Development/Youth Squads 2024/2025 Thread - U18/U21

[davieG]

only 3% of all academy players end up playing the PL

[Lambert09]

On 05/11/2024 at 16:15, tylesta said:

But Alves should start

 

I love that people expect him to play well when he’s not finished 90 minutes of football in 6 months. 

 

Can’t be judged on that 

[Jackubu]

Playing Coventry tonight at Leamington. Anybody have an idea about tickets? I can't find anything anywhere 

[Happy Fox]

8 minutes ago, Jackubu said:

Playing Coventry tonight at Leamington. Anybody have an idea about tickets? I can't find anything anywhere 

https://leamingtonfc.co.uk/index.php/commercial/advertising/11-news2/2545-coventry-city-vs-leicester-city-friday-night

[Jackubu]

7 minutes ago, Happy Fox said:

https://leamingtonfc.co.uk/index.php/commercial/advertising/11-news2/2545-coventry-city-vs-leicester-city-friday-night

Cheers 🍻

[AjcW]

8 minutes ago, Happy Fox said:

https://leamingtonfc.co.uk/index.php/commercial/advertising/11-news2/2545-coventry-city-vs-leicester-city-friday-night

Free entry which I assume Cov are footing the bill for.... decent.... still we charge £3 to sit at a training ground  

 

I'm not suggesting they make the entire season free... but could definitely make games around half term and the ones pre christmas free at least.

[ned.1884]

Louis Page called up to England u17s

[Smooch85]

Vs cov u21 

French 

Joseph 

amartey 

godsmark ford

wormleighton 

page

evans 

Monga

ewing 

king 

onanaye

 

 

subs 

 

aluko

cartwright 

pennant 

hill

bausor

[davieG]

Is this available anywhere?

[lanefox]

Finished 2-2

[Collymore]

Can't find out the goal scorers but if Evans and Monga aren't involved in any of the goals I'd be gob smacked. 

[moore_94]

5 minutes ago, Collymore said:

Can't find out the goal scorers but if Evans and Monga aren't involved in any of the goals I'd be gob smacked. 

 

[Collymore]

No Alves in the squad, does that mean he might be in the squad for Sunday or are we still managing his fitness? 

[Pita]

19 minutes ago, Collymore said:

No Alves in the squad, does that mean he might be in the squad for Sunday or are we still managing his fitness? 

He’s a good prospect need to manage him properly with luck we will see him play a bigger part after Christmas 

[Leicestermad212]

On 07/11/2024 at 13:59, Lambert09 said:

I love that people expect him to play well when he’s not finished 90 minutes of football in 6 months. 

 

Can’t be judged on that 

Unfortunately you’ve got a replacement coach in situ that has his own interests at heart. Playing younger players to keep them from signing elsewhere and forgetting about the talent that they have built up. Wormleighton is a class player no chances at all this season. Alves has lost his pathway he was promised to the first team. Golding was a money saving / laundering process not given any opportunity. Briggs fully backed by Enzo no chance this season. Don’t get me wrong the young ones are exciting but so were the above at 15/16/17 and have now been cut off from any reasonable prospect of playing despite being promised different. 

[AjcW]

41 minutes ago, Collymore said:

No Alves in the squad, does that mean he might be in the squad for Sunday or are we still managing his fitness? 

I imagine they probably see more value in him playing against Northampton and Notts County, over this extra league cup fixture. 
 

He’ll probably be with the squad this weekend though (not the named squad) as he does all his training with the first team.

[majaco]

With 9 subs, there is always room for an academy player on the bench. In Leicester's current situation,  that would be Alves

[BlackFox]

2 hours ago, Pita said:

He’s a good prospect need to manage him properly with luck we will see him play a bigger part after Christmas 

Not as long as cooper is here

Edited 8 November 2024 by BlackFox

[It'sblueupnorth]

Let’s be honest that injury has ruined Alves. I think we were all desperate to see him kick on as a local lad but he didn’t pull up any trees in pre season and in the cameo against Man U he looked slow and his touch looked poor. It’s unfortunate for him but he needs game time at adult football if he is to go on and make something of himself. Get him out on loan, he’s lost 2 years of his development and he can’t lose much more stagnating in the 21s

[Devonfox1884]

He’s still a couple of year younger than KDH was when he went out on loan - there is still time.

 

Get him out to league 1, even top end of league 2 if necessary for 6 months and see how he goes from there. Has to be playing men’s football every week. 

[Lineker's Left Foot]

30 minutes ago, Devonfox1884 said:

He’s still a couple of year younger than KDH was when he went out on loan - there is still time.

 

Get him out to league 1, even top end of league 2 if necessary for 6 months and see how he goes from there. Has to be playing men’s football every week. 

For what it’s worth, went on the Northampton forum after the game - apart from being ecstatic they beat a PL team - they really rated Alves.

[moore_94]

                    

[lcfc sheff]

No Monga in the England squads. 

[Ric Flair]

8 hours ago, lcfc sheff said:

No Monga in the England squads. 

Find it surprising Jake Evans doesn't get in the U17 / U18 squads. Monga often gets called up to play for England in games outside of international breaks, think the U16s do a fair bit of that.

[Ryy]

Final group game tonight can’t qualify unless a miracle happens