The College Dropout Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 A tragedy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pons Alias Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I heard he smells of poo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I'm not having that £6m is nowt for a 16 year old mind. Would have been like someone spending £1.5m on a 16 year old in the mid-90s or something. That would have raised eyebrows at the time. Was that approximately what Pennant went to Arsenal for? He was extremely highly rated with the game. I've never seen anything up until the past fortnight about Gibson's potential. It's just assumed he has something because it's £6m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Madrid just signed a 16 year old for £39.5 million. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Did that actually go through? EDIT: Nevermind. He's joining 2019. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Madrid just signed a 16 year old for £39.5 million. Yeah but that is fucking mental. That's like paying £4-5m for a kid in the days the likes of Ferdinand, Collymore, Bergkamp, etc were going for £6-8.5m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 It is far from certain that young Lewis will prove to be good business for Everton. 75% of 16 year olds who sign a contract for a full time scholarship leave the professional game before they're 21. Even the very very best players at that age are still a risk. For example, England had a very good U17 squad in 2010 who won the European Championship. These guys should be in their prime now; I recognise the names of a third of them as Premier League players: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8713980.stm Good luck to the lad and to Everton for believing in him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 It is far from certain that young Lewis will prove to be good business for Everton. 75% of 16 year olds who sign a contract for a full time scholarship leave the professional game before they're 21. Even the very very best players at that age are still a risk. For example, England had a very good U17 squad in 2010 who won the European Championship. These guys should be in their prime now; I recognise the names of a third of them as Premier League players: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8713980.stm Good luck to the lad and to Everton for believing in him. A more relevant statistic would be the percentage of players under 21 who have left the professional game after a transfer fee of say 4m+ has been paid for them at some point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 You factor in inflated transfer fees over the last 20 years and I'll do the searches (not really, btw). I take your point though. I was just shocked at how academies and centres of excellence, in the UK at least, seem to be getting it so wrong. I included the England squad on the assumption that they would be the best of the best, and whilst most if not all are still in the game, around 2/3s of them have (thus far at least) found a career at a lower level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 The 'beard' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Gone. Fuck him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoob Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 The 'beard' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Very disappointing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 What the fuck is that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I feel better that he'll amount to nothing seeing those pics Scrote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Bet FM change his potential to -9 the cunts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Hope we stuck a 50% sell on clause in there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I feel better that he'll amount to nothing seeing those pics Scrote. Aye. Proper munter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Pays for Merino Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Who? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 A tragedy. Wrong thread. http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,98823.msg6440312.html#new Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 The 'beard' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Disappointed and I didn't know he existed prior to 7 days ago Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Good luck to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Good luck to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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