Everton announce 12 new Scholars in Under-18s

The other new Scholars included are all names that appeared in our U18 squad last season, not all got playing minutes though. I've taken that from Michael's excellent record keeping from the U18s

The one missing though is Emilio Lawrence, which is a shame, but if we've managed to keep ISS it softens that blow.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of these youngsters, although Ishe Samuels-Smith is the pick of the bunch, Sherif has lots of raw potential too, along with other attackers Ebere and Beaumont-Clark.

As for Samuels-Smith, that's a great outcome.

I agree with you that Ishe is an outstanding talent and I'm very glad he is continuing to stay with Everton, what is his brother like as a player, I'm assuming that Odin is his brother.

Jack Patterson must be very well thought of as he has been given a four year contract, one year as a scholarship player then three years as a professional, Jack played for Crusaders in the Northern Ireland league when was a fifteen year old boy, there were a few clubs in England after his signature.

It seems we recruit youth from abroad at a much lower rate than some of the top academy teams. No doubt that has much to do with available resources though I wonder if relationships with 'feeder' or network clubs could be useful. There was talk of the Kaminski consortium making us the first of a new global team network.

Thanks, I never knew about Odin.

Is Tim Cahill's son still with the Blues, he had a few games as sub at the end of last season?

I know nothing about Odin but am excited to find out more. If he shares anything more than a surname with Ishe then that could be very encouraging indeed.

Yeah, Shae Cahill is still in the U18s. It appears he was injured for the early season, as you say he appeared in games towards the end.

Andrew #9,

Yep my thoughts too, he's about 2 months older than Small, I haven't worked it out but an appearance off the subs bench early 2023 may do it. The record is secondary in some ways, just showing we have a development pathway that can keep and attract the best youngsters would be wonderful.