Season › 2012-13 › News U-21s get a 5 - 1 hammering Michael Kenrick , 26 August, 14comments | Jump to most recent Everton's new Under-21 side crashed to another bruising defeat, this time 5 - 1 at home to West Ham. First-team hopefuls like of Jake Bidwell, Shane Duffy, Luke Garbutt, Ross Barkley and Apostolos Vellios were unable to offer much resistance. Everton: Taudul Browning Bidwell Lundstram Duffy Hammar Garbutt Barkley Vellios Hope (68' Forrester) Green (76' Jones) Subs: Springthorpe Kelly Pennington Quotes or other material sourced from EvertonFC.com Reader Comments (14) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer James Morgan 1 Posted 26/08/2012 at 23:47:32 And this is the fabulous academy we are hoping will churn out our next crop of stars? Our under 21s and under 18s aren't exactly starting very well. Sam Hoare 2 Posted 27/08/2012 at 00:29:52 Yeah. Not a great sign that the likes of Barkley, Duffy, vellios, garbutt etc are ready to play for the first team. Sounds like quite a strong team to me but perhaps they are not quite so talented as we/they think they are! David Chait 3 Posted 27/08/2012 at 08:12:37 Is that George Green playing... wow that is a few years ahead .. good for him... saying that not much of a confidence boost for the lad.This is a chunk of the team that won the u18s 2 years back.... and so many of our high hopers that this maybe shows why Moyes isn't playing them yet... Not great!If we don't see a turnaround I expect to see some changes in the staffing personnel.I said before the league commenced it will give us a great idea of how we bench against the others now... let's hope they turn it around! Wayne Smyth 4 Posted 27/08/2012 at 09:55:38 Wouldn't read too much into it, could be poor tactics or keeper had an off day. Anyone see the game able to comment? Jon Ferguson 5 Posted 27/08/2012 at 09:56:28 It looks like a strong team of highly rated youngsters. I'm surprised they are getting thumped. I don't know the opposition line ups. You can have 3 players over 21. Are the opposition mixing some more experienced personal into their squads which is giving them the advantage? Tom Dodds 6 Posted 27/08/2012 at 10:00:39 Where was McAleny??... No news on his contract either. Phil Sammon 7 Posted 27/08/2012 at 10:17:21 Apparently every shot they had went in. I know 5-1 doesn't lie...but maybe it flattered them a little. Ajay Gopal 8 Posted 27/08/2012 at 11:24:39 This is not good at all. Alan Stubbs has mentioned previously also that they need to pull up their socks. Not sure what the problem is - it cannot be good for the confidence of people like Barkley, Duffy, Junior, Garbutt, etc on whom we have high hopes. Got to mention that Rodwell looked classy in his 30 minutes appearance for Man City against the RS yesterday (and expectedly was boo-ed by the Anfield crowd every time he took a touch). I have a feeling that Mancini rates him highly and if he develops a good tackle in him might prefer him over De Jong. Andy Mack 9 Posted 27/08/2012 at 14:11:06 Team looks fairly strong as well, I suppose Stubbsy is no Colin Harvey when it comes managing our youngsters. David Chait 10 Posted 27/08/2012 at 15:02:10 That is what is worrying me Andy... Stubbs wasnt exactly the most technical of players... is he the right one to be imparting technical and tactical lessons to the youngsters... Anyway... I don't want to be hard on the guy if I have it all wrong.BTW Ajay picked up on a thread elsewhere a City fan made a passing comment how awesome Rodwell looks... hope he does fulfill his potential... which I'm sure with a decent run without injuries could have happened here. Si Cooper 11 Posted 27/08/2012 at 14:59:06 OS makes it sound like we were caught napping and 3 nil down after 15 minutes. After that it was a lottery with us trying to get back into the game and them hitting us twice more on the break.Seems like we came more into it in second half, but also that this team is very susceptible to counter-attacks. No real information on how well / poorly anyone played, or who controlled the game.Lesson clearly is to be switched on from first whistle.Arsenal next up, should be a doddle ;) Jamie Barlow 12 Posted 27/08/2012 at 18:33:29 I watched Rodwell yesterday and he did nothing that he didn't do for us. Same old sideways or backward passing and looking terrified of the ball.Awesome, my arse. Lynn Cameron 13 Posted 29/08/2012 at 08:06:45 Talking to TB, he was not happy with the all round performance, very slow start, and it cost them, could never get back into the game...Forget it as a performance, more concentration required. Jimmy Sørheim 14 Posted 29/08/2012 at 09:24:32 I hope it is just a fitness thing, early in the season and all. Plus the youngsters have hardly had any pre-season games at all.It will be time to judge after 5 games or so. Then the players will have most of their fitness back and then we will see the real truth.As I can remember our U-18 side have always started slow. Some new players come in and players that have left. It will be a teaching curve for the players to be able to do the job without Baxter and Wallace who have been a big part of the U-18 side. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads