Loan News
15yo defender Kevin Joyce comes back from 3 months loan. Given that he is only 15, he's not had any first team experience, but he has played, which is good. Joyce is one to keep an eye on, as he is already a physical phenomenon, with amazing height in his jumping, good acceleration, agility, pace, and stamina. By good, I'm not exagerating, we're talking of minimum 13 in all the above skills, with 16 in both agility and balance, and 19 in jumping
Other than the good physical skills, which would mean nothing if the player had nothing elsewhere, he also already has great positioning (14), is very aggressive (13), has great anticipation (15) and is a hard worker (16). For skills specific to his position, he's already learned how to mark other players and does it fairly well (13). He still needs to work on his tackling (7) and heading skills (8), but he's very young, so he still has time. He turns 16 on December 12.
Open question: 16yo is when a player can play first in competitive matches (first team), right?
FM