Charlie Wayman Posted 20 October, 2022 Share Posted 20 October, 2022 Of course being the youngest squad in the Premier League has a lot to do with our performances and our league position, what do you expect raw, unpolished talent learning its trade in the hothouse of the best league in the world. ....and the second youngest squad by a matter of a few days? Arsenal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiknsmack Posted 20 October, 2022 Share Posted 20 October, 2022 Arsenal have struggled for the last couple of years with a squad of mostly youngsters. Now they're seeing the rewards for their faith and patience and could even challenge for the league this season. Southampton have struggled for the last couple of months with a squad of mostly youngsters. Now they're a couple of years away from seeing the rewards for their faith and patience and could even challenge for the league in two or three seasons. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted 20 October, 2022 Share Posted 20 October, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, chiknsmack said: Arsenal have struggled for the last couple of years with a squad of mostly youngsters. Now they're seeing the rewards for their faith and patience and could even challenge for the league this season. Southampton have struggled for the last couple of months with a squad of mostly youngsters. Now they're a couple of years away from seeing the rewards for their faith and patience and could even challenge for the league in two or three seasons. Except Arsenal accumulate a squad of youngsters with the intention of them growing together, with the potential to win the league one day, maybe this year. We accumulate a squad of youngsters with the intention of selling them on before we get to that winning things stage and starting all over again. Although to be fair, once we've been through that cycle 3 or 4 times we should have raised enough profit to then be able to retain a squad that could challenge for honours*. Realistically it's taken Arsenal several years to get themselves back to that stage. * Edit: This plan of course relies on the assumption of us not getting relegated in the meantime Edited 20 October, 2022 by Wurzel Add the assumption 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyell Posted 20 October, 2022 Share Posted 20 October, 2022 We weren't even a young team last night. Average age of the outfield players in the starting XI was 26 (rounding up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 20 October, 2022 Share Posted 20 October, 2022 30 minutes ago, qwertyell said: We weren't even a young team last night. Average age of the outfield players in the starting XI was 26 (rounding up). but then we were missing arguably our two best players aged 18 and 20 (replaced by 26 and 25 y/o). not to mention it can’t be long before elyouseless, 28 is dropped for a djenepo or edozie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint IQ Posted 20 October, 2022 Share Posted 20 October, 2022 13 hours ago, Charlie Wayman said: Of course being the youngest squad in the Premier League has a lot to do with our performances and our league position, what do you expect raw, unpolished talent learning its trade in the hothouse of the best league in the world. ....and the second youngest squad by a matter of a few days? Arsenal Who probably have triple the budget than we do if not more? And top academy players coming through like Saka and Smith-Rowe. If Arsenal come 2nd this season that's the equivalent of us getting say 8th or even 9th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamesaint Posted 21 October, 2022 Share Posted 21 October, 2022 21 hours ago, Charlie Wayman said: Of course being the youngest squad in the Premier League has a lot to do with our performances and our league position, what do you expect raw, unpolished talent learning its trade in the hothouse of the best league in the world. ....and the second youngest squad by a matter of a few days? Arsenal Do you still support Arsenal as you did when we were in league 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted 21 October, 2022 Share Posted 21 October, 2022 (edited) if you go by Transfermarkts listing of Squad by Age. Saints have 7 players under 20. Arsenal have 1. Caballero, Walcott and McCarthy (41, 33 and 32) add a lot to the average Squad age Edited 21 October, 2022 by Nolan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 21 October, 2022 Share Posted 21 October, 2022 47 minutes ago, Tamesaint said: Do you still support Arsenal as you did when we were in league 1? Probably depends which of the multiple 'Charlie Wayman' account users you're referring to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 21 October, 2022 Share Posted 21 October, 2022 thought this was a tina turner song 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 21 October, 2022 Author Share Posted 21 October, 2022 5 hours ago, Tamesaint said: Do you still support Arsenal as you did when we were in league 1? Gosh, you have a good if slightly flawed memory. Just to correct the record, one of my sons used to be an Arsenal ST holder and on a few occasions he loaned me his ticket. I enjoyed watching Arsenal play and still do and The Emirates is a decent venue for an away day but most definitely I have never been a supporter in the sense of fan -aticism. Once a Saint always a Saint, it's in the DNA My point in this thread is not to over-play the youth card and use it as an excuse for poor or inept performances, if kids are good enough they are old enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 21 October, 2022 Author Share Posted 21 October, 2022 5 hours ago, Nolan said: if you go by Transfermarkts listing of Squad by Age. Saints have 7 players under 20. Arsenal have 1. Caballero, Walcott and McCarthy (41, 33 and 32) add a lot to the average Squad age Good work even if bit MLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 21 October, 2022 Author Share Posted 21 October, 2022 4 hours ago, trousers said: Probably depends which of the multiple 'Charlie Wayman' account users you're referring to... One and only old chap, one and only. Keep 'em guessing wouldn't you agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notnowcato Posted 21 October, 2022 Share Posted 21 October, 2022 Got to do, got to do with it..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes_and_Watson Posted 21 October, 2022 Share Posted 21 October, 2022 (edited) I thought I felt strongly about this topic, but turned out to be a second hand emotion. 🙂 Edited 21 October, 2022 by Holmes_and_Watson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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