EssexVilla Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Hmmm yet to see him play yet by and large I trust andyclarkes opinion about him from FM from past experience about players. Don't see why other posters would doubt that considering past records and other information. Just because one poster who has seen significantly more youth games and has in turn made more significantly outrageous predictions shouldn't put fans off being mildly excited for an academy prospect coming good for the club. When those predictions are made in conjunction and with support of andy I feel inclined to suppport them because of the stellar job he has done in effectively showing many players to come through our academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Thank you Anyhow, like I said, opinions aside the stats speak for themselves. Pretty sure Andre has looked at/does look at this thread as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Take SGC's opinion out of the post How could you Andy? He thanks you and everything and you do this!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Horrible aren't I?! I was defending the guy and the thread to be fair because it so easily gets ruined by people desperate to score a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Horrible aren't I?! I was defending the guy and the thread to be fair because it so easily gets ruined by people desperate to score a point. To be fair, I don't think it's point scoring with SGC because he's a nice bloke and he clearly shows he can have a laugh about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Agreed, I meant others coming in to have a pop at him rather than his part in it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Thanks Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 First game for England is on Sunday at 2pm against Spain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Thanks Troon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) Started for England u16s against Belgium today having come on as a sub in the previous games against Denmark and Spain. He is number 17, check out the assist for number 2! Edited February 14, 2014 by AndyClarke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 Looks like a very good prospect, I hope we can keep hold of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Thanks Andy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Thanks for the info Andy. Who do you think our best youth prospect is and who is the biggest prospect for England? (I'm assuming you know a lot about all youth football and not just villa) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Thank you Andrew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Thanks for the info Andy. Who do you think our best youth prospect is and who is the biggest prospect for England? (I'm assuming you know a lot about all youth football and not just villa) There are 4 lads at Villa who have represented England over the last 12 months, Andre Green, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy at u16 level and Corey Taylor and Easah Suliman at u17 level. They are the immediate prospects and there are a couple of lads below that who are starting to make an impression. From an England perspective it is hard to look past Dan Crowley (no debate on him in here though lads ) and then at u16 level Marcus Edwards of Tottenham. You may see Edwards on the highlights, plays off the front, little lad with a huge afro. I also like Jacob Maddox a midfielder from Chelsea and Layton Ndukwu a wide player from Leicester but he did not make the squad for this tournament. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 GENTLEMAN, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Thanks for the info Andy. Who do you think our best youth prospect is and who is the biggest prospect for England? (I'm assuming you know a lot about all youth football and not just villa) There are 4 lads at Villa who have represented England over the last 12 months, Andre Green, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy at u16 level and Corey Taylor and Easah Suliman at u17 level. They are the immediate prospects and there are a couple of lads below that who are starting to make an impression. From an England perspective it is hard to look past Dan Crowley (no debate on him in here though lads ) and then at u16 level Marcus Edwards of Tottenham. You may see Edwards on the highlights, plays off the front, little lad with a huge afro. I also like Jacob Maddox a midfielder from Chelsea and Layton Ndukwu a wide player from Leicester but he did not make the squad for this tournament. Thanks Andy. Yeah looks like we're going to miss out with crowley. How does Andre compare to grealish and Graham at this age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Thanks for the info Andy. Who do you think our best youth prospect is and who is the biggest prospect for England? (I'm assuming you know a lot about all youth football and not just villa) There are 4 lads at Villa who have represented England over the last 12 months, Andre Green, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy at u16 level and Corey Taylor and Easah Suliman at u17 level. They are the immediate prospects and there are a couple of lads below that who are starting to make an impression. From an England perspective it is hard to look past Dan Crowley (no debate on him in here though lads ) and then at u16 level Marcus Edwards of Tottenham. You may see Edwards on the highlights, plays off the front, little lad with a huge afro. I also like Jacob Maddox a midfielder from Chelsea and Layton Ndukwu a wide player from Leicester but he did not make the squad for this tournament. Thanks Andy. Yeah looks like we're going to miss out with crowley. How does Andre compare to grealish and Graham at this age? On a scale of 'thanks' to 'no thanks' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 At the same age Graham was full of tricks and stepovers he still is to some extent which is why first team football is hard to come by. The lad is incredibly talented but it is hard to translate his ability to senior football, there are not many around who can play like that. Grealish has always been a very clever player, not as direct. At Notts he disengages himself from the game to find space and comes deep to get the ball in the same way as someone like Rooney does. His real strength is how intelligent he is on the ball, how he moves it on at the last second, buys a tackle, his agility and touch. His game is about getting on the ball and either building play or making something happen, not flying down the wing. Green is quicker than Grealish, more of a traditional wide player in the modern inside out sense! Similar in that regard to Graham but more direct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 He's been training with the first team, there are pictures on his facebook, he's only 16, a first year scholar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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