MCFC U-18's

I thought City were playing up an age group to give their younger players a better chance to improve. In other words 16 year-old playing in the age group above.
 
Fred_Quimby said:
I thought City were playing up an age group to give their younger players a better chance to improve. In other words 16 year-old playing in the age group above.
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They are and that's fine but then when you get a host of injuries you end up playing 15's and not 16's.And there is a massive difference in 15's and 16's playing against real 18's Hopefully we will come through the injury crisis without getting close to the relegation areas for either team as we would not want to drop into the 2nd tier.
 
Nelly's Left Foot said:
Just loads of injuries so the teams we are putting out at 18's and EDS are seriously young. The 18's today looked more 16's with a couple of 18's included. Everton on the other hand looked like thay had real blokes in their team .
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Only 2 U16s started the game . One was possibly the best player on the pitch and the other wasn’t out of place. Problem was players having to play player out of postion and the better scholars unavailable Unfortunately it was silly errors which cost the team. They will be okay no chance of relegation.
 
gh_mcfc said:
Only 2 U16s started the game . One was possibly the best player on the pitch and the other wasn’t out of place. Problem was players having to play player out of postion and the better scholars unavailable Unfortunately it was silly errors which cost the team. They will be okay no chance of relegation.
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Who?
 
Fred_Quimby said:
I thought City were playing up an age group to give their younger players a better chance to improve. In other words 16 year-old playing in the age group above.
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I think this is the standard approach, but the game against Lyon showed we have the technique but not the muscle, and muscle goes a little further than technique at EDS level!
 
4-1 win against Crewe Alexandra (first team) tonight in the Checktrade trophy with a very young squad. Dele-Bashiru, Gonzalez, Richards and Ogunby with the goals. Pretty impressive considering how many key players were missing: Garcia, Latibeaudiere, Humphreys, Wilson, Gomes, Bernabe, Garre, Touaizi etc.
 
Won 4-1 against Swansea. Matondo x3 and Frimpong with the goals. The 16yo lad we got from Ipswich came on as a sub and assisted a goal
 
Delphinho said:
Heard you were at the U18s game today, @twosips. Any standout performers? Where does Fiorini play?
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A workmanlike, competent display tbh. Fiorini played on then left of a forward 3 today, but usually plays as a 10. Clearly a good bunch of players, but i'm not overly convinced it's a special bunch, having said that it's a really young side too! McDonald and Amankwah were pretty solid at CB and the FBs Sobowale and Corrigan put in good shifts. The absolutely tiny no6 was quite good. Joe Hodge. He's really small, but tenacious and a good passer. Cole Palmer, another u16, looked really nice on the ball, some lovely passes. Not too dissimilar stylistically to Foden, though maybe not as good a dribbler. Fisayo Dele-Bashiru is always one moment away from something really good, but he often lets himself down with his decision-making. Totally adept at bursting past a challenge, like his brother Tom, but often then doesn't get the pass right. If he learns that he'll be a handful.

Shauny's lad DWP worked really hard down the right wing and put in a couple of nice crosses too. Keke Simmonds ran his arse off up front, but I'm not convinced he's a natural striker (cos he isn't really). Fiorini scored a pen and a good finish towards the end. Fiorini's an interesting one. A really, really natural finisher, and technically good. Doesn't quite have the pace though to get himself away from people, so it'll be interesting to see how that affects his development.

It is a good bunch, defo, and a young bunch, but I can't pretend any of them jump out as particularly exciting....yet. They could be slow-burners. Moments of good skill, usually let down by the next bit (the final pass or decision).

We did see Alex Robertson, who I think might even be an u15 still! (someone will need to check that)... he looked really confident IMO. Tough box to box player who showed some lovely touches. Noah Ohio got on and looked a natural forward defo, even if he is really young still too.

Tl:dr version - its a good bunch, but its a really young bunch. It's not in the same bracket as the Sancho, Brahim, Foden, Smith, Latibeaudiere group etc IMO, but then again there's no shame in that. They are younger, and lots have also already moved up to the EDS from this year's first years.
 
twosips said:
A workmanlike, competent display tbh. Fiorini played on then left of a forward 3 today, but usually plays as a 10. Clearly a good bunch of players, but i'm not overly convinced it's a special bunch, having said that it's a really young side too! McDonald and Amankwah were pretty solid at CB and the FBs Sobowale and Corrigan put in good shifts. The absolutely tiny no6 was quite good. Joe Hodge. He's really small, but tenacious and a good passer. Cole Palmer, another u16, looked really nice on the ball, some lovely passes. Not too dissimilar stylistically to Foden, though maybe not as good a dribbler. Fisayo Dele-Bashiru is always one moment away from something really good, but he often lets himself down with his decision-making. Totally adept at bursting past a challenge, like his brother Tom, but often then doesn't get the pass right. If he learns that he'll be a handful.

Shauny's lad DWP worked really hard down the right wing and put in a couple of nice crosses too. Keke Simmonds ran his arse off up front, but I'm not convinced he's a natural striker (cos he isn't really). Fiorini scored a pen and a good finish towards the end. Fiorini's an interesting one. A really, really natural finisher, and technically good. Doesn't quite have the pace though to get himself away from people, so it'll be interesting to see how that affects his development.

It is a good bunch, defo, and a young bunch, but I can't pretend any of them jump out as particularly exciting....yet. They could be slow-burners. Moments of good skill, usually let down by the next bit (the final pass or decision).

We did see Alex Robertson, who I think might even be an u15 still! (someone will need to check that)... he looked really confident IMO. Tough box to box player who showed some lovely touches. Noah Ohio got on and looked a natural forward defo, even if he is really young still too.

Tl:dr version - its a good bunch, but its a really young bunch. It's not in the same bracket as the Sancho, Brahim, Foden, Smith, Latibeaudiere group etc IMO, but then again there's no shame in that. They are younger, and lots have also already moved up to the EDS from this year's first years.
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Thanks pal, brilliant post. Transfermarkt confirms Robertson is 15. I've heard a lot about Ohio, but I've never seen him play, how good is he? Is he a striker or a winger? He's only 15 and already a part of the U18s team which is impressive
 
Cole Palmer is an under18, Noah and Alex are under 16s and good win for the lads in the cup, 8 goals in 8 games for Lewis Fiorini,6 in 8 for Keke Simmonds
 
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