Three in form Arsenal strikers have earned international recognition after being selected to play for England in forthcoming fixtures. The trio of Zak Ansah, Benik Afobe and Roarie Deacon will all play at different age levels for the Three Lions but have nonetheless been noted for their fantastic form so far this campaign.
Zak Ansah has been selected for the Under 16’s squad which will look to retain the Victory Shield live on SkySports later this month. The young poacher will look to follow in Benik Afobe’s foot steps after his 4 goal haul in 3 games saw Kenny Swains starlets claim the trophy with ease.
The aforementioned Afobe has since gone on to the Under 17’s and he’ll be in action for them as they look to qualify for the European Championships. surprisingly both Chuks Aneke and Josh Rees have been left out of the travelling party after previously featuring at this level. Afobe is also on standby for the Under 19’s.
Roarie Deacon has been the surprise package of this season and it’s not gone unnoticed. Although initially named on the standby list for the Under 19’s, he’s now been promoted into the squad and is set to partner Frank Nouble or Nathan Delfouneso up front as they look to qualify for the Under 19 Euros. Roarie will play for Steve Bould’s Under 18’s later today before jetting off to make his first international appearance.
The three players are the only Gunners named in their age range, as the selectors overlook several Arsenal players who have previously played big parts in friendly squads. Young Guns will be updating you on their progress as the month progresses.
Article By – J.Sanderson
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I’m glad for Deacon, looking at his form, it would have been another good joke from the england set up to ignore him
The english setup is so shit. How can afobe not even get in the squad?
I agree, Afobe should be in the starting line up let alone squad. Watching the under 20’s is evidence how crap the squad selection is.
Luke Freeman is an obvious name missing, I just don’t understand why these players like Chuks are being overlooked, its just baffling to me!
Mabey the coaches just want to look at other players, because it is always good to look at alternatives just in case your main players are unavailable for whatever reason.
Where do you have the information, J.Sanderson? Can’t find anything about this on FA’s homepages.
surprised Aneke is left out too, he has been brilliant for the U18’s this season.
not only them. i think bartley should at least make it into u-19 squad, if not he should be playing u-20 world cup. england youth teams always underlook some of arsenal players. but i have to say, some arsenal players tend to play badly because england simply don’t play football arsenal way. hope these kids play well.
Just sources mate. Ansah is mentioned on the FA site. The others will be announced later on.
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Mabey the coaches just want to look at other players, because it is always good to look at alternatives just in case your main players are unavailable for whatever reason.
Kentpaul said this on October 2, 2009 at 11:34 pm
France, Italy, Spain and Germany are in part so successful at blooding in youngsters for their great first teams because they focus in on the wheat and ignore the chaff. The best are given the best coaching, the most opportunities and are treated with an important goal: make them superstars no matter who they play for. These teams win things and have are in a position where the likes of Guiza, Toni, Di Natale, Gomis and kiebling etc. regularly don’t make the squad despite their talents. I am using strikers as my example because think of England – we still clamour over Michael Owen, Emile Heskey and Peter Crouch because something obviously went wrong, wrong, wrong in developing players in the past fifteen years.
We do not treat the national team with respect by being the limp dad clapping everyone on the field for ‘having a go’ and a ‘everyone is winners, you made some friends, you got a bit of exercise’ attitude. This is not some kids playing on a Sunday, trying to get their shy fat friend to lose a bit of weight and gain a bit of confidence. These are the people that will make a nation that once ruled the world seem great in their sporting expertise and should be treated as such.
Or maybe they do not pick Arsenal players because they do not fit the hoof-ball style the England youth set-up seems to like to play? They only picked several of the Arsenal guys because of their reputation.
Johan: It is absurd to think that teams would actively not pick someone because they played attractive football, especially at an age where development means more than pragmatism. Even Allardyce’s Bolton had Okacha, ya dig?
England youth teams pick players that will never be full internationals. They are more conserned with trying to win youth title rather then develope talents. Calling full senior players in the u21s. Keep picking players like Martin Cranie..LOL. Players like Wilshire and Sturridge should be starters because these players have a real chance of being England stars. There is know point in calling up James Milner at the age of 23. If he isnt ready for the full team by that point, I dont think the u21s is going to help him develope.
Webb and Glasgow topped group for Ireland u17. Tasty prospect them v team mates. Thats if England make the finals!
France, Italy, Spain and Germany are in part so successful at blooding in youngsters for their great first teams because they focus in on the wheat and ignore the chaff. The best are given the best coaching, the most opportunities and are treated with an important goal: make them superstars no matter who they play for. These teams win things and have are in a position where the likes of Guiza, Toni, Di Natale, Gomis and kiebling etc. regularly don’t make the squad despite their talents. I am using strikers as my example because think of England – we still clamour over Michael Owen, Emile Heskey and Peter Crouch because something obviously went wrong, wrong, wrong in developing players in the past fifteen years.
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None of the above is the FA’s fault though.
The clubs have failed to bring through enough quality players for so long.
The England youth teams aren’t treated with respect but the clubs have to take responsibility too.
The U17 squad seems to get rotated alot so I dont know what the coach is doing. Maybe he wants to look at certain players because the qualifying has two phases.
Ok I checked theFA.com.
Roarie Deacon has not been called up.
England Youth coaches are CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deacon was on stand by not the proper squad so he won’t be listed. He has now joined the team and the FA are slow to update.
Do you know why Sanchez Watt isn’t in the U19’s squad, J.Sanderson? He played agaisnt Russia in the last friendly, maybe he didn’t impress in that game? Odd that Deacon is in front of him in the stand by queue considering that Watt is a CC player and a reserve regular in Arsenal and Deacon is only an U18 player trying to break through for the reserves.
Also very strange that Kyle Bartley was good enough to get into the U20 WC preliminary squad (but couldn’t make it to the final squad), but isn’t good enough for the U19 squad… Where’s the logic?
Perhaps it’s punishment for not going to the U20 WC?
It has nothing to do with punishment, because the EPL clubs were under no obligation whatsoever to release there best young players for the FIFA U20 World Cup, why because the tournament was moved to this time of year from it’s origional date in the summer and therfore it fell outside the offical FIFA international calandar. As for why Sanchez Watt is not in the latest England U19 squad, that is down to the number of players the FA coaches want to look at ahead of next summers UEFA U19 Championships should we first qualify of coarse.
It may not be of the biggest relevance but it may highlight some of the thinking of English coaches. But Stuart Pearce went for physical strength and speed to try and win the Euro 2009 Championships. He is right in some regards as it is becoming more important in the modern game but without brains you will not win anything.
Trevor Brooking later on alluded that more emphasis should be placed mentally such as decision-making.
this shows that arsenal is making some very good choices. http://bobbygee.wordpress.com/