Pub Bigot 8:19 Sat Nov 3
Grady Diangana
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Very impressed with this lad. Seems absolutely fearless and made a huge impact today.
Rice and Diangana; dare I say we have a proper academy again?
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lab
7:59 Wed Nov 7
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BBC 1 in a mo ,kiss of death then.
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Athletico Easthamico
12:49 Wed Nov 7
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Wouldn't surprise me if Burke ends up a PL player.
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torino hammer
12:33 Wed Nov 7
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All 3 seem to have poor injury records so far but do show promise....looks like Cullen will join Burke in a lower league career though
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Athletico Easthamico
12:28 Wed Nov 7
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Marcus Browne scored again for Oxford tonight,
Are Browne, Holland and Silva good enough to break through. I thought they were more highly regarded?.
Grady has taken his chance though.
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torino hammer
12:21 Wed Nov 7
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Agreed....it just goes to show with the u21's losing 4-0 to Yeovil Town tonight
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Eggbert Nobacon
5:24 Tue Nov 6
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different game now torino
squad strength is higher across the board compared to previously meaning it's harder for these kids to get chances
also the money on offer per place means there are no meaningless end of season games to blood kids in anymore either
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Trevor B
5:21 Tue Nov 6
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And they all broke into the team a LONG time ago, whereas nowadays it is more difficult for a younger player to break in when still in his teens. Bringing Ince up from 32 years ago is a tad desperate though torino! lol!!
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torino hammer
5:18 Tue Nov 6
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But plenty of references implying "the kid" "youngster" "young lad" as if a child protégé? I know its all relative. Maybe 20 and a half is younger these days with less chance to break through from youth team levels..... its all I'm suggesting others like Cole, Carrick, Lampard, Ince and Ferdinand were younger when fixtures in the 1st team
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Trevor B
3:54 Tue Nov 6
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torino
nobody on this thread has said that he is 18?
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torino hammer
3:50 Tue Nov 6
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I think he has done very well so far but note he was 20 last march so not the 18 yr old many think they are praising
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Pop Pop Robson
3:22 Tue Nov 6
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as long as he starts in front of Antonio he gets my vote.
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Pagey
1:59 Tue Nov 6
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He’s obviously impressed enough to be given a chance by Pellegrini and he’s more than taken it. It’s great to see a young attacking player running at players with no fear and creating problems for the opposition.
The Yarmolenko injury was a huge blow but hopefully it will ultimately lead to Diangana becoming a big fixture in the first team squad. Add Rice and Diop and that’s three quality youngsters we appear to have which is great to see.
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gph
1:27 Tue Nov 6
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That's bloody good, Dan
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Dan M
11:07 Tue Nov 6
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First heard about him 18 months ago when he did this... https://twitter.com/SirArthurIndeed/status/868020393709359104
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Eddie B
8:35 Tue Nov 6
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Fuck me, the England Vs African country bollocks has started already.
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Gavros
12:25 Tue Nov 6
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Its called the "puttibg them in the shop window" strategy.
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Thames Ironworks
12:23 Tue Nov 6
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Waiting for him to do a Rice and want a better salary, which our chairmen won't stump up the cash for.
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Full Claret Jacket
11:43 Mon Nov 5
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Can't impress enough what a difference it makes when players take opposing players on. Unfortunately it seems to get coached out of players in favour of retaining possession (which normally means passing backwards) . He's a really positive player and linking well with others around him. Really refreshing and shows you don't always need to spend millions for players in every position.
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eastend joker
11:32 Mon Nov 5
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the one thing that really impressed me about him on saturday apart from his ability was his reaction to a 50/50 decision going against him in the corner in the second half ,just got up wiped himself down and got on with it .
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LeroysBoots
11:22 Mon Nov 5
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Have a feeling Xande Silva will be another bright star in our first team
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pdbis
11:14 Mon Nov 5
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Oxford isn't good enough for the walking team.
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