Everton Youth Teams Thread

LinekersLegs · April 23, 2017

summerisle said:

Would be great if they had a good crowd as they deserve it after the season they have had.

maccavennie · April 23, 2017

LinekersLegs said:
Would be great if they had a good crowd as they deserve it after the season they have had.

I reckon they will get an excellent crowd LL, maybe even 10-13k. The last game they did this against the Saints the whole Park End and Upper Bullens were full.

messymascot · April 23, 2017

Nymzee said:
3 at the back didn't work out so well vs Chelsea last time...

I thought that when I was typing it but in that particular game we then changed to 4 at the back and they thumped us some more. The game will be different this time as they will be under pressure. Also we will have a better midfield it won't be Cleverley Barry!!

Dario Terracotta · April 23, 2017

maccavennie said:
I reckon they will get an excellent crowd LL, maybe even 10-13k. The last game they did this against the Saints the whole Park End and Upper Bullens were full.

And a massive banner,we don't "slip"when a PL trophy is at stake

lol

maccavennie · April 23, 2017

Dario Terracotta said:
And a massive banner,we don't "slip"when a PL trophy is at stakelol

lol

Timak · April 23, 2017

catcherintherye said:
Have you heard much about the two lads we lost at what I thought was under 12's to City? (May be under 13's though, hope not!)

It looks like City may get an 18 months ban, which if true should help us keep our teams together a bit better!

No, but I'm not surprised.

Basically any boy taken on by City gets £100k worth of guaranteed education. Around a 1 in 5000 chance of a player being taken on by a youth academy reaching the top flight so joining them is a non-brainer. Plus they can always refuse pro-terms and come back to Everton at 17 for free

catcherintherye · April 23, 2017

Timak said:
No, but I'm not surprised.

Basically any boy taken on by City gets £100k worth of guaranteed education. Around a 1 in 5000 chance of a player being taken on by a youth academy reaching the top flight so joining them is a non-brainer. Plus they can always refuse pro-terms and come back to Everton at 17 for free

Well I certainly hope we see some coming back at 17! I think City are due to get a 2 year ban anyway.

when i score we riot · April 24, 2017

Alright, so tonight City U23 are playing the RS, if City don't win then Everton clinch the title!

boris · April 24, 2017

Timak said:
Good news that the U13 team won the Premier League International Cup.
Arguably the most prestigious youth tournament around at that age. Don't know the details yet but Real/Barca/City/Chelsea usually all participate.

Edit - Our group was Benfica, Arsenal and WBA.
Sporting Lisbon also took part.

That is hugely impressive and something that should be viewed as just as big an achievement as the u23's winning there league.

Timak said:
Right not much info out. We beat Benfica in the group stage.
Seems to be made up of U12 tournament winners from year before. Arsenal, Sunderland, Wolves, WBA and us from England.
Calling it now, current U13 team is the next golden generation as they seem to have won all the tournaments open to them (Futsal, PL tournament and International Cup) on the PL website.
Last group to do that are current generation coming through.

I agree, the next good team we have coming through although a long way still to go for many of them.

catcherintherye said:
Have you heard much about the two lads we lost at what I thought was under 12's to City? (May be under 13's though, hope not!)

It looks like City may get an 18 months ban, which if true should help us keep our teams together a bit better!

The rules are changing to make it almost impossible to take an unreleased player from another cat 1 club. Once you sign at 9, you're there as long as they want you so it should stop this happening.

Timak said:
No, but I'm not surprised.

Basically any boy taken on by City gets £100k worth of guaranteed education. Around a 1 in 5000 chance of a player being taken on by a youth academy reaching the top flight so joining them is a non-brainer. Plus they can always refuse pro-terms and come back to Everton at 17 for free

Sadly you don't get them back for free even if they refuse a new contract now.

catcherintherye · April 24, 2017

boris said:
That is hugely impressive and something that should be viewed as just as big an achievement as the u23's winning there league.

I agree, the next good team we have coming through although a long way still to go for many of them.

The rules are changing to make it almost impossible to take an unreleased player from another cat 1 club. Once you sign at 9, you're there as long as they want you so it should stop this happening.

Sadly you don't get them back for free even if they refuse a new contract now.

Thanks mate. That can't come soon enough for clubs like ourselves, United and Liverpool who have been blessing talent to City for a bit of time.

Tin-Tin · April 24, 2017

catcherintherye said:
Have you heard much about the two lads we lost at what I thought was under 12's to City? (May be under 13's though, hope not!)

It looks like City may get an 18 months ban, which if true should help us keep our teams together a bit better!

It was 2 of the 'best' under 12's. The guy who posted it on the City forum said City were very aggressive in their pursuit of academy players - maybe thats why they are on tge verge of a ban.

boris · April 24, 2017

Tin-Tin said:
It was 2 of the 'best' under 12's. The guy who posted it on the City forum said City were very aggressive in their pursuit of academy players - maybe thats why they are on tge verge of a ban.

To be fair TinTin, they are all aggressive and do try to poach from each other.

It's just that City have the resources to get what they want more often than not so the other clubs can't do it with as much success as City can.

All clubs will be doing this though, it's just who gets caught.

Pabbers · April 24, 2017

A lad from my lads league Bolton & Bury U12's just been signed by us, or about too. He is an absolute beast, looks about 16!!!

Nobby Nobbs · April 24, 2017

Timak said:
Basically any boy taken on by City gets £100k worth of guaranteed education. Around a 1 in 5000 chance of a player being taken on by a youth academy reaching the top flight so joining them is a non-brainer. Plus they can always refuse pro-terms and come back to Everton at 17 for free

This is correct and its hard for a parent not to take this into account when making a decision, but I know of 2 boys who have Left Everton and the reason for both was not the schooling but the coaching standards now admittedly the age groups were 8 & 12 and as you go up the age groups the coaching might improve greatly I don't know, but it shows not all parents do it for the sole of education.

mightymoyes · April 24, 2017

Nobby Nobbs said:
This is correct and its hard for a parent not to take this into account when making a decision, but I know of 2 boys who have Left Everton and the reason for both was not the schooling but the coaching standards now admittedly the age groups were 8 & 12 and as you go up the age groups the coaching might improve greatly I don't know, but it shows not all parents do it for the sole of education.

the coaching cant be too bad if they just won that prestigious tournament at u13.