It makes me laugh that there are always post when the youth teams do well, however when we lose there’s hardly a mention, the truth is, like the the first team we are bang average.
What a strange comment. Unlike the first-team, at this level we play without several of our best players frequently, we have players on-loan, players who play on higher levels (U18s moved to reserves, reserves move to first team), and we swap to give everyone time. In addition we dont have a lot of players who win because they are physical and strong, most of our players are smaller and good on the ball. But unlike most other seasons, when we have fielded our strongest side - we have done exceptionally well. We out-played Dortmund and should have won, and we have quite easily reached the FA Youth Cup final
Defensively this team isnt great - but to call Fernandes, Garnacho, Hansen-Aaroen, Iqbal, Shoretire, Jurado, McNeill, Hugill, Hannibal, Savage etc bang average, now that is a very strange comment.