U23 players 2019/20

[Olé Olé]

I thought idah had a good chance that he dragged wide few mins after coming on. Obafemi had some lovely hold up play and touches certainly looks ready to play alot more for us at senior level. Will Simon power be eligible for Norwich or has he played for too many teams this season?

Would be more worried the last side he lined out for was King's Lynn than I'd be worried about the number of sides.

[CraftyToePoke]

Lee Frecklington & Liam Kelly were loaned to similar level clubs early on in their careers though. Its not great, but might not be the end of him either.

[Olé Olé]

Not saying it's the end of his career at all, at all. I'm saying it is difficult to imagine him getting PL game time if that is where he last lined out.

[ColourfulPeanut]

Lee Frecklington & Liam Kelly were loaned to similar level clubs early on in their careers though. Its not great, but might not be the end of him either.

The lad is 22 and was playing in the 6th tier this year.I would say any aspirations of an international level career are over.

[elatedscum]

The lad is 22 and was playing in the 6th tier this year.I would say any aspirations of an international level career are over.

Tell that to Jamie Vardy

[tetsujin1979]

Tell that to Jamie Vardy

very much the exception that proves the rule.

[elatedscum]

very much the exception that proves the rule.

Scott Hogan?

[SkStu]

Scott Hogan?

The exception to the exception that proves the rule.

[CraftyToePoke]

The lad is 22 and was playing in the 6th tier this year.I would say any aspirations of an international level career are over.

I didn't mention anything about an international career.

[elatedscum]

The exception to the exception that proves the rule.

Ian Wright? (This is gonna get pretty tiring pretty soon)

[tetsujin1979]

That's three footballers. Could you get to ten?
I'm not saying he won't, I'm saying, historically, the odds are against him.

[CraftyToePoke]

Steve Finnan - Welling Utd, all four divisions all the way to a CL winners medal.

Chris Smalling / Joe Hart both did ok from non league too.

It does happen plenty.

[elatedscum]

John Aldridge
Yannick Bolasie
Les Ferdinand
Ashley Williams

The likes of Sam Clucas, DJ Campbell, Michail Antonio, Charlie Austin and Jimmy Bullard would have been internationals if they were irish.

[elatedscum]

Re Power

He’s a lad who’s track record to date is:

2nd tier in Ireland - stood out
Reserve football in Uk - positive reports
2nd tier in Netherlands - positive reports
Top tier in Scotland - couldn’t break into the team
6th tier in England - stood out

It’s a weird trajectory but loans are often a little weird, especially if Norwich asked for a club to guarantee game time...

I thought he struggled for the u21s in Toulon along with guys like Mallon and Wilson but both of the other two have developed positively since then...

He’s got raw raw pace which is an untrainable asset and if he was to have a successful season in League 1 or League 2 next season, that would be a platform to build off...

[CraftyToePoke]

That's three footballers. Could you get to ten?.

Stuart Pearce, Peter Crouch, Danny Ings, Ashley Williams, Charlie Austin, Jimmy Bullard, Troy Deeny, Dwight Gale, Rickie Lambert, Kevin Phillips, Grant Holt.

[tetsujin1979]

and how many footballers played non league football over the course of the careers of those players?
There's 24 team in the national league, with 23 squad players each comes to 552 players. Over ten years, let's say 2000 players have appeared in the NL (and that's probably low). You were able to name ten that made it to the top level.
The odds are very much against him.

[pineapple stu]

and how many footballers played non league football over the course of the careers of those players?

Ah you're changing the rules of your own question now tets.

The odds are against most footballers at that age.

[tetsujin1979]

Gavin Bazunu training with the Man City first team.
Don't think there's too much to be read into it, as stated by Guardiola below. they brought in youth players who live in Manchester to help with training. Anyone who had returned to their home countries (Spain, USA, etc) were allowed to stay home

[Eirambler]

Jimmy Dunne on the bench for Burnley and could make his Premier League debut tonight. Kevin Long also on the bench though, he might be ahead of Dunne if they need a centre back sub.

Burnley are not playing players whose contracts are running out (including Hendrick) and have only named seven subs out of a possible nine, including two keepers. So not that big an achievement to make the bench, but with only five outfield subs on the bench and five substitutions allowed, a decent chance of game time.

[Eirambler]

City 4-0 up after 50 minutes. Probably not the night to be blooding young players but Dunne is unlikely to be any worse than the Burnley starting centre backs tonight.