Everton Youth Teams Thread

[Toffeebraeden]

Like honestly, how do you sort all this out? Loads need punting.

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To me, this is the preferred 11 next year.

Back ups:
Morgan
Boakye
Bates
Finney
Moonan
Foster
Clarke and Akarakiri float up and down from the U18s (they weren’t world beaters at the U18s and probably are depth options at the u21 level)

Loan or sold
Cambell
Welch
Dixon
Heath
Metcalfe
Onyango
Okoronkwo
Sherif


Starting U18 looks like this:

Stewart and probably Gardner slot in for Clarke and Akarakiri respectively if they move up.

 

[Toffeebraeden]

Team for the Plymouth game:


[td]Goalkeeper[/td][td]Douglass Lukyancik's[/td] [td]Defenders[/td][td]Aled Thomas , Luca Davis , Joshua van Schoor[/td] [td]Midfielders[/td][td]Malik Olayiwola , Harvey Foster , Luis Gardner[/td] [td]Forwards[/td][td]Justin Clarke , Braiden Graham , Ceiran Loney , George Morgan[/td]

Not having Armstrong available definitely made a difference in the back half of the cup run

 

[Nymzee]

To me, this is the preferred 11 next year.
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Back ups:
Morgan
Boakye
Bates
Finney
Moonan
Foster
Clarke and Akarakiri float up and down from the U18s (they weren’t world beaters at the U18s and probably are depth options at the u21 level)

Loan or sold
Cambell
Welch
Dixon
Heath
Metcalfe
Onyango
Okoronkwo
Sherif


Starting U18 looks like this:
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Stewart and probably Gardner slot in for Clarke and Akarakiri respectively if they move up.

Yeh possibly but still a bit too experience heavy for me. Plus Finney should definitely play ahead of OSS who is bang average.

 

[Nymzee]

Not having Armstrong available definitely made a difference in the back half of the cup run

I mean it was only a 3 game cup run absolutely bummed Forest and Wolves, then out to an early penalty, just didn't happen for us.

 

[Toffeebraeden]

Yeh possibly but still a bit too experience heavy for me. Plus Finney should definitely play ahead of OSS who is bang average.

Won’t argue about OSS there, just get the feeling he will get picked over Finney for at least the first few months.

I don’t know about experience though. There is no one on that squad who has more than a year of U21 under their belt. I know we want to be pushing the youth ahead as fast as possible but there needs to be a little bit of balance.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

Yeh possibly but still a bit too experience heavy for me. Plus Finney should definitely play ahead of OSS who is bang average.

What's happened to his highly rated twin brother? Has he disappeared in Cheatsea's limitless squad?

 

[Nymzee]

Won’t argue about OSS there, just get the feeling he will get picked over Finney for at least the first few months.

I don’t know about experience though. There is no one on that squad who has more than a year of U21 under their belt. I know we want to be pushing the youth ahead as fast as possible but there needs to be a little bit of balance.

Well, maybe experience not the right word, more just thinking surely Benjamin, and probs JBC, would want a taste of men's football by now.

 

[Nymzee]

What's happened to his highly rated twin brother? Has he disappeared in Cheatsea's limitless squad?

Think I read earlier he's getting sold to Strasbourg for more money shenanigans at Chelsea.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

Think I read earlier he's getting sold to Strasbourg for more money shenanigans at Chelsea.

What a waste, human trafficking in football disguise

 

[blueloon]

Think I read earlier he's getting sold to Strasbourg for more money shenanigans at Chelsea.

Last I read, a while back, ISS had been given a ( normal for Chelsea) 6 year deal and they were bigging him up. I didn’t see him anywhere near their first team squad.

 

[Toffeebraeden]

Was being reported he was going to Strasbourg for 8Mil the other day… hope we had a sell-on clause in there.

 

[blueloon]

To me, this is the preferred 11 next year.
View attachment 316513

Back ups:
Morgan
Boakye
Bates
Finney
Moonan
Foster
Clarke and Akarakiri float up and down from the U18s (they weren’t world beaters at the U18s and probably are depth options at the u21 level)

Loan or sold
Cambell
Welch
Dixon
Heath
Metcalfe
Onyango
Okoronkwo
Sherif


Starting U18 looks like this:
View attachment 316515

Stewart and probably Gardner slot in for Clarke and Akarakiri respectively if they move up.

I would be looking at fast tracking Olayiwola into the u21s by Christmas, he’ll need a bit of time to adapt to full time training , although he’s looked pretty fit and not lacking in endurance last season. To attract and keep star youngsters we need to be showing we will develop them down a clear pathway with early opportunities.

At u18 so many players like Clarke, Robert, Matos and Akarakiri are showing potential. The one I like who hasn’t had much of a mention is Luis Gardner, he’s got the right physicality and can play multiple positions, we just need to make sure his versatility doesn’t count against him.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

To me, this is the preferred 11 next year.
View attachment 316513

Back ups:
Morgan
Boakye
Bates
Finney
Moonan
Foster
Clarke and Akarakiri float up and down from the U18s (they weren’t world beaters at the U18s and probably are depth options at the u21 level)

Loan or sold
Cambell
Welch
Dixon
Heath
Metcalfe
Onyango
Okoronkwo
Sherif


Starting U18 looks like this:
View attachment 316515

Stewart and probably Gardner slot in for Clarke and Akarakiri respectively if they move up.

Nsangou will surely be making the U18 side this year.

 

[Toffeebraeden]

Agree with all of that. I should have clarified and said that’s “opening day” as opposed to the long term starting 11s.

It will also be interesting to see who of the scholar class can step up, which may push some of the U21/U18 fringe players up earlier in the year

 

[formerly manx toffee]

Like honestly, how do you sort all this out? Loads need punting.

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You are we expecting to get bench time in the First XI this season ?

Anyone from the 18s going to jump the 21s ?