Development/Youth Squads 2021/2022 Thread

[filbertway]

1 hour ago, moore_94 said:

 

Give that lad a blue tick!

[moore_94]

Anyone on here making the long trip for this? Noticed there were a few away tickets picked up

 

 

[Ryy]

 

[moore_94]

25 minutes ago, Nannypig7 said:

 

Maswanhise great work for the 1st goal, great finish for the 2nd

 

Centre backs all over the place for their 3 goals

[moore_94]

Edited 9 November 2021 by moore_94

[Ryy]

Hopefully Popov gets some time 

[moore_94]

Under 17s taking after the first team rather than the under 23s it seems

 

 

[moore_94]

9 minutes ago, Nannypig7 said:

Hopefully Popov gets some time 

Should've started Maswanhise, Alves, Popov behind Wakeling and gone 4 at the back

Edited 9 November 2021 by moore_94

[Ric Flair]

16 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

We make such bizarre team selections. Hughes and Russ have been nowhere near the U23's squads for weeks but are always drafted in the Papa John's games. Baffling.

[Brainy]

Who's Popov? Remember we were linked to a highly rated Popov a year or so ago or is this some other dude? 

[Ric Flair]

2 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Should've started Maswanhise, Alves, Popov behind Wakeling and gone 4 at the back

Agreed, Petty is another whiffy operator like Beaglehole. Just how Rudkin likes um.

[Ric Flair]

Just now, Walkers said:

Who's Popov? Remember we were linked to a highly rated Popov a year or so ago or is this some other dude? 

Got him from Man Utd. Only just turned 17, been absolutely tearing it up for our U18's this season. Left footed winger/forward.

[moore_94]

41 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

We make such bizarre team selections. Hughes and Russ have been nowhere near the U23's squads for weeks but are always drafted in the Papa John's games. Baffling.

Very weird leaving VDC out seeing as he is captain and the most "experienced", although possibly suctioned to a toilet after training with the first team recently? That Ronny Nelson seems to have disappeared as well

 

Odunze/Young

Hughes, Spencer-Adams, Brunt, Flynn

Ewing, Suengchitthawon

Popov, Alves, Maswanhise

Wakeling

 

It isn't hard

Edited 9 November 2021 by moore_94

[davieG]

Isn’t this thing U21s does that affect the team selection?

[moore_94]

12 minutes ago, davieG said:

Isn’t this thing U21s does that affect the team selection?

These seem to be the only rules

 

 

https://www.efl.com/papa-johns-trophy/the-competition/rules/

 

I think the team just looks a bit weird because we haven't got VDC or the 4 International lads

Edited 9 November 2021 by moore_94

[Aus Fox]

31 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

We make such bizarre team selections. Hughes and Russ have been nowhere near the U23's squads for weeks but are always drafted in the Papa John's games. Baffling.

Is it because these games are usually played in the international breaks? Do we have a few regulars away on international duty?

[moore_94]

1 minute ago, Aus Fox said:

Is it because these games are usually played in the international breaks? Do we have a few regulars away on international duty?

Braybrooke, Marcal-Madivadua, and Ben Nelson who all usually start

[MarriedaLeicesterGirl]

42 minutes ago, davieG said:

Isn’t this thing U21s does that affect the team selection?

 

34 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

These seem to be the only rules

 

 

https://www.efl.com/papa-johns-trophy/the-competition/rules/

 

I think the team just looks a bit weird because we haven't got VDC or the 3 International lads

So five over-21 players, of which two can't have made more than 40 first team appearances. As an aside, I think it would be helpful for development if the premier league had a bench rule similar 7 (or 9) regular substitutes, and another five for U21's without x-number of starts. Let some youth get some experience during any blowout (not that we have had any of those recently.)

Edited 9 November 2021 by MarriedaLeicesterGirl
dangling unfinished sentence I thought had disappeared.

[Ric Flair]

8 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

Is it because these games are usually played in the international breaks? Do we have a few regulars away on international duty?

Usually Braybrooke, Kian Pennant, Brad Young and Ben Nelson are away with England youth, Popov and Ewing with Wales youth and then Wanya Marca with Portugal. Looks like Wales haven't got any games this time around and Young hasn't been called up for England U20's.

 

We have decided to seldom play wingers which is just bizarre as our most promising U23 player is Maswanhise who Rodgers is seriously impressed with and whom had started the U23 season remarkably and got a goal and assist last week but in the last 5-6 games has usually been benched or played out of position. What's the purpose of the academy, its truly peculiar. 

[BroughtonFox]

Strange how they schedule this trophy during the international break. It’s supposed to let the best young players play against experienced EFL players/sides. Yet all the best young players miss out on it. so what’s the point?  

[Ric Flair]

4 minutes ago, BroughtonFox said:

Strange how they schedule this trophy during the international break. It’s supposed to let the best young players play against experienced EFL players/sides. Yet all the best young players miss out on it. so what’s the point?  

The scheduling is very inconsistent,  maybe PL teams have to play during international breaks but it's odd.

[BraunstoneFox23]

Anyone just seen that goal? Lino clearly doesn’t know the rules, that’s been headed by a Barrow defender onto another one, so isn’t offside.

[Collymore]

You all got a decent stream for this?

[MarriedaLeicesterGirl]

18 minutes ago, BroughtonFox said:

Strange how they schedule this trophy during the international break. It’s supposed to let the best young players play against experienced EFL players/sides. Yet all the best young players miss out on it. so what’s the point?  

It's odd, but in this case, there's no point anyway. Barrow can't advance. They are playing their sub-reserves in this.

[Ric Flair]

2 hours ago, moore_94 said:

Maswanhise great work for the 1st goal, great finish for the 2nd

 

Centre backs all over the place for their 3 goals

Wahahahahaaaaa only just seen these, so not only did we concede 3 in injury time, they'd gone down to 10 men as made all their subs and to add insult to injury it was their goalie who went off and a striker went in goal. That potentially ought to be enough for the whole academy to be closed down. Disgraceful.