Lallana's Left Peg Posted 7 March, 2014 Posted 7 March, 2014 Our U21's take on Man City U21's this Monday. The game is being played at the Ethiad Stadium - KO is 7pm. Tickets are £3 and there is free car parking at the ground. Two good teams at that level so should be a good game.
GAS Posted 7 March, 2014 Posted 7 March, 2014 Excuse my ignorance, but what is now the structure for example the academy players and reserves playing competitively. Is it simply the U21 etc play the U21 in the respective league they are in etc.
View From The Top Posted 8 March, 2014 Posted 8 March, 2014 Our U21's take on Man City U21's this Monday. The game is being played at the Ethiad Stadium - KO is 7pm. Tickets are £3 and there is free car parking at the ground. Two good teams at that level so should be a good game. Thanks for the heads up, I might head up.
doc oli Posted 10 March, 2014 Posted 10 March, 2014 Think I'll be going after work. Nice evening for it and a chance to see some of the up n comings.
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 10 March, 2014 Author Posted 10 March, 2014 Yep I'll be there. Looking forward to it. Man City U21's unbeaten in 13 or something like that!
Sour Mash Posted 10 March, 2014 Posted 10 March, 2014 Yep I'll be there. Looking forward to it. Man City U21's unbeaten in 13 or something like that! What sort of side do they tend to put out?
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 10 March, 2014 Author Posted 10 March, 2014 What sort of side do they tend to put out? Usually no first team players, though they have a few who are ready for some first team experience. Lopes is a great player. They also have Andrew Cole's son playing for them. EDIT: They do have several prospects they've purchased from foreign clubs too.
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 10 March, 2014 Author Posted 10 March, 2014 Well that was thoroughly enjoyable. Even first half finished 1-1 and in the second we never got going but defended well when it mattered. Broke away in the last minute of injury time and Isgrove should have scored - not to matter, Jack Stephens nodded in from the resulting corner and Saints not only halted Man City's 12 game winning streak (they hadn't lost since October!) but we also beat them on their own patch. Stephens and Turnbull were both very good in fact I would say Turnbull was outstanding and faultless all evening. Man City looked good but they didn't create enough. Half their team are big physical lads - at this level it makes a difference I am not sure it will at first team level and that is the trap a lot of Academy teams fall into. I wouldn't mind betting they've spent a fair bit on that team too - lots of foreign players. I would say at least half their team were foreign. Lopes was good for them but with no pathway to the first team at Man City he must be gutted. In the last 10mins he started placing the ball for goal kicks for our keeper in a 'hurry up because we are going to score a winner' way - turns out a winner was scored but not in our goal Was about 10-15 Saints in attendance all mainly sat behind the away dugout. All of us had smug faces after the winner went in.
doc oli Posted 10 March, 2014 Posted 10 March, 2014 Well that was thoroughly enjoyable. Even first half finished 1-1 and in the second we never got going but defended well when it mattered. Broke away in the last minute of injury time and Isgrove should have scored - not to matter, Jack Stephens nodded in from the resulting corner and Saints not only halted Man City's 12 game winning streak (they hadn't lost since October!) but we also beat them on their own patch. Stephens and Turnbull were both very good in fact I would say Turnbull was outstanding and faultless all evening. Was about 10-15 Saints in attendance all mainly sat behind the away dugout. All of us had smug faces after the winner went in. Agree with all of that- the centre half pairing is certainly really promising for the future. Harry Reed also pretty tidy and Targett looks quality.
JoeShmoe Posted 11 March, 2014 Posted 11 March, 2014 Agree with all of that- the centre half pairing is certainly really promising for the future. Harry Reed also pretty tidy and Targett looks quality. Was going to ask about Targett, think he could make the step up next season if Shaw moves on?
doc oli Posted 11 March, 2014 Posted 11 March, 2014 Well he's no Danny Fox, but I think he could certainly be given a go in pre-season. Pretty sure Shaw will stay for at least another season if MP does.
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 11 March, 2014 Author Posted 11 March, 2014 You can now view highlights here: http://www.mcfc.co.uk/citytv/Match-highlights/2014/March/EDS-v-Southampton-highlights-and-reaction I had no idea that Pochettino was there!
Minty Posted 11 March, 2014 Posted 11 March, 2014 Annoying editing on that video, but still good to see. Not really much in the way of clear-cut chances... even the home efforts that you would expect to see were all pretty comfortably dealt with. Shocking defending by City for our equaliser, but an excellent header from Stephens for the winner.
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