Interesting to hear Dowell has grown 2 inches since last season and bulked out a bit; could be the making of him in the end that.
Klinker
Player Valuation: £950k
You may be right. To be honest we have a very full squad now and no more meaningless games. I doubt we bring in anymore from our academy this season and to be honest he brought up 4 (calvert-lewin, holgate, davies and lookman) and that is a large number to begin with. My guess is the next group (Walsh, Dowell, Evans, Foulds, Pennington) will get another run out next preseason and in the early cup and possibly european matches. I think next year we will have a deep enough squad where we can rest a bunch of regulars and still field a team of youths/veterans to get by the first few rounds.
Ideally with the next gen of our academy looking promising and closer to professional football, I would like to see Koeman buy to improve the first 11 and fill out a few of our bench spots with the academy. The younger guys will keep our wage bill manageable (although this is less of a concern) and they shouldn't put up as much of a fuss riding the bench like a vet or former starter.
Rollo Tomassi
Player Valuation: £15m
It was a sudden change of heart from Koeman to start blooding the youngsters but I think the reason he let Cleverley go was that he saw Davies and decided he was a better option.
johnnydawg68
Chairperson, People's Front of Saint Domingo
i will!
i want to win the champions league with a team of local lads just like celtic in 67
Same here! Short of that, I'd love to see us play one game with a Scouse starting 11.
Has there been a top class scouse keeper in the last 30 years? Can't think of one.
Maybe 2-11 Scouse and a foreign keeper
Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
Gethin Jones being loaned to Barnsley.
Happy with this. Don't think Jones is one of our top U23 players but Barnsley is a good standard for him and also they have a good track record with young players as we well know. Be interesting to see how he does.
Happy with this. Don't think Jones is one of our top U23 players but Barnsley is a good standard for him and also they have a good track record with young players as we well know. Be interesting to see how he does.
FA Youth cup tonight away to Preston, looks to be a strong team
Everton @Everton
#EFCU18 team (v @pnefc): Pierce, Morris, Harrington, Denny, Lees, Feeney, Bramall, Kiersey, Lavery, Hornby, Moore.
Baningime on the bench after playing U23s Monday, Evans out on loan are only two missing.
Everton @Everton
#EFCU18 team (v @pnefc): Pierce, Morris, Harrington, Denny, Lees, Feeney, Bramall, Kiersey, Lavery, Hornby, Moore.
Baningime on the bench after playing U23s Monday, Evans out on loan are only two missing.
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
HALF TIME PRESTON 0 EVERTON 0
LAVERY INJURED AND SUBBED AFTER 35MINS,
PRESTON HIT POST ON 45MINS
LAVERY INJURED AND SUBBED AFTER 35MINS,
PRESTON HIT POST ON 45MINS
....well, my view is that a good run in this competition is a reflection that at least one good player is in the team. If we win it, we could have goodun. I'd prefer Baningime to play tonight than Monday. He could be very good. I like the look of Fraser Hornby as well. Fingers crossed.
Just like to point out the fact that Steve Walsh seems to read my posts and act on them
Bailey and Isak both heavily linked with us now.
Jags..class
Player Valuation: £70m
How is feeny coming on?
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
Still 0-0 for Everton in the youth cup,sounds like we are battering them,9 mins left
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
Preston end 0-0 with Everton in the youth cup at 90mins,its going to extra time
Winners play AFC Wimbledon in next round on 4th feb
crowd is 623 tonight at prestons Deepdale
Winners play AFC Wimbledon in next round on 4th feb
crowd is 623 tonight at prestons Deepdale
High hopes for him, best u 18 defender we've got, looks like a proper defender for us and England u18s. Hope they feed him whatever they've given to Dowell that helped him grow 2 ins and bulk up.
Well we could field a 2 -11 team of current, I.e this season, England internationals in 16-21 age range, which is not bad:Has there been a top class scouse keeper in the last 30 years? Can't think of one.
Maybe 2-11 Scouse and a foreign keeper
Kenny, Galloway, Holgate, Connolly; Davies, Alex Denny; Lookman , Dowell, Evans; Calvert-Lewin. Spot the missing current non-England player who we all rate.
