Six trialists from end of last season now all signed

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Hopefully 1 or 2 of them will progress through the ranks.
Good luck to all 6.

Tony...on the Squad lists page, why is McNeill listed as a member of the First Team Squad whereas Jimmy Dunne for example is listed with the 23s?

randomclaret2 wrote:Tony...on the Squad lists page, why is McNeill listed as a member of the First Team Squad whereas Jimmy Dunne for example is listed with the 23s?

I'd guess, and it's only a guess it's because 1 has been involved in a match day squad, whilst also travelling with the team for games and regularly taking part in first team training.

That sounds perfectly reasonable Macca...I noticed that Dunne was with the First Team today

I know it's called the U23's league, but it has to be for development, and at 23 I would hope you've proved your worth before then. These lads all being 18 is a good sign, as there is no rush for them to press for a first team spot. If anyone of them makes the first team it will be great news all round. As early results showed, the standard in this league is a lot higher than previous players were used too.

Welcome lads, and good luck UTC

Tony, are we any closer to having any of the younger lads progress to being loaned out to a Championship side for example ?

Vegas Claret wrote:Tony, are we any closer to having any of the younger lads progress to being loaned out to a Championship side for example ?

No, not just yet I wouldn't have thought.
Maybe a few seasond off that stage for that, slightly longer for actual academy kids that have come right through the club from a younger age.

MACCA wrote:No, not just yet I wouldn't have thought.
Maybe a few seasond off that stage for that, slightly longer for actual academy kids that have come right through the club from a younger age.

what's the average age (roughly) ?

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/f ... d-14863229

Jay rod signing soon........like I said

Yeah of course you meant him, you got exposed on here for knowing nothing, why are you still pretending?

It was nailed on we were signing Goodridge months ago

randomclaret2 wrote:Tony...on the Squad lists page, why is McNeill listed as a member of the First Team Squad whereas Jimmy Dunne for example is listed with the 23s?

For no other reason than I moved him when he played last season in that last game. I'll sort them all out ahead of the new season when it is confirmed which are members of the first team squad.

Vegas Claret wrote:Tony, are we any closer to having any of the younger lads progress to being loaned out to a Championship side for example ?

No idea - I think the usual plan is now to have them train with us in pre-season and then make decisions on which of them it will be better to get out on loan. The new lads coming in are all just 18 so it is going to be a very young squad again.

ClaretTony wrote:No idea - I think the usual plan is now to have them train with us in pre-season and then make decisions on which of them it will be better to get out on loan. The new lads coming in are all just 18 so it is going to be a very young squad again.

Ok cheers. From a great distance away looking in it doesn't seem like we have anyone that is going to be getting close to our first team squad - would that be correct ?

KRBFC wrote:Yeah of course you meant him, you got exposed on here for knowing nothing, why are you still pretending?

Course he did, he said a Newcastle player will be first signing of the summer, it's a done deal.

1. No deal was done he was released
2. It wasn't the first signing
4. He was hardly a "Newcastle player"
5. We were talking about the first team squad recruits at the time
6. His first aim is to break into the development team


A part from.that he was spot on

It was well publicised we were having a overhaul in the youth set up, I'd be shocked if there wasn't a dozen plus arrivals.

There's a reason there's been no slogans like "Burnley sign arsenal player" or "Burnley land Liverpool ace"

The truth is we've picked up some kids released by other clubs to bulk up the development teams. I wish them all the best, but this joker is selling it as if they're actually signings and he was in the know.

#worsestrikeratethanJuke

Vegas Claret wrote:Ok cheers. From a great distance away looking in it doesn't seem like we have anyone that is going to be getting close to our first team squad - would that be correct ?

Our academy suffered for five years because of the way it was run. We've come out of that now and are having to bring lots of players in from other clubs because it had been left derelict. We have some very promising young players, although I've said that before, but they are all around the 18-20 years age group. Hopefully some of them will progress. Getting them out on loan to progressively better clubs is very much the right thing to do.

MACCA wrote:Course he did, he said a Newcastle player will be first signing of the summer, it's a done deal.

1. No deal was done he was released
2. It wasn't the first signing
4. He was hardly a "Newcastle player"
5. We were talking about the first team squad recruits at the time
6. His first aim is to break into the development team


A part from.that he was spot on

It was well publicised we were having a overhaul in the youth set up, I'd be shocked if there wasn't a dozen plus arrivals.

There's a reason there's been no slogans like "Burnley sign arsenal player" or "Burnley land Liverpool ace"

The truth is we've picked up some kids released by other clubs to bulk up the development teams. I wish them all the best, but this joker is selling it as if they're actually signings and he was in the know.

#worsestrikeratethanJuke

Goodridge has been with us for some time now, he's been mentioned several times in articles on this site and I said some considerable time ago that these players would be signing deals in July which they have now all done.

MACCA wrote:Course he did, he said a Newcastle player will be first signing of the summer, it's a done deal.

1. No deal was done he was released
2. It wasn't the first signing
4. He was hardly a "Newcastle player"
5. We were talking about the first team squad recruits at the time
6. His first aim is to break into the development team


A part from.that he was spot on

It was well publicised we were having a overhaul in the youth set up, I'd be shocked if there wasn't a dozen plus arrivals.

There's a reason there's been no slogans like "Burnley sign arsenal player" or "Burnley land Liverpool ace"

The truth is we've picked up some kids released by other clubs to bulk up the development teams. I wish them all the best, but this joker is selling it as if they're actually signings and he was in the know.

#worsestrikeratethanJuke

Another poster on here exposed him for knowing nothing about transfers yet he still waffles on like he has any idea. He said Mbemba was joining last summer I believe

KRBFC wrote:Another poster on here exposed him for knowing nothing about transfers yet he still waffles on like he has any idea. He said Mbemba was joining last summer I believe

He likes to pretend, look at his username for Christ's sake. He wants to appear something he ain't.

His "in the know signings" on the football rumour sites were laughable, and think he had A 100% success rate..... of being totally wrong.