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

[Ian S]

2 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

Otchere goal 2-1 

Has to be worth a place on the bench for the 1st team considering our total lack of options.

[Rubbersoul]

2 minutes ago, Ian S said:

Has to be worth a place on the bench for the 1st team considering our total lack of options.

Not under Rowett 

[moore_94]

7 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

Otchere goal 2-1 

 

Another Briggs assist 

8 goals in 12 league starts for Otchere

[Rubbersoul]

1 minute ago, moore_94 said:

8 goals in 12 league starts for Otchere

League One isn’t ready 

[Ryy]

Make that 9

[Lambert09]

Leeds fans having an awful day 

[Rubbersoul]

Otchere brace & Briggs assisted them both according to flash score 

[Ryy]

League one will be fun! 
 

 

[Chelmofox]

5 minutes ago, Ryy said:

League one will be fun! 
 

 

Maybe they should put together a meeting with the senior players explaining what its like to win games.

[davieG]

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hotshot-leicester-city-striker-sets-10914750

 

Hotshot Leicester City striker sets up likely Tottenham tie with last-minute winner at Leeds
Kirsten Otchere made it 11 goals in his last 15 games with a double at Leeds United, including an added-time winner, in the Under-21s' final regular-season fixture

Jordan Blackwell
09:36, 14 Apr 2026

In-form Leicester City striker Kirsten Otchere netted a brace as the Under-21s snatched an added-time victory in their final regular-season fixture at Leeds.

Otchere scored in the 92nd minute to earn the 3-2 victory for City and make it 11 goals in his last 15 games in all competitions.

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The 19-year-old had earlier put City 2-1 in front, with this his first brace of the season.

His form has seen him training with the first team recently, and while an appearance in the final four Championship matches of the campaign is extremely unlikely, he could be one to watch ahead of next season, especially if City are relegated.

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Midfielder Louis Page was also on the scoresheet, the 17-year-old back playing regularly with the Under-21s with the improved fitness of senior players seeing him fall out of Gary Rowett’s first-team plans.

 

[Rubbersoul]

Page posted his goal on Instagram. Lovely strike. 

[Rubbersoul]

19 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

Page posted his goal on Instagram. Lovely strike. 

 

[indierich06]

Otchere's 19? **** me get him in the first team, we literally have no striker

[ALC Fox]

Mad to think that we could not have been in a worse position in the league if all season long we'd have continued using Page, started Monga more often, and said to Aluko you're our first-choice RB

[Chelmofox]

19 minutes ago, ALC Fox said:

Mad to think that we could not have been in a worse position in the league if all season long we'd have continued using Page, started Monga more often, and said to Aluko you're our first-choice RB

Sad thing is if they played more and we were 6th from bottom everyone would be calling it a disaster. I firmly believe we would be in a better position, especially if we had given Aluko a proper run of games.

[Rubbersoul]

21 minutes ago, ALC Fox said:

Mad to think that we could not have been in a worse position in the league if all season long we'd have continued using Page, started Monga more often, and said to Aluko you're our first-choice RB

I actually thought Page had been progressing quite nicely given the circumstances and Aluko bounced back from his red card when given the opportunity.

 

Such a shame it’s been such a rotten season and toxic environment. 

[Rubbersoul]

3 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Sad thing is if they played more and we were 6th from bottom everyone would be calling it a disaster. I firmly believe we would be in a better position, especially if we had given Aluko a proper run of games.

Would Aluko have really done any worse than Ricardo? I mean we’re getting relegated with Ricardo starting! 

[CornwallFox]

Unbelievable we haven't given anybody from the youth set up a go up top. I'm 90% sure I could do a better job that Ayew or Daka, let alone an actual footballer. 

[Chelmofox]

3 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

Would Aluko have really done any worse than Ricardo? I mean we’re getting relegated with Ricardo starting! 

Ricardo doesnt tackle, he passing is mostly terrible, he hasnt scored for ages and he runs like he is in a space suit. Boggles my mind that he starts games.

[coolhandfox]

I would be a lot more forgiving of our position if we have binned off the likes of BDCR, Ayew and not brought in a heap of crap loan plan and just played the likes of Monga, Page, Aluko, Alves, Evans and Braybrooke.

 

All free compare to the likes of Ramsay, Mukasa, Carranza et al.

[honeybradger]

1 hour ago, Rubbersoul said:

 

It's actually depressing to consider the reality that there's a good chance he won't be here next season.

 

One of the few players we have that have value, and it's a lot less than it should be because we dumped him back in the U21s for no reason.

[Ryy]

We ain’t in Hk soccer 7s this season must have been years ago since we last wasn’t 

[moore_94]

 

[studentofthegame]

1 hour ago, coolhandfox said:

I would be a lot more forgiving of our position if we have binned off the likes of BDCR, Ayew and not brought in a heap of crap loan plan and just played the likes of Monga, Page, Aluko, Alves, Evans and Braybrooke.

 

All free compare to the likes of Ramsay, Mukasa, Carranza et al.

I said this early on, instead we have wasted a season that could have been fantastic development for so many players and are still going to end up doing literally as badly as possible

 

We could have played a full academy 11 every week and still we wouldn't be in a worse position given we are literally the worst team in the league (Sheffield Wednesday don't really count)

 

At least in that scenario we would have something to show for it, instead we are still going to go down, players have not had chance to develop and integrate, and they are less likely to want to stick around given we will now be a League 1 side and we have already shown we will block their progression with underperforming shite every chance we get anyway

[moore_94]

Yesterdays Result - Tuesday 15th April

 

League Two:

 

Sammy Braybrooke (7.2 + 1 assist - 90 mins) - Chesterfield 2-1 Grimsby

 

Big win for Chesterfield