TownieDeac
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Greenwood is better than Rashford was at the same age. Not the finished article, and may never get there, but his potential is staggering. The kid is special.
Rashford was the club's young player of the year when he turned 18, and scored 5 goals in 11 appearances for the senior club in 15-16 on a ridiculous conversion rate. Let's see if Greenwood does that next year in his year 18 season. Absurd returns as a youth are often signs of developing before your peers.
FWIW Greenwood is 4th in the U18 league in scoring with 13 goals and 4 assists. Everton have a kid Ellis Simms with 20 goals and 1 assist leading the u18s.
Young player development is so fascinating to me. The # of kids who pan out is so ridiculously low and the strongest correlation with success is playing time. You've got to have a system and management and front office willing to get kids into the right loan situations if first team minutes aren't available or get them time with the senior squad.
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