For the last episode of 2020, I’ve met up with Vincent from CardHour and we go through and draft our favorite young prospects after what’s been a…. different year for soccer. It was a bunch of fun, and I hope you can all pick up a few new guys to follow, or a new opinion on a guy you are already looking at.
See my above post about your deleted question about Moukoko
"I can only really speak on behalf of myself here, but for me he just doesn't have the sample size to pick over other players.
There are so many good players under 23 years old, so with under 300 minutes of first team football to his name, there was no way I could put him above other young guys who have proven more.
He has also looked a little lost at times on the field. However, he's only starting so definitely could make this list if we did it again in 12 months or so."
At the end of the day Moukoko is a solid prospect, but I can't pick a striker who has scored one more professional senior goal than me in the list of top prospects under 23. Sancho was the last selection in the draft and he's done sooo much more than Moukoko has.
As for Callum Hudson-Odoi, he is a good prospect, but just wasn't in my top 10. He's in a tricky spot with the log-jam at Chelsea, there's a lot of pieces that need to get game time.
I can only really speak on behalf of myself here, but for me he just doesn't have the sample size to pick over other players.
There are so many good players under 23 years old, so with under 300 minutes of first team football to his name, there was no way I could put him above other young guys who have proven more.
He has also looked a little lost at times on the field. However, he's only starting so definitely could make this list if we did it again in 12 months or so.
What about Youssoufa Moukoko (BVB) and Callum Hudson-Odoi (CHE)?
See my above post about your deleted question about Moukoko
"I can only really speak on behalf of myself here, but for me he just doesn't have the sample size to pick over other players.
There are so many good players under 23 years old, so with under 300 minutes of first team football to his name, there was no way I could put him above other young guys who have proven more.
He has also looked a little lost at times on the field. However, he's only starting so definitely could make this list if we did it again in 12 months or so."
At the end of the day Moukoko is a solid prospect, but I can't pick a striker who has scored one more professional senior goal than me in the list of top prospects under 23. Sancho was the last selection in the draft and he's done sooo much more than Moukoko has.
As for Callum Hudson-Odoi, he is a good prospect, but just wasn't in my top 10. He's in a tricky spot with the log-jam at Chelsea, there's a lot of pieces that need to get game time.
I can only really speak on behalf of myself here, but for me he just doesn't have the sample size to pick over other players.
There are so many good players under 23 years old, so with under 300 minutes of first team football to his name, there was no way I could put him above other young guys who have proven more.
He has also looked a little lost at times on the field. However, he's only starting so definitely could make this list if we did it again in 12 months or so.