Jamie Donley challenging Erlang Haaland last night
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I hope this lad gets a chance to get some serious minutes on the pitch soon.
He will 100% make a few mistakes - at both ends of the pitch - so the fans need to give him some time but he looks like he’s ready.
He will 100% make a few mistakes - at both ends of the pitch - so the fans need to give him some time but he looks like he’s ready.
I was disappointed that Cuti didn’t slap him on the back of his head.
Do you think Klopp brings on the kids if he had Salah, Nunez, Trent, Szoboszlai, Thiago, Jones or Jota available?
Neither was Bostock
Ok then, Livermore, Caulker, Lancaster, Smith, Carroll Fredericks Pritchard......WINKS!
The list really does go on, by the way.
I reserve the right to get my hopes up.
Our youth academy is our best hope for having a team capable of competing for major honours. We can't buy the best players but we can develop them.
He's from Antrim though...that's high class for them...
Might be getting to a point where U21 football is below his level. If Lo Celso’s body remains shit the obvious Maddison back up becomes a real possibility. I suppose he could do both.
Very different players :
Scarlett atm is very much a centre forward who finishes very well.
Donley is a player who plays equally well as striker and no 10 (lazy comparison - Harry Kane)
Mikey Moore - a winger/striker. Exceptional dribbling skills, tight control and excellent footwork , exceptional finisher (very very lazy comparison, might have some of Jimmy Greaves skills ? Except Greaves never a winger. But I can't think of a better comparison)
So our fans can call them shit.
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I think people underestimate how many players are making their first team debuts at that age.
- Sarr was 19 when he started against Milan.
- Skipp was 18/19 when started making sub appearances in cup games (IMO, he was ready for more but Poch let him down), and at 20 he was one of the most pivotal players in Norwich's dominant season in the championship.
- Camavinga is a star at RM and only 20.
- Musiala was already establishing himself at Bayern by 18.
- Sancho got his Dortmund debut at 17 and by was already a star.
- Foden got his PL debut at 17
- Gavi made his debut at 17
- Pedri also debuted at 17
- Bellingham goes without saying
Of course not all players burst on to the scene at that age, and you shouldn't just thoughtlessly throw young players into the deep end, but this is not an unusual age for a player to start breaking into the first team. We're also not man city, Bayern etc. surely we can be more proactive in bringing through our most promising academy players at that kind of age.