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Everton Youth Teams Thread

Eggs said:
….Dyche has certainly been giving youngsters opportunities, let’s hope his successor is similar but at the end of the day they have to be good enough to make the step-up.
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Dixon, when it was the very last available option, then punted back to the u21s and Armstrong for 1 minute isn't anything to write home about.
coaching also matters and Dyche isnt capable of coaching up young players.
 
mightymoyes said:
Dixon, when it was the very last available option, then punted back to the u21s and Armstrong for 1 minute isn't anything to write home about.
coaching also matters and Dyche isnt capable of coaching up young players.
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…agree, i think he wanted them to break through but neither looked ready. Iroegbunam had a run but just lacks something at this point. I got the same impression with Chermiti last season, Dyche wanting him to be the answer but he just didn’t look the part.

Whilst I understand those, I don’t get why Branthwaite wasn’t immediately back, despite plenty on here suggesting Keane should keep his place after Ipswich.
 

Nymzee said:
Who do you drop for him though? Whitaker, JBC and Benjamin all deserve to stay in the side don't they. He'd only get bench minutes which is just a waste of time.
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whitaker has to go on loan in January, he has no future at Everton. even if playing well if we have a potential first team prospect we have to be ruthless and give them the games.
 
Great news about Graham signing his first pro contract. He's got something very special about him, an awareness of what's around him and where the goal is.

I reckon I've watched his diving header against West Ham about 40 times. It's not just the goal, watch the run across his man, then the positioning of his head and how he directs it with such power yet control. He had a picture of what was happening around him as if he had all the time in the world, yet the goal was made in the space of a couple of seconds.

I genuinely think we've got a proper special talent on our hands.
 
maccavennie said:
Great news about Graham signing his first pro contract. He's got something very special about him, an awareness of what's around him and where the goal is.

I reckon I've watched his diving header against West Ham about 40 times. It's not just the goal, watch the run across his man, then the positioning of his head and how he directs it with such power yet control. He had a picture of what was happening around him as if he had all the time in the world, yet the goal was made in the space of a couple of seconds.

I genuinely think we've got a proper special talent on our hands.
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The biggest worry is his physicality. Will he grow? Will he naturally fill out? Will he be able to adjust to it etc.
 
mightymoyes said:
whitaker has to go on loan in January, he has no future at Everton. even if playing well if we have a potential first team prospect we have to be ruthless and give them the games.
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Yep , at least one of those 3 mentioned needs to go on loan and Whitaker is the obvious one , he may just surprise us in the way Cannon did. Graham needs to play at u21 alongside Benjamin soon to see how that works and how he fits in . It may well be that Benjamin gets a loan too if George Morgan moves up to the u21s with Graham , leaving Ray Roberts , Stewart and Loney a pathway to prove themselves at u18. Lots of positive options to consider.
 

Nymzee said:
The biggest worry is his physicality. Will he grow? Will he naturally fill out? Will he be able to adjust to it etc.
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….in a way, I see that as a positive at this stage because in his own age group he’s a stand-out on quality alone. Often it’s the biggest, fastest and strongest who shine but that alone isn’t enough as their peers catch up physically and they convert to open age.

I also think there’s plenty of physically slighter players in the top flight, including Foden and Palmer. In terms of size, in times gone by clubs would often look at a youngsters parents as a guide to what size a youngster might grow, I have no idea about Graham’s family but I’m sure he’ll grow and fill out a bit.

Let’s not forget he wasn’t found wanting playing open-age in NI. He reminds me of a Robbie Keane type although I get the comparisons with Rooney in how he picks up a ball and spins.
 
Eggs said:
….in a way, I see that as a positive at this stage because in his own age group he’s a stand-out on quality alone. Often it’s the biggest, fastest and strongest who shine but that alone isn’t enough as their peers catch up physically and they convert to open age.

I also think there’s plenty of physically slighter players in the top flight, including Foden and Palmer. In terms of size, in times gone by clubs would often look at a youngsters parents as a guide to what size a youngster might grow, I have no idea about Graham’s family but I’m sure he’ll grow and fill out a bit.

Let’s not forget he wasn’t found wanting playing open-age in NI. He reminds me of a Robbie Keane type although I get the comparisons with Rooney in how he picks up a ball and spins.
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Oh yeh, I'm not concerned myself. It's just we've seen with some players they can shoot up and it takes them a year or two to get used to it, or even end up injured a fair bit because of it.
 

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