u19s v Villarreal / Tues 21st Oct / 11am on City+ / UEFA Youth League (UYL)

Plenty of time left, we can definitely come back and win this. Would take a point though considering the performance and being 2-0 down at HT.
 
Get booked for sneezing these days. It's good education for the kids - don't go near the opposition or you'll get booked in Europe.
 
Kinkladze's crazy skills said:
Definitely not impossible to comeback here but we need to cut out mistakes.

I've put a direct line between the team to highlight something I feel has been a weakness for the EDS and u18s this season...
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Does anybody else feel that the team is too heavily focused on attack that it actually lacks a proper balance, we seem to keep deploying a front 5 almost and although it has worked in games I feel it leaves us vulnerable and is a big reason for our defeats at youth level, if you put someone like Miles or Fapetu alongside Gray then surely we've got more control of our midfield while protecting our defence.

It's just an observation but it feels like one of Oboavwoduo or Sangare shouldn't be playing here, the team is already heavily stacked of pure attacking talent and there's no need to do this it needs more balance.

It's like the first team not having a Kovacic or Gundogan type next to Rodri in previous years, we're trying to do too much with attacking players for me it's too gung ho, maybe I'm overthinking it a bit but I've even thought it before some of our other games have even kicked off.
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Fair point, feels like Mukasa and Justin are two 10s and a box to box proper number 8 is needed. The very unsung Jayden Heskey would make a huge difference but unfortunately not eligible for this age group. Gray, Heskey, Mukasa could be a good balance for the u21s going forward, but not sure how Ben solves the problem with available players in this group. Wingers are super talented but need to learn 1v4 is stacked against them so keep the ball and choose your moments, and if you do lose it chasing back is non negotiable
 
90s blue brother said:
Fair point, feels like Mukasa and Justin are two 10s and a box to box proper number 8 is needed. The very unsung Jayden Heskey would make a huge difference but unfortunately not eligible for this age group. Gray, Heskey, Mukasa could be a good balance for the u21s going forward, but not sure how Ben solves the problem with available players in this group. Wingers are super talented but need to learn 1v4 is stacked against them so keep the ball and choose your moments, and if you do lose it chasing back is non negotiable
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Floyd Samba looks a good fit for the Jaden Heskey slot. Very impressive so far.
 
I've got a question. According to the laws, do you have to go down in the box in order for a penalty to be awarded? That foul on Sangare by their keeper just couldn't be a clearer penalty. He chose not to go down, very honestly, although he was destabilised, got his shot away and just missed. Ref should logically have brought it back (as you can let play go on and bring it back to a free kick when the movement breaks down), but can he in fact do that?
 
The next 2 games are Dortmund(H) & Leverkusen(A) which are played during the U17s World Cup Finals (in Qatar). We've got Dante Headley, Harrison Miles, Ryan McAidoo, Kaden Braithwaite & Reigan Heskey all in the squad :(
 
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