Seems the U21s may be playing Sporting Braga at Haig Avenue tonight in a resumption of the Premier League International Cup, after a pause of 2 years due to covid.
Kick-off in 12 mins... Any intel?
That list of yoofs being offered contracts means that there's a few others (thus far unnamed) that appear to have not been despite being out of contract... Looks like they've been released, at least according to Transmarkt: Hughes, Hagan, Kristensen, Garcia. Mind you, they include Gibson in...
Any thoughts or insights into what happened with our new superstar this season just gone — Francis Okoronkow?
The kid had a real purple patch, scoring 6 in 7 games when he finally started playing at the end of November... then faded by the end of January and ultimately disappeared in early...
Just in the interests of Truth and Reconciliation, Niasse played only 6 games in PL2 out of 22 that season, so less than 30%.
He did score 8 out of 48 goals, so less than 20%.
But it's a great stick to beat Unsworth with.
Given the U18s line-up today, the only regular I can come up with who was not listed for the U23s last night is Kyle John. I think he'd played in every game for the U23s this season up until last Friday, when he was missing vs The Foxes.
Of course, that could mean he's out injured!
I remember reading that on here. Is it a stupid mistake by the Official Site listing him as GK?
Odd thing is, none of the other subs listed are keepers AFAIK.
A touch of the creative spelling class there, methinks. Here's the teamsheet from the Official Website, with what are hopefully the correct spellings:
Everton U18s: Nash, Mallon, Jones, Tierney, Samuels-Smith, Jagne, Coughlan, Djankpata, Barker, Heath, Okoronkwo.
Subs: Pickford, Wright, Dixon...
After an Echo puff-piece back in May that ended prophetically: "The Blues knew that the whole of last year had to be about Kristensen getting up to speed with his new surroundings and team-mates - but now they see a player improving all of the time." – But there's been scant mention of him all...
Ring master, this PLC game was in Southport back on 1 December... I can't find any details beyond the starting teamsheet. Do you have a source who would know about any subs and yellow cards?