Reserves / Youth Team thread 2013/14

[Venton]

Exactly! From the bits I saw we took a bit of a thrumping out there. Fulham had a couple of forwards who looked like proper grown men, like when your gym teacher at school had had a row with his wife and decided to wade in to your football game and give everyone a good pasting.

[Resu]

Watched the second half, and the kids didn't look too bad. Had most of the play but couldn't really find the last pass. What I like is how comfortable many of them look with the ball. Very little panicking, they keep control and find the pass/space. They look like footballers.

[Venton]

That's good to know, I only got to see snatches of the second half. I've seen a bit of them this season and I agree, they're trying to play the Rodger's way which bodes well for any of them moving up into the first team.

[I, Ravel Morrison]

Nowhere near it.
If people want to compare who he may end up playing like it's Joe Allen.

By that what I mean is he hasn't got any (real) pace, he's tenacious but see's pictures well ahead of others and plays at his best when he plays 1 and 2 touch continuity football.

He reminds me a lot more of Roy Keane than anyone else.

[Fosterbloke]

So how are the following genuinely rated by you lot on here? Who's a Nemeth or Fowler, Spearing or Gerrard, or <enter **** homegrown defender> or Carragher?

Ibe
Rossiter
Suso
Chirivella
Canos
Teixeira
Wilson
Sinclair
McLaughlin
Ilori

[S-RED]

From that list

Ibe - good chance
Rossiter - championship
Suso - La liga
Chirivella ???
Canos ???
Teixeira - good chance
Wilson
Sinclair - good chance
McLaughlin - good chance
Ilori - ???

[RedReet]

It’s a shame Ibe didn’t develop more as a CF when playing there last year. I do still think he can make it as a winger and do expect him to make more of a breakthrough next year, but I think he could have got more chances if he could cover centrally too. He has the build for a CF and could have been good cover for Sturridge if good enough.

[BigChief]

So how are the following genuinely rated by you lot on here? Who's a Nemeth or Fowler, Spearing or Gerrard, or <enter **** homegrown defender> or Carragher?

Ibe - Tee rated him better than Sterling. He has the potential to be.
Rossiter - composed player, don't need Will Hughes
Suso - seen a few Almeria games, he's always on the left and doesn't seem to do too much. The fans like(d) him. Had a stormer against Barca though. Lack of pace may be his ultimate undoing with us
Chirivella - 4 foot nothing who I immediately wrote off. But after a few games he's changed my mind. One to watch
Canos - Not played enough, nothing outstanding
Teixeira - Coutinho mould, likes to dictate games. He should be a squad regular next season (if not loaned out)
Wilson - He's left, right? Edit: oh Harry Wilson. Star in the making, got high hopes for him!
Sinclair - Good striker, eye for goal. Not sure he'll make it with us though
McLaughlin - Gone a bit quiet, needs to keep the momentum going as he's our true Cafu
Ilori - Needs much more time, one more season on loan minimum

[Daffy Duck]

From that list

Ibe - good chance
Rossiter - championship
Suso - La liga
Chirivella ???
Canos ???
Teixeira - good chance
Wilson
Sinclair - good chance
McLaughlin - good chance
Ilori - ???

Rossiter just turned 17 labelling anyone as Championship level at that age is a bit posts like this are completely absurd anyway, it's impossible to tell at this age and we've been wrong probably 90% of the times.

[Venton]

Team tonight vs Norwich: Fulton, Randall, Smith, Paez, Jones, Rossiter, Peterson, Williams, Brannagan, Teixeira, Dunn.

[Venton]

Mark Wright talking about Conor Coady's maturing process whilst on loan to Sheffield. This process is aided by being kicked up the arse all match long.

[Venton]

Actually he stops there so that might be the whole process.

[Venton]

Norwich won the FA Youth Team cup last year with the aid of the "Murphy Twins" but only one plays tonight.

[Venton]

and I'm putting £20 on Neil Mellor approving of our physio's method of using the old fashioned "thumbs up" instead of a headset and mic.

and they're off...

[Venton]

early free kick to Norwich just outside our box to the right, Lloyd-Jones the upender but's it floats aimlessly over everyone to go out for a goal kick.