Truer words were never spoken. But the larger question is, how are we doing with developing the coaches who are going to develop those players. I know there is a big emphasis now on Uefa licenses and badges, but should we not be looking to tried and proven coaches who have a track record of developing talent in other countries?Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Troy Parrott not included in the spurs team for their UEFA Youth League game against PAOK this evening.
No indication he's injured or anything on Twitter
Nice to see a few Irish young fellas on this list.....
https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features...glish-football
Yeah I noticed on their site that Afolabi was missing, but now I see that O'Driscoll and O'Connor were also omitted. I think it is the secondary competition for the U23s, plus the Southampton forward line isn't quite as thin as it was when Obafemi broke through last Autumn, so it probably doesn't mean much... but you never know
They played in the Hampshire cup on Tuesday night against Bournemouth poppies, so possibly just rested: https://southamptonfc.com/news/2019-...fc-bournemouth
O'Connor was captain and scored a free kick and managed to change his name to Tom.
McCauley scored for liverpool 23s today. Hard to see any path at liverpool for him now he is 19. Shamrock rovers for a season could suit both parties
Wow... I hope he doesn't read that post - after the high of scoring on his 19th birthday, it would really bring him right down to learn that he's past it now and there's no way he'll make it at Liverpool and he should give up on making it at a high level in England. Crikey, he's a month younger than Connolly and Afolabi and only a few months older than Obafemi, give him a chance.
A chance to have a season playing competitive football in big games at shamrock rovers in a side full of inventive technical players who will create numerous chances for a front man over the season would be a birthday present to be cherished .
Adam Idah on target for Norwich against Forest in the PL Cup: https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2019...-norwich-city/
Rowan Roache came on as a second-half sub for his current U23 team, Derby and was credited with an assist for their eighth goal in a hammering of Bristol City: https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2019/02/...r-bristol-city
Idah scores again, this time from the spot. Lee O'Connor captained the Man Utd team: https://www.premierleague.com/match/...-utd-v-norwich
Interesting to see Lee named midfield. Is the consensus that he's likely to end up a full back unless he physically develops into a centre half?
Am I the only one who's slightly disappointed to see some of the appearing for their U23 side every week? Only because it means that they won't be appearing in the club's senior side 's next fixture
#metoo. It’s been very disappointing some of these haven’t got a taste of first team action. Perhaps it’s a reflection of the the low esteem this B league is held in by managers. I would much prefer these guys follow Connollys lead and push for loan moves
Patience lads... remember we've had a bunch of youngsters move up to U23 level while still being eligible for U18s, so they're all well on schedule. I think the ability to track them week in week out combined with Obafemi's success has raised our expectations to sky-high levels - I'd say give them to the end of next season at least before getting worried.
As regards today's action, Nathan Tormey (he's still with us, right?) was on the scoresheet for Arsenal U23s against Swansea: https://www.premierleague.com/match/...enal-v-swansea
Barry Cotter scored with a backheel for Ipswich against Burnley: https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2019/mar...-beat-burnley/
Two goals for Yassine En-Neyah for Forest U23s against Bristol City: https://twitter.com/NFFCAcademy/stat...73812582264833
Speaking of youngsters moving up to U23 level, 17-year-old Tyreik Wright seems to be establishing himself in Villa's U23s: https://www.premierleague.com/match/...a-v-sunderland
Finally, a welcome 90 minutes for Jayson Molumby in a Brighton team that also featured Warren O'Hora: https://www.premierleague.com/match/39266/premier-league-2/2018-19/brighton-v-derby
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That's true, but at the moment it looks like Obafemi is going to be the only Irish player under the age of 20 to appear in the Premier League this season, and there's only two more players under 20 that appeared in the Championship - Adam O'Reilly and Luca Connell
Not sure if he is or not, can only find one call up on the FAI's website, that was for an U16 game in 2016 - https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/osam...r-turkey-games - you'd have to imagine if he was still with Ireland, he'd have appeared again since then. On the other hand, there's no mention of him on the FA's website, so maybe?
I had hoped to see Molumby in Brighton's squad at the weekend, but maybe they're managing his comeback from injury.
He's overage for the U19's now, but we might see him in the U21 squad for their game at the end of the month
I think the age at which young players emerge into the first team has gone up across the board. It's common enough to see a 21 or 22 year old with only a handful of games for a Premiership club, interspersed with a few lower league loans. At the same time, the retirement age has also gone up. Go back 15 years and players tended to leave the top flight by the age of 33. Enough have played past this age now to make it unremarkable. So roughly the same length of career, but starting later. I suspect u23 is the new u21 if you know what I mean.
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