Reserves/Youth Teams thread 10/11

[Rudo]

Great skills from Silva - this guy looks like one hell of a player

He's a livewire. Can't believe he didn't start

[saj]

I didn't realise how good Tom Ince is. He didn't seem that great last year when he played for the U18's. He seems quicker, stronger and is so damn skillful.

[Rudo]

Yep, very impressive tonight.

[saj]

There is 4 players in our midfield/attack who are left footed.

[Rudo]

2-2 Full-Time. Thoroughly enjoyable viewing from start to finish.

[saj]

2-2 Full-Time. Thoroughly enjoyable viewing from start to finish.

Damn it - I missed the first half

Fantastic game. I only watched the second half and it literally felt like the half was only 15 mins. Fantastic pace, skill and passing on show,

[RedReet]

Typical. Watch a terrible 1st half performance, go get ready for the gym and miss two goals. Record the rest for watching after the gym, no goals.

[Daffy Duck]

Ayala played the full 90 minutes in Spain u21's defeat versus France u21, Pacheco came on in the second half. I didn't watch the game but apparently the Spanish defense was crap, the result was 3-2 at the end.

[Mostar]

@ChrisLawley77 This is a vid of Ryan McLaughlin who will sign for #LFC Academy this summer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/9430398.stm

[Lee]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...sh/9430398.stm

Those kids all look like a bunch of little cunts. :bird:

[RedReet]

Kids beat again at weekend, wheel starting to come off…

Liverpool U18s saw their FA Premier Academy League Group C title hopes dealt a blow after they went down to a 4-2 defeat against Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon.
A flurry of international call-ups meant the Reds were far from full strength for the visit of the Group D leaders and they found themselves two goals down inside the opening 20 minutes.
Krisztian Adorjan reduced the arrears soon after but the East Midlands outfit added third just after the interval.
Toni Silva did set up a late rally with a close range strike five minutes from time but the away side made sure of the points when they converted a free-kick deep into stoppage time.
The result means Rodolfo Borrell's youngsters' hopes of extending their winning run to eight league matches is over and they must now pick themselves up ahead of a tough trip to Manchester United a week on Monday.
On a dour afternoon in Kirkby, the visitors made a vibrant start to the proceedings and stole in front on four minutes when Wallace expertly nodded home a right-wing cross.
The Reds responded and could have been level two minutes later but debutant Jack Dunn saw his 30 yard piledriver cannon back off the crossbar.
Next, Silva made an adventurous burst into the area but despite going down under a poor challenge from Osborne the referee waved away his appeals.
It was end to end stuff and Jamie Stephens did well to keep the away side out on their next foray forward when he coolly collected Papworth's instinctive strike from distance.
On 14 minutes Dunn was again at the forefront of the Reds' attack but after he fired over the top Forest broke forward to snatch their second of the afternoon.
Once again Liverpool failed to deal with a ball in from the right and when Papworth was left unmarked inside the six yard box he took full advantage by heading home the simplest of goals.
At this point the hosts appeared shell shocked but the spirit that has been such a key factor in their impressive form this term once again shone through and they forced their way back into the contest on 24 minutes.
Craig Roddan instigated the move when he played an inch perfect ball inside the full-back for Patrik Poor to chase on the right flank. The Hungarian ventured into the penalty area before picking out Adorjan who coolly slotted home from close range.
Suddenly there was a whole new complexion to the game and when Coady powered onto Dunn's neat flick he was unlucky to see his angled drive deflected to safety.
The sight of Michael Ngoo stretching his legs on the touchline would have given the team a further lift and he replaced Henoc Mukendi on 36 minutes after an agreement was reached with the medical team that the former Southend United striker could only play an hour of the encounter.
There would have been a strong belief amongst the home support that they could still turn the game in their favour but within three minutes of the restart Forest had restored their two-goal cushion.
Once again Liverpool were susceptible to a cross from the flank and after Bamford's header rebounded off the post Blake was on hand to steer in.
The goal seemed to kill the game and the Reds only threatened sporadically with Coady and Adorjan both wasting half chances.
With time running out the home team began to turn the screw and five minutes from time Silva pounced from close range after Forest had failed to clear Dunn's delicate free-kick.
However, despite staging a late onslaught Borrell's team could not find an equaliser and Blake made sure of victory when he curled home a superb free-kick deep into stoppage time.
Liverpool U18s: Stephens, Poor, King, Sama, McGiveron, Coady, Silva, Roddan, Mukendi (Ngoo 36), Adorjan, Dunn. Unused subs: Rafferty, Belford, Hatch, Hajdu.
Author: Paul Hassall at the Academ

[BigChief]

To be fair, there's a bit of poo in that team. But that's expected at this level otherwise how do we find the gems? In the team below:

Liverpool U18s: Stephens, Poor, King, Sama, McGiveron, Coady, Silva, Roddan, Mukendi (Ngoo 36), Adorjan, Dunn. Unused subs: Rafferty, Belford, Hatch, Hajdu.


Poor, Sama and McGiveron are nothing special. Not seen King. Not surprised this backline conceded 4. As exciting as he is Silva wouldn't have offered too much support to the fullback. Mukendi hasn't impressed me in the few times I've seen him.

But we're seeing new blood (look at the unheard of subs bench) and that's a good thing.

[RedReet]

To be fair, there's a bit of poo in that team. But that's expected at this level otherwise how do we find the gems? In the team below:

Liverpool U18s: Stephens, Poor, King, Sama, McGiveron, Coady, Silva, Roddan, Mukendi (Ngoo 36), Adorjan, Dunn. Unused subs: Rafferty, Belford, Hatch, Hajdu.


Poor, Sama and McGiveron are nothing special. Not seen King. Not surprised this backline conceded 4. As exciting as he is Silva wouldn't have offered too much support to the fullback. Mukendi hasn't impressed me in the few times I've seen him.

But we're seeing new blood (look at the unheard of subs bench) and that's a good thing.

I think the subs bench is unheard of because of lot of players are away on Internationals. Could also excuse the performance too, but since there has been a bit of a shake up behind the scenes with McMahon going, the reserves have drew one and lost one and Academy lost 2 out of 3. Probably just coincidence and my dates mightn’t even be right, but doesn’t seem that long ago our youngsters were duffing everyone in sight.

Sama has been terrible recently, I thought they had high hopes for him too.

[dww]

I'm not convinced that the results of reserves or youth teams are what is important.

[RedReet]

Roy would be so proud of you. Nah, not saying results are important (outside the FA cup which has a bit of prestige), just an observation that there has been a drastic change in them even if we were unlucky against United.