This is one of my favourite threads btw. A sanctuary from the madness of the summer transfer thread and rucking in the DCL and Beto threads. Just sensible discussion and nobody really taking extreme positions.
Love it
Forsyth I took to be a trial more than a youth player being promoted (and I think he’s Australian?), so wasn’t banking on him being present for the long run.
Yeah I was leaning towards Davidson as well just based on the fact he seemed to be the preference as the starter (even over Eze). That’s assuming he old enough however, that tournament squad had a handful of u15 players in the mix as well.
Basically they’ve given professional contracts to all Scholars coming to the end of their 2 year Scholar contracts who didn’t already have a contract. So no missings at this level. A lot of times in recent years we’ve guaranteed a pro contract to...
Luca Davis is really the only one I am surprised to see get a contract, I’m guessing that’s more to make up the numbers at the u21 level.
Finney and Van Schoor I could take or leave, but assuming Dixon and Heath are getting loans for this...
Yep , I honestly thought Campbell hadn’t shown enough to warrant another contract. Owen Barker was in the photos at the end of the final game , although fully clothed. I wondered if someone thought a bit more highly of him but obviously not.
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City pay Romano for these tweets as part of the package of the deal to sell to youth players. Danny is saying differently but I'd be shocked if this isn't a done deal.
A nice selection for him , although The Gambia are quite poor as a national team . I’ve still not seen enough to rate him , but in fairness he went from looking completely lost when he first came on as a sub to sharpening up his game a lot and...