| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? 16:51 - Nov 12 with 1205 views | unstableblue |
If you think about our matchday squad this season (who fans are slowly beginning to embrace), apart from players who are intended to be transient (Akpom, Furlong, Young), and the usually higher aged Goalkeepers... it is a relatively young group which can grow further.
Below is the main starter pool with age:
Palmer 29, Walton 30
Furlong 30,
O' Shea 26,
Greaves 25, Kipre 28 (loan)
Davis 25,
Matusiwa 27,
Taylor 27, Cajuste 26 (loan)
Egeli 19, McAteer 23
Nunez 25, Akpom 30
Philogene 23, Clarke 24
Hirst 26, Azon 22 (loan)
8 players 25 or younger. Plus Clarke 24, Johnson 25, Humphreys 22, Baggot 23.
Great age profiles for Jaden, Clarke, Egeli, Nunez, McAteer, Greaves.
Shame Azon and Cajuste are not on promotion buy options - as good age profiles.
Here are the age profiles of some of the promotion team:
Chaplin 28, Burns 30, Broadhead 27, Morsy 34, Burgess 30, Tuanzebe 27, Luongo 33.
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| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 16:55 - Nov 12 with 1153 views | Reuser_is_God |
Cajuste & Azon are both on promotion buy options I thought? |  |
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| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 17:00 - Nov 12 with 1120 views | unstableblue |
| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 16:55 - Nov 12 by Reuser_is_God |
Cajuste & Azon are both on promotion buy options I thought? |
I think that was the plan, but neither did have them in the end.
But highly likely I am wrong! | |
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| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 17:00 - Nov 12 with 1119 views | JakeITFC |
| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 16:55 - Nov 12 by Reuser_is_God |
Cajuste & Azon are both on promotion buy options I thought? |
Cajuste yes, I think some of the delay in Azon's deal was whether it was an option or an obligation after his failed medical. |  | | |
| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 17:09 - Nov 12 with 1074 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 17:00 - Nov 12 by unstableblue |
I think that was the plan, but neither did have them in the end.
But highly likely I am wrong! |
Jens is an obligation on promotion, Azon has no clause at all in the end, due to the medical concerns |  | | |
| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 17:40 - Nov 12 with 992 views | MrPotatoHead |
It's not their ages that worry me. |  | | |
| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 18:27 - Nov 12 with 885 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
You’ve compared our youngest players now to some of the oldest players of the promotion team, all of whom you look to have added 2 years to their age at this point in the promotion season
Broadhead who you’ve listed was born in April 98 so was would have been in your 25 and under list at the start of the 23/24 season
As an actual comparison, the promotion team included amongst others the following players under 25: Clarke, Davis, Edmundson, Woolfenden, Williams, Tuanzebe, Taylor, Hutchinson, Sarmiento, Humphreys, Al-Hamadi, Broadhead
Most of those have moved on now with only Davis and Taylor regularly featuring. Probably a bit premature to be talking about how much they can grow together, particularly as another overhaul is likely if we do manage to get where we want to this year |  |
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| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 18:32 - Nov 12 with 858 views | unstableblue |
| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 17:40 - Nov 12 by MrPotatoHead |
It's not their ages that worry me. |
Well Mr Potato Head.. lets turn the all seeing eye from age to effectiveness of the new batch:
Successful addition, delivering effective performances:
Walton, Furlong, OShea, Davis, Taylor, Matusiwa, Clarke, Jaden, Nunez, Egeli
Delivering mixed performances
Greaves, Hirst, Azon
Something to be worried about
Akpom, McAteer | |
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| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 18:58 - Nov 12 with 801 views | SheffordBlue |
| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 18:32 - Nov 12 by unstableblue |
Well Mr Potato Head.. lets turn the all seeing eye from age to effectiveness of the new batch:
Successful addition, delivering effective performances:
Walton, Furlong, OShea, Davis, Taylor, Matusiwa, Clarke, Jaden, Nunez, Egeli
Delivering mixed performances
Greaves, Hirst, Azon
Something to be worried about
Akpom, McAteer |
Think both of your 'to worried abouts' will click soon personally.
MacAteer put some decent balls in to the box the other day that didn't lead to anything - you could either put that on him not finding someone or on the attackers for not making the right runs. He's also come close a few times with some of his shots. Think goal contributions are a matter of time and his out of possession work is good. Just needs something to happen.
Akpom - doesn't naturally fit how our R10 has played before but gives us more physicality in there and again could have a couple of goals by now.
Both probably need something to happen sooner rather than later - hopefully next taxi's in the rank after Azon got off the mark last weekend. | |
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| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 19:53 - Nov 12 with 710 views | unstableblue |
| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 18:27 - Nov 12 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
You’ve compared our youngest players now to some of the oldest players of the promotion team, all of whom you look to have added 2 years to their age at this point in the promotion season
Broadhead who you’ve listed was born in April 98 so was would have been in your 25 and under list at the start of the 23/24 season
As an actual comparison, the promotion team included amongst others the following players under 25: Clarke, Davis, Edmundson, Woolfenden, Williams, Tuanzebe, Taylor, Hutchinson, Sarmiento, Humphreys, Al-Hamadi, Broadhead
Most of those have moved on now with only Davis and Taylor regularly featuring. Probably a bit premature to be talking about how much they can grow together, particularly as another overhaul is likely if we do manage to get where we want to this year |
It's a fair cop
If I were to simplify my original post - there are 3 or 4 players who are younger than I thought | |
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| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 19:55 - Nov 12 with 696 views | FromReuserWithLove |
Have you or I missed Szmodics? |  | | |
| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 19:59 - Nov 12 with 687 views | unstableblue |
| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 18:58 - Nov 12 by SheffordBlue |
Think both of your 'to worried abouts' will click soon personally.
MacAteer put some decent balls in to the box the other day that didn't lead to anything - you could either put that on him not finding someone or on the attackers for not making the right runs. He's also come close a few times with some of his shots. Think goal contributions are a matter of time and his out of possession work is good. Just needs something to happen.
Akpom - doesn't naturally fit how our R10 has played before but gives us more physicality in there and again could have a couple of goals by now.
Both probably need something to happen sooner rather than later - hopefully next taxi's in the rank after Azon got off the mark last weekend. |
I'm not one to be down on new players and like to give them a chance, but wasn't impressed by McAteer, and did pay attention to Leicester fans' views we'd overpaid.
BUT, I like a lot about his performance in South Wales, as you say his out of posession work was really positive.. but his forward play seemed to have improved, one really good crosses, two (?) that needed strikers to gamble and one howler... he also carved out a chance
Interested to see his development; albeit want Egeli to start every game! | |
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| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 20:05 - Nov 12 with 661 views | SheffordBlue |
| The emerging McKenna ver2.0 squad has a good age profile? on 19:59 - Nov 12 by unstableblue |
I'm not one to be down on new players and like to give them a chance, but wasn't impressed by McAteer, and did pay attention to Leicester fans' views we'd overpaid.
BUT, I like a lot about his performance in South Wales, as you say his out of posession work was really positive.. but his forward play seemed to have improved, one really good crosses, two (?) that needed strikers to gamble and one howler... he also carved out a chance
Interested to see his development; albeit want Egeli to start every game! |
Think it's easier to swap the two of them based on opposition, etc. If we need to break a team down then I'd be started Walle Egeli. If want to be more defensively solid then having MacAteer on the break is a good option.
Also thought Nunez was picking out the runs that MacAteer was looking for. In other games he's been making the runs and no one has been picking him out.
Hopefully both come good! | |
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