u18 v Newcastle

[WallyA]

Borges has played a grand total of 750 minutes or just over 8 games with just 76 minutes of them played before the new year. The majority was with the U23s BTW. There was never a snowballs chance of him going out on loan and letting someone else manage his rehabilitation (even if we could find someone daft enough to take him).

Edit: not sure if that total includes today. (it might not include the last 4 games actually as it hasn't been updated yet)

I never said Borges should have gone on loan...

 

[Centurions]

I never said Borges should have gone on loan...

Having re-read your post, you may well be correct :(

 

[Cobra]

Sorry but that’s bollocks.

Borges, O’Reiley, Breckin, Mebude and Adam are not playing up a level, they’re all u18s (ie they have already or will turn 18 this season) playing at u18 level.

Thats 9 of the 13 goals right there.

Also…even if it were true then it doesn’t matter. Reece James and Hudson-Odoi were playing u23 football at 16. So were Foden and Brahim occasionally.

O’Reilly turned 17 in March so he’s still a first year scholar. 6 of the players who started the EDS game against Everton are technically U18’s, along with Gyabi who came off the bench, so it’s quite clear we do have a policy of playing kids up a level. Delap and Edozie missed half of the season through injury, and Palmer has just come back from injury so it’s understandable why they’re still at that level.

Cole Palmer spent 2 seasons with the U18’s rather than being promoted to the U23’s after his first season and it didn’t do him much harm. Maybe in a year or two we’ll be saying the same for the likes of Borges, Adam and Mebude.

 

[Centurions]

O’Reilly turned 17 in March so he’s still a first year scholar. 6 of the players who started the EDS game against Everton are technically U18’s, along with Gyabi who came off the bench, so it’s quite clear we do have a policy of playing kids up a level. Delap and Edozie missed half of the season through injury, and Palmer has just come back from injury so it’s understandable why they’re still at that level.

Cole Palmer spent 2 seasons with the U18’s rather than being promoted to the U23’s after his first season and it didn’t do him much harm. Maybe in a year or two we’ll be saying the same for the likes of Borges, Adam and Mebude.

Yep, I was working so couldn't reply last night although Borges has been promoted to the EDS already I think. He's certainly played more minutes for the U23's than the U18's and most of his minutes have been this calendar year due to his knee(?) injury. He's out of contract in 14 months so hopefully he'll be signing a professional contract by this summer.