Scout's report 4
05/06/2014
Good day my avid followers. I know it has been a long time since we analysed the careers of the young strikers, and I must apologise for that, but hopefully this post will make up for it. It's been a year since we first spotted them. Let's look at how the year has turned out for them. Please keep in mind that they are all roughly 16 or 17 so their development will most definitely speed up over the years to come. So even if one of these lads hasnt improved, he may be a late bloomer, it's certainly not too late. Just like Miroslav Klose and Didier Drogba are legendary strikers who weren't really playing football at such a young age.
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**** has progressed a lot over the last 6 months. He's drastically improving on his quickness although that still needs work. Apart from his dribbling, he's technical skills are phenomenal. He's played 11 times this season, scoring 3. That really isn't bad for a young lad, and he's been attracting interest from a certain big Mexican club, and rightly so.
Our development rating:
B+
DJ Reider
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Bayern seem to have had DJ working on developing his mentality and physique because he hasn't showed much technical development. He isn't really looking like one of the best prospects like he did a year ago. He hasn't developed slowly, but not as much as everyone would have expected. He finished his campaign with 40 appearances and 18 goals for the youth team. Quite impressive, although his 25 appearances (13 as a sub) in the Bayern II team were really disappointing and produced only 3 goals.
Our development rating:
B-
Guilgi Bellushi
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Roma have improved Guilgi's mental and technical abilities quite a bit and have improved his physical abilities a little too. He is progressing well although he needs to be afforded more game time. He made 19 youth appearances and scored just 3.
Our development rating:
B
Hans Christian Pedersen
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Hans hasn't been afforded the playing time he needs to improve. He's shown very slight signs of improvement but should really push to leave Salzburg. He made 11 youth/reserve appearances scoring 2 and 8 disappointing first team appearances, mostly as a sub.
Our development rating:
John Cheah
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John really hasn't improved in the last year, but I see his potential, so I recommend he really moves on to a new club. He made 35 under 20 appearances for Olympiakos, scored 8 and assisted 5. I believe he really needs to consider dropping the CB position, it's a waste of his time and slowing down his development
Our development rating:
D-
Lewie Roberts
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Last time out we saw how magnificent Lewie was developing. That has slowed, but hasn't stopped. He had a really good time in the city youth ranks, playing 36(12 sub) and scoring 16.
Our development rating:
C+
Marc Aitken
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Just like Lewie, Marc has really slowed his development. He does look like he's going to score headers for fun in the future. Just look at his heading, jumping and strength. I have no doubt that he can become the next Drogba if he improves on his pace. He played 45 youth games and scored 20. Very good performances
Our development rating:
C+
Patrik Sangle
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Patrik's development is starting to hit it's stride. He has shown incredible improvements in composure recently, but I feel he is still lagging behind the others. He made 19 youth appearances, scoring 3. He was a lot better for Gladbach II making 33 appearances, scoring 10.
Our development rating:
C
Sasha Thomas
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If you compare Sasha to where he was a year ago, you see a much improved player. He has shown phenomenal improvements and will be ready for first team action sooner than any of the other guys. He made 59 appearances and scored 23 goals and set up 6. As you can see, his game time + great facilities have helped him a lot
Our development rating:
A
Sam Mclaughlin
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Sam's development has slowed a lot. Liverpool should be disappointed with themselves for not grooming him properly and he should perhaps force a loan move. He made a total of 43 appearances for the youth teams, but scored only 6.
Our development rating:
C-
Shaahid Jhetam
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We previously said Shaahid was really slow with his development, but he has sped up a lot in the last 6 months, showing magnificent technical development and really good mental development too. He would have done a lot better if he played more. He only made 14 appearances for Austria Wien youth and scored 7.
Our development rating:
B
Stefan Tesla
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Stefan has shown very little improvement but I expect that all to change as he is playing a lot lately. He made 28 u20 appearances for PAOK and scored 11. He has alos bagged his league debut and made a further 6 sub appearances for the first team, scoring twice.
Our development rating:
C
Oliver Grocott
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Nothing much to say about Oliver as he hasn't found a club yet, although there is major interest in him, more on that later.
Grzegorz Brzeczyszczykiewicz
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Grzegorz has found a club in Poland, and they have helped him develop fairly. He impressed in the reserves, scoring 3 in 4 and has since established himself in their first team scoring 4 in 11.
Our development rating:
C