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Is he a student of the club's history? If so, 617181 might be a shout
Josh Onomah stats tonight according to WhoScored:
Rating: 7.62 (third highest after Hutton & Chester)
Shots: 0
Touches: 68
Passes: 30/36 (83%)
Key passes: 2
Dribbles: 5/7 (71%)
Dribbled past: 1
Aerials won: 1
Tackles: 6/7 (86%)
Clearances: 3
Interceptions: 1
Dispossessed: 2
Fouls: 2
The Villa fans scapegoats him all the time, don’t listen to them.
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English football has the same problem that Spain had in the late 80's, Italy and Germany had after their booms of the mid late 80's to the mid 90's and France and Scotland of the early 90's. They were leagues flooded with money and as a result foreign talent. This blocked pathways for younger talent and a whole generation of players were lost. They then went through what was subsequently known as the "dark ages" in terms of youth development. Scotland and Italy are still struggling to find their way out for entirely political reasons. France and Germany got their acts together. However, it wasn't political will or luck that resulted in the attempts to fix the situation, it was very real economic circumstances. The booms turned to bust. In Italy, Spain, France and Germany established top division clubs went to the wall or very close to it. In Scotland this happened to a lesser extent with pretty much everyone bar Celtic having to adjust to living hand to mouth.
England will not become a leader in youth development until the boom is over. It will come to an end, all booms do. Until that time the political will to implement meaningful change cannot and will not find any traction. For evidence of this basic principle just look at the 2008 financial crisis. Everyone and their dog (well, apart from those ideologues of the Right) knew the system was f*cked long before it went pop but who's going to turn round to the shareholders and tell them that whilst everyone else is making money hand over fist their company is going to be run along sustainable but significantly less profitable lines. No one and that's what happened. No one dared. The same principle exists in football. No one shuts the stable door until the horses have bolted.
Whoops he liked the Leipzig rumour . Strange picking quite an obscure name as well so fans can’t find your account.
Can't remember if it was a Spurs ITK or where I read it, but I remember reading that European clubs are coming after our talent as they know they are better.
The scary part is that when it comes down to first touch and technical skills it's actually true.https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1828955727123741&id=487558751263452
Already better than sissoko
Oh shit he actually did. Hopefully that doesn’t mean anything
Out of curiosity, in the last 20 years or so how many players that we have discarded or rejected as youths have gone on to play regular PL football?
THANK YOU.
Again I know you NEED to work hard and can't just expect anything given to you, but if you're not running around like a British Bulldog in England you'll struggle to come through, and fans won't appreciate you unless you're doing something magical like Berbatov
Just noticed that too - don't search his name on Twitter, it's an absolute nightmare. Their fans *hate* him.
And as another poster pointed out - they know that if any of these players shine in Germany, PL clubs will be desperate to buy them back for big bucks because of home grown quotas.I'm pretty are it wasn't because they are better per se, lets be honest, Germany won the Confed with a virtual U23 side, then won the U21 WC (or Euros) with a second string U21 side. I think it was just that they can see that England is now producing very talented footballers than have no pathway, which German clubs can make better use of because they have a better culture of integration.
Here's where I disagree, sorry.
Look at major recent footballing nations such as France, Italy, Spain, Germany etc.
While no doubt there's a huge amount of technical ability, nearly all their players have also been mentally and physically tough - apart from Ozil...
Passion + commitment + technique = world class... usually.
Anyone know if there will be a link to watch the Uefa Youth League tomorrow?