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I don't see it listed but Dominic King posted an article yesterday that painted the picture facing Duncan. Gerrard is right, you need to be a world class 18yo these days to break into a top team.
The following story is not designed to make a young man look bad. Far from it. What you are about to read is an account to show where Bobby Duncan sat in Liverpool's natural order.
It was Thursday, July 18 and Liverpool, as part of their summer tour to the United States, had opened their gates and allowed access to watch a training session at Notre Dame University; it was no gentle workout for the cameras but a proper, intense hour of work on tactics.
Jurgen Klopp was in the zone but he was not so consumed that he ignored his young players.
He kept beckoning Duncan – along with Ryan Kent, Yasser Larouchi and Harry Wilson – over during the match with which the session concluded, to explain how his team played and offer education.
The rules to this game were complicated. The forward players could only move from their designated part of the pitch once a set amount of passes had been made – it required great concentration and demanded the forwards to be on their toes at all times.
Duncan got three opportunities to score. The first was in the first half, when Fabinho played him in. With only Andrew Lonergan to beat, Duncan shot straight at the veteran goalkeeper.
Another chance arrived in the second half, to shouts of 'Bobby! Finish it!' Again he missed.
On the far side of the pitch, Andrew Robertson waved his arm in the air to Duncan in frustration. The points was clear: this is men's football, a session with the new European champions; every touch, every second counts at this level.
The most significant moment, however, came at the end. The ball was moved to Duncan and he had one last sight: his touch was good, as was his body shape but, as he pulled back his leg to shoot, James Milner came thundering in; he took the ball cleanly and flattened Duncan in the process.
There was nothing malicious in Milner's actions but it served to teach a lesson. For all the hype and progress he had made, this hour showed how far he was away from breaking into the first team.
But there was no need to panic. As an 18-year-old, how could you fail to learn in such an environment?
So in 1 year he went from a promising under 18s player to going on a pre season tour with the first team and getting promoted to the under 23s, yeah really holding you back there son.
Give Sinclair our regards wontcha.
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He hasn’t been included in the “first team” signings list.
I think it's a foul, and if the ref gives it. He got to give a penalty. I know it's outside the box, but you see them given that close to the area. So if the ref gives it he's got to give the penalty as it so close to the area. But I think it's a penalty. Robbie Savage 8/11/06
Are you watching Manchester United? Are you watching Chelsea? This is Liverpool F.C taking over the bloody world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Get the **** would you .. the lad has behaved like a prick to get a move here, he then has behaved like a prick on the training ground week in week out, he signs with an absolute prick of an agent, then throws the Club under the bus publically in a utter prick move to get a loan move .... well well done Bobby you got your loan move.
This is a football opinion forum about footballers who play for our club. People are well within there rights to give them. I cant speak for other people, but I personally do so, to engage with fellow Reds, not to to engage with Bobby Duncan or to rub his nose in it. Nobody is trying to be big here, just expressing a view and we are allowed to do that.
The guy is a ****ing idiot, he has been at the two biggest clubs in Europe right now and he ****ed off both of them and he is still only 18 ... being Steven Gerrards cousin value is falling rapidly
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