16yr old English striker who played for West Ham starting for U18's today. Have we signed him or have him on trial?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Nwankwo Kanu sure got around back in the day. First that Welsh guy at the Euros and now this chap.
This guy played for West Ham u21s last season I think?!
Yeah, scored some (at least one winner) goals, too.
No official word from for Man Utd
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Bryan Robson and Idris Elba are not so happy about it, mind you. Being a single dad is not easy.
He was decent. Isn't the type of forward to excite greatly but showed good hold up play and was in the right position to tap in a couple of times.
Hard to judge his allround game. He wasn´t involved in many passing plays but got into some good positions and scored 2 goals. But with players like Gomes, Boonen and Buffonge behind him we really don´t need a striker, with whom they can make lots of passing plays with. He just needs to get into good positions and these guys will find him.
That said... i thought he got a bit more confident on the ball after his goals and tried to express himself a bit more. Just a shame that he had to go off in that moment so we couldn´t see a bit more of him.
That said... i thought he got a bit more confident on the ball after his goals and tried to express himself a bit more. Just a shame that he had to go off in that moment so we couldn´t see a bit more of him.
@Mrmujac said he's a done deal, so welcome!
Made his u21 debut at 15, thats pretty impressive.
Why was he released?
Was he released?
Didn't sign a scholarship deal with West Ham.
Could use another striker in this team so really should sign him up if he's semi decent.
Good news that he's signed. Could he perhaps go into our U23s? We basically have no strikers at that level and Kanu at least has the physical attributes to cope. Played well today.
Plus we have Burkart and one or two others to play up front for our U18s.
If I had to hazard a guess I'd say Burkart and Kanu would likely stay in the u18s for a while due to being only 16 and new to the club. More likely for Dearnley, Gribbin and maybe Buffonge and Boonen to go into the u23s although none of them are actually strikers they can play there or they'll just play behind Demi Mitchell if he can stay fit.
Is he related to King?
