….hopefully a big season from Billy Tamen, I like what I’ve seen of him.
Marcus Kendall
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Is he officially a Billy now then and no longer a William?
….no idea, Marcus, I’ve seen him referred to as both.
EFC_FRANCIS
Player Valuation: £35m
Going to stick my head above the parapet and say I don't think the squad depth is that much of an issue at all. It's probably the healthiest it's looked in years.
You don't think we currently have too many players for the small number of games we play each season?
EFC_FRANCIS
Player Valuation: £35m
Depends if you're including those returning from loans in your count. The likes of Okoronkwo, Welch Armstrong and Metcalfe are never likely to play a 21s game again. Currently it's too many but that's obviously not going to be the case once they all leave.
These squads always look massive and yet we had 18s games with 2 subs named last season. We always have injuries with younger players and we're playing more games this season.
The only real issue I can see is that currently we have 1 too many highly rated keepers who will probably not find a loan. I'd be shocked if any of Pickford, Doug or Seve get a loan and so we have 3 keepers vying to start for 2 squads.
Yeh I was showing the current U21 squad, and U18's (minus scholars) and it's enormous. We'll see come end of the window but I still think the 21's will be too big. I think in re: keepers youth football it's a lot safer to keep swapping keepers around so you could maybe see Seve as U18's and Doug/Pickford do half the U21's?
Probably start Barnsley now won't they.
….Justin Clarke an interesting one, not least because the club invested monies in acquiring him. I’d be thinking he’ll be with U21 group this season, maybe with the option of using him as a central striker at times.
Also, be interesting if anybody forces themselves into Moyes thinking in pre-season given Dobbin did it two seasons ago and Dixon last summer.
Also, be interesting if anybody forces themselves into Moyes thinking in pre-season given Dobbin did it two seasons ago and Dixon last summer.
Dixon? You meaning Armstrong? I know Dixon started a match but for me that was really down to injuries, he never showed enough really in pre season or afterwards to force himself into contention for me .
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EFC_FRANCIS
Player Valuation: £35m
I just think a lot of the senior 21s have injury issues like Ebere, Benjamin, Boakye, Tamen all missed serious time last year off the top of my head. By the time the 18s may be ready to step up there will be gaps opened up for them.
Doug still has a year of 18s eligibility so it's possible he floats between the 2 squads to rotate. It's not like he looked like Neuer at 18s level but the club still probably want to push him on ASAP so would fill in for Pickford every now and then assuming all are healthy.
I'm really hoping they just use Barnsley as the senior 3rd choice keeper which keeps him out of the youth rotation.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
That Everton academy account has had to do more work in the last couple of weeks than they've done since it was started.
Let's hope they still remember it exists when the season starts
Let's hope they still remember it exists when the season starts
….no, I meant Dixon. I mean from pre-season. He seemed to impress enough in pre-season for him to be given an opportunity, he was brought into the fold before reverting back. Two years ago I thought Stan Mills might be the one in pre-season but Dyche was clearly more impressed with Dobbin.
Maybe somebody outwith Harrison could impress Moyes this time.
Marcus Kendall
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Possibly Jenson Metcalfe as he's impressed in training up in Scotland
EFC_FRANCIS
Player Valuation: £35m
Not sure how much, if any weight we can put into it, but Nsangou is currently wearing 88 on his IG story. Previously Okoronkwo's number but would indicate he's being thought of as a full time member of the 18s squad given U16s get numbers 100+
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