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18th August 2011, 13:04
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Lisbon showing how many (in millions) miles away English youth football is from the likes of Lisbon and Barcelona. Playing the likes of Southend and Watford in meaningless youth/reserves leagues is stunting growth beyond belief.
Could this tournament, and more like them, be the green shoots of England winning the world cup in the next 20 years? |
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18th August 2011, 14:35
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Having said that I've no idea whatsoever as to how good (or not) Basel are. The same applies to my knowledge of the other youth teams involved. From the above results, it would seem that Sporting Lisbon are good, but does anyone know which of the other 14 teams are known to be strong? Anyhow, the prolific Harry Kane scores yet again! I'd like to see him given a chance to play in some of our Europa Cup games. |
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18th August 2011, 14:40
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I agree with the point you're making, but I don't understand why you're singling out Watford. They've the most progressive academy system in the land and I wouldn't be surprised to see bigger clubs take a leaf out of their book in the near future. |
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18th August 2011, 15:05
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18th August 2011, 15:29
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Looking forward to seeing Sterling score a gazillion times a game in this tournament. He is the business.
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18th August 2011, 16:25
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Actually Watford was a bad example. They actually do have a good set of young lads, saw them play against our reserves last week (repeats). But continuing with that theme, imagine how many trillion miles away they are form the likes of Lisbon/Barca.
Our creme need to be playing more against the latter than the former. |
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19th August 2011, 01:06
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United defeated Juventus, Barcelona, Flamengo, and Porto to win the Champions Youth Cup in 2007 so we can hardly be so far behind the likes of Barca and Lisbon.
England also won the U/17 UEFA Championship a couple of years ago. People come out with lot's of statements and neglect facts... |
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19th August 2011, 01:13
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I remember Febian Brandy was outstanding in that tournament, really looked like he was over his ankle break, especially when he scored that sumptuous lob against Porto... Such a shame he didn't kick on, could have been a Utd and England regular.
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19th August 2011, 12:23
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31st August 2011, 16:33
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Group 4 result today: Spurs 7 - Inter Milan 1
Scorers: Spurs: Tomislav Gomelt (3), Alex Pritchard (2), Souleymane Coulibaly (2) Inter: Daniel Bessa (pen) The NextGen Series*-*MatchReport |
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31st August 2011, 17:14
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Molde beat Wolfsburg 3-1 at home in the first round. Playing Liverpool next week, also at home. Will be interesting to follow his tournament.
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4th September 2011, 08:06
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Anyone knows how they picked the teams to enter this?
I was talking to a Porto fan today who seemed a little pissed Porto wasnīt in this, considering theyīre the current u-19 portuguese champions. |
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29th September 2011, 16:14
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Results since the last results-post on here (Aug. 31st) to date ...
07 September: Ajax 5 - 1 Fenerbahce Molde 0 - 4 Liverpool 14 September: Inter Milan 3 - 2 PSV Eindhoven Liverpool 1 - 1 Wolfsburg 15 September: Manchester City 1 - 2 Barcelona Sporting Clube de Portugal 6 - 1 Molde 21 September: Wolfsburg 2 - 0 Liverpool 27 September: PSV Eindhoven 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur 28 September: Aston Villa 4 - 0 Fenerbahce Rosenborg 1 - 2 Ajax Inter Milan 1 - 0 Basel Current top 2 teams in in each group ... Group 1: Barcelona. Played 2 = 6 points Marseille. Played 1 = 3 points Group 2: Sporting Clube de Portugal. Played 3 = 9 points Wolfsburg. Played 4 = 4 points Group 3: Ajax. Played 3 = 9 points Aston Villa. Played 2 = 3 points Group 4: Spurs. Played 3 = 7 points Inter Milan. Played 3 = 6 points The NextGen Series*-*Fixtures, Results & Tables |
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19th October 2011, 18:22
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Results since the last results-post on here (Sept. 29th) to date ...
29 September: Barcelona 4 - 1 Marseille Liverpool 3 - 0 Molde 5 October: Marseille 3 - 0 Man. City 12 October: Rosenborg 4 - 2 Fenerbahce 17 October: Man. City 2 - 4 Celtic 19 October: Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 1 PSV Eindhoven Sporting Clube de Portugal - Wolfsburg: Result to come (live match) Current top 2 teams in in each group ... Group 1: Barcelona. Played 3 = 9 points Marseille. Played 3 = 6 points Group 2: Sporting Clube de Portugal. Played 3 = 9 points Liverpool. Played 5 = 7 points Group 3: Ajax. Played 3 = 9 points Aston Villa. Played 2 = 3 points Group 4: Spurs. Played 4 = 10 points Inter Milan. Played 3 = 6 points The NextGen Series*-*Fixtures, Results & Tables |
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2nd November 2011, 19:29
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Results since the last results-post on here (Oct. 19th) to date ...
Wednesday 02 November: Aston Villa - Rosenborg: Result to come (live match) Wolfsburg 3 - 3 Molde PSV Eindhoven 4 - 1 Basel Fenerbahce 0 - 0 Ajax Wednesday 26 October: Fenerbahce 1 - 2 Aston Villa Thursday 20 October: Marseille 4 - 2 Barcelona Wednesday 19 October: Wolfsburg 0 - 0 Sporting Clube de Portugal Current top 2 teams in in each group ... Group 1: Barcelona Played 4 = 9 points Marseille Played 4 = 9 points Group 2: Sporting Clube de Portugal Played 4 = 10 points Liverpool Played 5 = 7 points Group 3: Ajax Played 4 = 10 points Aston Villa Played 3 = 6 points Group 4: Tottenham Hotspur Played 4 = 10 points Inter Milan Played 3 = 6 points The NextGen Series*-*Fixtures, Results & Tables |
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2nd November 2011, 19:37
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3rd November 2011, 11:39
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I'm hearing the wolfsburg / Molde draw means Liverpool have qualified. Will check later. Our reserves are getting better, Suso has finally re-discovered his magic. Can't wait for our next (meaningless to the) group game against Lisbon. Despite them outplaying us in the first game at Anfield we should still have got something from that thanks to a late second half wake up call.
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8th December 2011, 21:39
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Quarter-final line-ups:
Barcelona v Ajax Aston Villa v Marseille Tottenham v Liverpool Sporting Lisbon v Inter Milan or FC Basel (probably Inter Milan) The four group winners play at home, 2nd placed teams play away, with the matches played over just one leg. The NextGen Series*-*Fixtures, Results & Tables |
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9th December 2011, 02:00
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1st February 2012, 22:08
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Results since last update:
Aston Villa 1 - Marseille 2 (QF) Sporting Clube de Portugal 0 - Inter Milan 1 (QF) Spurs 1 - Liverpool 0 (QF) Semi Finals: Spurs v Barca or Ajax (Barca at home to Ajax in the remaining QF) Inter Milan v Marseille I don't know how it will be decided which will be the home teams in the semis. |
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2nd February 2012, 00:12
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Went to the match today, was a relatively muted performance compared to how we've been performing so far in this competition but Liverpool are a good team and we have a few of the old team out on loan now so to be expected.
Will be interesting to watch us against (probably) Barcelona youth. Sterling looked good, until he got near our box, then he looked like an oaf. |
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