Gyliano van Velzen also.The link is put to good use again. Luke Giverin is being loaned there tomorrow. He will stay there until January.
Jonny Evans, Darron Gibson, Danny Simpson, Ryan Shawcross, Phil Bardsley.We've not had great success from loaning players there have we? Best one I remember making it after going there is O'Shea.
Evans played there for a while as wellWe've not had great success from loaning players there have we? Best one I remember making it after going there is O'Shea.
Frazier Campbell seemed to enjoy his stay there.Jonny Evans, Darron Gibson, Danny Simpson, Ryan Shawcross, Phil Bardsley.
So Evans and some decent PL players.
Yes Higginbottom was also involved and got a couple of months ban. Not sure what he did mind.What punishment did Danny Higginbottom receive in the Wallwork-thing ? He was involved as well....
And another question...of all the United-players 17 or so years or older, Luke Giverin is the one player I honestly I can say I have practically never seen play. And I couldn't in a million years picture him being sent out to Antwerpen - what are his strenghts really ?
If you ask Giverin himself he would say: "Technique is one of my biggest strengths and passing. Knowing what to do when I get the ball. I have a vision in my mind where I know what I want to do when I get the ball. Passing and technique but also attitude to work."What punishment did Danny Higginbottom receive in the Wallwork-thing ? He was involved as well....
And another question...of all the United-players 17 or so years or older, Luke Giverin is the one player I honestly I can say I have practically never seen play. And I couldn't in a million years picture him being sent out to Antwerpen - what are his strenghts really ?
Yes Higginbottom was also involved and got a couple of months ban. Not sure what he did mind.
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My memory may be playing tricks on me - but I have this feeling that Wallwork pushed the referee against a wall in the tunnel and Higginbottom was yelling at the ref but not actually physically abusing him. Wallwork initially received a life-long ban as I recall it - but his sentence was made a lot milder when several witnesses could confirm that his abuse of the referee was nowhere as bad as the referee claimed.
But this is just a vague memory
a bit harshthink Giverin scored recently too.
GVV can stay put after his loan expires
Very harsh. He's a talented lad, he just needs to be more aggressive and less selfish with the ball and he'll be a good player if his technical side develops as it should.a bit harsh
Not sure about that, he actually improved over the course of last season. Problem is he wasn't very good to start off with.We basically ruined him a bit over the last 12months. ive lost count of how many times he started upfront on his tod which is far from his best position.
Id worry about his pace though personally.
Ah yeah not saying he didnt improve, I think theres always going to be some natural progression but playing him up top on his own wasnt the greatest idea we've ever had. It was obviously down to the lack of strikers at that time I suppose.Not sure about that, he actually improved over the course of last season. Problem is he wasn't very good to start off with.
He does have some assets such as that he is a good dribbler, has decent pace and a good shot. However he badly lacks in other areas of his game.
Playing for Antwerp at 18 isn't a bad thing for his development at all so we'll just have to see if he has improved when he returns. Same with Giverin, who a year ago I doubt anyone outside the club would give even the slightest chance to of becoming a good player, but apparently he's improving fast and impressing.
I just don't see the point - if they had been playing in the Belgian 1 division then fine - but as it is now...sorry!A newbie Antwerp fan with user name "Antwerp" Pm'd saying that there are rumors about a couple of players going out there. Any one have a idea who they could be?
He says that Giverin is doing very well there too, in different positions.
Maybe the players we send there are players that we might not think will get a lot of playing time in the Championship, but are almost guaranteed to get a lot of first team experience in Antwerp. Also, we have had a link with them for many years, so it is perhaps safer to send them there than to send them to a random Championship club. I guess for a lot of the players we send there, the most important thing is just getting the experience of being on a first team, and then they will be better prepared for loans on a higher level a little later on (or, they fail to impress and are let go/needs to spend more time in the reserves before they get another chance on loan).I just don't see the point - if they had been playing in the Belgian 1 division then fine - but as it is now...sorry!
And yes there are examples of players doing really well and coming back with more experience. Yes but chances are they would have done equally well in the Championship for instance
Completely guessing here, but I am thinking Vermijl is one, and then either Thorpe, Cole, Ekengamene or James.A newbie Antwerp fan with user name "Antwerp" Pm'd saying that there are rumors about a couple of players going out there. Any one have a idea who they could be?
He says that Giverin is doing very well there too, in different positions.
I was speaking to a parent of a former English United youth player who had been on loan at Antwerp. They told me that him and the English lads that went out there really didn't enjoy going to Antwerp, they found the lifestyle very boring. Since then we really haven't been sending very many players out there and I don't think that we have sent any English players there in a while. It is no secret that the English are poor at assimilating to foreign cultural climes, that dynamic must be even more pronounced with younger people. I have always wondered if that was the reason for our scaling back on loans there.Completely guessing here, but I am thinking Vermijl is one, and then either Thorpe, Cole, Ekengamene or James.
That's a massive statement!I was speaking to a parent of a former English United youth player who had been on loan at Antwerp. They told me that him and the English lads that went out there really didn't enjoy going to Antwerp, they found the lifestyle very boring. Since then we really haven't been sending very many players out there and I don't think that we have sent any English players there in a while. It is no secret that the English are poor at assimilating to foreign cultural climes, that dynamic must be even more pronounced with younger people. I have always wondered if that was the reason for our scaling back on loans there.
edit: Luke Givern is there, English I think.
Really? Have you gone to all the most popular holiday destinations? They're like mini-Britian with better weather.That's a massive statement!
As a Brit having lived abroad I would say almost the opposite.
Holiday resorts in not being authentic cultural experiences shocker. That's hardly unique to the English.Really? Have you gone to all the most popular holiday destinations? They're like mini-Britian with better weather.
Work and holiday are two totally different things.Really? Have you gone to all the most popular holiday destinations? They're like mini-Britian with better weather.
We are talking about young footballers here. Look at the paucity of English players who seek their fortunes abroad, the number that go abroad and are successful over a period of years is even smaller.Work and holiday are two totally different things.
People from Spain, Italy etc who come over here for a holiday are hardly integrating are they?
There are hundreds of thousands of British ex-Pats living all over the world with their families and integrating very nicely.
There is absolutely no data at all that suggests English people don't travel well.