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Up And Coming Talent!
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Just seen an article in the Guardian which lists the top 20 young English players aged 18 and under. I was very pleased to see Rodwell and Baxter listed and rated quite highly in the article.
What was most pleasing and not that surprising is that Liverpool dont have any listed at all. Which makes me wonder would I be be happy to go down the route of paying money for young foreign players who may make it (fabregas etc) or to stick with our policy of producing the next Rooney,Vaughan,Anichebe etc.
Having thought about it I am happy with our policy and proud of how we do things.
Andy Ferguson, Posted 13/11/2008 at 15:26:06
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Seems one to keep an eye on...
If you expect Rodwell (or anyone else) to be the finished article at such a young age, you are kidding yourself.
Still, if you want to hound out this talent, please continue with this small-minded attitude.
I guess it?s a pity that Moyes doesn?t espouse at least a little of the sporting ethic of Arsene Wenger. Where that the case, these guys might be able to express themselves in an environment and a style of play that allows them to enjoy their football. As it is, so much of what we do these days is thoroughly underwhelming.
It?s straying slightly from the point, but if you remember when we played ManU at Old Trafford in October 2002 you?ll see precisely what I mean. I watched this game on honeymoon in the south of France. For 88 minutes we more than matched Man Utd, not just in scoreline but in style and approach. Everything we did was on the floor and forward. We attacked them from the off and it was stirring stuff. Driving it all was Gravesen and Li Tie, but the whole team was brilliant and Rooney came on late as a sub and almost won it for us.
The fact that they got 3 goals in the last 2 minutes was horrible, but the way we played was fabulous & seemed like a marker from Moyes that we will go after a win anywhere. The end result may have been bad, but I don?t think I have ever seen Everton attack a team away from home so much, and certainly not one of the Sky 4. That philosophy clearly didn?t last long, but I don?t think I have ever been so impressed with a Moyes team, before or since.
Unfortunately, I think that game left DM with a few scars, and I don’t think we’ve gone after a Sky4 team like that since.
This name, though, was one that was mentioned a good few times probably about 5 years ago... I know it was a long time ago but he was supposed to become one of the best players in the world.
My first challenge for everyone is 'Who was it'??? Second 'what happened to him'?? This not a trick question, it's more helping me out.
While we are at it as well, it would be good to hear some other names of the so-called rising superstars that never materialised over the past 10 years.
Here is one that I found which some of you may have already seen but, WOW, he looks brilliant
No surprise to note the absence of our beloved neighbours - after all, they fielded more Spanish players than Atletico Madrid in their recent fixture.
Looks like Hope Akpan has signed a full contract and I think that is now 4 youth this year that have signed on professionaly. This looks very promising for the future. There looks to be agood group coming through the U18s now so hopefully some of these players start to get a run in the next year or 2.
Maybe some guys on here can tell us of any who are slightly younger who we may not have seen as yet, say a 14- or 15-year-old who the club thinks will make it.
Let’s wait till they show up in our first team before jumping on the bandwagon. Baxter cannot even make the bench now, FGS!
I see your point but M Ball probably would have been a very good player, but for injuries, and R Dunne has had a good career.
Another couple like that wouldn’t be the end of the world.
You're having a laugh
Superkids, well I remember Cherno Samba, and our very own John Paul Kissock is still hanging in there. I remember Stephen Schumacher being touted as the next big thing some years ago too, I think he is at Crewe at the moment. Nick Chadwick is at Hereford after a spell at Plymouth. Danny Cadamarteri is at Huddersfield. So they?re all still making a living out of football at least.
I remember when Moyes first came in and we were away at Sunderland, somebody got sent off and we were down to 10 men, Moyes put a striker on and we won the game 1-0 (Super Kev I think it was). After the game Moyes said that the best way to defend was to attack a team. I remember thinking "Crikey, this man's the business!"
Again, if I remember rightly we tried the same sort of thing against Newcastle away and got stuffed 4-0 or something like that, we then went to Arsenal and got beat 5 or 6. That was the end of Moyes's cavalier approach and a cue for the defensive shite to start, a la now. Sad times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Adu
great you tube clip - some player - but a bit on the small side for us !
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