Development/Youth Squads 2022/2023 Thread - U18/U21

[Mark]

What's going on with Callum Wright?

[lcfc sheff]

Just now, Mark said:

What's going on with Callum Wright?

It’s all going Callum wrong at the moment 

[Ric Flair]

20 minutes ago, Mark said:

What's going on with Callum Wright?

Done him dirty this summer, infuriating. Should have binned Praet on loan with an obligation for £8.5m + the £4m saved on his wages for a year and then put Wright in the 25 man squad. 

[filbertway]

Mad that we lost that game 4-2 with Modric playing! That assist was ridiculous

 

[Sambiasso]

 

[filbertway]

Good lad, hopefully he smashes it. Assume they'll be looking at him to come in for Bowler

[The_Rorab]

So say what you want about Wright (I say why on earth have we sold him) but both he and Hirst if the future fee are true and we get it will have brought the club money from the academy through loans and showing they're potentially capable of playing for a Championship side.

 

So why have we loaned basically no-one else out? Clubs aren't going to buy our youngsters for anything decent if they never play senior football before we move them on. Nor does it seem they'll get a chance in the first team without first proving it on loan. So what's the point in them all staying in the U21s?

[HybridFox]

Nice moment seeing Lewis Brunt warm up alongside Cristiano Ronaldo. Must have felt slightly surreal

Edited 2 September 2022 by TK95

[Foxxed]

I thought we’d were developing Wright for the cash flow. He looked good but I didn’t think more than Championship at the moment anyhow. Will be interesting if he develops into a Prem player.

[Ric Flair]

My mate is a big Blackpool fan and the fee is £750k + 25% sell on clause.

[FoxesWalk]

Is Maswanhise left footed? Feels like we have little to lose bringing him into the first team fold at this point. 
 

edit/ nevermind, he is clearly heavily right footed. 
 

Worth a go imo 

Edited 2 September 2022 by FoxesWalk

[davieG]

9 hours ago, Sambiasso said:

 

Disappointed with this he would have been the player to bring on for Maddison yesterday, give him 10mins.

[Saxondale]

I feel like the attacking player the club fancies the most is Kasey McAteer. 

[Ric Flair]

45 minutes ago, Saxondale said:

I feel like the attacking player the club fancies the most is Kasey McAteer. 

Which is astonishing as Petty plays him as a wing back and Forest Green Rovers the same.

[coolhandfox]

Just now, Ric Flair said:

My mate is a big Blackpool fan and the fee is £750k + 25% sell on clause.

I think that's OK considering he was last year of contract.

[Foxy-Lady]

3 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

My mate is a big Blackpool fan and the fee is £750k + 25% sell on clause.

Isnt that significantly LESS than the fee we paid Blackburn when we originally signed him 3/4 years ago?

 

If so, hoe come weve managed to actually LOSE money on a player who now has first team experience playing in the lower leagues....and that excludes the nearly £1m wages we've paid him these past 4 years?   

Slightly baffling for me...

Edited 2 September 2022 by Foxy-Lady

[Ric Flair]

6 minutes ago, Foxy-Lady said:

Isnt that significantly LESS than the fee we paid Blackburn when we originally signed him 3/4 years ago?

 

If so, hoe come weve managed to actually LOSE money on a player who now has first team experience playing in the lower leagues....and that excludes the nearly £1m wages we've paid him these past 4 years?   

Slightly baffling for me...

Think we got him from Blackburn for a few hundred grand

[lcfcsnow]

14 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Think we got him from Blackburn for a few hundred grand

£1 million I heard at the time

[Stadt]

We need a monumental clear out of backroom staff. It won't happen though.

[Daysha]

2 hours ago, Stadt said:

We need a monumental clear out of backroom staff. It won't happen though.

Definitely need someone full time working on loans for Academy players.

[Aus Fox]

9 hours ago, Foxy-Lady said:

Isnt that significantly LESS than the fee we paid Blackburn when we originally signed him 3/4 years ago?

 

If so, hoe come weve managed to actually LOSE money on a player who now has first team experience playing in the lower leagues....and that excludes the nearly £1m wages we've paid him these past 4 years?   

Slightly baffling for me...

As we’ve seen with Fofana, we won’t know if we’ve lost money until he moves on from Blackpool. If he does reasonably well and moves on for £5 million - we net another £1.25 mil and break even inc wages. 
Anything north of £5 million they sell him for and we’re in profit.

Sometimes it’s worth gambling on youth products to bring in a bit of revenue- as with any gamble some you win some you lose. In the grand scheme of things Cheltenham would have possibly paid a small load fee and a part of his wages we’ve probably got his transfer fee back.

[moore_94]

Former Leicester youth player has just started where I currently work

 

Going to be hard to resist asking him about it 

[Lesta2014]

12 hours ago, moore_94 said:

Former Leicester youth player has just started where I currently work

 

Going to be hard to resist asking him about it 

Do it!!! 
 

plenty of 21s trained with firsts yesterday I’m guessing not was to pad it out with ones from Thursday doing recovery session yesterday and not a sign they are going to be used. 

[Aus Fox]

Anyone know what if there is any way of watching the u21s game today?

[moore_94]

Edited 3 September 2022 by moore_94