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Youth team development

Savz

Crowley's goal last night. Nice. Love this kid.

Meatwad

i like this new u23 format. based on how we look, no player on the field is above this level. even the jeff who is dribbling around liverpool for fun is failing when he gets to the final 1/3. this is a good level for them. you can see why akpom didn't score much on loan.

Ricky1985

Decent goal from Ainsley Maitland-Niles for the England U20s the other day.

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Klaus

What's up with Maitland-Niles, speaking of? Why wasn't he promoted to the first team this season?

Ivansen

I saw something the other day, can't remember what, that made me think he's getting converted into a full-back. I don't really know whether this is a good move for him, or us, but my feeling is that it's easier to get into our squad in that area rather than as a forward/winger/midfielder.

Meatwad

the u23 game maybe.

Ivansen

Meatwad wrote:
the u23 game maybe.

Yup, you're right.

http://http://www.arsenal.com/match/report/1617/post/under-21/u-23s-arsenal-1-3-liverpool-report

Ricky1985

PSG U19 vs Arsenal U19 is live on BT Sports. 1700 Kick-off. Hoping to get home in time to watch it, but there should be a lot of streams around for it as well. I'll post one here for anyone that's interested.

Savz

Let me know how Ikone does.

Ricky1985

Only just got in, Willock nearly scored as soon as I turned it on. Apparently they've been all over us though.

Stream for anyone that doesn't have BT Sports:

http://singidunum.club/wlive01amozzart.html

Ricky1985

Now Malen misses a sitter after a good cut back from Willock.

Bold Tone

Their lads seem stronger, more athletic and, worst of all, more skillful than ours.

Savz

Yup, a clear level above. Bielik the exception.

Ricky1985

Willock and Nelson are better than anything they have in my opinion. Unfortunately our centre midfielders aren't quite up to it and so there's no platform to build from.

Ricky1985

Nketiah should have won the game but his finish was really tame. Decent point for the kids. Home support counts for a lot at this level.

Bold Tone

Fantastic draw thanks to mental strength.

Clrnc

The PSG players looked much more developed at this level physically but technically I don't think we are far off.

Bold Tone

I don't know how you could say that when we couldn't get the ball off them and struggled to hold onto the ball for any extended period.

Meatwad

Ricky1985 wrote:
Willock and Nelson are better than anything they have in my opinion. Unfortunately our centre midfielders aren't quite up to it and so there's no platform to build from.

i watched this game from start to finish and there is a reason they were getting a talking too from freddy. they were shit.

Ricky1985

Who, Willock and Nelson or the central midfielders?

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