LCFC U21 / Development Squad 2016/17

[lgfualol]

I wonder how tactical mastermind Beaglehole will turn this around. 

[tyfox]

Our u23s are shocking

[TheMightySystem]

What speaks louder then anything is that Ranieri started to watch the U23 squad when he first came here but then stopped after only a few games.

[tom.g.straw]

Iverson making a few good saves

[SemperEadem]

4 minutes ago, TheMightySystem said:

What speaks louder then anything is that Ranieri started to watch the U23 squad when he first came here but then stopped after only a few games.

He was there against Sheffield United.

[TheMightySystem]

Just now, baker11 said:

He was there against Sheffield United.

Ah saw no mention of that maybe he has been watching them recently then, he stoped last season though for a while at least.

[BigWesMorgan]

Not like Liverpool U23's are world beaters either

[lcfcben76]

24 minutes ago, baker11 said:

He was there against Sheffield United.

Probably there more for the first teamers involved tbf

[TheMightySystem]

finished 4-0, better second half, Barnes and Iverson the best players, subsitutes seemed to play ok too.

[Max Power]

Is this goon Beaglehole gonna get sacked or what?

 

Needs freshening up big time 

[GingerrrFox]

The pathway from U16 to the U23s at our club is in ****ing disgraceful shape. Nothing will change though as has been said before. Trevor Peake and Steve Beaglehole play dinosaur football but are Rudkin's pals and absolute yes men. Shower of shite that is only gonna get worse. 

[davieG]

They used be very successful under beagle hole and play attractive ip tempo football, maybe just maybe they're  now bring encouraged to play long ball like the first  team. 

 

There's  nothing wrong with having a club wide football playing strategy but I'm  jot convinced the way the 1st team play has any longevity  and was only adopted to suit the players we had.

[Dan]

Our first team's style of play isn't really constructive to development. It's based a lot around physicality which is something that a lot of these youngsters will develop naturally. Surely at that age they ought to be working on their technical ability and tactical awareness above anything.

[FireFox]

3 hours ago, lgfualol said:

3 down. Iversen did well then gave the ball away for an easy goal. 

 

3 hours ago, tom.g.straw said:

Iverson making a few good saves

Sounds like Kasper.

[jaqo88]

City name new u23's assistant coach

 

http://www.lcfc.com/news/article/2016-17/under-23s-assistant-coach-named-3298736.aspx 

[Simi]

20 hours ago, lgfualol said:

3 down. Iversen did well then gave the ball away for an easy goal. 

Learning from Kasper quickly then. 

[WigstonWanderer]

God, just watched the first half, awful!

 

if they can't do better than that best to pack up the academy and save the expense. Made Pool look like Barca playing a pub side.

[TheMightySystem]

U19 down 1-0 to Brugge, seem to have started all right as well going by the twitter feed.

[Max Power]

2 down. You'd fancy us to lose all 6 tbh.

[filbertway]

Porto are going to to horrible things to us

[lgfualol]

Muskwe scored. 2-1. Hope he ends up in the first team and not wasted.

[filbertstreet]

he can't not be a great footballer with a name like admiral

[TheMightySystem]

23 minutes ago, lgfualol said:

Muskwe scored. 2-1. Hope he ends up in the first team and not wasted.

Played in the Oxford game in the friendly I think but didn't do much, might be a year or two till he steps up but I have heard good things about him on here.

[BigWesMorgan]

Lost again

[Thracian]

On 9/11/2016 at 16:19, davieG said:

They used be very successful under beagle hole and play attractive ip tempo football, maybe just maybe they're  now bring encouraged to play long ball like the first  team. 

 

There's  nothing wrong with having a club wide football playing strategy but I'm  jot convinced the way the 1st team play has any longevity  and was only adopted to suit the players we had.

 

 

There are always exceptions but coaches and managers can easily become part of the furniture of a place and start losing their impact. Everyone has their own way of doing things and naturally favours any approach that made them successful. But times change, tactics change, even the way of doing the job and even the best coaches can get jaded or dated.

 

I watched a lot of Beaglehole's successes and, indeed the progress of players like King, Gradel and one or two more as a result. It was an exciting team which played enlightened football at times. 

 

It was never perfect but the club was at such a level as it wasn't impossible for people to break into the first team - King, Gradel, Wesolowski, Billy McKay went to the Scottish Premiership, Mattock from Leicester to West Brom and even Levi  Porter had a sustained run in our first team before his career imploded. 

 

It was probably the nearest we got to a footballing assembly line and I have to wonder if some of the incentive's gone now from within the youth set-up because, as i warned long ago and on many occasions, we just don't have the means of "finishing" our products to Premiership level anymore. And people on £30,000-100,000 a week only make vacancies less likely. 

 

A combination of things works against the youngsters no matter how many prestigious overseas tournaments or under 23 matches they play and it's hard to see the trend improving for all the theoretical effort that's been made.

 

What's the use of rules enforcing a certain number of development players in a squad if we don't use them. Surely there was an opportunity at Anfield but people like Gray and Chilwell stayed sat on the sidelines.

 

These people need to be properly involved regularly, not occasionally, to make any progress but it's not happening nearly enough.

 

We'd rather bring in ready made players than give youngsters the settling-in period they need. And what do we do with the ready-made players? Indulge them while they settle and make all sorts of excuses for them if they struggle. Ironic that.  

 

No, I don't expect any sympathy for this view - nor do I bother watching our youth football anymore because there seems so little purpose to it. I just feel sad about so much talent going to waste, not just here but at so many big clubs.