Everton duo feature in England U17s win

, 13 May, 6comments | Jump to most recent

Everton Academy players James Yates and Nathan Holland played the full 90 minutes of England U17s' final European Championships group match this evening, a 1-0 win over the Republic of Ireland.

The result means the Young Lions progress to the last eight as group winners, still on track in their bid to retain the title that fellow Blues Ryan Ledson and Jonjoe Kenny helped win last year.

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Jamie Yates
1 Posted 13/05/2015 at 20:21:55

Gonna be a hell of a player this lad...

Patrick Murphy
2 Posted 13/05/2015 at 20:41:12

Jamie - is he a relation of yours by any chance?

Jamie Yates
3 Posted 13/05/2015 at 21:00:13

Ha, not that I know of, just my namesake. Fingers crossed he makes it!!

Trevor Lynes
4 Posted 13/05/2015 at 22:36:31

I hope he is not another defender.

Dave Abrahams
5 Posted 14/05/2015 at 09:01:51

Trevor (4), centre-back if IÂ’m not mistaken.

Phill Thompson
6 Posted 15/05/2015 at 10:48:25

James Yates is an attacking right back , similar in build and quality to Jonjoe Kenny. He was very impressive in the U17 draw against Netherlands where he showed an impressive attacking skill, getting forward , beating his man , crossing accurately. He wasnÂ’t so good in the game against Ireland, but I think heÂ’s started at right back in the past 8 England games which is impressive in itself.
Too early to say how far he can go , but at 16 heÂ’s got good prospects.
Holland is an attacking right wing/mf. He looks quite slight and maybe needs to fill out, but has undoubtedly got skill to get behind defences and cross.

The third guy ,not mentioned, is Tom Davies who has missed the last two matches due to injury. HeÂ’s a DF midfielder similar to Ledson, from the little IÂ’ve seen of him he seems to have the best prospects of the 3.

As ever at this age how they kick on from here in terms of physical development , mental attitude and application are what literally separate the talented boys from the successful men.

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