Hoffenheim / Mar 5th 1pm / UEFA.tv, City+, TNT Sports 3 & more worldwide. UYL (UEFA Youth League).

Thought the two centre backs did well.JSP needs to go on loan somewhere where he needs to do a lot of defending.Outstanding bring the ball out from the back but I would imagine growing up in City academy sides he hasnt been put under too much pressure defensively. Rumours in January Dortmund wanted Alleyne?

Agree with everyone about the keepers performance- Heskey R showed his outstanding attribute -reminded me of a young Chris Waddle-eveyone knows what he is going to do but defenders dont find it easy to stophim.
 
Weird how citys u18 dominate in England, but usually outplayed by other countrys teams in play offs ,is English youth teams poor or whats the issue ? Dont watch it every year ,but i dont think citys youth team has made it very far in this competiton?
 
ken tali said:
Weird how citys u18 dominate in England, but usually outplayed by other countrys teams in play offs ,is English youth teams poor or whats the issue ? Dont watch it every year ,but i dont think citys youth team has made it very far in this competiton?
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Knocked out in last 16 three years in a row before today. Generally been the better team from a footballing perspective but caught out or punished for defensive errors. I think it's possibly down to a lack of game management and nous more than ability. Dark arts and foreign refs don't help, although we get fucked over by domestic refs fairly often too!

We do tend to throw quite a few young lads into this competition as well.
 
Delphinho said:
City gets lot of criticism for signing players from other academies, this picture suggests otherwise
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That recent rule re: not being able to sign "foreign" players before the age of 18 is something that we really are geared up for, compared to a lot of the other PL teams.
Our set up is the perfect education for local youngsters.
 
Xhavenjoe said:
That recent rule re: not being able to sign "foreign" players before the age of 18 is something that we really are geared up for, compared to a lot of the other PL teams.
Our set up is the perfect education for local youngsters.
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You will find that in more recent years a trend is emerging of signing players from other uk academies, this is evident in this years u18 group compared to last seasons, with all the following bought in - Brits (Wimbledon), Parker(United), Noble (Derby), Miles (Southampton), Fapetu (Arsenal), Mukasa (West Ham), Gorman (Leeds), Fletcher (Reading), McAidoo (Chelsea), Dundar McDonald (Reading) possibly more.

Indicates a potential shift in recruitment policy
 
90s blue brother said:
You will find that in more recent years a trend is emerging of signing players from other uk academies, this is evident in this years u18 group compared to last seasons, with all the following bought in - Brits (Wimbledon), Parker(United), Noble (Derby), Miles (Southampton), Fapetu (Arsenal), Mukasa (West Ham), Gorman (Leeds), Fletcher (Reading), McAidoo (Chelsea), Dundar McDonald (Reading) possibly more.

Indicates a potential shift in recruitment policy
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And plenty have left so we had to fill some gaps. With the change in the rules it was always going to be this way and won't be any different for other academies.
 
Centurions said:
And plenty have left so we had to fill some gaps. With the change in the rules it was always going to be this way and won't be any different for other academies.
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Very few leave by choice, why would you? the retained vs bought in number depends on the clubs judgement. The group that won the youth cup last year and now makes up a good chunk of the EDS was the 2022 scholar intake and were always seen as a strong group so much so the whole group were given St. Bedes for the first time ever. The current u18 group clearly not so hence all the external signings. Notably though Mfuni was a pre academy kid and whilst it’s not good to single out anyone player out of respect to the others and the fact development/opportunity is so unpredictable, he’s arguably got the best chance of making the transition to first team.

Sadly whilst I wish them all every success, I don’t think we should be classing lads brought in at 15/16 in the Foden or Lewis ‘one of our own’ category and so I like to see the ones who’ve been around in junior academy do well, but the bar is soooo high
 
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