Eight youngsters released from Under-18s

Don't give up lads. Keep going. You can still make it. Good luck

Speaking of kids; I read that Rooney's eldest is showing a lot of promise at Man City's academy!

I hope those connected to these boys will continue to support them and build their confidence up and encourage them to keep trying at different clubs.

Best wishes to all of them and I hope they all find the will to carry on and find a club who will give them another chance.

Needless to say, good luck to all in their future.

Most clubs seem hell-bent on importing for excessive fees.

Even some of young players Everton have ''imported'' in recent years have fallen by the wayside.

Maybe some of them want too much too quickly and develop attitudes which alienates them from a manager's plans.

I think, however, it 's down to wages and if you have been brought in on big money then you have to be seen to be in favour with of course Klaassen being an exception.

Always a sad time to see talented youngsters released.

Amazed Stephen Duke-McKenna listed. Seen him a few times and always impressed. I hope he follows the route of many other "small" stature players and goes onto greater things but best of luck to them all. Saved a few quid to pay off underachieving Staff.

Considering the level of crap we've been watching this season, surely we should have seen some of the younger talent given a squad chance with a few games to go? Managerial egos come before blooding growing players.

 Duke-McKenna	18 (0)	 1	6 (0)	0
 Nathan Moore	18 (0)	 0	6 (0)	0
 Tom Scully	15 (3)	 2	3 (2)	0
 Sid Kerr	7 (3)	 0	3 (0)	0
 Jordan Corke	2 (1)	 1	0 (0)	0
 Nathan Baxter	1 (0)	 0	0 (0)	0
 Tom Murphy	1 (0)	 0	0 (0)	0
 Charlie Ball	0 (2)	 0	0 (0)	0

I expect there will be more players released next week, from U-23s and our bloated first-team squad.

They all have had the advantage of learning at a great club. They will be light-years ahead of others in the lower echelons of the game and if they are determined to be the best they can be then they will get chances.

I was told many years ago that Dennis Tueart was a trainee rejected by Newcastle before joining Sunderland. Bryan Flynn was told he was too short and went on to play for Wales.

(Under 50s – find your own examples.) Good luck to all of the lads. Come back and prove the club wrong.