Reserves / Academy Players Released...

[formerly manx toffee]

Here is an excerpt from Plymouth website where Peter Reid has just been installed as manager (of the team not the website)....wonder if this is the beginning of a small clear-out of the reserves / academy players ?

Reporting on the training ground this week have been a handful of trialists, two of whom Argyle have already named. Both players are from the United States, and left Premiership side Everton at the end of last season.

Anton Peterlin is a 23-year- old midfielder who hails from San Francisco, California. He played for semi-professional clubs in his home city and also thrived in US college soccer, before being recommended to Everton.

Peterlin signed a one-year contract with the Merseyside club a year ago, and went on to make 11 appearances for the Toffees' reserve team last season. His mother is from Denmark and he holds dual US- Danish citizenship, which means that he has no need of a UK work permit to play professional football in England.

Cody Arnoux, 22, is a striker from New York state. He played college and semi-professional soccer in North Carolina before joining Everton last summer, also on a one-year deal. He played seven times for the Toffees' second XI last term.

Arnoux has an Italian passport and he shares an agent – California-based Graham Smith – with Peterlin.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Welcome mate.

Good find.

I would suspect so.

 

[Goat]

FFS Moyes, why didnt you play them? Now they been snapped up by Real Plymouth.

 

[Goat]

Nice to see Reidy back in work tho, well done Peter lerd.

 

[bluebloodinmyveins]

Goodbye whatshisname and whathisface.

 

[Phil Neville Superstar]

Always expected it to happen. There too old too be called promising youngsters so they had to move on.

 

[spikeman]

Goodbye whatshisname and whathisface.

I didn't know who they were either before they had signed last year.

 

[quasi modo]

Never expected to see them again after this summer anyway.

 

[wolf277]

Abe Donza has signed one year deal joining lads in the academy, Hallam Hope and Ross Barkley ( the later is that well thought of the OS put his profile on twice)

 

[irishblue7]

seems as if, well if reports are true gosling has walked out on us

 

[bluebastardo]

As a fan, I'd have liked these lads to have been given a debut and seen how they coped, even if they were never going to make it. It would have made other young lads want to take a risk with us.

 

[TX Bill]

No surprise really. Never heard much about them after they signed last year.

 

[chriswho]

As a fan, I'd have liked these lads to have been given a debut and seen how they coped, even if they were never going to make it. It would have made other young lads want to take a risk with us.

This.
As an american I loved the idea of seeing another seemingly good prospect go blue. Since we will lose the wage battles over promising youngsters, we need to have something to offer them. Playing time seems to be the best idea to me... (not complaining about the 2 yanks, I guess they couldn't cut it, just don't want to see this be a trend).