We didn't even travel with our best boys. Easy.
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We didn't even travel with our best boys. Easy.
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Dominic Ball played the full 90 minutes for Gers v Airdrie away (on their plastic pitch) in the league cup. TBH, there was not much for him to do, as Rangers dominated the match. Whenever he was called upon he looked strong, pacey, calm and assured. He also took the opportunity to carry the ball forward a few times was tidy with the ball at his feet.
Any idea whether there was a transfer fee involved?
Joining their first team?
Disappointing news.
Really liked this kid. Had a bit of stardust on his boots.
Good luck to him.
u21`s got stuffed at goodison park yesterday. 
The word is that for Azzaoui the fee was ...
A little over £2m transfer fee with a 25% sell on clause and £6m buy-back clause.
...That's pretty good, imo.
The word is that for Azzaoui the fee was ...
A little over £2m transfer fee with a 25% sell on clause and £6m buy-back clause.
...That's pretty good, imo.
Disappointed to see him go. But if they are the terms it seems a pretty good deal - there is no guarantee he will make it, but if he does we are are in a position to benefit it would seem.
A buy back clause it brilliant.The word is that for Azzaoui the fee was ...
A little over £2m transfer fee with a 25% sell on clause and £6m buy-back clause.
...That's pretty good, imo.
No idea why he'd want to return to us though :avbshock:
If only we had a decent striker in the youth team who could step up if need be...
If I remember from
WindyCOYS
's youth updates, we haven't really got anyone!
If I remember from
WindyCOYS
's youth updates, we haven't really got anyone!
Really, really dissapointed Azzaoui has gone. He is obviously very raw but you could see he had bags of talent. I think Wolfsburg just put together the right deal. They offered a respectful amount of money to us, saw the sense in us getting a sell-on-fee & buy back (which just basically means if they accept a bid in the future from someone else they have to accept an offer from us at no more than £6m). They could offer Azzaoui a fast track into the first team which is great for him (rumour is they want him in the first XI by xmas) ...its a deal any club would have to be pretty hard-hearted to turn down.
As to strikers in the youth ranks...not a whole lot. Harrison is a clinical finisher but is far too lightweight and pedestrian at the moment. He can link play well but only when he's moved back into the no.10 role. It seems like he's got both aspects to his game, poacher and link-up but isn't yet able to put them together at the same time. A Premier League game would completely pass him by. Will Miller has played up front but imho is by no stretch a striker. He's better floating in behind. Shaq isn't going to make it, he's plateaued into a not quite League Two striker. Sonupe has been used as a striker before and even looked half decent but I don't think he has the phsyical strength and power to pull it off at senior level, he's far more comfortable out on the wing. Ryan Loft is a big strong lad but lacks technique, his touch is often poor and his finishing is nothing special. Oteh & Sterling are small and raw and aren't making the sort of rapid progress that would make them an option for Poch. Bennett has played up front for England but is much more of a natural wide player who cuts inside. There's noone in the U16s who looks like a man among boys.
Its slim pickings for Poch, which makes our decision not to strengthen with powerful striker all the more baffling.
As to strikers in the youth ranks...not a whole lot. Harrison is a clinical finisher but is far too lightweight and pedestrian at the moment. He can link play well but only when he's moved back into the no.10 role. It seems like he's got both aspects to his game, poacher and link-up but isn't yet able to put them together at the same time. A Premier League game would completely pass him by. Will Miller has played up front but imho is by no stretch a striker. He's better floating in behind. Shaq isn't going to make it, he's plateaued into a not quite League Two striker. Sonupe has been used as a striker before and even looked half decent but I don't think he has the phsyical strength and power to pull it off at senior level, he's far more comfortable out on the wing. Ryan Loft is a big strong lad but lacks technique, his touch is often poor and his finishing is nothing special. Oteh & Sterling are small and raw and aren't making the sort of rapid progress that would make them an option for Poch. Bennett has played up front for England but is much more of a natural wide player who cuts inside. There's noone in the U16s who looks like a man among boys.
Its slim pickings for Poch, which makes our decision not to strengthen with powerful striker all the more baffling.
Which makes the club statement about making space for youth all the more pathetic.
The one type of player we really have open space for is the one missing from most U's teams.
Loads of number 10's, of attacking midfielders, playmakers and so forth.
Oduwa is so much better than the Scottish Championship. It'll be good for his confidence but Rangers smashing 5 past players who'd probably struggle to get into a Vanarama Premier top 10 side isn't the sort of challenge he needed. Its really fun watching put grown men on their arses but to acquire the skills he needs to get into Poch's side he needs to be learning to keep shape (at the moment he daydreams), apply pressure in the right areas (currently he's slow to go to the ball), tracking back (he's lazy and leaves it to his team mates), keep possession (when his tricks come off they look great but when they don't he gives away the ball), assist and score (his finishing has never been strong). The Scottish Champ looks worryingly like his comfort zone. I know Coventry were very interested in taking him but for whatever reason the move didn't happen. But when I compare League One to the Scottish Champ its night and day. Coventry would not have been smashing sides 4 or 5 every week. Promotion wouldn't have been a shoe in. He would have actually had to learn and grow. As it is, in a year, Poch is going to get a player back who is full of confidence but with new frustrating bad habits to add to the old ones. Don't want to sound all negative as, after all, Oduwa is a super young player and I've enjoyed those Rangers highlights as much as anyone but the ease with which he's playing doesn't sit right with me.
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