Development/Youth Squads 2025/2026 Thread - U18/U21

[Ryy]

One day 🙏🏻 

 

[Rubbersoul]

4 minutes ago, Ryy said:

One day 🙏🏻 

 

I think we might be the only club in the 92 that don’t do academy updates like team news, scores etc 

[davieG]

Just now, Rubbersoul said:

I think we might be the only club in the 92 that don’t do academy updates like team news, scores etc 

They can't afford it, I'm sure that's why they've stopped showing the U21 games.

 

We're down to the barebones

[AjcW]

41 minutes ago, davieG said:

They can't afford it, I'm sure that's why they've stopped showing the U21 games.

 

We're down to the barebones

We have more staff now than we had in the Premier League….

 

they also haven’t covered it for a few years now.

Edited 28 January by AjcW

[Ric Flair]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

They can't afford it, I'm sure that's why they've stopped showing the U21 games.

 

We're down to the barebones

Hahahaa it's not cost, they record the games anyway. The cost to then stream them would not be troublesome.

[Tommy Fresh]

21 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Hahahaa it's not cost, they record the games anyway. The cost to then stream them would not be troublesome.

Especially when every county cricket team can stream every first team game  I'm sure we'd have no issue

Edited 28 January by Tommy Fresh

[Will1981]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

They can't afford it, I'm sure that's why they've stopped showing the U21 games.

 

We're down to the barebones

They should make Harry Winks do it, make him.earn his 80k a week.

[Rubbersoul]

Cover seems to have been training with the first team for ages now without ever making a squad 

[ALC Fox]

20 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

Cover seems to have been training with the first team for ages now without ever making a squad 

Surely was only a matter of time before we started seeing if another academy LB could be an improvement on Thomas.

 

Ali was a bit of a golden boy a year or two back wasn't he? Not entirely sure how he's developed since.

 

Anything to get excited about is very welcome.

Edited 30 January by ALC Fox

[ramadaone]

he looked like being a nailed on first team left back a couple of years ago but things seemed to have stalled some what

this has not been helped by the mad idea of trying to make him into a left sided centre half

don't think he is the answer but equally not sure he could do much worse

[Rubbersoul]

U21s away to Sunderland at 1pm. Not sure if it’s being streamed 

 

Being streamed on Sunderland’s YouTube. 

 

Edited 1 February by Rubbersoul

[Ryy]

U21s to face Sunderland: Donohue, Ali, Amartey, Khela, Donnelly, Neale, Golding, Cover, Briggs, Motsi, Otchere 

 

Subs: Fisken, Marson, Lindsey, Hutchinson, Omobolaji 

Edited 1 February by Ryy

[Rubbersoul]

10 minutes ago, Ryy said:

U21s to face Sunderland: Donohue, Ali, Amartey, Khela, Donnelly, Neale, Golding, Cover, Briggs, Motsi, Otchere 

 

Subs: Fisken, Marson, Lindsey, Hutchinson, Omobolaji 

Wonder if any of these will get loan moves

[Rubbersoul]

Otchere goal

 

Cover assist 

[Chelmofox]

Put a cross in, have a striker there. Score. 
 

Who would have thought it. 

[Shane]

1 hour ago, Rubbersoul said:

U21s away to Sunderland at 1pm. Not sure if it’s being streamed 

 

Being streamed on Sunderland’s YouTube. 

 

Goal is at 35:25

 

Nice first time cross by Cover. Maybe he can play LB? 

 

[Ryy]

12 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Put a cross in, have a striker there. Score. 
 

Who would have thought it. 

 

[Rubbersoul]

Poor goal to concede that 

[Ric Flair]

I really enjoyed Brandon Cover's appearance vs Birmingham in the FA Cup under Enzo. Got subbed at half time weirdly, even though he played well. I think he could be needed as a progressive DCM/inverted full back.

[st albans fox]

7 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I really enjoyed Brandon Cover's appearance vs Birmingham in the FA Cup under Enzo. Got subbed at half time weirdly, even though he played well. I think he could be needed as a progressive DCM/inverted full back.

If he has two working legs then he’s an upgrade on current options 

[coolhandfox]

10 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I really enjoyed Brandon Cover's appearance vs Birmingham in the FA Cup under Enzo. Got subbed at half time weirdly, even though he played well. I think he could be needed as a progressive DCM/inverted full back.

My friends a big Vale fan, he view from his loan was he'd be surprised if he's anymore than a L1 player long term.

[lanefox]

24 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I really enjoyed Brandon Cover's appearance vs Birmingham in the FA Cup under Enzo. Got subbed at half time weirdly, even though he played well. I think he could be needed as a progressive DCM/inverted full back.

Yeah I thought that was strange in that game , had a decent loan move last season as well , with more injuries yesterday he may get a chance

[Will1981]

15 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

My friends a big Vale fan, he view from his loan was he'd be surprised if he's anymore than a L1 player long term.

So about 2 levels above of how our current squad are performing.

[Rubbersoul]

30 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I really enjoyed Brandon Cover's appearance vs Birmingham in the FA Cup under Enzo. Got subbed at half time weirdly, even though he played well. I think he could be needed as a progressive DCM/inverted full back.

If I remember correctly weren’t we absolutely honking in the first half of that game? Guessing as the youngster he was sacrificed 

[Ryy]

3-1 Sunderland