f.a youth cup tonight

[sad saints fan]

The youth team were playing the above competition tonight,at Aldershot.Nothing on the O.S about the result.Did any one go,know the result or anything?

[FloridaSaint]

Saints won 4-0

[sad saints fan]

thank you.From where did you get this knowledge.

[FloridaSaint]

Aldershots website. It doesn't say who scored yet though.

[sad saints fan]

Got it .Thanks again

[Dynamo Naive]

Scorers: OG, Hoskins, Argent and McNish.

[benjii]

Is OG any good?

[sad saints fan]

Is OG any good?

 

He is a half brother of n gog who plays for Liverpool

[VectisSaint]

Is he related to Noggin the Nog?

[Saint_clark]

McNish seems to be coming on well.

Also, after Pardew included him on the bench a while ago, I wouldn't be surprised to see Preen as one of the stars of this current crop.

[SamKimish]

I used to play football with Sam Hoskins, he regularly scored 5 or 6 a game and already is the top scorer for the Youth Team this year. Definite star of the future.

[Whitey Grandad]

I used to play football with Sam Hoskins, he regularly scored 5 or 6 a game and already is the top scorer for the Youth Team this year. Definite star of the future.

Were you in goal when he scored?

[del boy]

Is OG any good?

 

Including his middle name its OMG ....FFS

[saint.tom.clancy]

I went to watch the young VT lads in their FA youth first round as well.. played torquay united at home, and lost 3-2 after extra time. Torquay equalised in normal time in the last second to make it 2-2, heartbreaking for the young lads.. they had a few quality players though, wouldn't be surprised if we saw 1 or 2 with us sooner or later.

[Saint_John]

i'm not sure if anyone else has posted this but the highlights of the 4-0 win can be found on the FA web site.

http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFAYouthCup/NewsAndFeatures/2009/aldershot_southampton_051109.aspx

 

I would say from the highlights that they had as many shots as us, the difference being that our GK saved their long range shots, whereas our chances were from closer in.

[rooney]

That was useful and nice to watch. Thank you Saint John.

[Fan The Flames]

i'm not sure if anyone else has posted this but the highlights of the 4-0 win can be found on the FA web site.

 

I would say from the highlights that they had as many shots as us, the difference being that our GK saved their long range shots, whereas our chances were from closer in.

So we held them out making them shoot from distance while we opened them up, sounds good.

[Dynamo Naive]

So we held them out making them shoot from distance while we opened them up, sounds good.

 

I was at the game, and although the Shots worked hard to keep Saints at bay for the first half an hour or so, there was a gulf in class.

 

The main reason Shots were reduced to long range efforts was because Saints CB pairing, Racine and Tafazolli are both huge, and looked very solid, constantly talking and reading the game well.

 

Others who impressed were McNish (great range of passing, very comfortable on the ball), Robinson (calm, broke up opposition attacks), Oxlade-Chamberlain (quick, lively) and Dovey (not much to do but never looked like getting beaten).

 

Wouldn't be surprised to see several of these lads knocking on the first team door before too long.

 

The Shots team were a mixed bunch but they had three players who I thought could have held their own in the Saints team. The rest looked out of their depth but gave a good account of themselves considering they don't have anything like the resources Saints academy has got.

[MorningtonCrescent]

Good result for the young lads and an interesting video from thefa.com with comments from Dave Puckett throughout the game too.

 

Also, I see the FA website has next round down as being Sat 21th Nov at 19:00hrs. A home game vs Hereford. Seems an odd time for a KO, unless its going to be at St Marys, immediately after the Norwich game? Isn't there a ruling that all FA Youth Cup matches are played at the clubs main ground?

[Kingsland Nick]

 

Also, I see the FA website has next round down as being Sat 21th Nov at 19:00hrs. A home game vs Hereford. Seems an odd time for a KO, unless its going to be at St Marys, immediately after the Norwich game? Isn't there a ruling that all FA Youth Cup matches are played at the clubs main ground?

 

That probably just means that the clubs haven't agreed a date yet.

[Fan The Flames]

I was at the game, and although the Shots worked hard to keep Saints at bay for the first half an hour or so, there was a gulf in class.

 

The main reason Shots were reduced to long range efforts was because Saints CB pairing, Racine and Tafazolli are both huge, and looked very solid, constantly talking and reading the game well.

 

Others who impressed were McNish (great range of passing, very comfortable on the ball), Robinson (calm, broke up opposition attacks), Oxlade-Chamberlain (quick, lively) and Dovey (not much to do but never looked like getting beaten).

 

Wouldn't be surprised to see several of these lads knocking on the first team door before too long.

 

The Shots team were a mixed bunch but they had three players who I thought could have held their own in the Saints team. The rest looked out of their depth but gave a good account of themselves considering they don't have anything like the resources Saints academy has got.

 

Despite our low league posistion the gulf in class should be there given the resources available to both, that aside it is still good news to hear such a positive report.

[SaintDonkey]

Good result for the young lads and an interesting video from thefa.com with comments from Dave Puckett throughout the game too.

 

 

It's a treat to be able to watch extended highlights of a Saints match with such thoughtful informed commentary. It's a shame that for the senior team's fixture tonight we'll probably have to make do with ITV's standard 20 second run down at half time in the Norwich game tomorrow.