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He's played in 13 of Udineses 34 Primavera 1 games. Next season though not sure what's there to play as Primavera is an U19s league. Similar with Ed McJannet whose only been involved with Lecces U19s this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Even that's not great. Strange setup really.
Where did you see that? Or do you know how John Ryan's doing at Sassuolo in the same league?
Flashscore App has the Primavera, tables, fixtures, scorers.Quote:
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Originally Posted by pineapple stu
They've John Ryan down as playing in 16 games this season for their U19s and starting 6 games for their U18s though surprised at that as thought he'd be overage for their U18s. The 16 games for their U19s he started 6 and was an unused sub in 16 other games.
Though if John Ryan was able to play U18s and U19s this season then McJannet and Abankwah might be able to play U19s again next season. Helpful for McJannet as he's never been involved with their seniors but hopefully Abankwah pushes on.
Abankwah is similar enough to Ebosele in the sense that he has already played a lot of 1st team football so it doesnt bother me that he on the bench every week in Serie A while training with the 1st team on a daily basis. You'd hope going into next season both will challenge more often for starting spots but I think in general its been a good 1st season there for both
Starts at RB today for Charlton.
Poor start at Charlton, started last two games at wing back, awful fan reviews on their forum and X. Out of squad today. Pity he’s not playing more centrally. Hopefully he can rebound back and get some solid game time. He’s a talent
Looks to be on his way back to Udinese in January. Hasn't made a match day squad in the league after those two games. Only other game he was involved in was the first round of the FA Cup against non league opposition which finished 1-1.
Abankwah not doing well at Charlton has really surprised me. I genuinely thought he was too good for L1 and was disappointed when he went there. Hopefully it was a case of just a bad fit for him and he rebounds with a better loan in 2nd half of the season. I still like him as a player so Im hoping this is no more than a hiccup for him
I thought he'd go well there too. He's only 19 though so has time on his side. Will be under 21 eligible again in the next campaign.
Based on what out of interest?
Half a season with Pat's and an hour with Udinese is hardly stellar stuff?
Based on being a mainstay of the Udinese first team squad last season at 18. Certainly would have hoped he'd have held down a first team place in an average League 1 team.
But they had a dozen players on the bench mostentimes. I think maybe too much was read into that.
His career really is half a season with Pat's and a dozen games with Udinese's under 19s.
I always thought it was strange he was on the bench every week tbh, but it's probably telling he only came off it once.
Yeah with him gone on loan this season they've replaced him with another 19yr old CB from their academy and bought another 19yr old CB from Bayern with both players more or less mainstays this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
TBF he did start against Juventus on the last day of last season
Based on him being an excellent young player. Since he came on in the cup final for Pats he's looked like he could been very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
There's plenty of LoI players who've not immediately made it in L1 though. Especially ones with just half a season's experience.
I think he's still a prospect rather than someone who should be walking into a L1 team
Isn't the last day of the season when Italian clubs typically throw games? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
A 92th minute equaliser keeps them 2pts behind Empoli and Frosinone who drew with each other at the weekend. They place Lecce this weekend before they play both Empoli and Frosinone in the final two games.
Plenty to play for yet.
https://i.imgur.com/91ZDFpO.png
Looks set to return to St Pat's on loan.
That's not a great look tbf.
Looks good to me :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
That telling unfortunately. If they thought he was any good they wouldn't be letting him go there. Didn't make any inroads at Charlton either so the recent signs haven't been great in terms of his progression.
I know squad numbers are just squad numbers, but he’s been given the number 4 shirt at the club ahead of the new season. Hopefully a minor sign that he’s set for some more first team games this season
played 85 mins in a straighforward looking 3-1 win. there are hightlights on youtube but james does not feature.
Played the second half of Udinese's 2-0 loss in the cup against Inter at the San Siro on Thursday, with both goals coming in the first half. He’d a couple of late cameo appearances against Monza and Napoli this month also
Came on at half time again tonight, away to Fiorentina. They were trailing 1-0 at half time and went on to win 2-1
Dropped for today's game against Verona, but seems it was planned
https://www.tuttoudinese.it/notizie/...tecnica-168159
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coach Runjaic has decided to exclude James Abankwah from the match against Verona and the reason seems to be linked to a technical issue
Loaned to Udinese sister club Watford until the end of the season:
https://www.watfordfc.com/news/2025/...s-for-watford/
The almost inevitable Udinese/Watford switcharoo. The last time he was in England he couldn't get a game for Charlton in League 1 so it will be interesting to see how much he has kicked on since then.
Especially given Festy is struggling to get a game at Watford at the moment (just 7 starts since moving in the summer, and none since late November)
And also given that he apparently joins eight existing centre backs at Watford. Though possible that he may play right back in a four.
Worth mentioning he's signed a new 4 and a half year deal with Udinese, which is significant. Cleverly comments on him:
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He is a really good profile for being able to defend in a four. He brings us speed, physicality, and I can see he values the art of defending. It is one where we were completely aligned on - it is not a project. We identified him as a player that is the perfect profile for what we are missing.
“He is one that the Udinese manager actually was quite desperate to keep, but we feel like he can add more value to us, and I am pleased he has come and joined us. He is a real promising addition to the squad,” the Watford manager said.
Great to see the three Irish lads posing for a picture - Vata, Abankwah and Ebosele.Quote:
Originally Posted by OMTY
I would say Vata is definitely Scottish, born in Scotland to a Scottish mother and Albanian father who played for celtic. I know his mother is of irish decent but add him to Houghton, McCarthy, McGeady and a few others that we poached from them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
If they play for Ireland they're Irish (strictly speaking Scottish isn't a nationality anyway - a choice of their own making!)
Ah, here. Once they wear the shirt, they're Irish. Getting into shades of Irishness is a formula for pointless arguments.
Just on that note I saw a tweet yesterday about Abankwah from a Ghanaian soccer site describing him as Ghanaian (I must admit I thought his background was Nigerian). Might be something to keep an eye out for, I don't tend to worry too much about Irish lads declaring for Nigeria as they have such a huge pick already in that country, but the path to a Ghanaian call up these days might be shorter, they're not the force they once were.