Everton Youth Teams Thread

[Tony’s Carp]

good puff piece, a lot of it seems at odds with having a boring, dinosaur, conservative first team manager.

Sadly our DoFs of the people charged with creating a vision for the long term have never been given a say in the first team manager.

Based on that story I imagine Thelwell and his people would probably be very happy to go in a different direction. It’ll be interesting to see if the Friedkins listen to the internal thoughts on it or just do their own thing as Moshiri frequently has.

 

[Eggs]

One game, then out ?

….ha, ha, Dixon has had a few games, Armstrong looked a long way from ready. Ultimately they have to be good enough and there are better options. Iroegbunam started the season, he introduced Garner who established himself.

The very good ones will come through, I have no doubt about that.

 

[Joey66]

….ha, ha, Dixon has had a few games, Armstrong looked a long way from ready. Ultimately they have to be good enough and there are better options. Iroegbunam started the season, he introduced Garner who established himself.

Dixon as had one full game away at Spurs, played well = dropped ....

 

[Raino85]

Sad really. Football is going to end up being played by rugby players. Must be so many late developers who fall by the way side.

James Rodriguez said a couple of years ago that the number 10 is dying out.
Id agree that at the very top level that has happened. Football is now won in the labs, instead of on the coaching pitches.

You get a bunch of 6ft 6inch reptiles and feed the mall the right foods, give the mall the athletic training you can and teach them to pass a ball 10 yards semi adequaetly and you have yourself a Premier League footballer.

Its why so many kids coming through now are an ex PL players son. They have the funds and the means to follow that routine, get a leg up at an academy and they are in.

The street footballer is dead

 

[Eggs]

James Rodriguez said a couple of years ago that the number 10 is dying out.
Id agree that at the very top level that has happened. Football is now won in the labs, instead of on the coaching pitches.

You get a bunch of 6ft 6inch reptiles and feed the mall the right foods, give the mall the athletic training you can and teach them to pass a ball 10 yards semi adequaetly and you have yourself a Premier League footballer.

Its why so many kids coming through now are an ex PL players son. They have the funds and the means to follow that routine, get a leg up at an academy and they are in.

The street footballer is dead

…..the street footballer is dead because kids don’t play football in the street anymore. Computer games et al, it’s a different world now. I’d think that’s why so many Africans and S Americans are here, it’s probably where kids still play footy lots.

Not sure there’s any more sons of footballers playing at the top level than there used to be, but the game is certainly faster than it used to be, although I don’t think it’s as physically combative than it used to be. Plenty of small players still making an impact.

 

[Macblue80]

The player height thing also comes from the FA I completed a FA course and this was talked about which the coach went into some detail that the FA started to try be like Spain this coach wasn't in favour of the tallest player signed up.

 

[Macblue80]

They have some kind of test where they can say roughly how big the kids will grow.

My son started as a keeper but was advised to stop as I'm 5'7 and he wouldn't be picked up surprinsly he's taller than me now as is his brother who plays midfield and apparently the right build for that position

 

[Billy Dean]

 

[Neiler]

Remember the name.................!

 

[Eggs]

Remember the name.................!

….he does look a bit special

 

[Neiler]

….he does look a bit special

Bursting through the age group is telling talentwise, be interesting to see how he physically develops.

 

[blueboy72]

If he was at Liverpool or Utd he’d be in the 21’s already

 

[maccavennie]

What a finish that was.

It also tells me he knows its late in the game and he's taking on the responsibility himself to try and grab them a winner.

 

[blueloon]

If he was at Liverpool or Utd he’d be in the 21’s already

Well he did leave home at 16 to go to another country so I would guess we’ve given him a setting in period, he’ll be a regular in the u21s soon and for me he’s still on to make our bench before the end of the season. Like Armstrong he needs a “ Handle me with care” label on him and he’s still ahead of where Gordon was as a first year scholar and improving all the time.

 

[Zatara]

Fearless and lethal.

Well he did leave home at 16 to go to another country so I would guess we’ve given him a setting in period, he’ll be a regular in the u21s soon and for me he’s still on to make our bench before the end of the season. Like Armstrong he needs a “ Handle me with care” label on him and he’s still ahead of where Gordon was as a first year scholar and improving all the time.

If you were going to predict which of Dixon, Armstrong, Clarke & Graham would be able to step up (in time) to the first 11 who would you expect it to be?