Looks like the recent influx of youngsters will pay dividends. 
There was disappointment for Liverpool Under-18s when they lost their opening game of the Academy season after a 5-0 defeat at Aston Villa.
Liverpool played well in the first half and after a succession of missed chances the young Reds found themselves 1-0 down at half time, but unfortunately a second half defensive collapse saw Villa take full advantage.
Reds Under-18 manager Hughie McAuley said: "It is disappointing for everybody concerned to lose a match 5-0 and it's a kick up the backside for the players.
"The players are developing but they know the standard that is required here. We will work hard this week in training before our next game against Sunderland at the Academy on Saturday.
"We were in the game in the first half but we didn't take our opportunities. Villa scored two goals in the opening 10 minutes of the second half and things then just went from bad to worse for us."
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Does anyone know where to find line-ups and other stats for youth team games? The offal don't seem to have anything other than the above report. I'd like to keep a keener eye on the kids this year given all those foreign imports. Here's the list of Academy players:
Astrit Ajdarevic
Mattone Awang
Michael Collins
Gary MacKay-Steven
Shane O'Connor
Ben Parsonage
Michael Scott
David Amoo
Dean Bouzanis
Nathan Eccleston
Sean Highdale
Steven Irwin
Alex Kacaniklic
Joe Kennedy
Chris Oldfield
Marvin Pourie
There was disappointment for Liverpool Under-18s when they lost their opening game of the Academy season after a 5-0 defeat at Aston Villa.
Liverpool played well in the first half and after a succession of missed chances the young Reds found themselves 1-0 down at half time, but unfortunately a second half defensive collapse saw Villa take full advantage.
Reds Under-18 manager Hughie McAuley said: "It is disappointing for everybody concerned to lose a match 5-0 and it's a kick up the backside for the players.
"The players are developing but they know the standard that is required here. We will work hard this week in training before our next game against Sunderland at the Academy on Saturday.
"We were in the game in the first half but we didn't take our opportunities. Villa scored two goals in the opening 10 minutes of the second half and things then just went from bad to worse for us."
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Does anyone know where to find line-ups and other stats for youth team games? The offal don't seem to have anything other than the above report. I'd like to keep a keener eye on the kids this year given all those foreign imports. Here's the list of Academy players:
Astrit Ajdarevic
Mattone Awang
Michael Collins
Gary MacKay-Steven
Shane O'Connor
Ben Parsonage
Michael Scott
David Amoo
Dean Bouzanis
Nathan Eccleston
Sean Highdale
Steven Irwin
Alex Kacaniklic
Joe Kennedy
Chris Oldfield
Marvin Pourie
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