johnnydawg68
Chairperson, People's Front of Saint Domingo
We're going to be the first team since Celtic to win Europe with a starting 11 comprised entirely of players from within 50 miles. It's on.
3mEverton @Everton
| @1TomDavies captained @England Under-19s to a 3-0 victory over Spain this afternoon. Well played, Davo! #EFC
Mind blowing sums of money that over 2 milllion on one year group over the course of there schooling.
Tom played 80 mins, taken off at 2-0 , guess the match was won. England have now qualified in advance of the third game on Monday, so a chance to use a few players and not play Davies too much ahead of the derby.
Connolly and DCL started for England U20's today.
Lookman, Dowell & Kenny on the bench. Great advert for our academy.
Lookman, Dowell & Kenny on the bench. Great advert for our academy.
England win 1-0, Armstrong scored.
I noticed Scotland U19s played yesterday and Fraser Hornby wasn't in the team. Given that he's also not played in our U18s lately I'm assuming he's injured.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
johnnydawg68
Chairperson, People's Front of Saint Domingo
I'm not overly familiar with how each national age groups picks their players, but shouldn't Davies be considered for the U-21s at this point, considering he a regular in a top 7 side in the Prem? Most of these guys playing for England against Denmark today couldn't hold his jock.
mightymoyes
Player Valuation: £70m
he wasnt involved with the u19s this afternoon, he better not have picked up an injury in their game the other day!
...it's a fair point. The English FA is an old school, pompous outfit who believe time has stood still for 100 years. The game is different these days, the money paid to individuals should surely mean the FA shouldn't be able to dictate who plays where and when.
The rules should dictate that players who are regulars in the top leagues in the world should only be eligible for open age representative football.
johnnydawg68
Chairperson, People's Front of Saint Domingo
So you're saying the FA is saying he can't play up like Everton do with it's youth? That's really odd.
The fact that Tom D isn't in that England u21 squad makes me laugh enormously. And when I looked through the list of absolute scrap who were selected, It made me laugh even harder. This is a kid who would have added to the performance of the senior squad yesterday. Apparently he needed protected at u19 level. Yeah cause he looks real out of his depth in the premier league doesn't he....
..I'm saying that perhaps lads of advanced ability should be fast tracked and only available for open age representative football. It almost seems a backward development step to go from Premiership to U19 football. I'm not saying Davies would get picked for the full international side but after a certain number of top flight games he should only be eligible for top flight representative footy.
Do we not have any players at all in the England u21 setup? Seems strange if not given the young lads that have been involved with our first team
