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Deji Elerewe - won League One Apprentice of the year at EFL 2022 Awards (p11)
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Tremendous news … for us and hopefully him.
On paper we have the opportunity to have the finest crop of youth team graduates in our history.
- Beadle
- Eleware
- Henry
- Anderson
- Kanu
- Burstow
if we can get them all tied down it could be the start of an exciting era for the club. No pressure JJ ☺️
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So how do you pronounce his surname?
Im saying Ell er u, is that right?0 -
Good news. Pleased for TS as well. Had a few bumps in the road over the last few months. This signing shows good intent re: making sure we don’t lose out financially if Eleware goes on to be worth a few quid1
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Excellent news. Deji looks very promising.0
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Ellie Rare WeAFKABartram said:So how do you pronounce his surname?
Im saying Ell er u, is that right?
Would be my guess0 -
I would add Chin to that list.Maccn05 said:Tremendous news … for us and hopefully him.
On paper we have the opportunity to have the finest crop of youth team graduates in our history.
- Beadle
- Eleware
- Henry
- Anderson
- Kanu
- Burstow
if we can get them all tied down it could be the start of an exciting era for the club. No pressure JJ ☺️0 -
Agreed, have watch Chin a lot and he plays with an awareness and understanding of the game that is rare in players of that age. Add to that his technical ability and athleticism and he is certainly exciting.Redrobo said:
I would add Chin to that list.Maccn05 said:Tremendous news … for us and hopefully him.
On paper we have the opportunity to have the finest crop of youth team graduates in our history.
- Beadle
- Eleware
- Henry
- Anderson
- Kanu
- Burstow
if we can get them all tied down it could be the start of an exciting era for the club. No pressure JJ ☺️1 -
Cant believe Roddy isnt on the listRedrobo said:
I would add Chin to that list.Maccn05 said:Tremendous news … for us and hopefully him.
On paper we have the opportunity to have the finest crop of youth team graduates in our history.
- Beadle
- Eleware
- Henry
- Anderson
- Kanu
- Burstow
if we can get them all tied down it could be the start of an exciting era for the club. No pressure JJ ☺️
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Agree about Chin. Really like the look of him.0
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Good prospects, but finest crop is perhaps hyping them up a bitMaccn05 said:Tremendous news … for us and hopefully him.
On paper we have the opportunity to have the finest crop of youth team graduates in our history.
- Beadle
- Eleware
- Henry
- Anderson
- Kanu
- Burstow
if we can get them all tied down it could be the start of an exciting era for the club. No pressure JJ ☺️
We've had really good crops in the past too. I remember the early 90s when the likes of Rufus and Newton went on to play 100s of first team games, and others made the first team. Or the late 90s where we produced Parker, Konchesky and Fortune, who all played in the PL, 2 of which playing for England3 - Sponsored links:
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How tall is he ?1
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Elerewe's defensive partner Bakrin looked every bit as impressive as Elerewe in the youth game I watched against Birmingham last year.Maccn05 said:Tremendous news … for us and hopefully him.
On paper we have the opportunity to have the finest crop of youth team graduates in our history.
- Beadle
- Eleware
- Henry
- Anderson
- Kanu
- Burstow
if we can get them all tied down it could be the start of an exciting era for the club. No pressure JJ ☺️
Is he also likely to progress to the first team?0 -
just hope they concentrate on making Beadle a serious offer now - guess there must be a lot of negotaition that goes on and the first offers won't be the final offer1
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Am I right that all of the above (plus T Campbell) have pro contracts except Beadle and Kanu at the moment whom are both too young to have signed yet anyway? I thought our RB (number 2) last night looked decent too whoever he was.Maccn05 said:Tremendous news … for us and hopefully him.
On paper we have the opportunity to have the finest crop of youth team graduates in our history.
- Beadle
- Eleware
- Henry
- Anderson
- Kanu
- Burstow
if we can get them all tied down it could be the start of an exciting era for the club. No pressure JJ ☺️0 -
I think Deji has come on a little more in terms of physical ability (e.g. strength, fitness etc) hence he moved slightly ahead and obviously he's looked good when he has played. Hopefully Bakrin will get some game time and get a chance to impress too but I don't think he's seen as quite ready yet.Fortune 82nd Minute said:
Elerewe's defensive partner Bakrin looked every bit as impressive as Elerewe in the youth game I watched against Birmingham last year.Maccn05 said:Tremendous news … for us and hopefully him.
On paper we have the opportunity to have the finest crop of youth team graduates in our history.
- Beadle
- Eleware
- Henry
- Anderson
- Kanu
- Burstow
if we can get them all tied down it could be the start of an exciting era for the club. No pressure JJ ☺️
Is he also likely to progress to the first team?
I will of course bow to anyone with superior knowledge as that is third hand at best.1 -
Great news, class act, England's centre half in 5 or 6 years time, sadly wont be with us then. lets get proper money for him when he goes.0
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thenewbie said:
It's not really a question of "in place of" though is it? Inniss is crocked (again), Lavelle is now out injured. If we keep the three at the back, he's in there along with Pearce and Famewo pretty much by default unless we play a full back out of position.tangoflash said:Great to hear, but I don't get folk calling for him to be starting games at the moment. In place of who, Pearce? I wouldn't be comfortable with 2 inexperienced centrebacks in the same team. Famwo is ahead of him at the moment, but even he sometimes shows niavety in some of his decisions. Youngsters need to be surrounded by experienced players to talk them through the game. Happy with him to be on the bench, with cameo appearances, but can see him being sent out on a short term loan before staking a regular place in our team.
I think JJ prefers to play Matthews/Gunter in the back 3, as it gives him the option to switch to a back 4 without making any subs
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tangoflash said:thenewbie said:
It's not really a question of "in place of" though is it? Inniss is crocked (again), Lavelle is now out injured. If we keep the three at the back, he's in there along with Pearce and Famewo pretty much by default unless we play a full back out of position.tangoflash said:Great to hear, but I don't get folk calling for him to be starting games at the moment. In place of who, Pearce? I wouldn't be comfortable with 2 inexperienced centrebacks in the same team. Famwo is ahead of him at the moment, but even he sometimes shows niavety in some of his decisions. Youngsters need to be surrounded by experienced players to talk them through the game. Happy with him to be on the bench, with cameo appearances, but can see him being sent out on a short term loan before staking a regular place in our team.
I think JJ prefers to play Matthews/Gunter in the back 3, as it gives him the option to switch to a back 4 without making any subs
It's also better cover for the RB area with the more attacking wing back on that side.
Balance.1 -
What about Jeremy Santos? - He seemed to get decent reviews for the U18s last season and is now with the U23sMaccn05 said:Tremendous news … for us and hopefully him.
On paper we have the opportunity to have the finest crop of youth team graduates in our history.
- Beadle
- Eleware
- Henry
- Anderson
- Kanu
- Burstow
if we can get them all tied down it could be the start of an exciting era for the club. No pressure JJ ☺️0 -
Excellent news0
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But Thomas told me we’d be in the PL ourselves by then :-))Chippycafc said:Great news, class act, England's centre half in 5 or 6 years time, sadly wont be with us then. lets get proper money for him when he goes.0 -
Commentators go with EELERRAWEEHenry Irving said:
Ellie Rare WeAFKABartram said:So how do you pronounce his surname?
Im saying Ell er u, is that right?
Would be my guess0 -
Dazzler said:
Ellie Rare WayAFKABartram said:So how do you pronounce his surname?
Im saying Ell er u, is that right?
Would be my guess1 -
Last night was a bit of a reality check, with Deji having a bit of a mare. All young players will have bad games of course, but it's a reminder that he's a kid, and it's unrealistic to expect him to go straight into the first team and play 25 games this season.
Brownie was interesting when he was talking about Deji's weakness in heading, how he sometimes misjudges the flight of the ball. Something he can sort in training of course, but in L1 you need your CBs to cope with the high crosses and punts up field4 -
Good learning curves. He is pretty new to men's football.1
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Tough one for him. He's made, what, 7 professional appearances and just turned 18 two months ago. Despite that he's gone into last night's game as the more senior centre half alongside a teenage debutant and a left back playing in the middle. Normally someone that young would be relying a lot on the senior centre backs talking to him and directing him round but he's not had that to support him here. He'll be alright with the heading thing, Kurt Zouma had that problem when he first came to Chelsea and now he's basically a battering ram with a face, just takes a little timekillerandflash said:Last night was a bit of a reality check, with Deji having a bit of a mare. All young players will have bad games of course, but it's a reminder that he's a kid, and it's unrealistic to expect him to go straight into the first team and play 25 games this season.
Brownie was interesting when he was talking about Deji's weakness in heading, how he sometimes misjudges the flight of the ball. Something he can sort in training of course, but in L1 you need your CBs to cope with the high crosses and punts up field
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Terry does, Greg says El air way.Dippenhall said:
Commentators go with EELERRAWEEHenry Irving said:
Ellie Rare WeAFKABartram said:So how do you pronounce his surname?
Im saying Ell er u, is that right?
Would be my guess0 -
The defence really missed an older head to organise the defence and to gee him up after he made earlier mistakes, as you can imagine his head dropping.Garrymanilow said:
Tough one for him. He's made, what, 7 professional appearances and just turned 18 two months ago. Despite that he's gone into last night's game as the more senior centre half alongside a teenage debutant and a left back playing in the middle. Normally someone that young would be relying a lot on the senior centre backs talking to him and directing him round but he's not had that to support him here. He'll be alright with the heading thing, Kurt Zouma had that problem when he first came to Chelsea and now he's basically a battering ram with a face, just takes a little timekillerandflash said:Last night was a bit of a reality check, with Deji having a bit of a mare. All young players will have bad games of course, but it's a reminder that he's a kid, and it's unrealistic to expect him to go straight into the first team and play 25 games this season.
Brownie was interesting when he was talking about Deji's weakness in heading, how he sometimes misjudges the flight of the ball. Something he can sort in training of course, but in L1 you need your CBs to cope with the high crosses and punts up field
Souare should have been that more senior pro, but he's not a natural in that position either, he'd much rather be galloping down the wing where Clayden was playing.1 -
Exactly only difference is we are only one injury from him being a regular starter in the league. Haven’t heard anything about Innis so assuming Deji is the back up until Januarymendonca said:Good learning curves. He is pretty new to men's football.0
