Styles of play can be changed very quickly. Imagine if Guardiola or Arteta had been there for 6 months, never mind over a year - would the style of play we are seeing in the youth teams be what it is now? I am certain it wouldn't be. I'm sure in all clubs the style of play is set by the manager and the youth team coaches are told to replicate it.
He didn't tho did he? I'm not dyche's biggest fan right now, but getting very tired his detectors using made up bs/deliberately mis-reporting what he said to take a pop at him.
From Liverpool Echo: Speaking ahead of Everton’s trip to Manchester United - where youth product Ellis Simms made a surprise start under Dyche last season - the Blues boss was asked whether he had seen any youngsters he believed were currently good enough to help a squad that has gone winless in 10 league games.
So you were wrong/lying then?
Absolutely. I suspect very few regulars on this thread would disagree with the context of his statement that he didn’t have any youngsters good enough to put straight into the first team at that time. Taken as a straight forward statement it’s true.
Well not all . From above : “ the Blues boss was asked whether he had seen any youngsters he believed were currently good enough to help a squad that has gone winless in 10 league games.” He gave an honest answer and moved on . I wasn’t stunned by his answer, it was true , I personally think people have overreacted to it . The problem I have is that between Dyche, Thelwell, Tait, Baines and all the rest we seem incapable of identifying and fast tracking at an early age youngsters like Metcalfe and Armstrong , analysing what they need whether it’s physical, mental, skills development etc and implementing a plan for them .
I think he might be injured, he missed the last round of England call ups and he's been injured quite a lot this season. If at this stage he was thinking of leaving, history shows we tend to start playing them more rather than freezing them out
Lukjanciks is 16 so he would likely have been offered a Scholarship by now and been able to sign it . I’m not too clear, but I believe he’ll be on some kind of u16 contract until end of June so couldn’t sign for another club until then with out a transfer fee being agreed. After June he becomes a free agent, but we’d be entitled to a development fee if we’d offered him a Scholarship.
