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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 6, 2022 9:25:57 GMT
The new recruits for the U18s haven't been announced yet so this is my best guess with that I've seen so far as to who the first years are. The second years are just copied over from last year. So in some cases the player may have left because there's some there that I'm sure didn't play last year. U18 Squad GK - Tommy SimkinGK - Ben Houston DF - Max Asplin DF - Tom Curl DF - Logan Laird DF - Taylor McMahonDF - Josh Bickerton DF - Christy Grogan DF - Jake Griffin DF - Jaden Mears DF/MF - Luke Wilson MF - Jack Griffiths MF - Charlie LeybournMF - Zane Rattray MF - Will Smith WG - Ali Ali WG - Oliver Challinor WG - Harry Crane FW - Justin Iwobi FW - Matty LusakuenoFW - Emre Tezgel FW - Nathan Lowe FW - Dean Adekoya FW - Adam Watson First Year Second YearI'm putting players into the age groups they can play for and not the ones they necessarily will play for. Simkin, Bickerton, Griffiths, Lowe and Tezgel I would imagine will all play up in the U21's and first team in some cases. Bickerton I haven't seen mentioned much on here has played for the U23s last year as a 16 year old and is an attacking left back. Looks very good. I will update the squad when the full list of scholars gets released. U21 SquadGK - Blondy Nna Noukeu RWB/DM - Tom Sparrow CB - David Okagbue CB - Lewis Macari - on loan to Dundalk CB - Josh Roney CB - Matthew Baker CB - George Lewis LB - Eddy Jones DM- Ibrahima Sy DM - Dan Malone CM - Gabriel Adebambo CM - Sonny Singh WG - Kahrel Reddin ST - Douglas Taylor - loaned out to Walsall ST - Will Goodwin ST - Dara McGuinness With players stepping from the u18s and below I don't think that will be far off for now. There might be a few more signings based on loans out? There's a few that could do with a loan from the U21 side tbh. Hopefully Jones and Sparrow can get league clubs. Okagbue, Malone, Sy and Goodwin need to be as high in the pyramid as they can as well. Same for Blondy. oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/thread/300459/stoke-city-development-academy-thread
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Post by knype on Jul 6, 2022 9:44:24 GMT
The new recruits for the U18s haven't been announced yet so this is my best guess with that I've seen so far as to who the first years are. The second years are just copied over from last year. So in some cases the player may have left because there's some there that I'm sure didn't play last year. U18 Squad GK - Tommy Simkin DF - Max Asplin DF - Tom Curl DF - Logan Laird DF - Taylor McMahonDF - Josh Bickerton DF - Christy Grogan DF/MF - Luke Wilson MF - Jack Griffiths MF - Charlie Leybourn FW - Justin Iwobi FW - Matty LusakuenoFW - Emre Tezgel FW - Nathan Lowe First Year Second YearI'm putting players into the age groups they can play for and not the ones they necessarily will play for. Simkin, Bickerton, Griffiths, Lowe and Tezgel I would imagine will all play up in the U21's and first team in some cases. Bickerton I haven't seen mentioned much on here has played for the U23s last year as a 16 year old and is an attacking left back. Looks very good. I will update the squad when the full list of scholars gets released. U21 SquadGK - Blondy Nna Noukeu RWB/DM - Tom Sparrow CB - David Okagbue CB - Lewis Macari - on loan to Dundalk CB - Josh Roney CB - Matthew Baker CB - George Lewis LB - Eddy Jones DM- Ibrahima Sy DM - Dan Malone CM - Gabriel Adebambo CM - Sonny Singh WG - Kahrel Reddin ST - Douglas Taylor - loaned out to Walsall ST - Will Goodwin ST - Dara McGuinness With players stepping from the u18s and below I don't think that will be far off for now. There might be a few more signings based on loans out? There's a few that could do with a loan from the U21 side tbh. Hopefully Jones and Sparrow can get league clubs. Okagbue, Malone, Sy and Goodwin need to be as high in the pyramid as they can as well. Same for Blondy. oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/thread/300459/stoke-city-development-academy-threadIts a good sign action isn't far off when this thread appears
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Post by liathroid on Jul 7, 2022 15:42:40 GMT
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Post by nottsover60 on Jul 7, 2022 18:42:45 GMT
Check out this post from Stoke City FC www.stokecityfc.com/news/2022/july/07/potters-welcome-new-scholars/I'm impressed by how many lads from Manchester seem to have been with us from a young age. I guess the counter argument could be that they are the ones left after the two big boys have their pick but even so they have lots of options beside Stoke.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 7, 2022 21:21:32 GMT
That's quite a big number and interesting to see where there's an excess of players and where there isn't.
There's room for another u23 keeper.
There's a lack of central midfielders in general but I think for the U18s that will be supplemented by Sol Sidibe from the u16s and he might even get some u21 game time?
We've been linked with an 18 midfielder from Gillingham so he'd fit the bill to fill the gap in the U21s.
I think Lowe will be a regular in the U21s and Adam Watson is meant to be very good so will probably get time up too.
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Post by liathroid on Jul 8, 2022 8:30:04 GMT
think Bayern has most of them , but this just tells you were they have come from
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Post by gaznandi on Jul 8, 2022 16:05:28 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 8, 2022 16:09:04 GMT
Glad he's moved. He wasn't going to cut it here and this gives him the best chance to make a decent careers in the game. Good little player and will hopefully do well.
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Post by liathroid on Jul 8, 2022 18:51:53 GMT
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Post by wuzza on Jul 9, 2022 10:51:27 GMT
We don’t seem to be casting the net all that wide in youth recruitment as with the senior level. Ireland appears to be the limit of the network now. A result of our drop in status or a definite policy ?
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Post by cvillestokie on Jul 9, 2022 10:55:40 GMT
We don’t seem to be casting the net all that wide in youth recruitment as with the senior level. Ireland appears to be the limit of the network now. A result of our drop in status or a definite policy ? Cost? It isn’t cheap to employ more scouts and data analysts/analysis packages.
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Post by wuzza on Jul 9, 2022 11:50:03 GMT
We don’t seem to be casting the net all that wide in youth recruitment as with the senior level. Ireland appears to be the limit of the network now. A result of our drop in status or a definite policy ? Cost? It isn’t cheap to employ more scouts and data analysts/analysis packages. Fair point but surely expenditure on youth development doesn’t get pulled into FFP ? Being as the club isnt stuck for cash - only the permission to spend it - you would think this would be a way of getting an advantage.
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Post by cvillestokie on Jul 9, 2022 12:52:27 GMT
Cost? It isn’t cheap to employ more scouts and data analysts/analysis packages. Fair point but surely expenditure on youth development doesn’t get pulled into FFP ? Being as the club isnt stuck for cash - only the permission to spend it - you would think this would be a way of getting an advantage. Perhaps. I don’t know if it is an FFP thing or not. The other side of it is, they’d be living in Stoke. Without the Premier League, we don’t have a lot of pull as an area. You can’t offer young kids contracts until 16 or 17, so it’s not like we can just throw our money around. You also need to be able to integrate a young man who may or may not have a great grasp of the English language, which may cost a lot more in time than it could be worth.
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Post by wuzza on Jul 9, 2022 13:00:01 GMT
Fair point but surely expenditure on youth development doesn’t get pulled into FFP ? Being as the club isnt stuck for cash - only the permission to spend it - you would think this would be a way of getting an advantage. Perhaps. I don’t know if it is an FFP thing or not. The other side of it is, they’d be living in Stoke. Without the Premier League, we don’t have a lot of pull as an area. You can’t offer young kids contracts until 16 or 17, so it’s not like we can just throw our money around. You also need to be able to integrate a young man who may or may not have a great grasp of the English language, which may cost a lot more in time than it could be worth. Again I don’t disagree - especially with the ridiculous rules that allow you to lose young players for nothing when it comes to the time of their first pro contract. However again I would hope the club uses its monetary backing to provide an excellent and welcoming environment for any young prospect and his family. Just seems to me that it can’t be a coincidence that we have become so British Isles orientated in the past 2 or 3 years.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 9, 2022 22:31:08 GMT
We don’t seem to be casting the net all that wide in youth recruitment as with the senior level. Ireland appears to be the limit of the network now. A result of our drop in status or a definite policy ? Brexit
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Post by Billy the kid on Jul 9, 2022 22:45:20 GMT
Perhaps. I don’t know if it is an FFP thing or not. The other side of it is, they’d be living in Stoke. Without the Premier League, we don’t have a lot of pull as an area. You can’t offer young kids contracts until 16 or 17, so it’s not like we can just throw our money around. You also need to be able to integrate a young man who may or may not have a great grasp of the English language, which may cost a lot more in time than it could be worth. Again I don’t disagree - especially with the ridiculous rules that allow you to lose young players for nothing when it comes to the time of their first pro contract. However again I would hope the club uses its monetary backing to provide an excellent and welcoming environment for any young prospect and his family. Just seems to me that it can’t be a coincidence that we have become so British Isles orientated in the past 2 or 3 years. Work permits and brexit has nothing to do with it?
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Post by liathroid on Jul 9, 2022 22:50:26 GMT
Again I don’t disagree - especially with the ridiculous rules that allow you to lose young players for nothing when it comes to the time of their first pro contract. However again I would hope the club uses its monetary backing to provide an excellent and welcoming environment for any young prospect and his family. Just seems to me that it can’t be a coincidence that we have become so British Isles orientated in the past 2 or 3 years. Work permits and brexit has nothing to do with it? think you can only IRISH at 18 because of Brexit , younger IRISH player can go all over EUROPE at 16 , BORIS fucked it up
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 9, 2022 23:09:11 GMT
Work permits and brexit has nothing to do with it? think you can only IRISH at 18 because of Brexit , younger IRISH player can go all over EUROPE at 16 , BORIS fucked it up I know where I work Ireland is still grouped with UK&NI. No idea if that’s the case with football though.
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Post by liathroid on Jul 9, 2022 23:13:11 GMT
think you can only IRISH at 18 because of Brexit , younger IRISH player can go all over EUROPE at 16 , BORIS fucked it up I know where I work Ireland is still grouped with UK&NI. No idea if that’s the case with football though. no ,its 18 or over , its why their going to Italy from Ireland
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 9, 2022 23:15:04 GMT
I know where I work Ireland is still grouped with UK&NI. No idea if that’s the case with football though. no ,its 18 or over , its why their going to Italy from Ireland Tbh the rule is and always has been no u18s should move to clubs in another country but they get around it. Good old Brexit
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Post by maninasuitcase on Jul 9, 2022 23:20:22 GMT
Has he got Parkin's shirt🤔🤣
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Post by liathroid on Jul 9, 2022 23:23:06 GMT
no ,its 18 or over , its why their going to Italy from Ireland Tbh the rule is and always has been no u18s should move to clubs in another country but they get around it. Good old Brexit not now, think Briton fucked it self up and as per now their sorry they made FUCKIN IDIOTS of themselves
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 9, 2022 23:27:07 GMT
Tbh the rule is and always has been no u18s should move to clubs in another country but they get around it. Good old Brexit not now, think Briton fucked it self up and as per now their sorry they made FUCKIN IDIOTS of themselves The rules have been not for a while but like I said people got around them. Brexit is wank only an idiot would disagree….
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Post by liathroid on Jul 9, 2022 23:29:31 GMT
not now, think Briton fucked it self up and as per now their sorry they made FUCKIN IDIOTS of themselves The rules have been not for a while but like I said people got around them. Brexit is wank only an idiot would disagree…. its 18 I think out of IRELAND
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Post by cvillestokie on Jul 10, 2022 0:26:11 GMT
think you can only IRISH at 18 because of Brexit , younger IRISH player can go all over EUROPE at 16 , BORIS fucked it up I know where I work Ireland is still grouped with UK&NI. No idea if that’s the case with football though. Is Ireland grouped with NI twice then
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Post by wuzza on Jul 10, 2022 8:19:33 GMT
We don’t seem to be casting the net all that wide in youth recruitment as with the senior level. Ireland appears to be the limit of the network now. A result of our drop in status or a definite policy ? Brexit Being a bit of a political vacuum I never thought of that. What a world we live in .
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Post by Bramolini on Jul 10, 2022 11:20:16 GMT
not now, think Briton fucked it self up and as per now their sorry they made FUCKIN IDIOTS of themselves The rules have been not for a while but like I said people got around them. Brexit is wank only an idiot would disagree…. Someone mentioned this poster doesn't bully anyone , if this isn't bullying I don't know what is . The majority of the country don't want dictating to by unelected , failed politicians .
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Post by lordb on Jul 10, 2022 11:25:40 GMT
The rules have been not for a while but like I said people got around them. Brexit is wank only an idiot would disagree…. Someone mentioned this poster doesn't bully anyone , if this isn't bullying I don't know what is . The majority of the country don't want dictating to by unelected , failed politicians . like Farage? Anyway it's clear that Brexit has impacted youth football in this country This maybe a good or bad thing
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 10, 2022 11:45:42 GMT
Being a bit of a political vacuum I never thought of that. What a world we live in . It’s sad isn’t it. It might be good in the sense more English players will come through but that wasn’t an issue anyway and the current lot in the England squad all came through with the competition of the EU players. And I think alls it will do is mean our players aren’t competing with the absolute best for as much of the time and they will get used to a lower level. Bringing those better players in pushes everyone.
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Post by fca47 on Jul 10, 2022 12:12:28 GMT
not now, think Briton fucked it self up and as per now their sorry they made FUCKIN IDIOTS of themselves The rules have been not for a while but like I said people got around them. Brexit is wank only an idiot would disagree…. I'm an idiot.Can't think of those foreign players who have made that much difference at U23 or U21.
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