The youth players/on-loan thread 2014-2015

[billyiddo]

only one loan allowed between Premiership clubs @Sandman - think we could see someone or other heading there next season though fo'sho'

 

[Sandman]

only one loan allowed between Premiership clubs @Sandman - think we could see someone or other heading there next season though fo'sho'

Well if Brentford Dont come up then maybe we can loan them Ali? and Pritchard can come back to us or go on loan to Villa. Not Sure Ali can go from 3rd Tier to Premiership straight away, but you never know. Pritchard looks like one of those players that will actually do better at a higher level due to his technical abilities.

 

[braineclipse]

Yeah. Could be quite a few players that Sherwood would like to take on loan. Pritchard, Carroll and Alli are potential targets. But also perhaps Fredericks, Veljkovic or even Onomah/Winks. Sherwood will know more about those lower profile young players we have than other managers and might see one of them as good enough. I know they can only take one on loan, but seems quite likely that it will happen.

 

[Jordinho]

We have 3 of the 35 hottest prospects.

Alex Pritchard (Tottenham)
The attacking midfielder - who turns 22 in May - has been a cornerstone of Brentford's unlikely promotion challenge, having moved to the Championship club on loan at the start of the season.

Nathan Redmond (Norwich)
Not a new name by any means - Redmond first sprang to prominence with Birmingham two years ago - but the winger has continued his development at Carrow Road, earning a place on the three-man shortlist for Football League Young Player of the Year.

Teddy Bishop (Ipswich)
The 18-year-old midfielder has been watched by Arsenal scouts this year after an impressive run in Mick McCarthy's promotion-chasing Championship side. After joining the Ipswich academy system with their under-eights he has since worked his way through the ranks.

Reece Oxford (West Ham)
West Ham fought off competition from Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal to tie teenage defender Oxford to a long-term deal. Upton Park insiders believe the youngster could push for a first-team place as early as next season

Joe Gomez (Charlton Athletic)
England Under-19 central defender Gomez is one of the most wanted youngsters in the country, following a breakthrough season in the Championship with Charlton. Arsenal and Emirates Marketing Project currently lead the chase for his signature

Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham)
Jurgen Klinsmann does not only keep a close eye on Tottenham because of his former association with the club. The United States national manager is also accelerating the promising central defender (pictured left) through the country’s age groups.

Dominic Solanke (Chelsea)
Forward Solanke has already made his Champions League debut for Chelsea this season, despite being aged just 17. He was also invited to train with England’s seniors last month

Kieran Dowell (Everton)
Signed his first professional contract in March, having made his first team debut the previous Decemberin a Europa League tie. The midfielder is a regular for the club's under-21 side

Sam Gallagher (Southampton)
A bona fide YouTube sensation thanks to his wonderful goal for Saints in their Premier League under-21 Cup final this week. Should be featuring in the club's first team sooner rather than later.

Tosin Adarabioyo (Emirates Marketing Project)
The City under-18 captain - despite being only 16 when he was given the armband - exudes the authority of a more senior player. Do not be surprised to see him on loan in the Championship next season.

Jack Dunn (Liverpool)
A very versatile midfielder, who looks to have been earmarked as potential captaincy material. Has done well on various loan stints around the Football League, most recently at Burton, where he helped them win promotion from League Two.

Adam Armstrong (Saudi Sportswashing Machine)
Still only 17, he has been on the bench a lot for Saudi Sportswashing Machine but is being hampered by playing in a poor team. Wayne Rooney is a fan and he is one to watch over the next couple of years.

Patrick Bamford (Chelsea)
The Championship player of the year, his progress suggests he will definitely be playing in the Premier League next season, although he will probably have to go out on loan again. An England under-21 international who is also wanted by Ireland.

Liam Walsh (Everton)
Signed his first professional deal at Everton in March. The England under-18 international is a regular in the club's highly-regarded under-21 team.

Sheyi Ojo (Liverpool)
Following in the footsteps of fellow wing prodigies Raheem Sterling and Jordon Ibe, Ojo has continued to develop strongly at Anfield following his £2m move from MK Dons. Currently on loan at Wigan.

Ben Gibson (Middlesbrough)
Commanding centre half who is developing rapidly. Has benefited enormously from playing alongside Jonathan Woodgate at Boro and is starting to remind people of the former England international.

Oliver Shenton (Stoke)
The teenage forward made his Stoke debut against Emirates Marketing Project in February and is still only 17, with Mark Hughes admitting he will come under consideration for regular first-team opportunities next season

Rushian Hepburn-Murphy (Aston Villa)
The 16-year-old striker became Villa's youngest ever player when he came off the bench against Sunderland and is already highly regarded by manager Tim Sherwood

Ty Browning (Everton)
The centre-half - who also qualifies to play for China - has already made a first-team appearance for Everton under Roberto Martinez, and learning about life at the sharp end with Wigan during a loan spell this season will doubtless just accelerate his development.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea)
Jose Mourinho has already promised that 19-year-old midfielder Loftus-Cheek will get playing time for Chelsea’s seniors next season. Not just highly rated inside Stamford Bridge, as Loftus-Cheek has also been the subject of a rejected enquiry from Bayern Munich.

Demarai Gray (Birmingham)
Birmingham rejected a bid worth a potential £5million from Championship promotion chasers Bournemouth for Gray in January and the winger remains one of the most coveted players outside the Premier League.

Dele Alli (Tottenham)
Earned a big-money move to Tottenham in January thanks to some very impressive performances for MK Dons, who could yet earn promotion on the back of his achievements.

Zach Clough (Bolton)
The teenager from Denton sprang to the wider public's attention earlier this season when he left Liverpool's defences in tatters in an FA Cup tie, but he was already established as one of the Football League's brightest talents

Will Hughes (Derby)
One of the most in-demand players in the Football League, Derby can expect a queue of suitors if they fail to win promotion this season. The midfielder's ease on the ball and eye for a pass belong in the top flight.

Sulley Kaikai (Crystal Palace)
The latest graduate from Palace's impressive production line, Kaikai announced himself with a goal in the club's League Cup tie against Saudi Sportswashing Machine earlier this season. Currently on loan at Cambridge.

Chuba Akpom (Arsenal)
Has played through the age-groups for England and has just signed a contract at Arsenal until 2019. Has made nine first-team appearances but currently on loan at Nottingham Forest

Will Wood (Southampton)
Another member of the Southampton team that lifted the Under-21 Premier League trophy on Monday. An outstanding left-sided centre-back who has been with Southampton since the age of 12.

Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea)
The England under-21 international has - like many of his Chelsea teammates - spent most of his fledgling career on loan at Championship clubs. He is currently with Reading.

George Cooper (Crewe)
Another player who was honoured at the Football League awards, where he earned the title of League One apprentice of the year. The latest in a long line of impressive Crewe graduates.

Brandon Barker (Emirates Marketing Project)
One of the earliest graduates from City's costly and glittering new academy, left winger Barker is a huge talent. Was promoted to train with the first-team squad during their recent break in Abu Dhabi.

Lewis Cook (Leeds)
His startling progress at Leeds has been the highlight of an awful year at Elland Road. The midfielder was named the Football League's apprentice of the year at their annual awards this week

Harrison Reed (Southampton)
Outshone Ross Barkley and Gareth Barry earlier in the season in a 3-0 win against Everton on what was his first Premier League start. A midfield general who goes by the nickname Ray Donovan because, according to Shane Long, he “just cleans up".

Tammy Abraham (Chelsea)
Played a starring role in Chelsea's 3-1 win at Emirates Marketing Project in the first leg of the FA Youth Cup final, and has been widely tipped to be that elusive home-grown player who could finally break into Jose Mourinho's first team squad.

Gedion Zelalem (Arsenal)
Creative midfielder who made his Arsenal debut at the age of just 16. Has played in various age groups teams already for Germany, where he was born, although would also be eligible for Ethiopia and the United States where he went to school.

Matt Targett (Southampton)
No club seems to produce a better conveyor belt of full-backs than Southampton. After Wayne Bridge, Gareth Bale and Luke Shaw, the next big hope is Targett who helped the Under-21 Premier League trophy on Monday night

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...rospects-in-English-football-in-pictures.html

 

[Dicko]

Chelsea seem to have a lot of youngsters mentioned there.. shame the last one that made it into their first team was Terry over 15 years ago! Have they had anyone since him?

 

[Cochise]

Not sure how someone like Chalobah gets in there. Every time I have seen him for the England U21's he has looked technically weak compared to Hughes, Carroll, Ward-Prowse and Forster Caskey.

 

[Yoof]

I don't think the author knows a great deal about youth football, imo three of the best are Josh Onomah, Patrick Roberts and Jay Dasilva - yet none of them make the list.

 

[braineclipse]

I don't think the author knows a great deal about youth football, imo three of the best are Josh Onomah, Patrick Roberts and Jay Dasilva - yet none of them make the list.

Lists like those are usually made up of:

1. Players that have gotten big money/high profile moves.
2. Players that have impressed for the first team or out on loan in a lower league.
3. Players that have impressed significantly at a youth international stage (or senior international stage if from a smaller nation).

Edit: For a journalistic list like that I thought that one was actually one of the better one's. Getting Cameron Carter Vickers in there for example was a better catch than I think most journalists will be capable of.

 

[Spur of the moment]

After his impressive display at home to Chelsea in the first leg of the FA Youth Cup SF Kyle Walker Peters can't be too far off that list, can he?

 

[indianspur]

Marcus Edwards called up to England under 17s European Championship squad ...............
http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015...ards-previously-praised-by-tim-sherwood-mak/?

a few interesting words from Sherwood about the kid (old quotes me thinks)

"He is the kind of player who, as a coach, makes you look forward to walking out on to that pitch in the morning. Everyone in development football has heard of Marcus. He is a gifted technician with a low centre of gravity, who can pass off either foot or dribble past opponents.

"When I was at Spurs, I would persuade anyone and everyone at the training ground to come over to see him train. He is a joy to watch. Again, he is the kind of player who might not always get a game.

"There might be a bigger boy who could be more effective on that given day, but in time Marcus has the potential to be a great player, a make-the-difference footballer. He can win you a game. These are the kind of talented players that we must not neglect."

 

[Cochise]

Interesting as I believe that he could even play for England or Germany (correct me someone if I'm wrong). I know he has played for the younger England age teams before, but I guess they want to make him feel at home in the England setup before he goes elsewhere.

 

[FatBloke]

Just noticed this feature, on the players from each Prem team who make the greatest difference to the team's win percentage:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...r-League-clubs-lucky-charm.html?frame=3267817

Obviously, there are loads of reasons for this being statistical gonads, but it seems that, roughly speaking, central players make the most difference. A collection of "but what does he do?" players.

We get Stambouli, while Swansea's "lucky charm" is none other than Little Tommy Carroll.

 

[Yoof]

Interesting as I believe that he could even play for England or Germany (correct me someone if I'm wrong). I know he has played for the younger England age teams before, but I guess they want to make him feel at home in the England setup before he goes elsewhere.

Who? Edwards? He's English and has been in every England set up from a very young age. We have another u16 (Keanan Bennetts) who is eligible for both England and Germany though.

 

[Cochise]

Ah perhaps he's the one. I just remember reading about a good young prospect who could play for Germany and that German clubs were watching his development.

 

[Yoof]

U21s playing Sunderland currently

McGee
KWP Maghoma Veljkovic Ogilvie
Winks Lesniak
Miller Onomah Oduwa
Harrison

subs: Miles, McEneff, Stylianides, McEvoy
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Veljkovic's first game back since his arm injury, he's had a real disappointing year what with Middlesbrough wasting his/our time and then getting injured so early into his Charlton loan. I'd like to think he could make the bench for our last couple of games but I doubt it.

 

[Yoof]

Lost 1-0, though it was a very young team - average age of 18.5. We've now phased most of the u18s into the u21s and quite a few u16s into the u18s so whilst results may not always be positive, it's best for their progression. Veljkovic played in the holding role, when you think at how little game time and impact Stambouli has had this season, we'd have been no worse off allocating that spot to Veljkovic.

 

[braineclipse]

Lost 1-0, though it was a very young team - average age of 18.5. We've now phased most of the u18s into the u21s and quite a few u16s into the u18s so whilst results may not always be positive, it's best for their progression. Veljkovic played in the holding role, when you think at how little game time and impact Stambouli has had this season, we'd have been no worse off allocating that spot to Veljkovic.

Agreed that results are not always that important at a youth/development level. Happy to see us shift players up the ladder fairly early.

Veljkovic though, what you say is true in hindsight. Knowing that he couldn't get a regular starting place at Boro and his injury at Charlton. But there was no way of knowing that in advance, a loan seemed like the best idea I think. And Stambouli did play a handful of good games when Bentaleb was away with Algeria, had we seen more injury problems for Bentaleb or more inconsistency from him Stambouli could have played a much bigger role, which might not have been the right thing for Veljkovic at this point in time.

Would like to see him get some time on the pitch towards the end of the season if that's possible.

 

[spurs' magna carter]

Pritchard has scored again, a free kick this time into the top left corner.

Brentford 2-0 up and Derby losing 1-0 at home. As things stand Brentford are in the play-offs.

 

[NorwegianSpursFan]

Bent has missed a pen for Derby aswell championship really is crazy

 

[Yoof]

Interview with Josh - http://addictedtospurs.co.uk/?p=5383

Q: Do you take confidence from the rise of the likes of Harry Kane, Ryan Mason and Andros Townsend to the first team?

Joshua: “Of course! They have set the pathway for all the youth players at Tottenham. Evidently we hope to follow in their footsteps because they have proven it is possible to come through the youth set up which brings a lot of motivation for me.”

Q: You’ve had White Hart Lane sing your name, can you put into words how much that means to a young player like yourself?

Joshua: “Made me speechless when you hear the fans singing your name! It gives me so much confidence because it shows that the fans believe in you, which is a good sign for me.”

Q: What do you feel is the strongest aspect of your game?

Joshua: “I believe the strongest aspect of my game is running with the ball.”

Q: Is there any aspect you feel like you want or need to improve?

Joshua: “I need to score more goals and also improve my longer passing.”

Q: With a Head Coach that prides himself on integrating youth players into the first team, do you feel like chances of youth breaking through to the first team are higher than ever?

Joshua: “Definitely! I believe they are higher than they have ever been. When you hear the head coach say things like that it just makes you want to train harder until you become the best you can be and hopefully be good enough for the first team.”

Q: You have the privilege of training at one of the best training centres in Europe, how do the facilities on offer aid a young player like yourself?

Joshua: “When you have facilities like Tottenham it is almost impossible to not improve. Unless you don’t train to the best of your ability. There are so many resources that can help you improve which is what you need as a young player.”

Q: You made your first team debut against Burnley in the FA Cup this season, has that experience made you even hungrier to become a regular part of the first team?

Joshua: “Of course! Making my debut was a dream come true and I wish I could re-live every second a thousand times. I loved the experience and I hope I can get a taste of it more and more.”

Q: At just 18 years of age, you have already captained Tottenham’s U21s, and made your first team debut. Do you feel your development is progressing even faster than you thought it would?

Joshua: “Yes definitely, but I’ve had little niggles that have held me back a bit.”

Q: This past summer you were part of the England U17 squad that won the European Championships. What was that experience like, and has it made you thirstier for more glory at both international and club level?

Joshua: “Winning the euros was the second best thing I’ve done in my career other than my debut of course. It was a fantastic achievement for me to win such a prestigious cup! Winning this has increased my thirst for wanting to win more silverware!”

Q: Who is your favourite ever Tottenham player?

Joshua: “Gazza because of the way he plays & Ledley (King) because he is a true leader.”

Q: Is there any player playing today that you try to imitate or model your style of play on?

Joshua: “Paul Pogba!”

Q: What is your favourite memory of Tottenham Hotspur?

Joshua: “Making my first team debut in January.”

Q: Finally, what is your ultimate goal in the future?

Joshua: “The ultimate goal in the future is to win major trophies with Tottenham & England.”