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So what are they like then? What positions do they all play? Be nice if the United Twitter could be bothered with a bit more detail! :lol:
Dermot Mee

Iestyn Hughes
Will Fish
Calen Gallagher-Allison
Owen Dodgson

Charlie Savage
Martin Svidersky
Charlie Wellens
Alfie Hughes
Zidan Iqbal

Noam Emeran
Mipo Odubeko
Deji Sotona


Whilst you wait for @Beaucoup to get back to you with pen pics this is roughly how they'd line up in a 13-a-side match with a very interchangeable midfield.
 

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Dermot Mee

Iestyn Hughes
Will Fish
Calen Gallagher-Allison
Owen Dodgson

Charlie Savage
Martin Svidersky
Charlie Wellens
Alfie Hughes
Zidan Iqbal

Noam Emeran
Mipo Odubeko
Deji Sotona


Whilst you wait for @Beaucoup to get back to you with pen pics this is roughly how they'd line up in a 13-a-side match with a very interchangeable midfield.
So Savage takes after his old man then? DM with lots of energy kind of thing?
 

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See our u14s went out of med cup to amateur club from New York in second round. Under 12s lost to Barca in semis.
 

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So what are they like then? What positions do they all play? Be nice if the United Twitter could be bothered with a bit more detail! :lol:
Mee is a GK.
Fish is a gangy, commanding CB who can also drive forward.
Gallagher-Allison is a CB, quite solid from the little I've seen.
Dodgson is a LB, can also play CB, signed at U11s level.
Iestyn Hughes is a RB who already played for the U18s. A smooth player, good at going forward.
Savage is a small midfielder, great at hitting passes
Alfie Hughes is a CM who can run with the ball. Signed from Boro at U15s.
Iqbal is a creative attacking midfielder. Good dribbler but a bit fragile and slow.
Wellens is a versatile winger/AM/forward who can score goals. Son of Ritchie of course.
Sotona is a rapid, tricky winger. Can looks erratic at times aka. Zaha.
Odubeko is a typical number 9 who score goals regularly and can hold up the ball well.

Haven't seen Emeran play before (winger/forward) and only saw Svidersky played once (CM).
 

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Mee is a GK.
Fish is a gangy, commanding CB who can also drive forward.
Gallagher-Allison is a CB, quite solid from the little I've seen.
Dodgson is a LB, can also play CB, signed at U11s level.
Iestyn Hughes is a RB who already played for the U18s. A smooth player, good at going forward.
Savage is a small midfielder, great at hitting passes
Alfie Hughes is a CM who can run with the ball. Signed from Boro at U15s.
Iqbal is a creative attacking midfielder. Good dribbler but a bit fragile and slow.
Wellens is a versatile winger/AM/forward who can score goals. Son of Ritchie of course.
Sotona is a rapid, tricky winger. Can looks erratic at times aka. Zaha.
Odubeko is a typical number 9 who score goals regularly and can hold up the ball well.

Haven't seen Emeran play before (winger/forward) and only saw Svidersky played once (CM).
Cheers for this.

Any of them ready to step up on Sunday for Chelsea?
 

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Couple of questions for those who have eyes and ears in the Academy.

Will Sbragia remain with the u23s next season? If not, are we already looking for a replacement in that case? Who do you think would be an ideal candidate?
 

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Anthony Elanga scored twice for Sweden u17s against France yesterday. I was at the game & he did really well playing as a striker & seemed like Sweden's only game plan was to get the ball to him. He made a lot of really clever runs in behind as well but the Swedish players didn't have the ability to pick him out often enough.


 

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Anthony Elanga scored twice for Sweden u17s against France yesterday. I was at the game & he did really well playing as a striker & seemed like Sweden's only game plan was to get the ball to him. He made a lot of really clever runs in behind as well but the Swedish players didn't have the ability to pick him out often enough.


Shades of Andrew Cole with those finishes :drool:

Are you part of the United youth set up or based where the game was played?
 

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Anthony Elanga scored twice for Sweden u17s against France yesterday. I was at the game & he did really well playing as a striker & seemed like Sweden's only game plan was to get the ball to him. He made a lot of really clever runs in behind as well but the Swedish players didn't have the ability to pick him out often enough.


Christ, I just realised he's the son of Joseph Elanga who used to play in Danish and Swedish football. Had a few outings for the Cameroun as well. He was some character, as far as I remember.
 

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Christ, I just realised he's the son of Joseph Elanga who used to play in Danish and Swedish football. Had a few outings for the Cameroun as well. He was some character, as far as I remember.
Yep, a left-back with no technique...but far worse; a wife beater.

Elanga has been doing well recently. Thought he looked okayish but wasn't a goal threat earlier. Lately, he has been adding goals as well. Glad to see him doing well.
 

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He was a decent coach the first team round but bringing him back in his 60s was a terrible idea. Hopefully we do now what we did with McKenna and recruit someone young and highly regarded.
 

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Rumours that Warren Joyce is coming back but i'd prefer Darren Fletcher, Chris Casper or maybe even Paul Scholes.
Same here. I prefer someone who will get the players playing an attacking brand of football. The logic in the past was that Joyce gets the kids ready to do the dirty work, but I don't see how they wouldn't do so regardless because of their want to impress the manager at first team level. It's redundant. I would rather the kids be full of confidence and I don't think a more defensive style helps.
 

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Same here. I prefer someone who will get the players playing an attacking brand of football. The logic in the past was that Joyce gets the kids ready to do the dirty work, but I don't see how they wouldn't do so regardless because of their want to impress the manager at first team level. It's redundant. I would rather the kids be full of confidence and I don't think a more defensive style helps.
Still think Kieran McKenna should have stayed with the 18s for another season then moved up to the 23s when Ricky Sbragia left.
 

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Same here. I prefer someone who will get the players playing an attacking brand of football. The logic in the past was that Joyce gets the kids ready to do the dirty work, but I don't see how they wouldn't do so regardless because of their want to impress the manager at first team level. It's redundant. I would rather the kids be full of confidence and I don't think a more defensive style helps.
Not sure I agree with this, our problem in the first team at the moment is largely down to having talented players who don't put in the hard yards or have the tactical nous we need...
 

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Not sure I agree with this, our problem in the first team at the moment is largely down to having talented players who don't put in the hard yards or have the tactical nous we need...
Which will get coached to them by the manager.