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Alex Rooth
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Alex has spent the majority of his season playing in the u21's for Everton, only being allowed to make sub appearances for the under 18's. He's been a steady performer for both teams averaging just below 7 earning himself a call up to Englands under u19's team making 10 appearances with 3 starts scoring 3. The only stain on his season is only managing 2 off target shots when called upon for the first team for a combined 100 minutes
All in all a good first season, im sure he'll be looking to build on this next year and do a little better when called upon by the first team.
Andrew Page
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Andrew looked an out of sorts character playing for the u18's this season, spending most of his time playing left midfield in a
4-4-2 system that didnt suit his style, he found his feet in the u21's where he found himself playing in a central striking role, averaging 7.17 and scoring 5 goals in 13 games. His highlight of the season was definitely scoring on his debut against Cheltenham, he made 3 more appearances for the first team to grant his some more exposure.
Next season Andrew will be looking to progress into more first team appearances next season.
Angus Prune
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Angus Prune started off the season in a fantastic fashion, scoring 6 and getting into the Team of the week twice, leading to two call ups for scotlands u19's. Since christmas his form has dropped massively leading to him not scoring a first team goal in 6 months. He has been given a number of chance in the reserve side since the turn of the year to try and increase his confidence, hopefully this will have paid its rewards for next season as Angus finally managed to score his one and only goal in this 5 month period in his final game. during this period there have been no more national call ups for Angus
Despite this drop in form the future looks bright for Angus with a host of championship teams looking to sign him up, also premier league side Sunderland have been sending scouts to track him.
Areksandr Burchenko
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Arek has had a fantastic season this year, becoming the youngest player in Serie A history, since then he has made 3 other appearances for Atalanta, although not making any major contributions he has spent a lot of time around the first team and has been on the bench for almost every game, whilst performing highly for the u20's. He looks to be on the cusp of a regular first team spot especially after the teams relegation from Serie A. His performances lead to him being selected in 7 games for the Italian u19's scoring 5 and assisting once.
Next season looks interesting for Arek, i feel he will either be playing first team football for Atalanta or Zenit will follow up there reported interest and snap him up to play in the Russian Premier League.
Charley Mason
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Charley Mason got his only chance in the first team early on in the season in a cup game against QPR. Arsene decided Charley wasnt ready quite yet bringing him off at half time. Positive notes for the season for Charley were that he cemented himself in both the u18's and the u21's being a very steady performer for both. These performances finally got Charley rewarded with a call up to the English u19's at the end of the season where he made a single appearance performing very well with an 8 rating.
Charley will be hoping for some more international call ups next season, and will be looking to make more of a mark in any first team chances he gets.
Christoph Schulz
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Christoph spent his season splitting his time between the u19's and Berlin's second team. He averaged 7.1 for both teams, this has lead to him being tried out for the first team in a number of friendlies during the winter break, his performances in these friendlies will hopefully lead to a few first team appearances next season. Christoph has player for the German u19's 4 times this season averaging with an 8 rating.
Minor interest is being shown in Christoph from Koln. Whilst it looks like a fantastic move it could move him further away from first team football.
(Side note) I seem to find no matter the quality players that start in germany seem to get a lot less chance in the first team.
Daniel Ntim-Addae
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Daniel's Career could not have started in a worse way, 5 months out with knee tendinitis. Although all hope of ever making it big looked to be washed away Daniel came back in the new year with a bang, his performances in the u21's and u18's have premier league scouts from up and down the country tracking his development. 10 goals in 20 appearances certainly has people talking about whats next for Daniel.
Next season will be one of great interest for Daniels career, will he get a chance with a big club, or will they be put off with the chance of his knee tendinitis returning.
Dave Kerry
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Dave Kerry has had a spectacular break out season at Lincoln, 39 appearances and 20 goals lead to him being 3rd in the golden boot for the season, he also has 3 records to his name, the youngest player an goalscorer for Lincoln and the youngest ever player in the FA Cup. He only managed one young player of the month award though which is a crime.
Liverpool have shown a major interest in Dave this summer as have a host of other premiership teams. Time will tell where he will spend his season next year.
Dirk Hummell
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Dirk has put in a lot of appearances for Sparta this season, although he has flown very much under the radar with sub standard performances for a sub standard team, he didnt even find his feet at under 18's football this year. He seemed to find his feet much better playing in the reserves averaging just over 7 and making 3 assists. Potentially saddening news to all is Dirk's international call ups this season have not come from Holland instead (for unknown reasons) Germany gave him 3 chances at u19's level, where he scored 2 in his final game.
Interest in Dirk is limited too 2 teams, although they are Zenit and Bayern.
Douglas Carmicheal
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Douglas has had a very average season, he has not featured once for the first team, but has had many appearances for both reserves and under 18's rarely being the stand out player but always being far from the worst. Sadly i dont have much more to report on our Doug.
Francis Blackwood
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Francis broke into the first team at QPR almost straight away this season playing 8 games up until January, even managing a goal against Arsenal, sadly he got injured whilst playing for the u18's and spent 4 months on the sidelines. Francis made his return for the u18's in the final game of the year and looked like he hadnt missed a game scoring one and rating 7.6. His performances got him called up to the Irish u21's making 3 appearances and scoring in both of his starts rating an average of 8
With QPR relegated Francis will be looking to make a lot more first team starts next season, and really kick on after his injury
Fraser Duffy
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Fraser has managed to show his potential in the reserves and under 18's this season despite being played constantly out of position, 20 appearances averaging at 6.75, this caught the notice of the national team and Fraser has made 3 stunning appearances for the under 18's and 2 more for the u21's. He's been a part of 2 cup games for Southampton 1 start and one off the bench, and although nothing major happened he will take the experience to make himself a better player. He's being toutered by steven davis and is touted as being similar to Wanyama.
Fraser will hope for more national appearances whilst trying to break into the first team next season.
Hulk Hogan
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Hulk has been in sensational form for Vitesse reserves and u18's team averaging 7.1 in 20 outings, this has lead to him being called up into 4 first team games where without standing out he has done himself proud. Hulk has featured just once for the Dutch u19's but it was a performance to be proud of rating 8.4 and scoring a goal as well. Hulk has shown real determination to come back form a 3 month injury in June.
Surprisingly there hasnt been any major interest in Hulk this summer, which will mean he will be trying to wrestle his way into a first team spot next season