Brighton and Hove Albion u17s v Leicester City u17s Cup Game

[Stonegold]

If anyone's interested in this kick off at 6pm , being played at the Amex , not sure if it's free to view for you guys on your streaming platform but it is available to view for free on the Brighton and Hove Albion official website .

[Ric Flair]

Thanks for the heads up, keep an eye out for Will Alves. 

[moore_94]

Finally we can actually watch a youth game!

[Staff]

Losing 1-0

[Webbo]

Link if anyone's interested.  https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/my-albion-tv/videos/1303440/live-video-albion-u17-v-leicester-city

 

Why can't our club show these matches? You don't have to register.

[Ric Flair]

Alves feet are something else

[Stonegold]

Half time 1 nil to Brighton who really should have made the scoreline a lot more comfortable,  a couple of good saves from the keeper keeps it at 1 nil .

 

Some nice football from both sides at times , Alves looks a good player and the likeliest to get Leicester back into the game .

[moore_94]

I have posted updates about the line up in the main youth thread for anyone interested

 

 

[davieG]

Just clicked on the link and the first action I see is dodgy tackle by our player but a complete exaggeration by the Brighton player holding his leg. Start young these days!

[Mark]

Have to say Pennant has been disappointing in this, Braybrooke and Alves look very good though.

[moore_94]

2 minutes ago, Mark said:

Have to say Pennant has been disappointing in this, Braybrooke and Alves look very good though.

Think that just summed up Pennant so far this game! Completely missed trying to control the ball from a simple pass, just rolled under his foot

[Mark]

3 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Think that just summed up Pennant so far this game! Completely missed trying to control the ball from a simple pass, just rolled under his foot

Brandon Cover looks good too, last time I seen him he was at right back but seems more advanced tonight.

[moore_94]

1 minute ago, Mark said:

Brandon Cover looks good too, last time I seen him he was at right back but seems more advanced tonight.

Yeah I thought he was a right back as well, but does seem alright further up the pitch

 

Braybrooke and Alves definitely our best players so far, Braybrooke really good at carrying the ball up the pitch quickly and Alves just looks like an absolute menace with his skill on the ball

[moore_94]

Good save from Chibueze and decent counter, Pennant pretty much on his own though

[moore_94]

Our players seem to forget how to shoot whenever they actually get near the box

 

Booth injured himself taking a shot, subbed off for Butterfill

[Mark]

Braybrooke has been the best player on the pitch, doesn't deserve to lose.

[moore_94]

Last chance of the game to put a free kick into the box... Maddison-esque floated over everyone out for a goalkick

 

Full Time Brighton 1-0 Leicester

 

Out of the Under 17s Premier League Cup in the Semi Finals

 

Braybrooke our MOTM, only really him and Alves that looked impressive for us

Edited 21 April 2021 by moore_94

[Ric Flair]

It's quite astonishing how few strikers and wingers we have at youth level. We've Kian Pennant as the only U18 striker, Will Russ, Wakeling and Regbha at U23 level. Out wide we have Terell Pennant, Ethan Fitzhugh (more of a central midfielder) and Tyreese Shade and that's it across U18 and U23 age groups. Not even sure there's many in the U16's, Chris Popov the only one I've been aware of. 

[moore_94]

1 minute ago, Ric Flair said:

It's quite astonishing how few strikers and wingers we have at youth level. We've Kian Pennant as the only U18 striker, Will Russ, Wakeling and Regbha at U23 level. Out wide we have Terell Pennant, Ethan Fitzhugh (more of a central midfielder) and Tyreese Shade and that's it across U18 and U23 age groups. Not even sure there's many in the U16's, Chris Popov the only one I've been aware of. 

Seems like Alves has been played mostly as a left winger recently, is he normally a 10?

[Ric Flair]

40 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Seems like Alves has been played mostly as a left winger recently, is he normally a 10?

Yeah he's an ACM but suppose he has the skill set to develop in to a Barnes type player. 

[Foxy-Lady]

15 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

It's quite astonishing how few strikers and wingers we have at youth level. We've Kian Pennant as the only U18 striker, Will Russ, Wakeling and Regbha at U23 level. Out wide we have Terell Pennant, Ethan Fitzhugh (more of a central midfielder) and Tyreese Shade and that's it across U18 and U23 age groups. Not even sure there's many in the U16's, Chris Popov the only one I've been aware of. 

Interesting that of the attacking players you mention, only the Pennant brothers were actually developed and came through our own academy from U16s level.

The rest were all acquired from other non-PL clubs......perhaps worth considering acquiring their coaches as well as they seem to have a better record of developing talent from a younger age?

[Ric Flair]

27 minutes ago, Foxy-Lady said:

Interesting that of the attacking players you mention, only the Pennant brothers were actually developed and came through our own academy from U16s level.

The rest were all acquired from other non-PL clubs......perhaps worth considering acquiring their coaches as well as they seem to have a better record of developing talent from a younger age?

That thought had crossed my mind too. I just don't get where the wingers and attackers are? Why aren't there more? I'm not even talking about whether they are good enough, we just don't even seem to be arsed about having more options.

[Kilworthfox]

10 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

That thought had crossed my mind too. I just don't get where the wingers and attackers are? Why aren't there more? I'm not even talking about whether they are good enough, we just don't even seem to be arsed about having more options.

Why should the club be?

[filbertway]

11 minutes ago, Kilworthfox said:

Why should the club be?

Probably for situations like now where we've been forced to change our entire way of playing due to one injury.

[Kilworthfox]

1 minute ago, filbertway said:

Probably for situations like now where we've been forced to change our entire way of playing due to one injury.

Short term minor player issue.

 

Actually a benefit to the team as its another experience that they will have collectively.