Steven Posted 30 April 2005 Posted 30 April 2005 The Academy side (at least I think it is them) have just beaten Southampton away from home 2-3. Just come up on the BBC. Well done. B)
TornadoShaunUK Posted 30 April 2005 Posted 30 April 2005 The Academy side (at least I think it is them) have just beaten Southampton away from home 2-3. Just come up on the BBC.Well done. B) 101004[/snapback] just noticed that myself (y) not bad at all as Southampton are meant to have a decent youth side so Im told..
filbertway Posted 30 April 2005 Posted 30 April 2005 Thats not a bad result at all considering their team was in the FA youth cup final.
Steven Posted 30 April 2005 Author Posted 30 April 2005 do you have a link steven? 101007[/snapback] Not yet. Only just come on the BBC, so it will be ages before it is on the OS.
Mark Posted 30 April 2005 Posted 30 April 2005 The Academy side (at least I think it is them) have just beaten Southampton away from home 2-3. Just come up on the BBC.Well done. B) 101004[/snapback] Fan-****ing-tastic. Shame they won't get a reward even now we're safe. If you don't realise how good that is, take a look here and here
MON Posted 30 April 2005 Posted 30 April 2005 The Academy side (at least I think it is them) have just beaten Southampton away from home 2-3. Just come up on the BBC.Well done.    B)  101004[/snapback] Fan-****ing-tastic. Shame they won't get a reward even now we're safe. If you don't realise how good that is, take a look here and here 101011[/snapback] But with Redknapp in charge their youngesters won't get much of a chance, lets snap some of them up.
Mark Posted 30 April 2005 Posted 30 April 2005 The Academy side (at least I think it is them) have just beaten Southampton away from home 2-3. Just come up on the BBC.Well done. B) 101004[/snapback] Fan-****ing-tastic. Shame they won't get a reward even now we're safe. If you don't realise how good that is, take a look here and here 101011[/snapback] But with Redknapp in charge their youngesters won't get much of a chance, lets snap some of them up. 101012[/snapback] What? Who was it again who introduced and helped Cole, Carrick, Ferdinand, Defoe turn into great players and now England internationals? Harry is one of the best when it comes to younger players
MON Posted 30 April 2005 Posted 30 April 2005 The Academy side (at least I think it is them) have just beaten Southampton away from home 2-3. Just come up on the BBC.Well done.    B)  101004[/snapback] Fan-****ing-tastic. Shame they won't get a reward even now we're safe. If you don't realise how good that is, take a look here and here 101011[/snapback] But with Redknapp in charge their youngesters won't get much of a chance, lets snap some of them up. 101012[/snapback] What? Who was it again who introduced and helped Cole, Carrick, Ferdinand, Defoe turn into great players and now England internationals? Harry is one of the best when it comes to younger players 101014[/snapback] Look at Portsmouth, he introduced no youngsters, and didn't even play Gary O'neill. Look at southampton this season, Blackstock has been loaned out too.
filbertway Posted 30 April 2005 Posted 30 April 2005 The Academy side (at least I think it is them) have just beaten Southampton away from home 2-3. Just come up on the BBC.Well done.    B)  101004[/snapback] Fan-****ing-tastic. Shame they won't get a reward even now we're safe. If you don't realise how good that is, take a look here and here 101011[/snapback] But with Redknapp in charge their youngesters won't get much of a chance, lets snap some of them up. 101012[/snapback] What? Who was it again who introduced and helped Cole, Carrick, Ferdinand, Defoe turn into great players and now England internationals? Harry is one of the best when it comes to younger players 101014[/snapback] Look at Portsmouth, he introduced no youngsters, and didn't even play Gary O'neill. Look at southampton this season, Blackstock has been loaned out too. 101017[/snapback] Maybe he didn't rate any of the above, maybe he had better players at his disposal?
breadandcheese Posted 30 April 2005 Posted 30 April 2005 Or maybe because it takes time to build a successful youth set-up and is not just some overnight thing. He wasn't at Portsmouth for a massive amount of time. It is always far more important to right the wrongs on the first-team playing side rather than the youth team. I have never heard of a manager being sacked for a youth-team performing badly in their respective league. Southampton clearly have a promising set-up and I think it is astute to send Blackwell out on loan e.g. Defoe to Bournemouth, Beckham to Preston, Terry to Forest.
MON Posted 30 April 2005 Posted 30 April 2005 The Academy side (at least I think it is them) have just beaten Southampton away from home 2-3. Just come up on the BBC.Well done.    B)  101004[/snapback] Fan-****ing-tastic. Shame they won't get a reward even now we're safe. If you don't realise how good that is, take a look here and here 101011[/snapback] But with Redknapp in charge their youngesters won't get much of a chance, lets snap some of them up. 101012[/snapback] What? Who was it again who introduced and helped Cole, Carrick, Ferdinand, Defoe turn into great players and now England internationals? Harry is one of the best when it comes to younger players 101014[/snapback] Look at Portsmouth, he introduced no youngsters, and didn't even play Gary O'neill. Look at southampton this season, Blackstock has been loaned out too. 101017[/snapback] Maybe he didn't rate any of the above, maybe he had better players at his disposal? 101019[/snapback] He brought in a lot of players and didnt give the youngsters a chance. The same happened in his later years at westham.
Steven Posted 30 April 2005 Author Posted 30 April 2005 Saints U18s 2 Leicester U18s 3The Orchard Homes Saints Academy wrapped up their league campaign today with a double defeat at the hands of Leicester at Staplewood. In a fiercely competitive Under 18s game Josh Dutton-Black and Tim Sparv found the net for Saints as they matched the Foxes blow for blow in the first half with the scores 2-2 at the interval. The visitors nicked one twenty minutes from time to steal the points but it does not affect Saints place in the league after they clinched the title back in March. They will now play Blackburn in the play-off semi-finals on May 7. Saints Under 16s were pegged back by two late goals to lose by the same result as the senior side. After the visitors had taken an early lead Aristoteles De Carvalho and Joseph Mills scored either side of half-time to put Saints ahead. But with only one substitute available to Andy Ritchie and suspected Ankle ligament damage to Michael Byrne in the first half legs inevitably tired late in the game to let the Foxes back in. Not much about the City players in there.
Steven Posted 1 May 2005 Author Posted 1 May 2005 Academy Bow Out In StyleLeicester City's under 18 side posted an impressive 3-2 victory over FA Youth Cup finalists Southampton on Saturday afternoon. The Foxes went into the game having won seven out of their last eight fixtures. And that remarkable run continued as the Foxes overcame the highly rated Saints. James Graham and Louis Dodds added to a Southampton own goal, and afterwards Academy Director Jon Rudkin was full of praise for his young charges. He said: "We were outstanding against a strong Southampton side and I cannot praise the players enough for their efforts. "We will now spend the next fortnight in preparation for a tournament in Holland which we hope to win. That would be a great way to end the campaign."
mr potatohead Posted 1 May 2005 Posted 1 May 2005 The Academy strike partnership seems to be coming back together , Graham with two last week and both he and Dodds scoring yesterday.Lets hope that they continue to make progress and are kept together for the future.
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