Maybe you were only joking but I see it posted so much on here about how the group is shit but the exact same players were being called very talented just last year for the u18s.
Yea the u23s isn't good enough for development. So the u18s which is an even worse level is better?
They're not the last year batch. They're from the batch which was 30 points behind City at one point.
I was wondering about that actually. Our U-18s were great last year but - iirc - pretty fecking ropey in previous seasons. Is our current U-23 squad mainly made up of players that were part of underwhelming U-18 teams from a few years back? Or is it a very young team, full of last year’s U-18s, who just need to grow up a bit?
That’s not exactly true. There are some in the 23s who were not part of last years 18s, and probably won’t go anywhere. The likes of Redmond, Olusunde, Kehinde and co (although I think Kehinde is alright).
The team also seems to line up with too many defensive players to me.
He's only a young lad and very slightly built, no need to rush, he's developing well.
Yeah and I think the manager makes a lot of difference too, just seems to be a bit of a negative atmosphere at U23 at moment but hopefully some of the fresh blood changes that - just not certain it's best time to promote Greenwood, for example.
They're not the last year batch. They're from the batch which was 30 points behind City at one point.
The most played players in last years u18s are largely with the u23s already except for George Tanner. Who is a RB and the u23s have Joe Riley who is anything but shit. The u18s regulars Whelan, Kenyon, Boonen, Warren, Hamilton, Bohui, Buffonge, Gribbin, Dearnley, Roshaun is back and now Chong, Gomes and O'Connor are fully promoted too. That is pretty much the entire batch. Plus older lads like Riley, Demi, Wilson, and CBJ back now too. 4 older lads who have been rated very highly and dominated u23s level in the past.That’s not exactly true. There are some in the 23s who were not part of last years 18s, and probably won’t go anywhere. The likes of Redmond, Olusunde, Kehinde and co (although I think Kehinde is alright).
The team also seems to line up with too many defensive players to me.
The most played players in last years u18s are largely with the u23s already except for George Tanner. Who is a RB and the u23s have Joe Riley who is anything but shit. The u18s regulars Whelan, Kenyon, Boonen, Warren, Hamilton, Bohui, Buffonge, Gribbin, Dearnley, Roshaun is back and now Chong, Gomes and O'Connor are fully promoted too. That is pretty much the entire batch. Plus older lads like Riley, Demi, Wilson, and CBJ back now too. 4 older lads who have been rated very highly and dominated u23s level in the past.
Kehinde is a decent player, better centrally than out wide. Redmond and Olosunde are a bit shit but that is two players. Just look at that group and a whole host of them have been called talented in the past. But now the group is called shit somehow. And it was mentioned for next year for Greenwood. By which the likes of Barlow, Burkart, Tanner etc. will all be in the u23s too.
The team is setup horribly. The defence is a shambles and the attack has no cohesion. And yet Bohui, Boonen and Buffonge were 3 of the u18s lauded attack line just last season. So have the group all just suddenly lost all their talent? I don't think so. The manager just hasn't been good enough, nowhere close to it.
