Any info on this lad we've got on our books guys? Seems to be a speed freak. Ran the 100m in 10.99 and broke olympian Darren Campbell's record in the process.
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Central defender, capped by Eng youth, played a couple of u18 games last season, just won the Milk Cup. Great talent.
A centre back?! 
If he turns out to be a good defender then he'd be unstoppable. No attacker will run past him.
If he turns out to be a good defender then he'd be unstoppable. No attacker will run past him.Damn - that is close to a second quicker than I was
Think he has captained England and United at U16 levels.
Supposed to be highly rated.
Supposed to be highly rated.
Never ran a race before and he's getting those times?! It's only when I knew of people who competed at quite a high level I realised how important technique can be,
maybe LVG can "robbened" him
The funny thing is he can look quite slow and lethargic over the first couple of yards and gets beaten for pace quite often but obviously he has the speed over a longer distance. He did well in the Milk Cup playing against older players
A big,strong defender who's also good on the ball.Surprise to know he's actually that fast over long distance.
Whilst impressive, centre-halves will never have to "open their legs" that much in a game so being lightning quick over 100m isn't really that helpful to him. It sounds like he has to improve his agility and speed over shorter distances, which shouldn't be too difficult to achieve through a specialised programme.
Captain of both United and England u-16 teams? Exciting prospect, by the sounds of it.
Captain of both United and England u-16 teams? Exciting prospect, by the sounds of it.
Any chance of him ending up in a psition where he gets to use his pace a bit more? Fullback?
20m is a more relevant distance for a footballer. Still bloody impressive, mind.
If it looks like he isn't going to make it at premier league or championship level I wouldn't be surprised if he goes into athletics, Adam Gemili who is now Britain's best young sprinter was once a footballer player at Dagenham.
He played right back more than he played centre-half last season.
Blackest name ever.
He seems to put in some solid performances recently after his shaking start of the campaign.Anyone think he won't stay long at this level before being promoted?Amazingly still a schoolboy.
I guess that's him at 0:46? Is Tuanzebe also pacey?
Isn't it quite useful when you are playing a high line? Seen Smalling put the afterburners on a few times to good effect in situations where an opposition forward might have broken through our back line.
That was Tuanzebe.He played on the left side of our defence.Tuanzebe,Williams and Fosu-Mensah all very fast.Borthwick-Jackson bit slower.
Is Borthwick-Jackson the left back?
Tuanzebe is surely ahead of him in the pecking order. Perhaps BJ as well, even though he's yet to play CB this season. Williams is a fine prospect but not quite as mature as the two aforementioned and just last weekend he really should have done better for one of Everton's goals. I think he'll stay where he is for the remainder of the season. No shame in that at his age.
Yeah.
Yeah I mean next season.Although Tuanzebe will likely to be promoted before him.
Is the 'S' actually capitalised then?
'Ravel' used to have an apostrophe in it. After that disappeared, we all know how his story turned out.
For Williams' sake, I hope the 'S' never turns lower case.
'Ravel' used to have an apostrophe in it. After that disappeared, we all know how his story turned out.
For Williams' sake, I hope the 'S' never turns lower case.
Shoehorned into full back because of his pace, never to recover?
Thought it was Welsh.
He's the black sheep of the academy.
Have been impressed by him recently.Looks much more assured than he was at the start of the season.Can see him become too good for the U18s soon enough.
Isn't he still eligible for the under 18's next year?
Still eligible next next year.
So is he under 16 this year?
Yeah.He's a big lad so always play ahead of his age group.
Still impressive that he is doing well considering he is playing 2 age groups above. His pace and size are bound to help I suppose.
What's the deal with his massive head?
Captained the U18s today whilst still an U16s (due to Tuanzebe's absence but that's very impressive still).
Will be U18s captain this season.Second U18s captain as a first year scholar since Gary Neville (first one was Tuanzebe).
Safe to assume that Tuanzebe will be playing with the U21s this year then.