Luke Garbutt gets Under-20 call-up

Sam Byram would have been a good buy for us as well actually. He's going to be a cracking player. Hopefully Stones will get loaned out next season and come of age just as Distin hangs up his boots.

Sam Byram would have been a good buy for us as well actually. He's going to be a cracking player. Hopefully Stones will get loaned out next season and come of age just as Distin hangs up his boots.

Seamus Coleman is a recent example or things here in Ireland. A lot of players between the ages of seventeen and twenty one are getting regular competitive first team football in what is basically a two division semi-professional league. They then get snapped up by English clubs with a couple of seasons worth of first team football under their belts .

Some of the top teams here with money can afford to pay players and will give them say a forty week contract to run the length of the season. It means that the younger players get to train on a full time basis as well as play.

You can argue that these players may not get the same academy training as the ones in England but surely their first team experience puts them in a better position in some ways.

Too much money at an early age, too many tattoos, too much hair product when they are supposed to playing footy - not going out to a club, and they all think they are superstars already - not enough hunger to perform.

They are more concerned about their image, Beckham (the most overrated footballer in the history of football ) is their role model.

What do they expect?

We had 7 kids in the 35 man squad then 4 in the 23 man Under20s. Now Garbutt has gone in 5....Browning was very unlucky not to get pisked.

I Really Hope that Martinez uses these players next season. It would give more dept to the squad and who knows one or two of these Players could be real Gems.

Our Ross Barkley, and a few of our youngsters seem to be in the same mould as Rooney, football first, then worry about yer fecking hair!! I think our academy coaches deserve some praise, our youngsters seem to be well grounded when interveiwed.

Even some young cricketers are starting down this road now, both arms coloured in, and posing around the pitch, it does my head in to be honest.

Worry about your image when you've made it, not when you are in the Evo-Stick conference like some of the soft bastards!

Every coach Beckham has worked with has praised his endeavour and commitment on the training pitch. Say what you like about his image and ability, but he doesn't lack effort.

I think it's quite clear that kids are given too much too soon. He seems a nice lad, but Matty Kennedy has recently bought him and his old man brand new Mercs and mentioned it on Twitter. I don't think he was bragging, but it just how much money they get without playing a game and how much tact they lack.

If I had that kind of money at 18 I dread to think what I'd have been up to.

"Our Ross Barkley, and a few of our youngsters seem to be in the same mould as Rooney: football first, then worry about yer fecking hair!!

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EEEMM?

My point is aimed towards players, or sportsmen in general, who have very little talent, achieved fook all, yet they seem to be more worried if a hair is out of place, than how many medals they have won.

They seem to have this egotistical 'look at me' attitude, when they should be concentrating on learning how to take a fecking corner.

.... but back on topic, nice to have five youngsters in the squad. At least I might have a bit more interest in watching the tournament.... but, as has been pointed, there is still a distinct lack of 1st team experience between them.

I want to be hopeful and think that in addition to some proven talent to bolster the first team squad, these youngsters might get a look in with Martinez who has already praised our academy set up.... and I don't mean throwing six of them into a team on a cold rainy night in Leeds and watching them sink without direction or coherence.... just one at a time will do nicely....

But there do seem to be some good youngsters...

COYB.... oops ... ENGERLANNNNDDDD