Liverpool FC Youth Teams

[Venton]

Our first good attack, Peterson charges down the left line and cuts in and then back inside the box. The final cross was off balance but he went through them like a dose of salts.

[Vermilion]

is this a new system by utd youth or do they play this formation a lot ?

[Venton]

Dunno. I'd read they'd play the 3-5-2 at youth level so passed it off as my own analysis. Guilty as charged.

Interestingly against Sunderland our main outlet was Peterson - he's being closely watched here so they're nullifying a lot of our outlet. Now we've attacked down the left and got a bit of joy - corner.

[Venton]

Ball comes out from corner and the ball gets pinged to Peterson on the right who has a decent shot on goal. We're switching play about which is helping.

[Vermilion]

Dunno. I'd read they'd play the 3-5-2 at youth level so passed it off as my own analysis. Guilty as charged.

Interestingly against Sunderland our main outlet was Peterson - he's being closely watched here so they're nullifying a lot of our outlet. Now we've attacked down the left and got a bit of joy - corner.

[Venton]

Oh sweet Jesus, a superb delivery from the right and Thorpes sidefoots it wide. We should be down one there. Our concentration has gone a bit here.

[Venton]

We are gradually getting to grips with this and getting into the game.

A fine attack is thwarted, Hansen pincer-feetesque by the Utd skipper Thorpe.

and it's half time

[RedRum]

Rossiter does a good job.

[RedRum]

Some World Class text commentary tonight

[Venton]

Well, we were second best. No way around it. But we started to come to grips with it as we went on and had a few chances. I'm feeling more confident about the second half.

Have to go now - off to a mini-wake for my good friend Martin Mort to whom I dedicate this commentary. A fine man who had so many qualities: fearless prosecutor of terrorists, lover of cheap bitter, afficianado of ill-fitting 80s suits, world-record phobic of horses and an all round lovely man, who passed away at the early age of 48 but in his sleep and instantly.

[RedReet]

is this a new system by utd youth or do they play this formation a lot ?

Yup, only introduced this year.


1-0. Good Lussey fk. Great work from Peterson to win fk.

[RedReet]

Neil Mellor has come on as a commentator during these games. He's become slightly more professional, looking serious whilst delivering platitudes as is right and proper, but also retains a cheeky sense of humour. When's he's around the older commentators he calms down a bit like a set of rogue male adolescent elephants when introduced to a matriarch, but it still pops up now and again. Whilst his hairline is lower than a Janner's wit his ears are absolutely minute in relation to the rest of his head, like a baby gerbil's.

I called him as a great commentator years ago and said Sky will snap him up.

[RedReet]

Boooooooooo. 1-1

Terrible defending.

[Vermilion]

Ah bollocks! how long left ?

[RedReet]

18 mins.