Jay Spearing – It is fair to say that this season has been Spearing’s breakthrough season. Since Steven Gerrard’s season-ending injury the Wirral-born terrier has stepped up to the plate in magnificent fashion. He has now managed to find a perfect balance between a fearless tackler and a midfield maestro. Spearing will be in the squad next season, battling for one of the coveted central midfield positions.
Jonjo Shelvey – After a £2 million move from Charlton in the summer and the unwanted title of ‘the next Steven Gerrard’, big things were expected from Shelvey. He has yet to hit the heights expected of him but King Kenny will be patient with the young lad. Maybe a season out on loan with regular first team football is what is needed for the midfielder before he can be considered a first team regular.
Dani Pacheco – There is no doubting the talent that the Spaniard possesses but he has yet to produce enough of it in English football. Although too much criticism would be harsh on the youngster as he has not yet been given too many chances to impress in a red shirt. Now on loan at Norwich, Pacheco has impressed the Canaries in fits and starts but finds himself on the substitute’s bench all too often. My feeling is that Dalglish will give him a chance but he has to take it with both hands or he could end up being moved on to the disappointment of most Liverpool fans.
Danny Wilson – After winning the Scottish Young Player of the Season award in 2009/2010, Rafa Benitez wasted no time in snapping up the defender. Since arriving at Liverpool, Wilson has made 8 appearances, with 5 of them coming in Europe. The young defender looks a good player but needs time to settle. A few more first team appearances or even a loan to another club could give Wilson the game time needed to become a mainstay in Liverpool’s central defence.
Suso, Raheem Sterling and Conor Coady – All three of these lads have yet to make a first-team appearance at Liverpool but big things are expected from each of them. Suso and Sterling are both creative, attacking players with a touch of class about them and have impressed for the youth teams this season. Conor Coady is a hard-working, tough-tackling centre-back or holding midfielder who captains not only the Liverpool Under-18 team but England Under-17s also. It is expected that all three will be given their chance sooner rather than later and I am sure all Liverpool fans are excited to see these hot prospects in action.
The future is bright for Liverpool. Finally, we are seeing the benefits of having such a good youth system. We can only hope that the young players we are seeing in the first team squad stick around for the long term and show us that you don’t have to spend silly amounts of money to build a quality squad full of first-class players.
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Benitez didn’t sign Wilson, the club did.
why is everybody not mentioning andre wisdom adam morgan,mike ngoo and toni silva
I think the final 3 you have mentioned will be the most important 3 for the future of the club (apart from Kelly who’s already made the breakthrough)
Sterling’s pace and delivery serves perfectly for Carroll. Suso’s creativity from the middle of the pitch gives us a playmaker we dont currently have. And Coady’s grit, determination and passing gives us a physical presence in defensive midfield.
These are 3 areas our squad is currently lacking
Spearing I feel may go on to be our John O’Shea. Good player, going to give 100%, but maybe just falling short of a Liverpool first teamer.
Shelvey and Wilson, I feel may be here for a couple of years without first team football and will then leave. They will both be good players, but don’t know if they;ll be good enough. I hope I’m wrong.
As good as Robinson and Flanagan have played, I think it’s too early to say how good they’ll be. I think they’d be good squad players, but don’t think they will be a mainstay in the Liverpool first team for the next 10 years whereas I think Kelly will be, eventually at Centre Back.
You’ve also not mentioned Daniel Ayala or Andre Wisdom who both have immense talent. In Ayala I see a bit of Hyypia and in Wisdom a bit of Vidic.
Hopefully we can get Tom Ince to sign another deal because he could be another useful player on the left wing.
Finally, up front, we have Adam Morgan whose knack of being in the right place at the right time, with a lethal finish, means we may just have a young Robbie Fowler on our hands
Talent is their. It just depends on how we nurture them.
The benefit is that we will no longer have to spend 3-5mil on 5 squad players to boost the squad. We will be able to pay £20mil for 1 player who will make a bigger difference to the side.
Very encouraging.
kelly will be englands right back, the next four first team or first team squad, raheem stiring is a future world beater (nailed on certainty)suso has gone backwards mosty due to being played in the wtong position, the great talent not mentioned is toni silva. the others are in with a good chance of making it too.
Agree with Silva. This Portugese kid is really awesome and plays the right wing with guile and substance!
I think next season will see us fielding as many as 6 lads who have come through the Academy.
Flano, Robo and Kelly could in some games be 3 out of 4 at the back with Carra in there to steady things. I’d deffo try it in the Carling Cup or Europe if we qualify.
Spearing and Gerrard making up the other two from the Academy of course.
I think az is spot with his assessment of Jonjo and Wilson. Early days for them yet but comparing them to the other lads who’ve come through the academy I just don’t think they’re any better.
I wonder what happened to Adam Pepper? I used to watch him on the LFC TV channel and he looked excellent.
But lets face it, we’ve been in this position before with youngsters and we’ve been disappointed.
The writer of this article is clearly favouring the British guys with the exception of Dani Pacheco and Suso. Do you not know about Peter Gulacsi, Chris Mavinga, Daniel Ayala and Kristzian Adorjan or did you just decide to leave them out?
Hi Eric,
thanks for the feedback, I make sure to listen and respond to all feedback I receive for every article.
In response to your comment, I haven’t favoured British players so to speak I have specifically mentioned them as I feel as though the majority of Liverpool fans would like to see British and, in particular, Merseyside lads coming through the ranks. I may be wrong! Gulacsi, Mavinga, Ayala and Adorjan all have a chance to make it don’t get me wrong but I felt as though the ten players I have used in this article are the ten players most likely to be Liverpool first teamers in the futures. Don’t forget, these articles are opinion articles and all opinions are welcome!
Elliott
to a certain degree i do think Eric has a point but there isn’t much foreign talent in our team that can cope in the premier leage apart from SUSO, ADORJAN and maybe MAVINGA.
And i don’t think we will give the likes of Gulacsi a chance especially when we got great british goalkeepers like martin hansen coming up
I don’t believe Martin Hansen is British, he’s Danish.
@King Kenny, it just goes to show that a lot of Liverpool fans are blind to the fact that foreign talent is just as good. Even though you seem to be agreeing with Eric you have conveniently forgotten that Martin Hansen is in fact Danish.
I just hope this new trend of Liverpool fans being so strongly pro-British youth players doesn’t turn into a type of xenophobia. There are plenty on this list who we think would succeed but might fail and then suddenly one of the foreign youngsters that are not mentioned step up and make it to the first team.
The Hungarian kid – ADOREM – Watch him
Adorjan is a magician on the ball, when you next watch him play just count how many telling passes(through balls) he plays, and the way he seems to glide around players on the pitch and find space is just brilliant for a kid who’s 17yrs old. Definitely a bright prospect for the 1st team as a starter in my opinion but for some reason when people talk about youngsters he never gets mentioned.
Agree with Eric, and the writers response, but ‘Pool doesn’t need to buy expensive players with these young guns ripening for action! Don’t forget how the development of Andre Wisdom has come along. He’s in the mold of big Sol Campbell and is a proven leader in the academy and England. I hated losing Dalle Valle and Nemeth, but they both don’t come close to Adam Morgan’s skills (Fowler-esque). Sterling and Ince are quick wingers (if Ince stays) and with Michael Ngoo could be a viable option due to his size. We have a good system with Borello and Sequera coaching, we just need to bring them up…By the way, I’m unimpressed with Jonjo (soft and lacks massive confidence) and suprised he passed DaniP in the pecking order!!!
I see 6 out of the 10 making consistent 1st team players. Kelly, Flanagan, Robinson, Coady, Suso, and Spearing. The rest are too mediocre, and Sterling has potential, but he has yet to play with anyone over 21. Coady holds so much promise it’s scary, and Kelly is an absolute keeper. Flanagan and Robinson, given another year of being role players in the 1st team will be ready to take over in 2 yrs time. Wow what a future! And we’ll still have Reina, Carroll, Suarez, Gerrard, Meireles, etc. Pacheco is soft, Sterling completely unproven, and Shelvey is slow, slow of mind, and a sheep. YNWA
2017 player…
…………….gulasci…………….
flano…..kelly……..wilson……robo
…………….coady………………
…jonjo……spearing(c)……raheem..
………..susso….pacheco…………
list of sub player:
Phil jones
bojan kirkic
romelu lukaku
maroi gotze
eriksen
rb..??
lb..??
GK..??
cd..??
md..??
manager : stevan gerrard
team coach : jamie charagher
G.K coach : Pepe Reina
player value…
( under 100 m.p >> if we get now )and maybe will give us EPL title and CL no 6 and 7 title… lets think about it..
( more 5 years, this player will give us 150-200 m.p )- 2 times cost…
now must fight with…
MU >> macheda-hernandez (1 top striker are proved)
chelsea >> strurige-??? <>
arsenal >> 50% young player will play..
MC >> balotelli
spurs >> dont worry.. this team are for 2-3 year
only……….
liverpool >> .. susso..pacheco..raheem – gloryy..