Reserves / Youth Team thread 2013/14

[Lee]

Didn't hear anything about Texeira coming back to LFC.

I guess we've recalled him as he barely played at Brentford?!

[Shaggy]

Nope, like Morgan did last year when he was at Rotherham, he is allowed to come back and play for the 21s. Weird eh.

[Reece]

Not heard of that sort of agreement before. Makes sense though, especially if he's not getting much game time at Brentford. Keeps him fit for them if they do need him.

[Lee]

Nope, like Morgan did last year when he was at Rotherham, he is allowed to come back and play for the 21s. Weird eh.

Not heard of that sort of agreement before. Makes sense though, especially if he's not getting much game time at Brentford. Keeps him fit for them if they do need him.

Very strange that, I've never heard of it before either.

Like Reece says though, it can't be a bad thing at all really.

[SB]

Is it possibly just an arrangement for youth players?

[Reece]

Well yeah, I doubt it happens with first team players

[RedReet]

Great goal from Tex too, makes you wonder qwhy he's not getting much of a look in.

[Resu]

I guess he's style is not suited for the league Brentford plays in. I have the feeling defenders there have one solutiono on how to handle technical youngsters.

[dww]

Nope, like Morgan did last year when he was at Rotherham, he is allowed to come back and play for the 21s. Weird eh.

Although in this case he has just returned with the loan bought to an end. No player specific reasoning really given:

http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/news/article/joao-teixeira-leaves-08.10.13-1102395.aspx

[Resu]

It says that the 28 days initial period ended. It probably didn't work as hoped. If he isn't in their starting eleven every week he'll get better training back at Melwood.

[dww]

It says that the 28 days initial period ended. It probably didn't work as hoped. If he isn't in their starting eleven every week he'll get better training back at Melwood.

What I meant was it didn't say anything specific about what prevented him getting into their team. I tend to agree that he is better off with us or looking for a different loan destination.

[SB]

Well yeah, I doubt it happens with first team players

If the player isn't getting a look in we should be able to revoke the loan deal IMO. 1st team or resides whatever.

[sambirken]

Who is Harry Wilson?

[The_weatherman]

Beats me, but getting called up at 16 years is quite impressive, and puts pressure on him as well.

[SB]

Who is Harry Wilson?

Academy Profile: Harry Wilson – 16 year-old Liverpool youngster in Wales senior squad
By Michael Sweeting on October 9, 2013
Liverpool fans exploded with interest at the shock news that Liverpool U18s winger Harry Wilson had been called up to the Welsh first team on Wednesday afternoon. So, who is Harry Wilson?


Image: Wilson in action for Wales U16′s last year.
Wilson joined the Liverpool Academy as an 8 year old from his hometown club Wrexham in 2005. He raced through the youth ranks and made his U18s debut as a 15 year old when he replaced Kristoffer Peterson in a 4-1 thumping of Sunderland in February. He went on to make a further six appearances and grab two goals.

The fleet footed winger first came to fans attention when he starred for Liverpool U15s in their Milk Cup campaign of 2012. Observers remarked how Wilson had stood out even against the much more hyped talent of Seyi Ojo, signed for £1m from MK Dons.

The sixteen year old begun this campaign as a regular at U18 level and even managed to make a substitute appearance for the U21s against Southampton in the 4-3 defeat on the opening day of the season.

Wilson plays mainly from the right wing although he easily interchanges between left and right, forming a nice relationship with the equally impressive Ryan Kent. He is extremely quick, has fantastic technique and an eye for goal. Liverpool fans may recall him beating Seyi Ojo and Ryan Kent to the title of ‘King of the Academy’ over a series of drills filmed for Soccer AM in August.

For Academy observers Wilson has been one of the stand-out prospects coming from last season’s U16s squad. He has already developed a reputation for scoring impressive long range strikes, including a fabulous goal against Stoke City, and despite his relatively small stature he makes up for it through pure fight and clever use of his body.


No doubt there will be many asking for a comparison of him as a player but as anyone who knows me will tell you I dislike this method of rating or judging youth players. Suffice to say he is a winger, or probably more accurately an inside forward, who enjoys scoring goals and exploiting the space between a full back and centre back.

The Welsh call up is at once a fantastic reward for his hard work and a slight concern. He hasn’t yet played a full game at U21 level and is only truly settling into U18s football now. The step to first team international football will probably be quite a lot to take on and heaps pressure on him over the next couple of years to continue his astonishing rate of development.

However focusing on the positive, Wilson deserves recognition for his meteoric rise. Where it not for all the other fantastic talents at the Academy he would probably be better known among supporters and have enjoyed the accompanying praise/criticism of his every action that the likes of Sterling, Wisdom and Ibe now experience.

In Wilson Liverpool have a fantastic prospect but it is essential to hammer home the point that he is a prospect and nothing more and has to be given the time and patience required to fulfil his potential.

Over the next couple of years he will make mistakes, have poor games and be required to work harder than at any point in his career to date. In order to do this successfully, fans will need to take this Wales call up as the flattering act it is and apply no level of unrealistic on such young shoulders.