PL International Cup - Derby vs Manchester United

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The feck is Joe Ledley doing playing tonight, has he come back from an injury?

EDIT: Butterfield too, very experienced team for Derby.
 

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1-0 United, Burkart.
 

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The feck is Joe Ledley doing playing tonight, has he come back from an injury?

EDIT: Butterfield too, very experienced team for Derby.
They were saying he's been out since August and had surgery. It does look a strong team and sounds like they are having a very good season.

We seem to be having a bit of joy on the ball though. Derby haven't looked half as dirty as our recent opponents.
 

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They were saying he's been out since August and had surgery. It does look a strong team and sounds like they are having a very good season.

We seem to be having a bit of joy on the ball though. Derby haven't looked half as dirty as our recent opponents.
That explains it then. I just checked the league table and they're 2nd behind Everton in the PL2 so they're doing something right.

Gomes and Barlow look tidy as usual, we're knocking it about quite well for a change.
 

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Quite like that Derby are all physically superior. Gives the kids a taste of going up against men.
 

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Chong and possibly Mason (unless he's just tired after Mondays exploits)
We might see Greenwood on the bench, I don't think the U18s have any games till the new year now.

Also that's a penalty, don't care if it's "harsh" he bloody stopped it with his hand :lol:
 

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In regards to Gomes, is the plan to play him deeper only going to apply to u19s? I know that's been the case this entire season, but isn't that too few minutes to properly learn the role?
 

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Quite happy with that performance so far. Derby are actually a very good team, they're well organised and the best part is that they're not kicking lumps out of everyone.
 

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Chong and Greenwood in the first team squad for Saturday? Or is Chong injured?
 

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Oh ffs what a flukey finish :lol:
 

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I missed the rest of the second half, how did we do?
 

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I have been of the opinion that the top PL U23 League is significantly stronger than the lower division that United are currently in. This result, a draw away at the team currently 2nd in the top League, without Chong and Garner (also Greenwood but he has only made 2 starts for the U23s), suggests that the two divisions may be much closer in strength than I assumed. Of course, it is only one match.

Is Williams going to be the new Tom Thorpe. Still turning out for the reserves when he’s picking up his pension.
It also has implications for the development of Ercolani and others. Personally I think once a player gets close to 30 PL U23 starts, then they should be moving up or out on loan or permanent, the only exceptions would be recovering from long term injury and young players in the first team squad but not getting much playing time.
 
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Oh I don't know, why would a Manager new to the club not want to have a close look at the group of players just under the first-team ?

They might have MUTV at the Lowry, but....
According to the papers he was at the staff Christmas party last night, something Jose supposedly never did.
 

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Oh I don't know, why would a Manager new to the club not want to have a close look at the group of players just under the first-team ?

They might have MUTV at the Lowry, but....
He had a very early start yesterday morning. Meeting Ed, getting to know the staff/players, lead the training, prepare for the match which only was two days away. Not to mention other official errands (MUTV interview) and the staff party that DT mentioned above.

On top of that making a 200 miles round trip to Loughborough to see the reserves on your first day with a hectic schedule coming up just doesn't make sense. I'd rather he spends the time making detailed plans on how to best navigate the festive period regarding training, matches and recovery than travel far and wide to watch the reserves play. I'm sure he will watch them regularly when the dust settles a bit in a couple of weeks.
 

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Thanks.

Means a replay, right?
It's a group with Derby, PSV and PSG. We play PSV in mid Jan and PSG in late Jan. We are Group F

https://www.manutd.com/en/matches/under-23s/2018-19/premierleague-internationalcup/league-table

Found the rules. Group winners plus the two best runners-up progress to the knock-out stage. Most groups unfinished but already one runner-up with 6 points, so United probably need to win both remaining group matches to qualify, though winning our group with one win by a 3 goal margin and 2 draws could be sufficient (I think).
 
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It's a group with Derby, PSV and PSG. We play PSV in mid Jan and PSG in late Jan. We are Group F

https://www.manutd.com/en/matches/under-23s/2018-19/premierleague-internationalcup/league-table

Since there are 6 groups (listed, perhaps there are more ?), I guess more than just the group winners progress in the competition but I don't know quite how it works.
Thanks again. Well appreciated, bud.

I was under the impression this is a knock-out competition. Didn't know it had a group stage.
 

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According to the papers he was at the staff Christmas party last night, something Jose supposedly never did.
Didn't know about that, but I don't think anybody would have been overly offended if he'd given it a swerve and gone to watch the reserves instead.

He had a very early start yesterday morning. Meeting Ed, getting to know the staff/players, lead the training, prepare for the match which only was two days away. Not to mention other official errands (MUTV interview) and the staff party that DT mentioned above.

On top of that making a 200 miles round trip to Loughborough to see the reserves on your first day with a hectic schedule coming up just doesn't make sense. I'd rather he spends the time making detailed plans on how to best navigate the festive period regarding training, matches and recovery than travel far and wide to watch the reserves play. I'm sure he will watch them regularly when the dust settles a bit in a couple of weeks.
I meant from his perspective, him wanting to be there, the reserves don't play again for 3 weeks and you can only learn so much from watching them in training....

And being chauffeur driven nearly 200 miles is no real hardship, he could have done all his detailed planning for the Cardiff match on the move if he hadn't already done it, I mean I picked his first starting XI for him yesterday afternoon when I was in the bath. :lol: