Yeah, He could have been playing McNair at RB all these weeks or Blind at LB and moved Carrick to cb.Yes, plus Van Gaal deliberately reduced the size of the squad precisely because he prefers to call on youngsters to fill gaps rather than having a lot of fringe senior players just sitting around waiting for injuries. Obviously he couldn't have predicted the depth of this injury crisis but nonetheless playing all these kids hasn't been forced on him anywhere near as much as people are suggesting.
Hope he goes on loan in the summer. Even without him and Tuanzebe we would still have Williams, Warren, Scott and O'Connor, should be enough.
Not sure Regan Poole's move to United was worth it for him, he was playing senior football before he joined and then junior football after.
On loan to Newport County.
I wish him all the best....but another loan deal makes no sense for me.....just sell him.
So he’s back to the level he was playing aged 16 when he signed for us. I think he’s an example of why young players shouldn’t sign for big clubs to play in the reserves.
So he’s back to the level he was playing aged 16 when he signed for us. I think he’s an example of why young players shouldn’t sign for big clubs to play in the reserves.
What are you suggesting, we don't sign 16/17 year olds that don't get picked up earlier, or we stick them straight in the first-team squad ??
And yet the England squad still had more players from PL academies with the others mainly coming from 2-3 lower league clubs with top tier academies like Sheffield United.No. I'm suggesting that kids like Poole would be better of sticking at their lower level clubs. Its a trend we're already seeing. Daniel Adshead turned down all the major English clubs, Bayern and Barca to stay with Rochdale because many are starting to see that they have a better chance of developing that way.
The England squad that went to the recent world cup had loads of players that came up through the lower leagues.
No. I'm suggesting that kids like Poole would be better of sticking at their lower level clubs. Its a trend we're already seeing. Daniel Adshead turned down all the major English clubs, Bayern and Barca to stay with Rochdale because many are starting to see that they have a better chance of developing that way.
The England squad that went to the recent world cup had loads of players that came up through the lower leagues.
And yet the England squad still had more players from PL academies with the others mainly coming from 2-3 lower league clubs with top tier academies like Sheffield United.
There is no proof that they have a better chance of developing that way. There is no proof playing lower league football a year or two earlier outweighs the benefit of world class training over second-rate training. The top leagues are filled with Manchester United academy graduates and other top clubs. How many from Rochdale, Newport, Barnsley etc? Daniel Adshead has accomplished nothing and proves nothing. What about all the countless others who turned down big clubs and then were never heard of again? Jose Baxter turned down a renewal with Everton for first team football, where is he? Mats Daehli turned down us in favour of moving for first team football. Where is he? Max Clayton, Forster-Caskey, Sam Magri, Tristan Plummer? The list goes on and on. How many teenagers break through at League 1/2 clubs and touted as the next best thing and within a couple years are playing non-league? Countless. Regan Poole played a few games for Newport and was quite heavily criticized by some of their fans. There is no proof at all that he even would have made it had he stayed there.
No. I'm suggesting that kids like Poole would be better of sticking at their lower level clubs. Its a trend we're already seeing. Daniel Adshead turned down all the major English clubs, Bayern and Barca to stay with Rochdale because many are starting to see that they have a better chance of developing that way.
The England squad that went to the recent world cup had loads of players that came up through the lower leagues.
Just because United get linked to players in the press doesn't mean that we've actually gone for them. It's a fairly old tactic for agents to contact the press with a story about how United or other big clubs are after their clients when there's no actual interest or if clubs have asked for information about the players but then moved onto other targets. As far as I know the only 2 England u17s we had interest in were Greenwood & Bondswell. Greenwood decided to choose Arsenal & after initial interest in Bondswell we moved on & signed Devine insteadThere is no proof in each individual case but young players are looking to move abroad and stay with lower league sides as opposed to joining major Premier League clubs more and more, as they have lost faith in those clubs to develop them.
United failed to sign every single one of the highly rated England U17s this summer they went for with only Sam Greenwood IIRC joining Arsenal I think. The rest either went abroad or stayed put.
edit: City got Ben Knight too.
He's 21 and so far below Premiership level! I think L1/2 is his level! Expect him to be released this summerCurrently impressing for Newport at Wembley. Only realised it was our Poole at around the hour mark!
Let's hope they can progress and he can continue his development in league one.
He's 21 and so far below Premiership level! I think L1/2 is his level! Expect him to be released this summer
He's 21 and so far below Premiership level! I think L1/2 is his level! Expect him to be released this summer
