dmayne7 Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Inside-football-Young-Leicester-City-academy/story-20226182-detail/story.html I know we generally have a few young internationals but its quite impressive that Stankevicius has made his full international debut at 18 without playing higher than Under 18's level. Lithuania aren't the best but they're not an awful side so he must have a fair bit about him. He'll probably still end up in non-league football though!
AKCJ Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 I've heard some, admittedly not many, glowing reports about this guy from people who watch the youth sides on here. Maybe we've got a little gem on our hands.
Freeman's Wharfer Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 Having watched some Lithuanian Premier League football last year in Vilnius I wouldn't say that it serves as any great indicator of him being anything special!
EnderbyFox Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/a-brilliant-golazo-you-wont-have-seen-simonas-stankevicius-leicester-u18-v-crewe/
eye666 Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 He has a quality name and a video - bang this kid in the starting XI on Saturday.
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 He has a quality name and a video - bang this kid in the starting XI on Saturday. You must be having a laugh.
lgfualol Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 Why isn't he on loan or something. He could be our £20,000,000 striker.
dmayne7 Posted 28 November 2013 Author Posted 28 November 2013 Having watched some Lithuanian Premier League football last year in Vilnius I wouldn't say that it serves as any great indicator of him being anything special! Well that's true of many countries. You'd hardly say the Belgian Pro League is great yet look at their national team. As I said, Lithuania aren't great but they're not exactly minnows of World football
Brainy Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 Well that's true of many countries. You'd hardly say the Belgian Pro League is great yet look at their national team. As I said, Lithuania aren't great but they're not exactly minnows of World football They're not on the same level as San Marino put it that way. I'd genuinely put them in with teams like Northern Ireland, Armenia, Montenegro. I remember they had a fairly decent Qualifying campaign a few years ago
Ric Flair Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 Let's hope he turns out better than Marko Futacs, someone who gets in for a mediocre national side yet was the absolute pits for us
dmayne7 Posted 28 November 2013 Author Posted 28 November 2013 Let's hope he turns out better than Marko Futacs, someone who gets in for a mediocre national side yet was the absolute pits for us Jamie Marko has never played for the full Hungary side though, so Stankevicius is already 1 step ahead
TrentFox Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 Having watched some Lithuanian Premier League football last year in Vilnius I wouldn't say that it serves as any great indicator of him being anything special!You were in Vilnius and you wasted your time watching football ?
Fifties Blue Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 They're not on the same level as San Marino put it that way. I'd genuinely put them in with teams like Northern Ireland, Armenia, Montenegro. I remember they had a fairly decent Qualifying campaign a few years ago FIFA Rank 102/207
allotment-fox Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 Well done pleased for the lad, thats the end of boot cleaning for him then & his agent will be looking for a new contract for him on the back of it no doubt
kingfox Posted 28 November 2013 Posted 28 November 2013 Surprised Father Ted hasn't piped up, and demanded that this guy replaces Nugent on Saturday.
Freeman's Wharfer Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 Well that's true of many countries. You'd hardly say the Belgian Pro League is great yet look at their national team. As I said, Lithuania aren't great but they're not exactly minnows of World football The Belgian League is a million times higher standard than the Lithuanian one! You only have to see that quite a few Belgian teams consistently do ok in European competitions. Lithuania are minnows. You were in Vilnius and you wasted your time watching football ? We had about 4 or 5 days there and it wasn't a waste of time at all, it was hilarious. This was a Premier League fixture and the ticket office was some old woman sat in the back of a car with the window halfway down and a laptop on the back seat!
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 Forest had a kid in the squad, too.
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