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FA Youth Cup 2014/15 Thread
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sam-caddick
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Manchester City FC @MCFC · 17s 17 seconds ago
82. GOAL CITY!!! Celina finally gets the goal he deserves, breaking from deep into the area and slotting into the far corner. 5-1 City.
citytill1die84
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6-1 Ambrose
markbmcfc
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These lads free Wednesday night?
citytill1die84
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Barker should be due a chance in the 1st team scored 2 and assisted 2 more no harm giving him ago.
sam-caddick
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Anybody know how good Leicester are?
Their U21's beat ours in the U21 PL League Cup last season in the final over two ties so they are obviously a good side.
Their U21's beat ours in the U21 PL League Cup last season in the final over two ties so they are obviously a good side.
Mad Eyed Screamer
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Great result, thanks for the updates - Come on City!
lancs blue
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sam-caddick said:Anybody know how good Leicester are?
Their U21's beat ours in the U21 PL League Cup last season in the final over two ties so they are obviously a good side.
That was Reading wasn't it, I went to the home leg?
Great result for the kids, roll on the semi-final.
sam-caddick said:Anybody know how good Leicester are?
Their U21's beat ours in the U21 PL League Cup last season in the final over two ties so they are obviously a good side.
It's going to be tough Leicester have already beaten us in a couple of competitions this season.
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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Good solid performance, though our goalie seemed determined to let Crewe get back in!! Never seen so many fumbles! Much too potent an attacking threat and overwhelmed Crewe in the second half.
squirtyflower
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Surely no need to qualify that as we were playing Crewe Alex?Bilboblue said:City currently 2-1 up.... Manchester City that is.
Well worth the two hour round trip tonight.
Good turn out from the Crewe lot, but boy did they whinge
Bit like men v boys at times with Barker, Boada and Bryan being just far too good for the lads from Crewe
(I posted this over on another City forum I use but i'll post it here too as i was that impressed)
Traffic meant we were a few minutes later but walked in to see Crewe wallop one in through the horrible snowy/sleety stuff from twenty five yards in the top corner. After that it was totally one-sided though. Centre-backs, Tosin A. and Cameron Humphries strolled through it and both looked comfortable in possession throughout. I thought Kean Bryan was excellent once again following on his from performance against Schalke last week - he just makes the right choice nearly every time and reads the game so well. I'd be surprised if he doesn't end up a premiership player.
The two spanish terriers were both great at fullback again - Maffeo and Angelino are both brilliant little players. Angelino set up the first after some great work down the left with Barker and curled it across with pace for Nemane to put it away at the back post. Maffeo is just pure Zaba in the way he works with so much determination. He's always one step ahead of his opponent, same with Angelino. Great determination.
Not one of the forwards had a bad game. Celina was fantastic, i thought. Two or three great long range efforts, one from 30 yards crashed the bar and his goal was beautiful - bang in the centre of the pitch 25 yards out he suddenly burst past his opponent who was facing him square, dropped his shoulder and placed it in the bottom right hand corner from the edge of the area. Unstoppable to be honest. He was pulling the strings the whole game and there were so many lovely little delicate touches and flicks. Barker was typically Barker; a frightening pacey terror. I was really impressed with his work rate and his two finishes were excellent - the second was a ball over the top which he won a foot race with a Crewe defender trying to pull him down, yet he still managed to slot it past the kepper. He's a very good finisher. He played a nice little lay off for Boadu's goal too, who finished in a similar way to Celina, cooly placing the ball in the bottom corner from the edge of the area.
Boadu really shone for me - first time i've seen him in person in his preferred position just behind the striker and i thought he bullied them a bit at times. Last couple of times ive seen him he's played as a CF and it's really clear to me that the strength in his game comes from running from deep. He reminded me of Barkley actually. He's a big strong lad who is very adept at skipping past players and he did it a few times and could have a couple of assists if other players' finishing had been a bit better. He's not just a runner though and he can see a pass, one that followed a powerful surging run which took three players out of the game before he put Celina through on goal stood out. Nemane wasn't quite at his very best but he was still a menace down the right and took his goal well, setting one up too for Ambrose through sheer persistence and selfless play. He's fucking rapid too. Ambrose played up top and i thought he had a solid game - though i think i've seen him play better on the right but he still lead the line well and i do think he's a better natural option up top than Pozo.
Young Portugese lad came on called Fernandes and he just carried on where Barker left off. I was really, really impressed with his contribution. He came on on the right and he kept skinning his fullback repeatedly - he's absolutely tiny but very darty and nippy and loves a trick. It was his skinning of the full back and powerful drive that lead to the goalmouth scramble that resulted in Ambrose's goal. He physically looked like Nery Castillo if anyone remembers him but played like Navas if he had flair. Marcus Wood came on and took over from Kean Bryan and did basically the exact same composed job. We got a brief Garcia cameo too.
Overall i thought it was genuinely top class stuff. I really liked the formation. Kean Bryan holding with Boadu and Celina as AMs behind Ambrose with Barker and Nemane as proper wingers. It felt so fluid and the team's ability to pass it around simply, retain possession and then quickly step up the pace and run directly at Crewe caused them so many problems. There was loads of flair in this team - it's notable compared to the first team how many players we have who want to beat a man. We have about 2/3 at most who run with pace at people in the whole of our first team squad but we had about 6/7 on the pitch tonight alone who had pace, flair and work-rate. They all play football too - none of the stuff we saw from Weiss for example, running with the ball when he should pass etc. They know when to do what they have to do and after the events of the first team, im not gonna lie it was really heartening stuff.
I've probably gone a bit over the top but i genuinely hugely enjoyed that. The desire was brilliant and we do have some wonderful young talent at our disposal and seeing them all click at the same time tonight was a pleasure.
Traffic meant we were a few minutes later but walked in to see Crewe wallop one in through the horrible snowy/sleety stuff from twenty five yards in the top corner. After that it was totally one-sided though. Centre-backs, Tosin A. and Cameron Humphries strolled through it and both looked comfortable in possession throughout. I thought Kean Bryan was excellent once again following on his from performance against Schalke last week - he just makes the right choice nearly every time and reads the game so well. I'd be surprised if he doesn't end up a premiership player.
The two spanish terriers were both great at fullback again - Maffeo and Angelino are both brilliant little players. Angelino set up the first after some great work down the left with Barker and curled it across with pace for Nemane to put it away at the back post. Maffeo is just pure Zaba in the way he works with so much determination. He's always one step ahead of his opponent, same with Angelino. Great determination.
Not one of the forwards had a bad game. Celina was fantastic, i thought. Two or three great long range efforts, one from 30 yards crashed the bar and his goal was beautiful - bang in the centre of the pitch 25 yards out he suddenly burst past his opponent who was facing him square, dropped his shoulder and placed it in the bottom right hand corner from the edge of the area. Unstoppable to be honest. He was pulling the strings the whole game and there were so many lovely little delicate touches and flicks. Barker was typically Barker; a frightening pacey terror. I was really impressed with his work rate and his two finishes were excellent - the second was a ball over the top which he won a foot race with a Crewe defender trying to pull him down, yet he still managed to slot it past the kepper. He's a very good finisher. He played a nice little lay off for Boadu's goal too, who finished in a similar way to Celina, cooly placing the ball in the bottom corner from the edge of the area.
Boadu really shone for me - first time i've seen him in person in his preferred position just behind the striker and i thought he bullied them a bit at times. Last couple of times ive seen him he's played as a CF and it's really clear to me that the strength in his game comes from running from deep. He reminded me of Barkley actually. He's a big strong lad who is very adept at skipping past players and he did it a few times and could have a couple of assists if other players' finishing had been a bit better. He's not just a runner though and he can see a pass, one that followed a powerful surging run which took three players out of the game before he put Celina through on goal stood out. Nemane wasn't quite at his very best but he was still a menace down the right and took his goal well, setting one up too for Ambrose through sheer persistence and selfless play. He's fucking rapid too. Ambrose played up top and i thought he had a solid game - though i think i've seen him play better on the right but he still lead the line well and i do think he's a better natural option up top than Pozo.
Young Portugese lad came on called Fernandes and he just carried on where Barker left off. I was really, really impressed with his contribution. He came on on the right and he kept skinning his fullback repeatedly - he's absolutely tiny but very darty and nippy and loves a trick. It was his skinning of the full back and powerful drive that lead to the goalmouth scramble that resulted in Ambrose's goal. He physically looked like Nery Castillo if anyone remembers him but played like Navas if he had flair. Marcus Wood came on and took over from Kean Bryan and did basically the exact same composed job. We got a brief Garcia cameo too.
Overall i thought it was genuinely top class stuff. I really liked the formation. Kean Bryan holding with Boadu and Celina as AMs behind Ambrose with Barker and Nemane as proper wingers. It felt so fluid and the team's ability to pass it around simply, retain possession and then quickly step up the pace and run directly at Crewe caused them so many problems. There was loads of flair in this team - it's notable compared to the first team how many players we have who want to beat a man. We have about 2/3 at most who run with pace at people in the whole of our first team squad but we had about 6/7 on the pitch tonight alone who had pace, flair and work-rate. They all play football too - none of the stuff we saw from Weiss for example, running with the ball when he should pass etc. They know when to do what they have to do and after the events of the first team, im not gonna lie it was really heartening stuff.
I've probably gone a bit over the top but i genuinely hugely enjoyed that. The desire was brilliant and we do have some wonderful young talent at our disposal and seeing them all click at the same time tonight was a pleasure.
FantasyIreland
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Just what the doctor ordered.......well done lads!
and a cracking report twosips.......'other forum' you say........do they exist;-)
and a cracking report twosips.......'other forum' you say........do they exist;-)
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You haven't gone over the top. I was highly impressed. This team beat Arsenal and we battered them.
Boadu looks a star already. Pace, skill, calmness finishing.
If we don't get two or three from this lot we should give up.
Boadu looks a star already. Pace, skill, calmness finishing.
If we don't get two or three from this lot we should give up.
manchester blue said:You haven't gone over the top. I was highly impressed. This team beat Arsenal and we battered them.
Boadu looks a star already. Pace, skill, calmness finishing.
If we don't get two or three from this lot we should give up.
Yep. Honestly, more or less all of them have a chance. There's no obvious duds, though the keeper had a dodgy time but i'll let him off ha
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manchester blue said:You haven't gone over the top. I was highly impressed. This team beat Arsenal and we battered them.
Boadu looks a star already. Pace, skill, calmness finishing.
If we don't get two or three from this lot we should give up.
i agree about Boadu,add strentgh and determination to his attributes also......definitely a talent
Bilboblue
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squirtyflower said:Surely no need to qualify that as we were playing Crewe Alex?Bilboblue said:City currently 2-1 up.... Manchester City that is.
For some reason I thought we were playing Leicester tonight.... couldn't be arsed correcting it haha!
FantasyIreland
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Only 16 isnt he?twosips said:manchester blue said:You haven't gone over the top. I was highly impressed. This team beat Arsenal and we battered them.
Boadu looks a star already. Pace, skill, calmness finishing.
If we don't get two or three from this lot we should give up.
Yep. Honestly, more or less all of them have a chance. There's no obvious duds, though the keeper had a dodgy time but i'll let him off ha