Chine Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 3 hours ago, useless said: We play Panathinaikos FC in the semi-final tomorrow, the other semi-final is Olympiacos FC against Inter Academy Georgia, final is also tomorrow, so our academy and first team could both end up playing Olympiacos on the same day We’ve sent u14s in the squad also , Mossy being one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 4 hours ago, useless said: Beat APOEL 3-0, Lennon Moss and Markie Meade twice with the goals Markie Meade is back? how old is he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chine Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 9 hours ago, Pongo Waring said: Markie Meade is back? how old is he? U15 but plays up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 (edited) Semi-final against Panathinaikos is about to kick-off Edited May 2 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 This has been piss poor so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 9 minutes ago, Mazrim said: This has been piss poor so far. What's the score? Any stand out players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Just now, Pongo Waring said: What's the score? Any stand out players? 1 nil down, and no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Lost. 1 - 0. We lacked control, lots of aimless long balls, poor decision making in the final 3rd, sloppy tackling. Looked tired and lacklustre over all. Pana looked very poor and just kept hitting us on the break but it worked so... Fair enough. You don't expect a lot of quality at this level but there wasn't any really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Lost 1-0, tough first half, was basically their attack against our defence, did better second half, unlucky not to get an equalizer in the end, although could have scored another as well. They looked older and stronger than us, some of them looked like they could be playing U21, or even first team football, we sent a U15 squad, so they probably were older, also their 'gamesmanship' was ridiculous considering it's only a friendly tournament for development Today was a tough game, but Cronin-McGrath did well when he was able to get on the ball and has looked a very good in the other two games I saw, to be fair they all showed good promise at times, as you would expect, I think we will be seeing a number of them playing an age up for our U18s at some point next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 27 minutes ago, useless said: Lost 1-0, tough first half, was basically their attack against our defence, did better second half, unlucky not to get an equalizer in the end, although could have scored another as well. They looked older and stronger than us, some of them looked like they could be playing U21, or even first team football, we sent a U15 squad, so they probably were older, also their 'gamesmanship' was ridiculous considering it's only a friendly tournament for development Today was a tough game, but Cronin-McGrath did well when he was able to get on the ball and has looked a very good in the other two games I saw, to be fair they all showed good promise at times, as you would expect, I think we will be seeing a number of them playing an age up for our U18s at some point next season Yeah some of their players looked older but we had a giant up against a midget in midfield too. And yes, their ground time / playacting was ridiculous. Especially their captain - what a total fanny. The ghosts of Marathon would be breakdancing in their graves, Theseus would be vomiting in disgust and Themistocles would be rolling his eyes and tutting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 The tall player in midfield for us was Farid Addey, who was playing in a U14 tournament a month or so back, so despite looking like he could be playing for our U21s, he might actually be one of the younger players they took. Things didn't quite run for him today, but I think he's actually one of the highly rated ones, in aforementoned U14 tournament he looked very good, and was in one of the recent England U15 training camps 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Two lads named "Lennon" in the squad? I doubt that's happened before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 2 hours ago, useless said: The tall player in midfield for us was Farid Addey, who was playing in a U14 tournament a month or so back, so despite looking like he could be playing for our U21s, he might actually be one of the younger players they took. Things didn't quite run for him today, but I think he's actually one of the highly rated ones, in aforementoned U14 tournament he looked very good, and was in one of the recent England U15 training camps My word, he doesn't look that young. I liked how he pulled back that little git who ran off with the ball when we won a free kick. Time was running out and that was good awareness. I don't want to sound hard on them, and its all good experience. It was just a bit of a mess and disappointing to see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I wouldnt be surprised to see us bring in Fenton Heard from West Brom as an Azaz style signing, out of contract in the summer, but a good player, and a Villa fan Kevin Mfuamba is another of theirs I've long thought could end up with us, kind of DM our academy teams have been missing whilst also being decent on the ball, he's a couple of years younger though, and under contract, so would cost a fee Iddrisa Amihere and and Max Jenner might be ones to look out for from their U16s too, maybe they will go elsewhere, but have a feeling we will making a number of first year scholar signings again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chine Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Saturday u18s away v Brighton Sunday 9s 11s 13s away v Swansea 12s home v Swansea 14s home v Man Utd , Albert Phelan Cup Final Monday 21s away v Tottenham , playoff at Stevenage Weekend’s Tournaments 10s , Academy series, Stevenage 2012s, Robbie Keane Cup ,Dublin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chine Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 We lost 2-1 after E.T v manure in the Albert Phelan , slow start but played well , a certain Kai Rooney in the opposition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Lennon Moss has been called up to the England U15 squad for the upcoming Vlatko Marković International Tournament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East London Villa Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 (edited) The season ends with 16 defeats and 1 draw in the last 17 games for our U18s: https://www.avfc.co.uk/Matches/u18 I know we moved a lot of players up to the U21s, but that's still a bit surprising isn't it? Don't other teams do the same? Edited May 11 by East London Villa Added link 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 (edited) They would have liked to have done better, but I don't think they will be concerned, the same thing happens every season, form takes a dip as they lose players to the U21s around Christmas time, our Under eighteens doing well, they're just not playing for the U18s, a number of them playing regularly for the U21s, three of them were on the bench in midweek for the first team, and that I'm aware of, eight U18s have trained with the first team squad this season, five of those first year scholars, so U17s. And there will still be some good prospects still playing for the U18s, Lynch and Hemmings, amongst others. Edited May 11 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 (edited) U15s beat Vitesse Arnhem 3-1 this morning, Farid Adey scored one of those panenka penalties, it's on the Orange_Veins instagram stories Edited May 11 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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