Taylor Harwood-Bellis - move to Southampton completed.

[Tricky_Trev]

He's starting for the u21's with Delap so he won't be playing tomorrow.

Doyle, Palmer and Braaf not involved at all so they'll be with the senior squad.

Delap is unlucky. I guess if Sergio wasn’t fit enough for a bench cameo, he would have featured in a similar way.

 

[twosips]

He's starting for the u21's with Delap so he won't be playing tomorrow.

Doyle, Palmer and Braaf not involved at all so they'll be with the senior squad.

Braaf's presumably injured as he's not played for the EDS/18s for a month now, so I doubt he's involved tomorrow. Came off relatively early on in a game at the start of November (7th) and not been seen since.

 

[Goater=Legend]

Good stuff if true. Adarabioyo had a good season there too

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Good stuff if true. Adarabioyo had a good season there too

Let's hope we don't continue fully down the Tosin path and virtually give him away afterwards.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Great move,hopefully its the beginning of a trend for our talented kids as they aren't getting the required opportunity here.

What we musn't do is send them on loan to any old club,the destination needs to be beneficial to both parties.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

I wonder does this mean we are insisting on Garcia stays till the end of the season

 

[willipp]

I wonder does this mean we are insisting on Garcia stays till the end of the season

Nothing to do with insisting on him staying I don’t think, more to do with Barca not paying what we value him at.
As for THB, Blackburn would be a decent move. He would probably play most games, rovers having a decent season and chance of play offs, manager who seems to give youth a chance, so would be a good option.

 

[GBrannan]

Great move,hopefully its the beginning of a trend for our talented kids as they aren't getting the required opportunity here.

What we musn't do is send them on loan to any old club,the destination needs to be beneficial to both parties.

It seemed inevitable really. We’ve got more potential first team capable, young players coming through than previously under Guardiola so we were going to need to change our approach. They can’t all be in the first team squad and continue to develop properly... because the EDS isn’t much of a challenge.

As you say, getting the right loan is crucial, especially for the players we think have a chance to make the first team in a year or two.

For our other standout young players, similar decisions needed for Doyle, Palmer and Delap in the near future because they’ve all outgrown the EDS. McAtee I’d wait another 6-12 months for as he needs to bulk up a bit yet.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Doyle,palmer and Delap out aswell for the rest of the season do them the world of good

 

[FantasyIreland]

It seemed inevitable really. We’ve got more potential first team capable, young players coming through than previously under Guardiola so we were going to need to change our approach. They can’t all be in the first team squad and continue to develop properly... because the EDS isn’t much of a challenge.

As you say, getting the right loan is crucial, especially for the players we think have a chance to make the first team in a year or two.

For our other standout young players, similar decisions needed for Doyle, Palmer and Delap in the near future because they’ve all outgrown the EDS. McAtee I’d wait another 6-12 months for as he needs to bulk up a bit yet.

Nmecha is also crying out for a loan,in fact he should be top of the list IMO.

I'd love Braaf to see sense and do the same,but i suspect that ship has long since sailed.