Everton Youth Teams Thread

[Marcus Kendall]

It appears to me that we’ve broadened our scouting network in recent years away from local scouts to more national/ international coverage and are now fishing in a more diverse pond. Whether that’s a result of fewer local scouts , fewer talented “ local” players or both I don’t know.

The end result is an external influx of potentially decent players in both age groups. At u21 - Gomez , Nigeria; Boakye Ghana; Benjamin Arsenal,; Tamen last season from Burton. And an even bigger external influx at U18s with Akarakiri, Clarke, Graham, Loney , Freedman, Matos, Poland. And we’ve still brought or are bringing longer term players through the ranks like Armstrong, Foster, Thomas, Olayiwola , Robert, Moses etc and four u21s in the Palace squad.

We know they won’t all make it, but I find it refreshing and exciting seeing these newcomers coming in along side local players.

Gomez is Gambian which is a popular surname over there (the other lots Joe Gomez is also of Gambian descent)

 

[blueloon]

Gomez is Gambian which is a popular surname over there (the other lots Joe Gomez is also of Gambian descent)

Yes of course , thanks I was getting confused from where we got him from

 

[mightymoyes]

We sold several youth players last year alone. Cannon, Simms and Nkounkou netted about 15 million and made a huge impact on our PSR.

bit pedantic but he wasn't a youth product

 

[Makis]

He was bought to the youth team, though, wasn't he?

 

[mightymoyes]

He was bought to the youth team, though, wasn't he?

no, he was 20 years old when we signed him.

 

[mightymoyes]

 

[RomanReigns]

where was my invitation

 

[Raino85]

It appears to me that we’ve broadened our scouting network in recent years away from local scouts to more national/ international coverage and are now fishing in a more diverse pond. Whether that’s a result of fewer local scouts , fewer talented “ local” players or both I don’t know.

The end result is an external influx of potentially decent players in both age groups. At u21 - Gomez , Nigeria; Boakye Ghana; Benjamin Arsenal,; Tamen last season from Burton. And an even bigger external influx at U18s with Akarakiri, Clarke, Graham, Loney , Freedman, Matos, Poland. And we’ve still brought or are bringing longer term players through the ranks like Armstrong, Foster, Thomas, Olayiwola , Robert, Moses etc and four u21s in the Palace squad.

We know they won’t all make it, but I find it refreshing and exciting seeing these newcomers coming in along side local players.

Only 2 of those players at a maximum will play for the first team.

Just because they make a subs bench in ijury crisis doesent mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things

Ryan Astley, Kyle John, Makenzie Hunt, Reece Welsh, Tyler Onyango, Joe Anderson, Lewis Warrington, Jenson Metcalfe

 

[mightymoyes]

Only 2 of those players at a maximum will play for the first team.

Just because they make a subs bench in ijury crisis doesent mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things

Ryan Astley, Kyle John, Makenzie Hunt, Reece Welsh, Tyler Onyango, Joe Anderson, Lewis Warrington, Jenson Metcalfe

one already has so thats extremely pessimistic!

 

[ganistuk]

Who all have all been granted access to KTs "G" edition of FM Genie Scout

It is good news but the problem with this form of recruitment now is how limited it is to bring in younger overseas players since Brexit - although doesn't seem to have impacted Chelsea that much!!

 

[chazzle_dazzle]

Who all have all been granted access to KTs "G" edition of FM Genie Scout

It is good news but the problem with this form of recruitment now is how limited it is to bring in younger overseas players since Brexit - although doesn't seem to have impacted Chelsea that much!!

Thing is though as a club we dont seem to have taken as much advantage of the ESC slots like other clubs, plenty of team unearthing massive talent from South America for decent fees and putting them on ESC.

We need to start taking advantage of this a little more imo.

 

[ganistuk]

Thing is though as a club we dont seem to have taken as much advantage of the ESC slots like other clubs, plenty of team unearthing massive talent from South America for decent fees and putting them on ESC.

We need to start taking advantage of this a little more imo.

Agreed. I don't know where you can see who has been allocated ESCs. Are Boakye and Gomez on them in the U21s - because I can't imagine they met the criteria for work permits based on international appearances and suchlike.

 

[Toffeebraeden]

All scouting departments will have shrunk but this is specifically referring to local scouts where data isn't availible and scouting remotely isn't feasible

Totally fair. I think that’s changing quickly though.
I live in a small/mid size city in Canada where footie is NOT a thing at all, and even our local amateur youth club have started using drones etc. I doubt the data is readily available, but I would expect a premier league powerhouse to have considerably more pull and resources to get their hands on it if they wanted to.
Just seemed like such a ridiculous and sensationalized headline when even the most basic technological advancements have made having that many staff on the books redundant.

 

[Eggs]

….doing the DoFs job for him.

Poor Zat will really have to get on his computer games now.

 

[Makis]

Eh, should DoF do the job of all the scouts as well?