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Yay. Will be good to see chong and gomes in real life!Kick off at 7pm.
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Good to see Hudson Odoi, Sterling and Chalobah in the squad, hope at least one starts. Three of England's best young players.
Ampadu is the only kid starting. Sterling, Hudson-Odoi, Chalobah and Kyle Scott are on the bench. Obviously I want to smash Hull anyway but It'd be nice for them to get a few minutes.Good to see Hudson Odoi, Sterling and Chalobah in the squad, hope at least one starts. Three of England's best young players.
Ampadu looks the business too, shame Wales nabbed him.Ampadu is the only kid starting. Sterling, Hudson-Odoi, Chalobah and Kyle Scott are on the bench. Obviously I want to smash Hull anyway but It'd be nice for them to get a few minutes.
Not 100% yet, he's still not played a competitve game.Ampadu looks the business too, shame Wales nabbed him.
O'Hara isn't awful - he has been quite decent.Tahith Chong really good with his feet
also number 2 is good with his feet
but our GK is awful
He is boxing the ball too much,O'Hara isn't awful - he has been quite decent.
Only turned 18 a few months ago, we don't normally send them out that early.Reece James looks an absolute beast. Surely he should be out on loan @duffer ?
I think this is a problem in English football though. I'm sure Mount could have played for Vitesse last season, for example.Only turned 18 a few months ago, we don't normally send them out that early.
You can get relegated from this? Youth football is so strange, it should surely just mirror the first team.so relegation it is
It was the same against Arsenal u23, just too physically strong for us, blew us off the park. The centre mid is a big let down. The players are far from good enough.It's a joke of a side. The few players with genuine quality - look physically too weak to play at this level.
Most of this side is the reason we've put so much effort into reshaping our academy over the past couple of years, only 2 in that starting 11 who stand a realistic chance of breaking through to the first team are Gomes and Chong, who only moved up to the U23s a few weeks ago.It's a joke of a side. The few players with genuine quality - look physically too weak to play at this level.
Why would it mirror the first team? The best youth should be playing the best youth and that doesn't mirror the first teams. A number of PL clubs don't have CAT 1 academies while some Championship sides have very strong youth sides.You can get relegated from this? Youth football is so strange, it should surely just mirror the first team.
Why would it mirror the first team? The best youth should be playing the best youth and that doesn't mirror the first teams. A number of PL clubs don't have CAT 1 academies while some Championship sides have very strong youth sides.
That is an entirely different competition. They have also since changed that since its ridiculous for that to happen. The title holders now make it in as well as 32 domestic youth champions so it no longer just mirrors the first teams but also gives spots to the best youth teams. We just beat the Serbian champions who's first team are in the 4th division.I remember the Chelsea kids didn't get to try and retain their Youth Euro cup a few years ago (becasue the first team didn't qualify).
I try and ignore the score and focus on performances....but that was very poor. Thank god Chong was on the pitch as his performance was the only positive out of that match.Most of this side is the reason we've put so much effort into reshaping our academy over the past couple of years, only 2 in that starting 11 who stand a realistic chance of breaking through to the first team are Gomes and Chong, who only moved up to the U23s a few weeks ago.
It’s a different Reece James, a better one tbh. He plays right back for Chelsea and England at youth level.Oh Reece James, how's doing our former player btw?
Will do Gomes some good to really fight to prove his talent here. I had thought for a little while that the hype around him was a bit excessive anyway. He’s a very talented kid, but not necessarily the most talented of this English generation. I know he went into the WC with an injury, but by the end of the tournament he was out of the team. With the delay and speculation surrounding his contract, I hope he isn’t getting ahead of himself, because Chong is outshining him at the moment.Our U23 team is really bad, beside Chong and Gomes, really nothing to see. Williams can be good, and have potential.But at the end it is team game and this bunch of guys just not look like a team.
What really worries me is that Gomes is having trouble to show talent at U23 level. Few games already, and he is not doing great. Hopefully it is still adaptation period, and also, it has something to do with the rest of the team in the midfield, but with Chong you can see potential even on this level, he is doing some things, Gomes on the other hand doesn't do much.
I don’t think it is talent levels, more his lack of physicality. He looks a bit lost in the u23s tbh, the game just seem too fast for him and at the World Cup he really seemed to struggle with the conditions and had stamina issues.Will do Gomes some good to really fight to prove his talent here. I had thought for a little while that the hype around him was a bit excessive anyway. He’s a very talented kid, but not necessarily the most talented of this English generation. I know he went into the WC with an injury, but by the end of the tournament he was out of the team. With the delay and speculation surrounding his contract, I hope he isn’t getting ahead of himself, because Chong is outshining him at the moment.