game which is good going, premier league games all the way down the pyramid to league 2, never heard of any of the wolves players i dont think.
I understand your sentiments re Kyle John , but we couldn’t really sell him as he was out of contract, then given a two year deal . It’s easy to say three of the 20 year olds , Anderson, Iverson and John won’t play for our first team so get rid, but we still need a functioning u23 team . It’s a difficult balance to get , at what age do you let youngsters go given that optimistically you only get 2or3 players likely to make it in any one year.? At what age are they deemed to be blocking younger players who themselves may not make it?
I think we’re getting there in terms of moving the older ones on early. You can see the structures being put in place even at this early stage of the season : u18s have 1st year Scholars and Schoolboys as their main core, supplemented by a a few older 2nd year Scholars; U23s have 2nd year Scholars as their core , together with younger players at times but supplemented by a few older players. I like that as a model , it requires us to get the u15/16s coming through early , maybe buy in youngsters at 16 and 18 to fill gaps . By the time they reach 20 we’ll have a reasonable idea if they’ll make it . Then it’s whether we give them a reasonable chance at first team football, as few players are so outstanding they can walk into a PL team at 19/20 .