Academy and Development Squad Developments 2017-18

MrsGrey

;ok

MrsGrey

Pike off to Cheltenham on loan until the end of the season.

IronHerb

Don't tell 'em your name.......

MrsGrey

Wouldn't it be ;biggrin if he played with just a number on his shirt.

IronHerb

;lol

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Browne sent on loan to Wigan

http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/january/20-january/browne-joins-wigan-loan

Good to see if he can step up his competition but a little annoying he seems to be moving to a team low in confidence

Him and Martinez had such a good understanding might be worth seeing if Wigan will take him as well

Fortuneseeker

All for letting our young prospects getting a loan away to help their development but why do we keep sending them to Wigan, they are one of the least popular teams we should be helping after the way they acted over Carlos Tevez!

FlorinRaduclious

Fortuneseeker said:

...why do we keep sending them to Wigan...

Have to agree Fortune that I'm slightly uneasy about our loaning relationship with Wigan (Reece Burke is there currently too). However I do also feel it's a 'nose to spite the face' situation, as I want our youngsters to be loaned out, play, and improve, and if Wigan are the only ones offering...

MrsGrey

Kyle Knoyle (a LB) is there too.

FlorinRaduclious

Didn't know that MrsG ;ok .
We must have some sort of agreement with them then?

grey_til_I_dye

Highlights of the U23s 2-0 win over Fulham last night.

http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/february/20-february/highlights-west-ham-united-pl2-2-0-fulham

Westley particularly impressed with Nathan Holland, the kid we got form Everton:

http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/february/20-february/westley-holland-young-ryan-giggs

tomkinsworldclass

I went last night (free for ST holders) and it was a really good night out: the standard of the teams was good, some nice goals+play and seeing the OS in a different/interesting way- a different area, smaller crowd, etc, etc than normal- I'm normally in 243 but last night was pitch side in 112.

Declan Rice was impeccable at CB and the best player out there, Josh Pask alongside him was good, though he needs to fill out his frame a bit. Makasi very tidy in CM. Knoyle had some really good moments at RB. Holland was exciting and linked up well with grady diangana who played the number 10 role. Overall it was good performance and they all did well on a much bigger pitch + occasion. ;thumbsup ;scarf ;thumbsup

TwistandShout

Josh Cullen with another man of the match for Bradford ;clap

MrsGrey

tomkinsworldclass said:

Declan Rice was impeccable at CB and the best player out there, ;thumbsup

Just signed a new contract ;ok

MrsGrey

U23s played last night, with starts for Fletcher, Masuaku + Fernandes. Drew 1-1 with Stoke's U23s. Fernandes got our goal.

Declan Rice gave away the pen from whch Stoke scored.

Hero to Zero ;lol ;doh

tomkinsworldclass

The Stoke U23 team were every bit as depressing as you'd imagine. From the off uber deep and defensive, not wanting to play.

IronHerb

Well they should play to the club philosophy so they can step up seamlessly into the 1st X! ;lol

MrsGrey

;nonono But surely Sparky Marky has made Stoke sexy?

OutcastLondoner

Oxford's loan has been going well...

eskimoking

deehammer said:

Stoke, under any guise, could never be deemed as being sexy ;doh

-----Allen Afelley
Arnautovic-Bojan-Shaqiri
-------Bony

Tbf, that was kind of sexy, but Bojan has gone. I would have no problems watching that front 6 every week.

IronHerb

Bojan is out on loan and Bony is poor.

Vorselaarhammer

A Ferrari that is asked to pull a hay cart....

jay_in_cpt

OutcastLondoner said:

Oxford's loan has been going well...

;ok IMO it's been a complete waste of what could have been a real learning / playing opportunity in a tough league....
Wonder if we can recall him, I'd sooner he be around our own squad if he's never gonna play or on make subs bench for them..

Vorselaarhammer

Maybe we should be asking why he is not making the team.

That's Arseanl game he looked like another Rio.

Does he suffer from boofs are too big syndrome....

Adam

Reece Oxford came on in the 73rd minute today ;wahoo

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Thing is if he can't get into Rangers team then he's not gonna be good enough for the EPL is he

OldCastleSwift

He's at Reading, Champo

But your point stands. I'm surprised he's not played more, TBH

OutcastLondoner

This is my basic problem with most loan deals. Any reasonably competitive team does not see a loan player as key to their lineup but more as a backup, especially when they're young. They don't care about giving him experience and they certainly don't want to risk their own chances with an untested player.

I think a failed loan doesn't prove anything because it seems to me that most loans do fail.

alderz

Outcast ;ok

Particularly a team in form and in with a shout at promotion. Why would they disrupt the team? He would have been better going to a League One team and getting games, like what Cullen has done at Bradford.

tomkinsworldclass

Outcast, ;thumbsup I prefer any youth player go to the right club, not necessarily the biggest or most attractive to aid their development. Burke and Cullen are really good examples of the right kind of moves for them to do their apprenticeships- which IMO is what it should be about- going out and learning your craft and the industry. Conversely, some have been misjudged such as Marcus Browne at Wigan, who then went onto sign something like 10 players on transfer deadline day which obviously reduces his opportunities.