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Youth team development

Ricky1985

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:
Taylor-Hart has signed a new contract!!!

Oooh that's good news!

Liking the look of the next wave, Omari Hutchinson, Miguel Azeez, andTaylor-Hart specifically.

mentalvortex

Hearing lot of good things about Patino (box to box/deep lying playmaker), Edwards (striker), Amani richards (stiker) and Cozier-Dubbery (attacking midfielder) as well.

Klaus

Ricky1985 wrote:
@lorddulaarsenal wrote:
Taylor-Hart has signed a new contract!!!

Oooh that's good news!

Liking the look of the next wave, Omari Hutchinson, Miguel Azeez, andTaylor-Hart specifically.

And there's Patino too! A smol Wilshere clone.

What are your thoughts on Hutchinson Ricky? I've seen some people indicate that he's the pick of the bunch of all the emerging midfield talents.

mentalvortex

Klaus wrote:
Ricky1985 wrote:
Oooh that's good news!

Liking the look of the next wave, Omari Hutchinson, Miguel Azeez, andTaylor-Hart specifically.

And there's Patino too! A smol Wilshere clone.

What are your thoughts on Hutchinson Ricky? I've seen some people indicate that he's the pick of the bunch of all the emerging midfield talents.

Apparently he is not so small anymore. He seems to have a had a growth spurt and is taller than 6 ft now.

Klaus

That's great. He looked so tiny in the U23 last season, but it might also have been because he was several years younger than the others.

mentalvortex

Need to get him on the Azeez workout routine now.

Qwiss

Patino was never all that small. Skinny and wilshere esque in his dribbling but not small for his age the last couple of years.

lorddulaarsenal

Klaus wrote:
Ricky1985 wrote:
Oooh that's good news!

Liking the look of the next wave, Omari Hutchinson, Miguel Azeez, andTaylor-Hart specifically.

And there's Patino too! A smol Wilshere clone.

What are your thoughts on Hutchinson Ricky? I've seen some people indicate that he's the pick of the bunch of all the emerging midfield talents.

Not that keen on Patino. His game doesn’t look clean and not sure he has the X factor. Jack Henry-Francis looks a better prospect and more similar to Wilshere in style

Big Willie

One guy from the youths I like was Flores (or Torres?), I think his name was. Dude looked special. Played some kind of left sided role, not sure if it was left back, left wingback or left mid/winger but the guy looked a quality player.

Clrnc

Yep, Marcelo Flores the Mexican guy. I liked what I saw of him too, extremely talented. Patino and him will definitely make it

Ricky1985

Klaus wrote:
Ricky1985 wrote:
Oooh that's good news!

Liking the look of the next wave, Omari Hutchinson, Miguel Azeez, andTaylor-Hart specifically.

And there's Patino too! A smol Wilshere clone.

What are your thoughts on Hutchinson Ricky? I've seen some people indicate that he's the pick of the bunch of all the emerging midfield talents.

I haven't really followed Hutchinson much over the past year so I'm not sure where he's at development wise. But he is technically up there with the best we've produced. Completely two-footed, very good dribbler and in good tight spaces, sees a pass quickly. He's not a super athlete, quick but not rapid. Not sure on his best position - pretty sure he'd see himself as a 10 or CM, but plays wide often and sometimes as a fullback (style-wise he has a touch of the Marcelos about him when he's at LB?).

I'm hopeful we can focus his talent into one position and make him an Arsenal starter. At the very least, he's another quick, smart and technical Hale End graduate that will either prove very useful for us it make us a pretty penny.

mentalvortex

We have appointed a new head coach for the U23s in Kevin Betsy to replace Steve Bould.

mentalvortex

Tied down another promising youngster to a long term contract.

Per seems to be the only ex-Arsenal player in a position of power at the club who is doing his job properly.

Clrnc

Live U23 match us against West Ham if anyone is interested. Patino Azeez Norton and Hutchinson all playing.

As I type West Ham scores

goon

Scored from us trying and failing to pass it out the back, these guys are ready for the first team!

Some decent football from us though when we can get out of our own third. Hutchinson in particular looks great.

Clrnc

6-0 to West Ham now. Pinned back the entire game couldn't get out of our half at all.

lorddulaarsenal

West Ham were physically superior. Massive difference

mentalvortex

Agreed. West Ham played with Lanzini, Yarmalenk, Musuaku and few other first team squad players.

However that should not be an excuse for our performance.

Clearly showed that likes of Azeez and Patino have some time to go before they are physically ready for first team football.

Hutchinson was the only bright spot in attack. New signing Biereth looked completely isolated up front (where have we seen that before with our strikers ??)

Less said about our defense the better. All of them were were abject with Rekik in particular looking like another wrong one from our last seasons transfer dealings (along with likes of Akinola, Dinzeyi and Lewis).

Klaus

mentalvortex wrote:
Hutchinson was the only bright spot in attack.

Totally. I watched a short highlights clip and even in a game like this I could see what the deal was. That bloke is going places. If we hadn't tanked Europa League I would bet on him getting first team chances this season. He seems to have that Saka quality to him.

Klaus

The rest of this generation I'm less sure about. Azeez, Taylor-Hart, Balogun too if he counts, are clearly talented players, but there are a lot of things that will have to go right in order for them to make it. Hutchinson seems a level above. Why did it take so long for him to get playing time with the U23?

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