MCFC U16's

ColinLee said:
Given the age range you were lucky to find that, mind you the FA's site goes down to U15 for the girls but stops at U16's for the boys.

Curtis Anderson(goalkeeper, his first call up), Jadon Sancho & Colin Rosler are all going to Florida for the Nike tournament which starts at the start of December.

http://www.thefa.com/england/youth-teams#team-stats
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Keep an eye on Curtis Anderson, he's making good progress and is quietly making a name for himself. It's the quiet ones that often make the biggest impact
 
Drew 2-2 yesterday after going 2-0 up before half time, game started at a great pace and tempo sadly the second half didn't match up to the first,delibashari went over to the 18s replaced by a u15 , our Squad was very much changed from normal line up with 3 lads sick , goalie injured and 3 lads away with england , our goalie was a trialist from Scotland let 2nd goal in tbf , with all the 15s filling gaps the team didn't jell leaving the Wingers With little to do as most of the play went down the middle, disappointing result in the end.
 
Sancho was in impressive form last night for England U16's win over the USA and scored 2 goals, was also impressed with Colin Rosler. Foden and Anderson didn't get on but will hopefully play on Friday when we play Brazil which is live on US football's YouTube Chanel for anyone interested. Think kick off is around 8pm UK time but not sure. There is some really talented kids coming through with technical ability you don't often associate with English players.
 
Little Phil Foden has just put England 1-0 up against Brazil. Good Finish on the six yard box.

Edit: Foden just put us 2-0 with a header. Cracking play from Poveda, he looks a serious talent.
 
FantasyIreland said:
twitter rumour suggests we are very close to a deal......seems hes a Columbian signed from Barcelona who now plays for Brentford and plays for England?? Go figure.....
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Yeah but I think he's born in London with an English mother so I believe so if that's the case it's pretty legitimate. Fwiw the game ended England 2 Brazil 0, absolutely outplayed Brazil with possession football and skill. God we even have defenders taking on attackers in our own penalty area when normally panic would set in but these players were extremely composed. Actually really impressive to watch for an England International U16 football Team and an equally impressive coach. Foden was impressive, especially in the first half ( two very well taken goals ) and Anderson hardly had anything to do which I was surprised at considering we were playing Brazil. Sancho and Rosler were rested for this game but no doubt will play against Holland on Sunday.
 
Great result and fantastic experience for Foden,im sure those two goals will be long in the memory.Looking forward to Sundays game.
 
Watched the whole game and there are a lot of talented kids in the England side.

Sancho was very quiet but got a tap in, so fair play for him getting in the right position. Apart from that it was mainly running into blind alleys or drifting around.

Curtis Anderson had a good first half despite conceding two, which he couldn't have done anything about. He made a couple of reflex saves and was composed on the ball.

Foden came on with about 25 mins left and had some nice touches, without making much of an impact.

The best player was Ian Carlo Poveda. Small, left-footed and quick with some incredible skill. I thought he stood out as a real prospect.

Some of the other players looked good but I felt as though they were taking too many touches and dallying on the ball. It was as though it was a skills session at times, with centre halves and defensive midfielders committing some suicidal errors. If the tried it at a pro level they'd quickly get the ball taken off them.

Having said that, it was good to see an England side that wasn't all huff and puff and big long balls. They played some decent stuff at times and it's looking promising for the future. Hopefully MCFC will continue to play a big part in it.
 
summerseat blue said:
Ended 2-2 i think they won the tournament.
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Yeah they did win the Tournament, Sancho got the first goal and was pretty good but I thought at times he overplayed it when there were better options on, just needed to get his head up but he will learn from it. Anderson pulled of a couple of really good saves from a surisingly very direct Dutch side. Even if they had lost, going forward England would benefit as they were technically much better than the Dutch which was surprising.

Just taking on board what Otamendi's Beard said, I actually love the fact that they were taking chances in our own area for example and your right at pro level they would get murdered but for now, playing that way will benefit them hugely going forward imo. For to long have our kids been encouraged to just get rid of it for example and further down the line we end up with players like Danny Higginbotham when we could end up with a Gerard Pique.

I have watched all three of these games and by far England were the best team in regards to skill and technical ability, it was bizarre to see us dominate and outplay Brazil and not in the usual stereotype "big English lumps" that you often hear but on skill and technique. Really encouraging stuff.
 
Believe the rags have called off game for this sataday again can any one confirm if both 16s and 18s games are off.
 
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