Youngsters playing for England

[EddieColquhoun]

Oliver Arblaster and Finley Potter are with England U18s in Zagreb.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

Also:

 

[EddieColquhoun]

 

[nickwr37]

There'll be plenty of EPL/European top club scouts watching these lads....What will be et Al. Hope we hang on to them so we can enjoy when their time comes for a first team run.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Hasn't Potter only just come back after a long injury? Must be highly rated?

 

[EddieColquhoun]

Hasn't Potter only just come back after a long injury? Must be highly rated?

He was out for 18 months.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

 

[knowsnowt]

Gerrem sold and resign porter.

 

[corner_flag]

Gerrem sold and resign porter.

Too late! He's been snapped up by Oldham

 

[S64 Blade]

Sai Sachdev seems to go under the radar a bit. Another right wing back, I believe?

 

[Kev Gee]

Some great talent within our youth set up.

Hopefully some of them will go on to have good careers in the game either with us or other clubs.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

Hasn't Potter only just come back after a long injury? Must be highly rated?

 

[EddieColquhoun]

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

Whilst I don't want to put a negative spin on all of this, let's not get too carried away. Jonathan Forte, Ian Ross and Danny Cadamateri all represented England at under 18 levels and Wednesday legend Francis "He'll score more than Beattie" Jeffers held the goal scoring record for England under 21s. It's great that these kids from our academy are being selected but they have a long, long way to go until they're anywhere near the levels needed to even have a career at League Two level.

 

[Digs blade]

Whilst I don't want to put a negative spin on all of this, let's not get too carried away. Jonathan Forte, Ian Ross and Danny Cadamateri all represented England at under 18 levels and Wednesday legend Francis "He'll score more than Beattie" Jeffers held the goal scoring record for England under 21s. It's great that these kids from our academy are being selected but they have a long, long way to go until they're anywhere near the levels needed to even have a career at League Two level.

You are absolutely correct but some of these lads look a bit special.

For example I’d put Arblaster way above Ian Ross who for me was no more than neat and tidy

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

Hasn't Potter only just come back after a long injury? Must be highly rated?

He lost his arm bones after a Quidditch match apparently

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

He lost his arm bones after a Quidditch match apparently

There's gotta be a spell to fix that surely...?

 

[Rapturian]

He lost his arm bones after a Quidditch match apparently

Ahh, sadly that can sometimes happen

 

[EddieColquhoun]

Potter and Arblaster both started for England U18s yesterday in a 2-0 win over Wales in Croatia. Potter was one of 3 England players who played the full 90 minutes.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

Another 90 minutes for Potter and an Arblaster penalty help England win the tournament.

England MU18s win four nations tournament

Young Lions ended their campaign against hosts Croatia on Monday afternoon

www.englandfootball.com

 

[EddieColquhoun]

 

[anglian blade]

Another 90 minutes for Potter and an Arblaster penalty help England win the tournament.

England MU18s win four nations tournament

Young Lions ended their campaign against hosts Croatia on Monday afternoon

www.englandfootball.com

Almost the entire squad came from Premier league clubs so having two of ours playing is very positive

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

These upcoming U19 EUROs are also the qualifying route for the FIFA U20 World Cup in Indonesia in 2023. The top 5 (of 8) European teams qualify for the "even bigger stage".

 

[mancunianblade]

That Tunisian GK is 35 easy

 

[EddieColquhoun]

 

[EddieColquhoun]

 

[Carlton Blade]

Whilst I don't want to put a negative spin on all of this, let's not get too carried away. Jonathan Forte, Ian Ross and Danny Cadamateri all represented England at under 18 levels and Wednesday legend Francis "He'll score more than Beattie" Jeffers held the goal scoring record for England under 21s. It's great that these kids from our academy are being selected but they have a long, long way to go until they're anywhere near the levels needed to even have a career at League Two level.

Only Bash, Billy, Baldock and Ndiaye of our current senior squad didn't play youth international football

 

[Chezzy Blades]

Only Bash, Billy, Baldock and Ndiaye of our current senior squad didn't play youth international football

Considering the latter two are now full internationals does that mean Billy and Bash are the only players in our squad to never play for their country at any level?!

 

[Carlton Blade]

Considering the latter two are now full internationals does that mean Billy and Bash are the only players in our squad to never play for their country at any level?!

Of senior players, yes