General Hale End Talk

[grange]

His eldest. And yes Emerson is Ethan's brother

Thanks, are either any good?

 

[lomekian]

Thanks, are either any good?

With Gabriel Arteta its hard to know as not officially part of the academy, but he's got good feet. Emerson is not at the same level as ethan but is very versatile and has an eye for goal from a multitude of positions. Not seen enough of either to compare with our best youngsters

 

[teamsoutheast]

Our new signing Victor Ozhianvuna has been making the headlines recently by winning the LOI player of the month for April. There's also talk he will make the ROI squad this June : He reminds me of a young Morgan Gibbs White back in his England U19 days.

 

[teamsoutheast]

With Per Mertesacker moving on this summer, major surgery is needed in our U21 department. Firstly, it'll be interesting to see who we choose as the successor for Mertesacker. I don't believe we have been linked to anyone yet but I may be wrong.

Lots of the current U21 will be released or moved on. Quite a few need loans and lots need to be moved up in ages group and we also need to suppliment the squad with some signings especially in midfield where we look threadbare if you consider who we are likely to release.

It seems this season was a transitional season to see which of our youth players can step up to play regularly for the U21 team next season. Either way major surgery is needed.

 

[teamsoutheast]

FA Youth Cup final was last week. Man City won 2-1. We have quite a way to go to get to that level IMO. Ryan Macaidoo was an absolute menace this game and I've mentioned Reigan Heskey before as being one to watch. Interesting that Reigan's technique is light years beyond his dad's....

View attachment Reigan Heskey Scores Late Winner 🏆 _ Man City U18 2-1 Man United U18 _ FA Youth Cup Final High...mp4

 

[Topside]

Our new signing Victor Ozhianvuna has been making the headlines recently by winning the LOI player of the month for April. There's also talk he will make the ROI squad this June : He reminds me of a young Morgan Gibbs White back in his England U19 days.

I live in ROI I go to LOI games, its very physical and some of the pitches are not the best.

He's rated as a top talent, glad SR got a good fee for him, the days of talent leaving for say 200k good they getting paid.

 

[Topside]

We are heavily linked to a kid at Leicester, Jeremy Monga 16, already played in the first team.

 

[teamsoutheast]

This would explain Meron twins and Osazee leaving. Top prospect and a Gooner aswell. However, we've seen this story before and we usually end up losing out to Chelsea/City etc.

I'll be pleasantly surprised if we pull it off.

 

[MutableEarth]

Saw this. Think injuries halted them early. Predictably, we didn't pull off Josh Abe signing. He's staying at Liverpool.

 

[MutableEarth]

Probably the biggest victim of a potential Monga signing as he's the best winger prospect we have. Yet Monga will be all up in the video as he also plays on both wings and will have a £10m+ price tag justifying any early ascension. I sadly suspect there will only be room for one of them. Shame as BBJ genuinely has a shot, he has the ability to decide even big games by himself.

 

[teamsoutheast]

Probably the biggest victim of a potential Monga signing as he's the best winger prospect we have. Yet Monga will be all up in the video as he also plays on both wings and will have a £10m+ price tag justifying any early ascension. I sadly suspect there will only be room for one of them. Shame as BBJ genuinely has a shot, he has the ability to decide even big games by himself.

It'll be interesting to know who replaces Per. I'm suspecting this decision will be made very soon as we would ideally want someone in well before pre-season to assess everything. I still think Bailey Joseph will have a massive role to play even with the pending arrival of Monga. Could work in a similar fashion to how Noni and Saka work on the RW.