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3 city players make the football league squad

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Doh, I was slightly late with my topic :doh:

Trio Make The Grade

Three Leicester City players have been named in a 33-man squad for the forthcoming match with the Italian League at Hull City's Kingston Communications Stadium on Feb 21 (Kick-off 7.45pm).

Academy product Richard Stearman, Arsenal loanee Ryan Smith and recent signing Matty Fryatt will now be hoping to make the final cut when the squad is reduced to 16 players in the lead up to the game.

As the pinnacle of The Football League's youth development programme, the match will see the best young talent from the Coca-Cola Football League in action against their counterparts from Italy's Serie B.

The Football League Under-21 Squad:

Goalkeepers

Lee Camp Derby County

Scott Flinders Barnsley

Ross Turnbull Crewe Alexandra (on loan from Middlesbrough)

Jamie Young Rushden & Diamonds (on loan from Reading)

Defenders

Gary Borrowdale Crystal Palace

Luke Chambers Northampton Town

Andrew Davies Derby County (on loan from Middlesbrough)

Simon Francis Tranmere Rovers (on loan from Sheffield United)

Andy Holdsworth Huddersfield Town

Dean Lewington Milton Keynes Dons

Matthew Mills Southampton

Wes Morgan Nottingham Forest

Richard Stearman Leicester City

Kelvin Wilson Notts County

Scott Wiseman Hull City

Midfielders

Chris Eagles Watford (on loan from Manchester United)

Billy Jones Crewe Alexandra

Anthony McNamee Watford

James Perch Nottingham Forest

Ryan Smith Leicester City (on loan from Arsenal)

Tom Soares Crystal Palace

Simon Walton Leeds United

Ben Watson Crystal Palace

John Welsh Hull City

Simon Whaley Preston North End

Forwards

Dexter Blackstock Southampton

Matt Fryatt Leicester City

Cameron Jerome Cardiff City

Leroy Lita Reading

Izale McLeod Milton Keynes Dons

Billy Paynter Hull City

David Nugent Preston North End

Ashley Young Watford

The match will be the 13th of its kind, since the two Leagues first met in November 1960 at Milan's San Siro stadium - with the Italian League winning 4-2. The most recent meeting was in November 1998 in Terni and finished 1-1.

Tickets can be purchased through Hull City, and are £8 for adults, with concessions £4. Under 7's accompanied by a paying adult can attend for free.

Former City boss Peter Taylor will take charge of the side on the night.

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I think Stearmen will probabley get in the squad, Smith will have to start playing better, hate to say it but Fryatts got no chance :unsure:

Not ahead of Lita and Nugent, but I think Stearman's got a fair chance of making the team.

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33 man squad? what on earth is the point? Enjoy your trip to Hull for nothing lads.

Yup. Why on earth do we want three of our better players going to play in such a nothing match?

Let's hope none of them get picked. The last thing we want is for Stearman or Fryatt to get injured. :(

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What Team would everyone play??

I'd go for :

Camp

Stearman

Borrowdale

Morgan

Davies

Eagles

Smith

Walton

Soares

Jerome

Lita

Subs

Turnbull

Wilson

Whalley

Watson

Nugent

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What Team would everyone play??

I'd go for :

Camp

Stearman

Borrowdale

Morgan

Davies

Eagles

Smith

Walton

Soares

Jerome

Lita

Subs

Turnbull

Wilson

Whalley

Watson

Nugent

Flinders

Stearmen

Borrowdale

Mills

Davies

Young ( right midfield tucking behind front two )

Watson

Walton

McNamee

Jerome

Lita

Subs

Camp

Eagles

Smith

Mcleod

Davies

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  • 2 weeks later...

Peter Taylor, manager of The Football League under-21 team, has announced his final squad for the forthcoming match with the Italian League at Hull City's Kingston Communications Stadium on Feb 21 (Kick-off 7.45pm). The squad, which has been reduced to a party of 21 from the provisional 33-man squad announced recently, includes players from all three divisions of The Football League.

As the pinnacle of The Football League's youth development programme, the match will see the best young talent from the Coca-Cola Football League in action against their counterparts from Italy's Serie B.

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The Football League Under-21 Squad

Goalkeepers

Lee Camp: Derby County

Scott Flinders: Barnsley

Defenders

Gary Borrowdale: Crystal Palace

Luke Chambers: Northampton Town

Simon Francis: Tranmere Rovers

(on loan from Sheffield United)[/url]

Greg Halford: Colchester United

Wes Morgan: Nottingham Forest

Richard Stearman: Leicester City

Sam Tillen: Brentford

Richard Wood: Sheffield Wednesday

Midfielders

Chris Eagles: Watford

(on loan from Manchester United)[/url]

Ryan Smith: Leicester City

(on loan from Arsenal)

Tom Soares: Crystal Palace

Simon Walton: Leeds United

Ben Watson: Crystal Palace

John Welsh: Hull City

Strikers

Dexter Blackstock: Southampton

Cameron Jerome: Cardiff City

Leroy Lita: Reading

Izale McLeod: Milton Keynes Dons

Ashley Young: Watford

Standby Players

Goalkeepers

Ross Turnbull: Crewe Alexandra

(on loan from Middlesbrough)

Jamie Young: Reading

Defenders

Andy Holdsworth: Huddersfield Town

Philip Ifil - Millwall

(on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)[/url]

Dean Lewington: Milton Keynes Dons

Kelvin Wilson: Notts County

Scott Wiseman: Hull City

Midfielders

Anthony McNamee: Watford

James Perch: Nottingham Forest

Simon Whaley: Preston North End

Richard Chaplow: Southampton

(on loan from West Brom)

Strikers

Billy Paynter: Hull City

Billy Sharp: S****horpe United

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Also being a pretty big Forest supporter (I know, it's not always compatible), Morgan has looked solid in a crap season and should be named. Camp is solid, and of the Foxes, I would say Stearman and Fryatt should go...although Lita is superb and will probably edge the Matty for a spot on the front two with Blackstock.

I like the young crop here a lot...I just hope that Weso's injury is nothing at all serious.

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Well thats PT for you, could work to our advantage! :thumbup:

PT knows nowt about football. FACT. He chooses Izale McLeod in front of Fryatt, when Fryatt is playing in a much better league and has scored 3 goals in about 5 starts. You could say that he hasnt adjusted the Championship yet, but his goals to game ratio suggests otherwise.

But, look on the bright side, he wont be knackered for perhaps an important game.

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