Leeds U18s 0-4 Man City U21s

[andrewjohnsmith]

Final game lost 4-2 away to Brom which pushed us down to 3rd from bottom in the end... Not a great season but the 21's has been badly butchered this season and ignored in terms of adding talent plus it's been an U18's a lot of the time

There weren't any consequences this season. No relegation to worry about. So I think they intentionally made it a rebuild year. As you said, pushing forward a lot of the 18's. And to be fair, the 18's do look a decent batch. Bodes well for the next couple of seasons.

[1964white]

[Chilli D]

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Only to be expected based on what Subhuman and AJS have already said.
They'll get better as they get more hair on their balls.
Many of those who have played for the U21's this season will be playing in the FA Youth Cup Final.

[1964white]

Only to be expected based on what Subhuman and AJS have already said.
They'll get better as they get more hair on their balls.
Many of those who have played for the U21's this season will be playing in the FA Youth Cup Final.

Had we used some of our redundant bench, we'd probably be higher up in the table.

[andrewjohnsmith]

Had we used some of our redundant bench, we'd probably be higher up in the table.

Really hard to understand why Klaessen, Cresswell, Gelhardt, Shackleton, and Joseph haven't played a few games. A couple of those weren't even getting a minute of first team football.

[The Subhuman]

Really hard to understand why Klaessen, Cresswell, Gelhardt, Shackleton, and Joseph haven't played a few games. A couple of those weren't even getting a minute of first team football.

Has CC kicked a ball for more than 10 minutes this season?

[andrewjohnsmith]

Has CC kicked a ball for more than 10 minutes this season?

You'd think Cresswell would have loved to play for the 21's. I mean they're footballers. When I was in my teens and 20's all I wanted to do was play (football or cricket). And I'd play for whatever team I could as long as I got a game.

I get that our first team squad has been thin all season. And there were a lot of 21's games that were the same day or the day before a senior game. So Farke wasn't going to risk anyone in those. But there have been plenty of times when they could have played. I don't get the logic in not giving them game time. Sure. There's something to be said for training with the first team. But you can't beat playing time. And the players mentioned (Klaessen, Gelhardt, Cresswell, Shackleton) would surely have been happier getting some playing time with the 21's.

[1964white]

Really hard to understand why Klaessen, Cresswell, Gelhardt, Shackleton, and Joseph haven't played a few games. A couple of those weren't even getting a minute of first team football.

Very strange, the reason they'd have been no good to us coming off the bench, due to not being match-fit.

[andrewjohnsmith]

I don't see the U18's final on LUTV. Any ideas?

[The Subhuman]

I don't see the U18's final on LUTV. Any ideas?

It's on the FA's own "player" if you can get that

https://faplayer.thefa.com/home/all

might also be on you tube

[The Subhuman]

[The Subhuman]

[andrewjohnsmith]

Cheers

[andrewjohnsmith]

Unfortunately will only see first half as I unwittingly made an appointment

[The Subhuman]

Unfortunately will only see first half as I unwittingly made an appointment

Might be able to pause it and come back to it

[andrewjohnsmith]

Might be able to pause it and come back to it

Only available in the UK

Correction: Managed to find it

[andrewjohnsmith]

Is Heskey any relation?

[The Subhuman]

City strongerr and older, 3 of our front 4 are 16…. McDonald looks class, Richards in defence looks good to

[The Subhuman]

Is Heskey any relation?

Not sure tbh

[The Subhuman]

We’re playing on the counter for the most part