..that's him, Matey. Cheers.
..that's him, Matey. Cheers.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
yeh hes a very good prospect but in that game he completely neglected his defensive duties.
RK is rumoured to be searching for another LB so it'll be interesting where Connolly fits. The lads got a bit of everything , right foot, left foot, scores goals , reasonable defence, it's just whether he's got enough to be a PL player . I thought he did ok in the televised Wigan v Utd cup game , but got battered out of the way by Fellaini when he scored. Poor positioning and not enough strength shown , but then again Fellaini has battered many experienced defenders out of the way to score at the back post.
Pabbers
Player Valuation: £60m
Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
Did you watch it mate. I turned on but there was only injury time left and turkey were pressing for an equaliser. How did Denny do?
Apparently the lad he replaced was out cold for 10 mins so Denny may get a start in the final.
On from 26th minute , lad who was hurt regained consciousness ok and was talking afterwards , so that's great news.
Final is v Spain on Friday.
Not our club but it's a dream model for me. Most certainly not sustainable in England mind.
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...hods-provide-lessons-for-premier-league-clubs
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...hods-provide-lessons-for-premier-league-clubs
I recorded and watched the extended highlights. First touch I saw from Denny he played a nice through ball to Phil Foden who took it on passed to Sancho who scored the 2nd goal . He was mainly playing as a defensive midfielder alongside Chelsea's McEachran , though sometimes he seemed to be in the middle of a three but mainly a two. I haven't seen much of him , Dallas last year a few glimpses for the u18s and England , he played a bit like a bigger version of Ryan Ledson at the same age. He looked comfortable on the ball and strong enough to hold people off when need be ,but nothing spectacular, linked up well with Foden on the right at times. Covered the ground well , looked disciplined in his positioning , grew into the game getting more confident in the second half with a good 10 min spell where he had 3or 4 good touches. As ever with England in these age groups , the attacking players are skilful individuals but not big on tracking back and covering, and I would think the type of player Denny is is always needed in such a team to cover in front of the defence. So nothing spectacular from him but I thought a competent display , fitted in well and hopefully gets a start in the final. It's always nice to see we have a presence at this level and right through the ages to u21 .
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
Unarrested development? England’s Under-20 World Cup boosted by club cooperation
Coach Paul Simpson believes England’s hopes in the Under-20 World Cup, which begins on Saturday, have been improved by changing attitudes at club level
Liverpool’s Sheyi Ojo in training with England Under-20s in South Korea. Photograph: Robert Cianflone - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images
Thursday 18 May 2017 13.50 BST Last modified on Thursday 18 May 2017 13.53 BST
“The game is important for us but I let the young boys leave for the under-20s before the end of the season because to play in a world championship is really good for their development” – Ronald Koeman, speaking before Everton’s final home game against Watford.
The Everton manager made headlines last week by reiterating an ultimatum to Ross Barkley but none for allowing five other English talents to miss the final fortnight of the Premier League season to prepare for the Under-20 World Cup. It reflected a significant change in the relationship between Premier League clubs and the Football Association, however, and similar decisions taken at Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Bournemouth, among others. The constraint that has often cost England youth teams on the international stage – a lack of cooperation from clubs – will not apply to Paul Simpson’s under-20s when they launch their World Cup campaign against Argentina in South Korea on Saturday.
“Our history in the competition shows it has been very, very difficult to put the strongest squad together that the FA would like,” the England Under-20s head coach admits. “But this year it is absolutely brilliant that all the clubs’s management teams believe it is good for their players’ development to be involved. That is superb for us as an organisation. We believe we have travelled to South Korea with a squad strong enough to compete at a World Cup.”
Everton have five players in Simpson’s 21-man squad, three of whom – Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Ademola Lookman and Jonjoe Kenny – featured in Koeman’s matchday 18 at Swansea City before being released to England. The Liverpool pair of Sheyi Ojo and Ovie Ejaria, Spurs’ Josh Onomah, Lewis Cook of Bournemouth and Arsenal’s Ainsley Maitland-Niles have also arrived in South Korea with first-team experience.
Cooperation works both ways, and the FA has agreed to Everton’s request to rest Tom Davies from the Under-19 European Championship following a breakthrough season in the Premier League and accepted Patrick Roberts, Axel Tuanzebe and Izzy Brown could not feature at the World Cup because of commitments with Celtic, Manchester United and Huddersfield Town respectively. England reached the final of the Under-17 European Championship this week courtesy of goals from the highly rated Jadon Sancho of Manchester City and Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi – they face Spain on Friday – and Simpson believes there has been a marked shift in the relationship between clubs and the FA throughout the youth system.
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Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin picked up plenty of Premier League experience this season. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
Asked whether England’s poor record at the Under-20 World Cup stems from clubs refusing to make the best young talent available in the past, Simpson says: “Without a doubt. There has been dialogue between the FA and the clubs all season. Dan Ashworth [FA technical director] has gone into all the clubs to have talks and they have given us great support.
“We have very good footballers in this country and we need to have the strongest squad to give them the opportunity to reach the later stages of this competition. We don’t want to be here for three group games. We want to give them the experience of knockout games, of a penalty shootout if necessary: all of the things that have been the achilles heel for England in tournaments in recent years. If they experience that now in their development phase it has got to stand them in good stead for the future.”
England have prepared meticulously for a World Cup that also features group games against Guinea on Tuesday and the hosts South Korea next Friday. Simpson’s squad spent last week at a training camp on Awaji Island in Japan – where the senior team were based for the 2002 World Cup – and, at a tournament that will see video assistant referees trialled for the first time at underage level, there are few excuses for an early exit.
The former Manchester City, Oxford United and Derby County winger said: “The preparations started last summer when we qualified for the finals [by reaching the last four of the Under-19 European Championship]. We organised a trip to South Korea last year so the players could experience the country in advance. We also staged a mini-tournament in Manchester, had a double-header against Brazil to test ourselves against South American opposition, played Senegal in France to experience African opposition, we played France who are the European champions and Portugal, another of the strongest teams in Europe.
“We have tried to give the players as much variation in terms of opposition and to tick every box – South American football, African football, European football, a host nation and knockout football. Now we are into the real thing. The preparations in Japan were spot on in terms of getting the players acclimatised to the humidity, temperature and the eight-hour time difference. Then we arrived in South Korea to be greeted by all of the World Cup hype and it makes you realise what a big tournament this is.”
England – with one third-placed finish in the competition (in 1993 when it was known as the Fifa World Youth Championship) – face a daunting opener against Argentina. Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Sergio Agüero have played their part in helping Argentina win the tournament a record six times. If it is good enough for them …
“We are all professionals who enjoy winning and we want to win it,” says Simpson. “Our record in the competition has not been particularly good. We want to go a step better, play the style of football that England wants and we want the players to learn to manage games and have emotional control.
“We face big tests starting with the first game. There is a great history between England and Argentina and we want to do better than previous tournaments. When you see the Fifa promotional video with some of the great names who have won the competition it brings home the significance of it. Our challenge has got to be getting English players on that video in years to come.”
Coach Paul Simpson believes England’s hopes in the Under-20 World Cup, which begins on Saturday, have been improved by changing attitudes at club level
Liverpool’s Sheyi Ojo in training with England Under-20s in South Korea. Photograph: Robert Cianflone - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images
Thursday 18 May 2017 13.50 BST Last modified on Thursday 18 May 2017 13.53 BST
“The game is important for us but I let the young boys leave for the under-20s before the end of the season because to play in a world championship is really good for their development” – Ronald Koeman, speaking before Everton’s final home game against Watford.
The Everton manager made headlines last week by reiterating an ultimatum to Ross Barkley but none for allowing five other English talents to miss the final fortnight of the Premier League season to prepare for the Under-20 World Cup. It reflected a significant change in the relationship between Premier League clubs and the Football Association, however, and similar decisions taken at Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Bournemouth, among others. The constraint that has often cost England youth teams on the international stage – a lack of cooperation from clubs – will not apply to Paul Simpson’s under-20s when they launch their World Cup campaign against Argentina in South Korea on Saturday.
“Our history in the competition shows it has been very, very difficult to put the strongest squad together that the FA would like,” the England Under-20s head coach admits. “But this year it is absolutely brilliant that all the clubs’s management teams believe it is good for their players’ development to be involved. That is superb for us as an organisation. We believe we have travelled to South Korea with a squad strong enough to compete at a World Cup.”
Everton have five players in Simpson’s 21-man squad, three of whom – Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Ademola Lookman and Jonjoe Kenny – featured in Koeman’s matchday 18 at Swansea City before being released to England. The Liverpool pair of Sheyi Ojo and Ovie Ejaria, Spurs’ Josh Onomah, Lewis Cook of Bournemouth and Arsenal’s Ainsley Maitland-Niles have also arrived in South Korea with first-team experience.
Cooperation works both ways, and the FA has agreed to Everton’s request to rest Tom Davies from the Under-19 European Championship following a breakthrough season in the Premier League and accepted Patrick Roberts, Axel Tuanzebe and Izzy Brown could not feature at the World Cup because of commitments with Celtic, Manchester United and Huddersfield Town respectively. England reached the final of the Under-17 European Championship this week courtesy of goals from the highly rated Jadon Sancho of Manchester City and Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi – they face Spain on Friday – and Simpson believes there has been a marked shift in the relationship between clubs and the FA throughout the youth system.
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Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin picked up plenty of Premier League experience this season. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
Asked whether England’s poor record at the Under-20 World Cup stems from clubs refusing to make the best young talent available in the past, Simpson says: “Without a doubt. There has been dialogue between the FA and the clubs all season. Dan Ashworth [FA technical director] has gone into all the clubs to have talks and they have given us great support.
“We have very good footballers in this country and we need to have the strongest squad to give them the opportunity to reach the later stages of this competition. We don’t want to be here for three group games. We want to give them the experience of knockout games, of a penalty shootout if necessary: all of the things that have been the achilles heel for England in tournaments in recent years. If they experience that now in their development phase it has got to stand them in good stead for the future.”
England have prepared meticulously for a World Cup that also features group games against Guinea on Tuesday and the hosts South Korea next Friday. Simpson’s squad spent last week at a training camp on Awaji Island in Japan – where the senior team were based for the 2002 World Cup – and, at a tournament that will see video assistant referees trialled for the first time at underage level, there are few excuses for an early exit.
The former Manchester City, Oxford United and Derby County winger said: “The preparations started last summer when we qualified for the finals [by reaching the last four of the Under-19 European Championship]. We organised a trip to South Korea last year so the players could experience the country in advance. We also staged a mini-tournament in Manchester, had a double-header against Brazil to test ourselves against South American opposition, played Senegal in France to experience African opposition, we played France who are the European champions and Portugal, another of the strongest teams in Europe.
“We have tried to give the players as much variation in terms of opposition and to tick every box – South American football, African football, European football, a host nation and knockout football. Now we are into the real thing. The preparations in Japan were spot on in terms of getting the players acclimatised to the humidity, temperature and the eight-hour time difference. Then we arrived in South Korea to be greeted by all of the World Cup hype and it makes you realise what a big tournament this is.”
England – with one third-placed finish in the competition (in 1993 when it was known as the Fifa World Youth Championship) – face a daunting opener against Argentina. Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Sergio Agüero have played their part in helping Argentina win the tournament a record six times. If it is good enough for them …
“We are all professionals who enjoy winning and we want to win it,” says Simpson. “Our record in the competition has not been particularly good. We want to go a step better, play the style of football that England wants and we want the players to learn to manage games and have emotional control.
“We face big tests starting with the first game. There is a great history between England and Argentina and we want to do better than previous tournaments. When you see the Fifa promotional video with some of the great names who have won the competition it brings home the significance of it. Our challenge has got to be getting English players on that video in years to come.”
johnnydawg68
Chairperson, People's Front of Saint Domingo
Get him in the first team now Ronnie.
Everton's academy goal of the season won by UNDER 9s footballer - Twitter calls for him to start against Arsenal
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/evertons-academy-goal-season-won-10447026
Everton's academy goal of the season won by UNDER 9s footballer - Twitter calls for him to start against Arsenal
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/evertons-academy-goal-season-won-10447026
johnnydawg68
Chairperson, People's Front of Saint Domingo
Totally agree. Can't win the league that way, but why not have that be 80% of your model?
Sennott Street
Player Valuation: £2.5m
For those American Evertonians who want to watch our lads in the U20 World Cup, the first group stage match against Argentina will be shown on Fox Sports 1 on Saturday at 3:30 AM.
johnnydawg68
Chairperson, People's Front of Saint Domingo
Awesome thanks for the heads up!
Well if you ask yourself how many scousers are playing in the premiership at the moment you would have some idea
As you say it's a dream but you could have a team with at least 60% local lads.
May not win a lot but would certainly compete. What struck me in that article was the loyalty of the players to the club
Something not seen a lot in England these days.
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