Reserves/Youth Teams thread 10/11

[Mike]

Aye looking very good on our side of things. If it was the scum in this situation the press would be going crazy about it.

[SB]

9 Hallam Hope - Everton

Appropriate name for a Bitter player

[Mike]

That Hallam Hope is meant to be a decent player from what I've heard.

[SB]

That Hallam Hope is meant to be a decent player from what I've heard.

If only they had someone called Hit it would sum up there footballing philosophy perfectly.

[Pablo]

That Hallam Hope is meant to be a decent player from what I've heard.

Missed a ton of chances for England in that recent U17 tournament, very wasteful in front of goal.

[The Birdman]

Brad Smith is a proper player, I was astonished the first time I saw him play.
That is all.

[Mike]

Speculation: Skysports.com understands Blackpool are eyeing moves for Liverpool duo Tom Ince and Gerardo Bruna.

[Shaggy]

They can have 'em. Neither will make it.

[BigChief]

Aye. Neither are good enough. Had some hopes for Ince, but he's got no brains. Skill without brains is like cereal without milk.

[BigChief]

Can that be right? LFC.Tv website saying Reserves and Academy both playing on Tuesday 12th July, both at 2pm. Can't wait.

[BigChief]

From LFC.tv website:

Damien Comolli has revealed he will use Liverpool's forthcoming trip to China to scout the country's best young talent - and that two U17 players have already been offered trials.

The Reds embark on their tour of Asia this Sunday, starting with our first ever trip to China where a friendly will take place with Guangdong.

And while the fitness of our current players will be at the forefront of manager Kenny Dalglish's mind, Director of Football Comolli has a busy schedule of trials and games to watch.

He told LFCtour.com: "We've organised things in China, organised games to watch, trials to watch, we'll watch young players, and it'll be very interesting for us to see what level there is.

"It's a bit difficult to assess China's football because they don't qualify often for the World Cups, the full one or the U17 or U20 World Cups.

"As everyone knows, China has got a fantastic basketball player, Yao Ming, they are very good in track and field, so there is no reason we can't find a player there. Obviously in a few days we might not find someone but we'll have a good understanding of the level there is and of Chinese players."

Comolli has already had lengthy discussions with Chinese officials and two of the country's most promising young footballers have been invited for a trial at the Academy later this summer.

He said: "When we knew we were going to China we got in touch with some Chinese officials and we said, 'Can we have a look at the best players you think you have in the country?'

"Some we will look at over there and a couple, who we think are two of the best U17s in the national team, will come and train with our Academy in July. That's going to be very interesting."

Despite the country's success in producing well-known names in other sports, Chinese footballers have yet to make a mark on world football - but Comolli thinks it's only a matter of time.

"I do expect it to change in the next few years, for three reasons," he explained. "One is numbers - it's just mathematics that someone will come through because there are 1.2 or 1.3bn people living in China.

"Secondly, all the conversations I've had with Chinese officials have made it clear that football is the sport developing most quickly. The more people playing, the more chances there will be.

"The third reason is because, as a country, they are a lot more sports orientated than before - hence the track and field, the swimming, the basketball."

The scouting mission is part of a global search to bring the best young talent to Merseyside - a search which has already identified numerous targets this summer.

"We have two scouts at the U17 World Cup and they've identified several targets from all over the world," said Comolli. "Then we've got two scouts going to the U20 World Cup. We try to be everywhere. It's very difficult to be everywhere, but we certainly try to be everywhere where we think there are quality players."

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If nothing, then this is a great publicity stunt. Worst case scenario we might actually pick some real talented players too.

[Shaggy]

Stiffs 1-0 up already v the mighty Brentford, Suso from the spot.

#LFC Reservesv Brentford:- Stephens; Mendy, Hadju, Sama, McGiveron; Roberts, Adorjan; Amoo, Suso, El Zhar; Eccleston

[RedReet]

Stiffs 1-0 up already v the mighty Brentford, Suso from the spot.

#LFC Reservesv Brentford:- Stephens; Mendy, Hadju, Sama, McGiveron; Roberts, Adorjan; Amoo, Suso, El Zhar; Eccleston

[RedReet]

IIRC, the reserves had an excellent pre-season last year with Ngoo in particular impressing.

[Shaggy]

24 year old youngster El Zhar whose spent his entire career as a reserve/'promising youngster'