Well Well Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 10 youngsters signing pro contracts. Utd certainly do have a great youth setup going on if they can sign so many young players they believe can make the grade. We had 3 or4 at most coming through. Not bad for a club our size and budget. I am enjoying the fact so many youngsters are starting to come through the ranks and all the mercenaries are being binned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well 4 Europe Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Jack Leitch signs a new 2 year deal. Good stuff, high hopes for the lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan1992 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Great prospect! looking forward to seeing him develop but will be interesting to see if he forces his way into the first team this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 10 youngsters signing pro contracts. Utd certainly do have a great youth setup going on if they can sign so many young players they believe can make the grade. We had 3 or4 at most coming through. Not bad for a club our size and budget. United pump somewhere between £700k and £1m per year into their youth set up. They also predate other clubs' youngsters. None of this comes cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makaveli Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Pretty sure Jack will be some player! Saw him play years ago and there were a few remarks about how talented he was. Might turn out to be our Ryan Gauld/Stevie May type player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottW1886 Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 From what I've been told, his younger brother Robbie is rated just as highly if not higher - and he's also on our books. I may be slightly biased, but delighted to read that he's signed a new deal!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weesacs Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Pretty sure Jack will be some player! Saw him play years ago and there were a few remarks about how talented he was. Might turn out to be our Ryan Gauld/Stevie May type player. i saw him play years ago too, although I thought he was going to be more Didier Deschamps / John Collins / Lothar Matthaüs / Gheorge Hagi type player 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn_Broomfield Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 i saw him play years ago too, although I thought he was going to be more Didier Deschamps / John Collins / Lothar Matthaüs / Gheorge Hagi type player If he turns out to be anywhere near as good as any of them, then we've won a watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 10 youngsters signing pro contracts. Utd certainly do have a great youth setup going on if they can sign so many young players they believe can make the grade. We had 3 or4 at most coming through. Not bad for a club our size and budget. I am enjoying the fact so many youngsters are starting to come through the ranks and all the mercenaries are being binned. Just read the article in the Evening Times about Leitch signing and McCall mentions we currently have 9 "academy products" in the first team squad. That's not too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siebsbarmyarmy Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Great news. Boy is a real talent, no doubt. Has his fathers bite in the tackle with a nice bit of footballing ability also. Would start ahead of Carsy for me at the moment!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well Well Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Just read the article in the Evening Times about Leitch signing and McCall mentions we currently have 9 "academy products" in the first team squad. That's not too bad. Well just goes to show we are doing extremely well on the youth front. Well chuffed as I thought it would be a few years still before we brought through some gems. However that is great news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Just read the article in the Evening Times about Leitch signing and McCall mentions we currently have 9 "academy products" in the first team squad. That's not too bad. I suspect he's including Hammell and Lasley in that as I can't think of nine. Or he means these nine... Carswell Leitch Moore Erwin Angol Kerr Cummins Murray McHugh Some of these guys are very much on the fringes, some came to us at U20 level, some left and can!e back. Not as impressive as it sounds though if it helps us attract young talent in the area that the likes of Dundee Utd and Hibs are picking up, then I can overlook the white lie.. One thing I would say is that the signings of Anier, Twarzik, Josh Law and previously Vigurs along with the retaining of Leitch, Carswell and Moore means McCall is bringing the average age of the squad down. Not bad for a guy who many thought had a weakness in the area of working with young players... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Yes, a good bit of business in getting jack to extend his contract. Hopefully he can build on his appearances last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Pangloss Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 I suspect he's including Hammell and Lasley in that as I can't think of nine. Or he means these nine... Carswell Leitch Moore Erwin Angol Kerr Cummins Murray McHugh Some of these guys are very much on the fringes, some came to us at U20 level, some left and can!e back. Not as impressive as it sounds though if it helps us attract young talent in the area that the likes of Dundee Utd and Hibs are picking up, then I can overlook the white lie.. One thing I would say is that the signings of Anier, Twarzik, Josh Law and previously Vigurs along with the retaining of Leitch, Carswell and Moore means McCall is bringing the average age of the squad down. Not bad for a guy who many thought had a weakness in the area of working with young players... Angol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzyB Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 I see Kris Boyd is out of contract at Killie, if we could afford him I'd have him in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Angol? Ross Stewart and Dom Thomas have been in the first team squad on a few occasions, so I'm sure he was including them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Angol? He did play for our U20s. Technically from our academy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Jules Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Angol was let go by Spurs i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 I see Kris Boyd is out of contract at Killie, if we could afford him I'd have him in a heartbeat. I'm an unashamed Kris Boyd fan. Any striker that scores that many goals can do what he likes as far as I'm concerned. However we don't need him with Sutton and Anier on the books and his wage demands would probably be at the top end of afford-ability. That money would be better spent elsewhere I think. If we were going to bring him in last season was the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 i don't think boyd would come here for the difference in money and status between us and killie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Pleased to see the Leitch deal done, hopefully he develops into playing a pivotal role over the next 2 years. Can't see Boyd coming here either but he'd be a fantastic addition. Much more than a goalscorer these days and seemingly a good influence off the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Aberdeen are allegedly interested in Boyd so money will talk...as i suspect they can offer him a better deal than us. But have to agree he would be a good signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punk_in_drublic Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Happy with Leitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee jo Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Think Boyd is happy staying in Mauchline, so stranger things can happen might not fancy the travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 See Gunning been officially released by Utd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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