Well he's quite young too I thought? Wouldn't necessarily expect him to settle at this level straight away even without injuries.Hasn't been talked much about since he has a stop-start season with injuries but he's not far off with the best midfield talents that we have. Very combative player as well to goes with his skills.
Yeah it's easy to get carried away, I've done it on multiple occasionsSo many talented players coming through. Particularly midfielders. I sometimes think irrationally, can we not just promote ten or eleven of these lads? There are genuinely that many, if not more, who you just can't rule out from making it here. Not all will of course, as there is a lot of luck involved and not all will be given the opportunity. Really exciting to see though!
If you get one or two come through from a batch, you're usually pretty happy. However, I'd feel a bit short changed if we didn't get a few more than that with this crop. Especially considering Garner and Laird out on loan, as well as Shoretire, Hannibal and Fernandez, who are all slightly older than these lads.Yeah it's easy to get carried away, I've done it on multiple occasions
I'd love to think we could have 6 or 7 through...not to say it couldn't happen but so unlikely.
So many great players at this level have had careers ruined by injury...given some of the tackles that are let go at this level it's not surprising at times.
Though you know not many are likely to make it here, you're right, there's quite a few you wouldn't rule out!
Just goes to show these players that do play first team football at 16, 17, 18 are just unreal.
hopefully the strength of this bunch is being taken into account as we consider the appointment of the new manager and the lists of transfer targets. No reason why Laird, Fernandez, Kambwala, Mainoo, Gore, Hannibal and Garnacho couldn’t all be in the first team squad in three years given number of potential departures and with the right nurturing, luck with injuries and loans.Yeah it's easy to get carried away, I've done it on multiple occasions
I'd love to think we could have 6 or 7 through...not to say it couldn't happen but so unlikely.
So many great players at this level have had careers ruined by injury...given some of the tackles that are let go at this level it's not surprising at times.
Though you know not many are likely to make it here, you're right, there's quite a few you wouldn't rule out!
Just goes to show these players that do play first team football at 16, 17, 18 are just unreal.
Not seen as many games as most and maybe I just caught all his good games but Gore really does do everything well and seems very press resistant. Fingers crossed he keeps progressingI've been impressed with Gore every time he's played this season. Technically very assured, excellent balance and he's constantly at the opposition heels trying to win the ball. I don't know if the direction of our talent identification or coaching has changed, this current crop all share a lot of appealing qualities; they're tireless, willing to do the dirty work and are technically fantastic players. Not to say we've not had players with these qualities before but this team it looks to be widespread. At first team level they're the types of players you'd expect Guardiola or Klopp to be interested in.
17Wow. The videos of this guy make him look class! How old is he?
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Sets the tempo and spreads the play in midfield? Doesn't look a million miles away stylistically to me.He’s nothing like Scholes mate, good player but nothing like scholes
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If I remember rightly, we don't typically loan 18 year olds.He turns 18 in September. If he looks as talent as it seems, can't understand why he couldn't be identified to be a loan candidate next season to a lower league and allow him to play against adults at some point in the next year.
He hasn't even started for our U/23's yet so I wouldn't be pushing him into men's football just yet.He turns 18 in September. If he looks as talent as it seems, can't understand why he couldn't be identified to be a loan candidate next season to a lower league and allow him to play against adults at some point in the next year.