It looks more balanced without having to force Dane and Lankshear into the same line-up. Everton are in trouble here.
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It looks more balanced without having to force Dane and Lankshear into the same line-up. Everton are in trouble here.
Hopefully, they are 2nd bottom with just 2 wins from 13 league games this season
And it looks like they just lost their centre forward after a minute.
Lankshear 1-0 (Donley assist)
Would anyone bet against us seeing a first team midfield of Sarr, Hall and Donley at some point?
Abbott is playing so inverted that we're basically playing with no right back and 2 DMs and it's making it a bit harder to play out from the back with less width on one side. Middle very compact.
Possibly. Donley is an interesting one for me, reminds me of Kane in that he is so smart on the ball but perhaps not physically explosive, I think he is a great talent but I do wonder if he might need a bit of extra time to adapt to the intensity of the Prem. Then you have Hall who is similar to Bissouma in how he plays, electric baller but very young. Give it 1-2 years and hopefully one of them will be in.
Moore is the one I am most excited for, our U18’s don’t look the same when he isn’t around, just looks technically superior to everyone he plays against.
Everton level, need to move the ball a bit quicker at the back
Cassanova had struggled playing quickly out from the back today, would maybe change the back 2 to Abbott and Ashcroft and bring on McKnight at RB for Cassanova.
Maguire straight red after an underhit pass back from Abbott
2-1 down, Gunter parries a shot from the egde of the box and Everton tap in
FT 2-1 Everton
First league defeat this season for the u21s
First league defeat this season for the u21s
Weird game. Everton seemed to have us completely sussed and looked like scoring every attack.
You can have great players but a great team is more important.
Actually, great players are far more important than a great team at age group football.
A great team might have no future first team players. 2 or 3 great players have every chance of becoming first team players.
Donley, Tyreese Hall and. Mikey Moore are the standouts for us, but you never can tell.
With kids you are obviously looking at one player in a hundred good enough to play for THFC 1st team.
But generally speaking a good team needs 11 reliable players and if you get a couple of iffy players like today it doesn't matter how good the other 9 are.