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Adnan

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Hopefully Emeran and Mejia can shake off their injury issues. Youth league will definitely be interesting this season.

Mutv will be showing these games live right? With no pre season tour this time, i had cancelled the subscription. Was disappointed with the number of U18 games they showed live last season.
Should be live on MUTV and if not then the UEFA site.
 

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Michael Keane was always pretty good- just small for his position and quite young when he was first in the u18s. What helped him was a massive growth spurt.
Not sure about a growth spurt as he looked too tall to be a fullback in his first season but he filled out once he got into full-time training, and his passing which was already good didn't look as drilled in his second season.
 

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Gill was a funny one, he was never gonna make it at United but just to give up the game on leaving the club was strange. Maybe it was a locker-room thing!
Nah, he just wanted to be a fancy lawyer like his dad I think. Probably figured he'd have more chance of getting to the top of sports law then he would the top end of the football pyramid. Probably fancied being able to get drunk and do stupid stuff like his brothers as well tbf. Can't blame him really.
 

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Nah, he just wanted to be a fancy lawyer like his dad I think. Probably figured he'd have more chance of getting to the top of sports law then he would the top end of the football pyramid. Probably fancied being able to get drunk and do stupid stuff like his brothers as well tbf. Can't blame him really.
What, like 90% of professional footballers at the time did you mean? :)
 

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CBJ linked with a move back to Oldham Athletic. The Oldham manager described him as a ‘Premier League talent playing in League One’ Don’t think that says much good about him really.
 

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Nah, he just wanted to be a fancy lawyer like his dad I think. Probably figured he'd have more chance of getting to the top of sports law then he would the top end of the football pyramid. Probably fancied being able to get drunk and do stupid stuff like his brothers as well tbf. Can't blame him really.
Neither of them are lawyers, they’re both accountants.
 

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Gill was a funny one, he was never gonna make it at United but just to give up the game on leaving the club was strange. Maybe it was a locker-room thing!
Nah, he just wanted to be a fancy lawyer like his dad I think. Probably figured he'd have more chance of getting to the top of sports law then he would the top end of the football pyramid. Probably fancied being able to get drunk and do stupid stuff like his brothers as well tbf. Can't blame him really.
He said himself that he didn’t think he make it to PL level. After going on loan to Bradford he said it was very different to playing for United and he didn’t fancy playing in the lower leagues.
 

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Gill was a funny one, he was never gonna make it at United but just to give up the game on leaving the club was strange. Maybe it was a locker-room thing!
He said he realized that he wouldn't play in the Premier League and (after going to Bradford on loan) he didn't fancy the life of a League One or League Two footballer. Fair play to him. He is gifted, is an intellectual and has options in life, so probably easier for him but still. I wouldn't have made that choice.

Edit: Just saw that Mechanic wrote pretty much the same thing. Well, well :)
 

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Slightly random question here but can someone clear this up for me.
Am I imagining it or did we have a player on our books called Nortey Nortay (or something similar, spelling may be a little off) a fair few years ago? Probably like 7 or 8 years ago at least.

was looking for an old thread to prove it to a mate as he didn’t believe me.
 

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Slightly random question here but can someone clear this up for me.
Am I imagining it or did we have a player on our books called Nortey Nortay (or something similar, spelling may be a little off) a fair few years ago? Probably like 7 or 8 years ago at least.

was looking for an old thread to prove it to a mate as he didn’t believe me.
He played for Chelsea.
 

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Socrates got a degree in medicine whilst still playing i seem to remember
Socrates was something else. Probably the most intelligent footballer to ever live. It’s unfair comparing him to any other player.
 

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You’re talking about the chainsmoking hippie doctor, or that inquisitive guy who rounded Hegel and nodded Archimedes’ pass beyond Leibnitz?
The first one, the Greek guy had already hung up his boots before going to uni I understand
 

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He said himself that he didn’t think he make it to PL level. After going on loan to Bradford he said it was very different to playing for United and he didn’t fancy playing in the lower leagues.
He wasn't wrong about the PL but surely you try and play at the best level you can. He probably just didn't fancy having to take his kit home to wash.
 

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He said he realized that he wouldn't play in the Premier League and (after going to Bradford on loan) he didn't fancy the life of a League One or League Two footballer. Fair play to him. He is gifted, is an intellectual and has options in life, so probably easier for him but still. I wouldn't have made that choice.

Edit: Just saw that Mechanic wrote pretty much the same thing. Well, well :)
Not sure many would, you can't beat being part of a team even when you know you're sh*t and you're gonna get beat every week. Maybe the Banter wasn't for him.
 

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Yep, it will be very exciting. So much competition to just get into squad of 18.
Seems like three of "attacking four" in Mejbri-Elanga-Shoretire will definitely start. Interesting who will claim the #9 role eventually.
You think Mejbri will be in U-18s next season? I bet they will move him up to U-23s.
 

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You think Mejbri will be in U-18s next season? I bet they will move him up to U-23s.
Yeah, I talked about UYL. He will definitely play there, as well as in FA Youth Cup.
Other than these competitions, he will be U-23 player.

Will we play in Checkatrade Trophy next season?
 

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Yeah, I talked about UYL. He will definitely play there, as well as in FA Youth Cup.
Other than these competitions, he will be U-23 player.

Will we play in Checkatrade Trophy next season?
But:
36.04 a. "The player has been eligible to play for the club concerned without interruption for the two years immediately preceding 17 September 2020, or has been eligible to play for the club concerned for two of the three years immediately preceding 17 September 2020 and registered with a maximum of one other club from the same association for an uninterrupted period of up to one year for the other one."

I found the rules for last season and added 1 year to the dates. Doesn't look like he's eligible for UYL.
 

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But:
36.04 a. "The player has been eligible to play for the club concerned without interruption for the two years immediately preceding 17 September 2020, or has been eligible to play for the club concerned for two of the three years immediately preceding 17 September 2020 and registered with a maximum of one other club from the same association for an uninterrupted period of up to one year for the other one."

I found the rules for last season and added 1 year to the dates. Doesn't look like he's eligible for UYL.
Those rules are for up to 5 players born in 2001, not those younger.
 

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But:
36.04 a. "The player has been eligible to play for the club concerned without interruption for the two years immediately preceding 17 September 2020, or has been eligible to play for the club concerned for two of the three years immediately preceding 17 September 2020 and registered with a maximum of one other club from the same association for an uninterrupted period of up to one year for the other one."

I found the rules for last season and added 1 year to the dates. Doesn't look like he's eligible for UYL.
That’s for the 5 overage players you can choose. He isn’t overage.
 

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Technically we can still play Greenwood Laird Garner at UYL as overage players next season but I dont think we will play any of them. Don't have many 2001s left after Hockenhull and Ramazani leaves, probably Traore, Puigmal, Galbraith whoever stays with the U23s, and Helm + Carney + Stanley.
 

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Technically we can still play Greenwood Laird Garner at UYL as overage players next season but I dont think we will play any of them. Don't have many 2001s left after Hockenhull and Ramazani leaves, probably Traore, Puigmal, Galbraith whoever stays with the U23s, and Helm + Carney + Stanley.
Lots of midfielders. Only 2 defenders. Fixed from version 1 (Laird added) thanks to Mickson
Age​
D-o-B​
Jacob Carney​
19​
GK​
21-Apr-01​
Ethan Laird​
18​
D-R​
5-Aug-01​
Reece Devine​
18​
D-L​
18-Dec-01​
James Garner​
19​
DMC​
13-Mar-01​
Arnau Puigmal​
19​
M-C​
10-Jan-01​
Aliou Traore​
19​
M-C​
8-Jan-01​
Ethan Galbraith​
19​
M-C​
11-May-01​
Mark Helm​
18​
AM-C​
21-Oct-01​
Connor Stanley​
18​
AM-R​
30-Dec-01​
Mason Greenwood​
18​
CF, AM-R​
1-Oct-01​
 
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Lots of midfielders. Only 1 defender.
Age​
D-o-B​
Jacob Carney​
19​
GK​
21-Apr-01​
Reece Devine​
18​
D-L​
18-Dec-01​
James Garner​
19​
DMC​
13-Mar-01​
Arnau Puigmal​
19​
M-C​
10-Jan-01​
Aliou Traore​
19​
M-C​
8-Jan-01​
Ethan Galbraith​
19​
M-C​
11-May-01​
Mark Helm​
18​
AM-C​
21-Oct-01​
Connor Stanley​
18​
AM-R​
30-Dec-01​
Mason Greenwood​
18​
CF, AM-R​
1-Oct-01​
You forgot Laird.
 

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Quite impressive to make debut at 15 year old. Hopefully our agreement with him is true. Looks a great talent
 

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Hope we sign him when he turns 18. Looks like he might get a fair bit of game time in the next year or two so long as he stays clear of injuries.