Seeing Courtney Duffus come on, whatever happened to his brother who is, according to the OS, 20 now but seems to have dropped from view.
Tyrone. He has had terrible luck with injury.
Seeing Courtney Duffus come on, whatever happened to his brother who is, according to the OS, 20 now but seems to have dropped from view.
I thought while Williams worked really hard and gets about the pitch. He wasn't great in possession at times. Hasn't the composure of Walsh or dowell.As ever I was impressed with Beni again tonight, I'm gonna love saying this , at times he looked almost Davies like the way he moved the ball forward with crisp short passes to the right guy. I thought Williams was good too , he's upped his game this season, Robinson needs to be signed up on a new contract quickly, Feeney was sound playing as left centre back , thought he was at fault for not being tighter in the second goal but impressive they have the confidence to move him to the left not the more experienced Besic. Kenny easily man of the match. Enjoyed the game, shame it's not " job done"
Like that kid, looked a bit tired middle of second half but came on again, Kenny was really good tonight as was Robinson thought one or two let the pressure get to them tonight and didn't play as fluent as they can do Sambu,. Dowell one or two others good game enjoyed it....Baningame is definitely not scared of playing big games judged on that performance. His ball possession is usually inconsistent but he was good tonight.
Can see Jonjoe getting a game in the first team before the end of the season, i haven't seen him play but the reports from Unsworth are enough for me to believe how good this kid is.Unsworth on Kenny and Baningime:
“I thought Jonjoe was on another planet tonight,” Unsworth said.
“His energy, he was all-action and he was faultless and has been for the majority of the season.
“Without a shadow of a doubt he is the best right-back at this level – and if there is a better one then I haven't seen him.
“That's one of the best right-back performances I've seen all season and I've been to a lot of games, up and down the country and have watched every league, and that's one of the finest performances I have witnessed in an Everton shirt.”
On Baningime, Unsworth added: “Beni just gets better and better.
“The last game of last season, he made his debut here, so that shows you the giant strides he's made.
“If it wasn't for Jonjoe then he would've been the best player on the pitch.
“He's just of the mould of Makele, of Kante and, honestly, I cannot pay him a big enough compliment to say he is that good I fully expect him to kick on and be that type of player in our first-team.
“He's blossomed throughout the season, he's learnt from Liam Walsh, Joe Williams and Tom Davies who have been outstanding, so we have a real depth of quality in central midfield.
Liam and Joe are top players as well.
“Beni has come on leaps and bounds, he is a lovely boy and I fully expect him to be in our first-team one day.”
You'd imagine (and hope) Kenny, Walsh and Dowell may be involved in the first teams pre-season. Would be lovely to see them get a bit of game time at the back end of this season.
Was just gonna ask you about Charsley lad until I read all you post! Saw him play once before for the Irish U21's n thought exactly what you just said. Hopefully he can kick on nowJust got back from the game, interesting reading how the match came across on TV. For instance, Baningime didn't stand out that much watching it live. Great match.
Kenny was brilliant second half in particular very Coleman-esque buccaneering down the right.
I liked Robinson but final ball was lacking when we needed it. Very composed with the ball.
Walsh and Dowell have class, hopefully they can keep improving. Williams just didn't get going tonight. Feeney has a touch of 'old school' about him.
Unsung hero for me was Charsley, his work-rate, movement and awareness was arguably the best out there.
Loads of scouts there, probably looking a loan deals for next season or free transfers this summer.
Final point, was great to meet Bill Kenwright, who was an absolute gentleman. Posed for a series of pics with kids (and big kids!), chatted about the first half and looking forward to tomorrow. Steve Walsh and Big Joe Royle also there tonight.