useless Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 I'm not sure what their contract situation is, will be tough for either to make it with our first team though, also doesn't help that both seem quite injury prone. Probably a chance that some of them will be released or allowed to leave in the summer, Zito has already had a trial with Stoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 (edited) We play Palace today in the U18 Premier League Cup, it's a bit of a nothing game in terms of the competition because having lost to both Liverpool and Man City in the other two games we can't qualify for knockout rounds, but still in a way I think every game at U18 level will have some use in terms of development... Zych, Rhoades, Munroe, Alcock, Barber, Hart, Ted Rowe, Tommi O'Reilly, Afoka, Reddin, Sewell Subs: Hammond, Pierre, Pavey, Barnes, Burchall Good to see Burchall back, he had been out for five or six weeks... will be a tough game based on that team, no specialist centre-backs in either the starting line-up or on the bench. Edited November 27, 2021 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 The good news is at least it looks like Burchall and Chrisene are back for the FA Youth Cup, will be two important players if we're to have any kind of a chance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Finished 3-1 to Palace, Afoka with our goal, he seems to be doing well recently. Barnes, Pierre, and Burchall all came on in the second half. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 4 hours ago, useless said: The good news is at least it looks like Burchall and Chrisene are back for the FA Youth Cup, will be two important players if we're to have any kind of a chance. Can you just turn up and buy tickets on the door for the Youth Cup match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 (edited) I've no idea sorry. It's not been confirmed where the game will be played yet, usually they like to play FA Youth Cup home games at Villa Park. I imagine once they decide where it's going to be played they will release details. Edited November 27, 2021 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted November 27, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 27, 2021 Yep, it's unusual that they've not put any detail out by now. The FA like these games played at the main ground of the home team, so they'll want it at Villa Park, but whether we'll be trying to push it to Bodymoor I don't know. I suspect it'll end up at Villa Park, and given the almost peculiar levels of demand to see our youth teams this season, I'm surprised there's no ticketing news yet with just ten days to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Afoka's goal v Palace yesterday... Simple tap in really, but good work from Reddin in the build-up and then lay-off from Sewell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Three Palace goals from simply turning over possession, two of them from giving the ball away while ineptly trying to play out from the back. At least it's clear what they need to work on in training this week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted November 29, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 29, 2021 The Youth Cup game is confirmed for Villa Park on the 7th December - 19:00. Still the only thing on ticketing is "Soon on sale". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted November 30, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 30, 2021 Youth Cup tickets on sale today from 17:00. Be nice to see a decent crowd for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Where is best to park near VP these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted November 30, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 30, 2021 3 hours ago, AndyClarke said: Where is best to park near VP these days? Have a look in this thread mate: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Will we have much of a chance defending our youth Cup this year? A lot of key players from that dominating run not around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Looks like Shakpoke might be close to returning, there's a video on his instagram of him scoring a goal in what looks like a in-house training game. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 We won't be meeting small heath in the FA Youth Cup this season, they lost 5-1 at home to Blackburn yesterday, one of our younger academy teams beat them 9-1 the other day as well in the Premier League Cup. It's really hard to judge how well we will get on against Leicester, they're doing much better than us in the league, but if we want to we can play pretty much the U23 defence in the Cup, and given it's defensively where the U18s have been struggling, that could improve us greatly, have a feeling that Bogarde will play in midfield as well, maybe partly why he played there against Charlton for the U23s. We won't be as strong attack wise as last season without Aaron Ramsey, Barry, Young, and I doubt Chukwuemeka will play either as will probably be seen as being against the spirit of the competition to play a first team player in what is meant to be a tournament for U18 academy players, but Afoka, Burchall, Reddin, and Sewell when fit have been doing okay at U18 level. One thing with Leicester is that most of their U23s are mostly older players, so I don't think they will have the option of using many of them against us in a U18 competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 6, 2021 If we win tomorrow then it'll be Crewe at Villa Park in the 4th Round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 That makes me more nervous for the Leicester game now, if we can just get past them then we will have an excellent chance of beating Crewe to get to the fifth round. Not knowing who from the U23s is going to play makes it hard to imagine how we might get on, just have to hope that we can pick a team that will improve our defence significantly from the league form, if we can do that we might have a chance, U18s have scored 28 goals in 10 games in the league, only the top two have scored more, only problem is they've also conceded 33. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 (edited) By comparison Leicester have only conceded 11 in the league, fewer goals than any other team, and have scored 22, which isn't as many as us, but also have to take into consideration that 10 of our goals came against Norwich in one game, who are the one team that have conceded more goals than us. They've also won five of their last six, and drew the other game. It's going to be a question of how much of a difference the U23s 'dropping down' can make, a back five of Zych, Ealing, Feeney, Swinkels, Patterson, with Bogarde and Chrisene playing in midield would probably give us a chance, but whether we will keep all of them back for tomorrow is another matter, at least one of Patterson, Chrisene, or Swinkels will probably have to play this evening otherwise not sure who would play left-back. Edited December 6, 2021 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 6, 2021 Yup, all eyes on the team news at 17:00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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