Ellis Simms

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I remember (former academy director) Ray Hall saying we had to lower our expectation of what constitutes making it. As far as he was concerned if they played for Everton they had made it.

Ross Barkley has 27 games for England and he's just approaching his peak years. If the penny drops for him he will be comfortably double that. He will win loads of different medals. Even though he did us wrong, the fee we received for him will pay for the academy for at least a season, if not several. He plays for one of the best teams in Europe. It's an odd world that people view him as a failure.

The 18 months he missed with a double leg break affected him too. He was ready to break through as he did at 18 at 16. He missed a lot of development there. For me he was head and shoulders above Lampard and Gerrard at 16. He was better at 16 than both of those were at 18. However he didn't kick on as much as he should (barring Martinez's first season where he improved significantly). There's a common theme in there with our youth players
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That being said, it's an odd view of a failure. He already has more England caps than Harvey, Kendall, Reid & Bracewell combined.
They don’t really think he’s a failure mate. They’re just a bit angry and disappointed that he left
 

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She's fitter now than she was 15 years ago.

Same as Claire (went from hot to huge to fit as) and Faye (was amazing, still is) from Steps, and Tina (about 500% improvement) and Rachel (fine wine) from S Club 7, not that I listen to any of that music, like. As if, ffs.
 

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