Crikey, I think you must have a better football memory than me! (and thats saying something LOL) I bet your a dab hand when it comes to football quiz's Two more: Lewis Young and Billy Gibson
Dan, some of these names are too early. The report says the Academy has been going since 1998. David James made his debut in 1990-1 and Gary Porter in 1983-4!
Andy Farrell? Do yu mean Andy Ferrell? If so im sure we got him off Newcastle? I was going to suggest Francino Francis but i think we got him off Stoke.
Haha cheers! Thought of others, Elliott Godfrey, Toumani Diagouraga and Hameur Bouazza! I was gunna put Lee Cook in there, but didnt we get him off Aylesbury?
Yeahh you're probably right there! Are the only goalkeepers to come into the list Richard Lee and Jonathan Bond?
I think so yeah. Jonathan North and Bo Antal (or whatever his name is) never played for the first team I dont think.
i feel sorry for him..he's come back the last two seasons from being on loan, and he still isn't up to it...i can't see him staying past the summer..i'm honestly not sure why he's still ours tbh although when i first saw him, in a pre season game, he was mightily impressive..i wonder what's happened..
I have actually seen Micheal Bryan stand next to Martin Taylor, and let me tell you, if you were not a football fan then you would have thought that it was Martin's son I see that he has spent the majority of his time at Bradford on the bench. If he cant get into a League 2 sides starting 11 then he really doesn't have a cat in hells chance of becoming a league 1 regular let alone a Championship player. Shame, as I was at Pompey last season and watched him take Carl Dickinson to the cleaners picking up 2 assists in 45mins of football.
I genuinely think that the best thing Michael Bryan can do is to move to Holland and attend trials for second or third tier Dutch clubs. Every league in England is physical, intense with 90% of players having very high endurance levels and robustness. A little lad like him with zero upper body strengh will just get over looked by most managers in England. In a less physical league where players technical attributes are more appreciated would be better for him IMO. He's got a fantastic cross on him and he is a fairly ' tricky ' type of winger, it's just the other parts of his game that really let him down. Infact that second half at Pompey last season summed it all up IMO, gets 2 assists by putting in good crosses and corners, but is then at fault for Pompey's winning goal by getting easily pushed off the ball. It must be really frustrating for the lad, and to make matters worse (from his point of view) Sean Murray has been excellent in his position (Right Midfield). He could also try and join a Scottish Div 1 club I guess, maybe ask Forsyth for a bit of advice?? We are always hearing from players like Cowie & McGinn that Scottish football is less physical than English football. And all of the above could apply to Piero Mingoia as well unfortunately. Most managers wont play an attacking midfielder who is slow and small.
i think Piero Mingoia copes better and is more physical. You're right, Bryan is very easily blown off the ball..but Mingoia is stoic, and can win and keep the ball, i hear he did well in his loan spell, the trouble is, his kind of football doesn't necessarily suit SD's way of playing. He's not a hoof ball player, like Bryan, he has technical ability...so i doubt he'll get a game at the mo..which will frustrate him. i can see him going elsewhere in the summer...
I did wonder, but they were on the official site so i assumed they were correct. I did not post it. Mitch did. So i would ask him lol. I was just adding the list from what you lot said.
Bouazza and Diagouraga were brought in to the Academy. We used to have a scout in France (a guy called Ousmane Fall) who would scout youth teams in France and set up trialist matches for players he think we might be interested in. We would then send a few our guys over to watch the match and offer trials to whoever caught the eye
Here are the full 50 http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sp...=Feed: WatfordFC (Watford FC ... Latest News) Name Debut App (sub) Goals Britt Assombalonga 2011/12 1 (0) 0 Al Bangura 2004/05 38 (39) 1 Dale Bennett 2008/09 16 (10) 0 Dominic Blizzard 2003/04 27 (9) 2 Jonathan Bond 2011/12 1 (1) 0 Hameur Bouazza 2003/04 58 (40) 14 Steve Brooker 1999/00 0 (2) 0 Kurtney Brooks 2009/10 0 (1) 0 Michael Bryan 2009/10 5 (9) 0 Alex Campana 2005/06 1 (2) 1 Toumani Diagouraga 2005/06 5 (1) 0 Lloyd Doyley 2001/02 330 (32) 1 Chris Eagles 2004/05 27 (5) 4 Gary Fisken 2001/02 19 (9) 1 Kieron Forbes 2007/08 0 (1) 0 Fabian Forde 2000/01 0 (1) 0 Francino Francis 2005/06 1 (2) 0 Billy Gibson 2008/09 0 (1) 0 Ben Gill 2005/06 0 (3) 0 Elliott Godfrey 2002/03 0 (1) 0 Joel Grant 2005/06 3 (7) 0 Jamie Hand 2001/02 42 (19) 0 Liam Henderson 2008/09 0 (21) 0 Tommie Hoban 2010/11 0 (1) 0 Lee Hodson 2008/09 81 (6) 1 Jerel Ilfil 2002/03 10 (1) 0 Ross Jenkins 2008/09 77 (17) 2 Rob Kiernan 2008/09 0 (2) 0 Richard Lee 2002/03 107 (3) 0 Anthony McNamee 2001/02 42 (60) 3 Adrian Mariappa 2005/06 224 (21) 4 Gavin Massey 2009/10 0 (9) 0 Piero Mingoia 2010/11 4 (3) 1 Sean Murray 2010/11 11 (2) 4 Jason Norville 2001/02 6 (9) 1 John-Joe OâToole 2007/08 39 (27) 12 Junior Osborne 2004/05 1 (3) 0 Eddie Oshodi 2009/10 0 (2) 0 James Panayi 1999/00 10 (4) 0 Jordan Parkes 2006/07 5 (0) 0 David Perpetuini 1998/99 18 (3) 1 Theo Robinson 2005/06 1 (5) 0 Claude Seanla 2006/07 0 (1) 0 Jack Smith 2002/03 25 (3) 2 Marvin Sordell 2009/10 55 (25) 25 Sam Swonnell 2002/03 1 (1) 0 Adam Thompson 2010/11 8 (3) 1 Matty Whichelow 2010/11 5 (18) 3 Ashley Young 2003/04 83 (27) 22 Lewis Young 2008/09 1 (3)
