U17 World Cup Squad

[astevens76]

Doesn't come as much of a shock, but Caskey is in

Tournament starts next month and our first game is on the 19th

http://www.thefa.com/England/mens-u17s/News/2011/squad-world-cup-260511

 

[DerbyGull]

More invaluable experience for him.

 

[Seagull27]

Crewe have got 3 players in the squad, which is otherwise made up of all PL/Championship sides. They must be doing something right in their youth setup!

 

[southstandg]

Wish him well. He is quality!

 

[Philzo-93]

If I am not mistaken, he's quite the asset for the England squad, hasn't he been captain for the team a few times?

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I watched the under 17's against Denmark on the internet the other day. I don't know if they had a bad day but I was genuinely shocked by how poor they were. They had heavy touches, were cumbersome, slow and unimaginative in possession. The Danes cut them open whenever they felt like it.

These are kids who were born after the premiership was formed. They've had the benefit of all the money and improved training that that has brought. They've grown up watching players like Bergkamp, Cantona, Zola, Henry, Ronaldo and yet they played exactly like the senior team. The only difference was the wingers did about 20 step overs before kicking the ball off the pitch.

I thought the F.A and premier league made a big thing about youth football and creating academies to produce high quality players? What the hell have they been doing the last 15 years because not one of those players looked like they had a future in the game(based, obviously, on only that one performance...). Caskey, going on his 30 minute cameo against Stoke , is a much better player than all of them.

 

[fataddick]

Crewe have got 3 players in the squad, which is otherwise made up of all PL/Championship sides.

Not quite. Lowly Charlton's Jordan Cousins is in the squad and is in fact the England U17 captain. We also have the captain of England U16 (Diego Poyet) on our books. Shows our academy must be doing something right, even though our first team are dogdirt.

 

[Flavor Flav]

No Arsenal youngsters in that squad. What happened to the 'best youth academy' in the country then? Or are all Arsenal's youngsters just nabbed off of foreign sides?