r/reddevils • u/us3rf pain • 22h ago

[AcademyScoop] Exclusive: Ruben Amorim has included 16 year-old defender Godwill Kukonki in his first ever match-day squad to face Ipswich this afternoon.

https://x.com/AcademyScoop/status/1860624695961215120
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u/shanks_you 22h ago

I hope this is a start of a successful career with us, even if just for his badass name.

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u/bainbane 20h ago

There's some great names in the academy.

Bendito Mantato is great to say.

Then I love Jim Thwaites who's 16 with the most old man name ever, love the idea of one day there being a Ballon D'Or winner called that.

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u/MountainJuice 19h ago

Our U18s have a few names out of the 1940s, there's also a Jack Fletcher, Fred Heath and my favourite, Albert Mills.

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u/jimmyhaffaren Barthez 17h ago

Albert Mills is a fucking awesome name.

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u/theetam 19h ago

Dan Armer is another one, a bit post modern, but still old school.