Everton Youth Teams Thread

[mightymoyes]

An Everton Under-19s squad will travel to Oberndorf, Germany this Thursday 3 August to face a host of international opponents at the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Cup.

In a condensed format, the young Blues’ first game of competition sees them take on Mainz on Friday evening (5.30pm BST), before playing Roma on Saturday afternoon (12.45pm BST), and then Freiburg (5.15pm BST) on Saturday evening.

Matchdays will be streamed live on the tournament's YouTube channel, which can be found by clicking here.

If the Everton team, led by Under-18s' Head Coach Leighton Baines, can progress past the group stage, they will compete in the semi-finals, and potentially, final on Sunday.

The tournament’s other group is made up of Schalke, Stuttgart, Palmeiras and Midtjylland.

Speaking to evertonfc.com, Baines is looking forward to seeing the young squad perform in a challenging environment, while believing his players will learn a lot from the opportunity.

“I’m excited to see our lads against different teams. You don’t always get to play these kinds of academies, so it’ll be good to see the different styles of play," he told evertonfc.com.

“The majority of lads will have been on tours before, so they’ll know some of what to expect, but each tour is different and will throw up challenges.”

The travelling squad will be a mix of Academy youngsters at different stages of their development, and Baines believes the weekend could provide a valuable experience – particularly for the first-year scholars.



“The new scholars will be going,” said Baines, explaining the make-up of his team. “They’ll join a squad that’s similar to what we’ve had this summer. Along with first and second-year scholars, there’ll be four lads from the Under-21s: Roman (Dixon), Frankie (Okoronkwo), Jenson (Metcalfe), and Isaac (Heath).

“For some of them, as first-year scholars playing against potentially a good level of first-year pros, it’ll be challenging. There will be a lot of learning, for sure.”

The young Blues’ squad for the 2023 Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Cup is listed below:

Matthew Apter
Harrison Armstrong
Callum Bates
Jacob Beaumont-Clark
Jack Butler
Roman Dixon
George Finney
Harvey Foster
Isaac Heath
Douglass Lukjanciks
Daniel Maher
Jenson Metcalfe
Bradley Moonan
Francis Okoronkwo
Jack Patterson
George Pickford
Odin Samuels-Smith
Martin Sherif
Aled Thomas
Joshua Van Schoor

hopefully better all-round than the tournament in India at the end of the season.
also, still no sign of Ebere

 

[stretford blue]

hopefully better all-round than the tournament in India at the end of the season.
also, still no sign of Ebere

Ebere is a strange one nothing to say he is injured or has joined another club

 

[oglop44]

….Okoronkwo is interesting given his recent 1st team appearances.

Feels like he's been around for ages but he's only 18. Crazy.

 

[mightymoyes]

Ebere is a strange one nothing to say he is injured or has joined another club

if hes injured we'll either hear from an unofficial source or the club will provide the info when hes back fit

 

[oglop44]

Has anyone seen anything about Dylan Graham btw? I think him and Astley are the only out of contract players we still haven't announced one way or the other.

 

[EFC_FRANCIS]

Has anyone seen anything about Dylan Graham btw? I think him and Astley are the only out of contract players we still haven't announced one way or the other.

Given he's not on this tour I'd be shocked if he's back

 

[EFC_FRANCIS]

hopefully better all-round than the tournament in India at the end of the season.
also, still no sign of Ebere

I'm pretty sure at this point he's gone but it's such a weird situation for a player on a pro deal.

 

[djp34]

I'm pretty sure at this point he's gone but it's such a weird situation for a player on a pro deal.

Ebere is injured definitely still there.

 

[maccavennie]

I'm pretty sure at this point he's gone but it's such a weird situation for a player on a pro deal.

I asked one of the players mum's last week and she said she would ask her son if he knows anything about him being injured/leaving. I haven't seen her since then though

 

[djp34]

Dylan Graham also still at the club

 

[bluebud]

Under-21s' 2023/24 Fixtures Revealed

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Liverpool away first game then for the 21’s, straight into it

 

[mightymoyes]

Under-21s' 2023/24 Fixtures Revealed

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Liverpool away first game then for the 21’s, straight into it

does that mean it wont be live on LFCTV monday week due to some stupid tv rule?

 

[bluebud]

does that mean it wont be live on LFCTV monday week due to some stupid tv rule?

Looks likely doesn’t it, Man United v Fulham ko’s at 8pm.

 

[blueloon]

An Everton Under-19s squad will travel to Oberndorf, Germany this Thursday 3 August to face a host of international opponents at the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Cup.

In a condensed format, the young Blues’ first game of competition sees them take on Mainz on Friday evening (5.30pm BST), before playing Roma on Saturday afternoon (12.45pm BST), and then Freiburg (5.15pm BST) on Saturday evening.

Matchdays will be streamed live on the tournament's YouTube channel, which can be found by clicking here.

If the Everton team, led by Under-18s' Head Coach Leighton Baines, can progress past the group stage, they will compete in the semi-finals, and potentially, final on Sunday.

The tournament’s other group is made up of Schalke, Stuttgart, Palmeiras and Midtjylland.

Speaking to evertonfc.com, Baines is looking forward to seeing the young squad perform in a challenging environment, while believing his players will learn a lot from the opportunity.

“I’m excited to see our lads against different teams. You don’t always get to play these kinds of academies, so it’ll be good to see the different styles of play," he told evertonfc.com.

“The majority of lads will have been on tours before, so they’ll know some of what to expect, but each tour is different and will throw up challenges.”

The travelling squad will be a mix of Academy youngsters at different stages of their development, and Baines believes the weekend could provide a valuable experience – particularly for the first-year scholars.



“The new scholars will be going,” said Baines, explaining the make-up of his team. “They’ll join a squad that’s similar to what we’ve had this summer. Along with first and second-year scholars, there’ll be four lads from the Under-21s: Roman (Dixon), Frankie (Okoronkwo), Jenson (Metcalfe), and Isaac (Heath).

“For some of them, as first-year scholars playing against potentially a good level of first-year pros, it’ll be challenging. There will be a lot of learning, for sure.”

The young Blues’ squad for the 2023 Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Cup is listed below:

Matthew Apter
Harrison Armstrong
Callum Bates
Jacob Beaumont-Clark
Jack Butler
Roman Dixon
George Finney
Harvey Foster
Isaac Heath
Douglass Lukjanciks
Daniel Maher
Jenson Metcalfe
Bradley Moonan
Francis Okoronkwo
Jack Patterson
George Pickford
Odin Samuels-Smith
Martin Sherif
Aled Thomas
Joshua Van Schoor

A chance to see the now injury free Doug Lukjanciks, as he and George Pickford are the only goalkeepers. He’s still only 15, it will be interesting to see if he claims the u18/19 GK position.

 

[oglop44]

An Everton Under-19s squad will travel to Oberndorf, Germany this Thursday 3 August to face a host of international opponents at the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Cup.

In a condensed format, the young Blues’ first game of competition sees them take on Mainz on Friday evening (5.30pm BST), before playing Roma on Saturday afternoon (12.45pm BST), and then Freiburg (5.15pm BST) on Saturday evening.

Matchdays will be streamed live on the tournament's YouTube channel, which can be found by clicking here.

If the Everton team, led by Under-18s' Head Coach Leighton Baines, can progress past the group stage, they will compete in the semi-finals, and potentially, final on Sunday.

The tournament’s other group is made up of Schalke, Stuttgart, Palmeiras and Midtjylland.

Speaking to evertonfc.com, Baines is looking forward to seeing the young squad perform in a challenging environment, while believing his players will learn a lot from the opportunity.

“I’m excited to see our lads against different teams. You don’t always get to play these kinds of academies, so it’ll be good to see the different styles of play," he told evertonfc.com.

“The majority of lads will have been on tours before, so they’ll know some of what to expect, but each tour is different and will throw up challenges.”

The travelling squad will be a mix of Academy youngsters at different stages of their development, and Baines believes the weekend could provide a valuable experience – particularly for the first-year scholars.



“The new scholars will be going,” said Baines, explaining the make-up of his team. “They’ll join a squad that’s similar to what we’ve had this summer. Along with first and second-year scholars, there’ll be four lads from the Under-21s: Roman (Dixon), Frankie (Okoronkwo), Jenson (Metcalfe), and Isaac (Heath).

“For some of them, as first-year scholars playing against potentially a good level of first-year pros, it’ll be challenging. There will be a lot of learning, for sure.”

The young Blues’ squad for the 2023 Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Cup is listed below:

Matthew Apter
Harrison Armstrong
Callum Bates
Jacob Beaumont-Clark
Jack Butler
Roman Dixon
George Finney
Harvey Foster
Isaac Heath
Douglass Lukjanciks
Daniel Maher
Jenson Metcalfe
Bradley Moonan
Francis Okoronkwo
Jack Patterson
George Pickford
Odin Samuels-Smith
Martin Sherif
Aled Thomas
Joshua Van Schoor

Quick squad breakdown for those interested.
The players missing seem to be Graham (GK), Jensen (GK), Davis (CB), Ebere (FW), Catesby (FW), Morgan (FW). The 3 missing forwards might explain why Okoronkwo has been taken, he can cover all 3 positions.