FA Youth Cup 2014/15 Thread

[alanblue]

We should be in front now

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Said they were over hyped weeks ago, the fact that some said this side was better than the EDS was laughable.

Best players have been Maffeo and Nemane, quiet night for Baker and Angelino. Rest of them are very average.

Very harsh. Some have struggled due to being inferior in size. We've passed the ball around very nicely at times and that's what the coaches want at this age. Chelsea haven't been great by any means.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Nemane and Cam humphreys have stood out tonight.

 

[grim up north]

Should have stuck that one away. This Chelsea side won't give away too many chances like that; we have to take advantage when they do come along.

Harsh

 

[Dirak]

I think this Chelsea team would provide as much of a physical challenge as a few senior teams, so I don't see this game as proof our kids aren't ready for a chance. Don't think anyone is expecting them to come in and play week in week out, just the odd chance here and there would be a positive IMO.

We gave Pozo chances and he was invisible and easily muscled out of the game. The ones who are in the normal age group for first team chances are Evans/Hiwula/Drury/Cole/Plummer generation (and Rusnak who just left). But these players are nowhere near good enough and seem on the wrong side of a moment where City's standard rose. When this team today are 19-22 and have some experience, I think then they'll have a chance and I fully back the club on that. Some of the world's best players didn't break through until they were 21 or 22 with clubs like Bayern and Barca refusing to rush them. Lopes, Denayer and Rekik are almost or at an age where they can realistically be considered (if good enough).

I still think that if one of our more technical boys could get run in a game we dominate completly (for example Barker, Garcia) he would have options, players showing up they will have more chance to shine. Here they are all smaller as a team because it's easy to dominate u18 with just strenght and power, if they got some few minutes in dominated game they would get experiance and wouldn't do them and first team any harm.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Bryan with some beautiful passes

 

[citytill1die84]

Come on boys.

 

[dasblues]

Much better from Bryan these last few minutes

 

[pudge]

The ball doesn't want to go in does it

 

[Ryinho]

Tosin at CB is fantastic not lost a header all game and extremely composed