BOF Posted June 21, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted June 21, 2022 2021/22 season | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2011/12 | 2010/11 | 2009/10 | 2008/09 | 2007/08 | 2006/07 Aston Villa statistics : 2022/2023 Premier League 2 - Division 2 - Under-21 development league LEAGUE TABLE (as of 16/05/2023) P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Southampton 20 13 3 4 54 28 +26 42 2 Leeds United (promoted) 20 13 3 4 53 29 +24 42 3 Nottingham Forest 20 13 2 5 44 28 +16 41 4 West Bromwich Albion 20 11 4 5 47 35 +12 37 5 Aston Villa 20 10 3 7 46 35 +11 33 6 Norwich City 20 8 6 6 41 38 +3 30 7 Middlesbrough 20 7 5 8 46 49 -3 26 8 Newcastle United 20 6 5 9 35 41 -6 23 9 Sunderland 20 5 5 10 37 44 -7 20 10 Stoke City 20 3 5 12 26 45 -19 14 11 Derby County 20 0 1 19 13 70 -57 1 AST DER LEE MID NEW NOR NOT SOU STO SUN WBA AST 3-0 1-2 3-3 1-2 2-1 1-1 1-2 1-0 6-4 2-6 DER 0-2 2-5 1-5 1-4 0-3 0-1 1-3 1-6 0-4 1-5 LEE 2-1 3-0 3-1 4-2 2-2 5-1 6-2 4-0 3-1 1-2 MID 2-3 3-1 2-4 1-1 1-3 0-1 2-2 4-1 2-0 2-4 NEW 0-2 4-0 2-2 0-0 4-3 2-1 3-2 0-1 1-1 2-5 NOR 1-3 2-1 5-2 2-2 4-2 0-3 2-5 3-0 3-2 1-1 NOT 4-3 7-2 1-0 1-4 3-1 4-1 1-3 4-1 1-0 0-0 SOU 2-0 3-0 1-2 8-1 4-1 1-1 0-2 2-0 2-2 4-1 STO 3-3 4-0 1-1 1-2 2-2 2-2 1-2 0-3 2-3 0-0 SUN 0-4 1-1 0-1 5-7 2-1 0-0 3-1 1-3 4-1 3-3 WBA 0-4 2-1 2-1 5-2 2-1 1-2 1-5 1-2 4-0 2-1 PLAYER Nat A(S) h-Mid 3-3 a-Sun 4-0 h-Lee 1-2 a-Sto 3-3 h-WBA 2-6 a-Sou 0-2 h-New 1-2 h-Not 1-1 a-Der 2-0 h-Nor 2-1 a-New 2-0 a-WBA 4-0 h-Sto 1-0 a-Lee 1-2 h-Sun 6-4 a-Mid 3-2 h-Sou 1-2 a-Nor 3-1 h-Der 3-0 a-Not 3-4 a-Lee 1-2 Hammond, Alex (GK) 0 (0) u u u u Lane, Josh (GK) 1 (0) u S u Lewis, Sam (GK) 0 (0) u Marschall, Filip (GK) 5 (0) S S S S S Sinisalo, Viljami (GK) 2 (0) S S Zych, Oliwier (GK) 10 (1) S u o S u S S S S S S u S S Wright, James (GK) 3 (0) u u S S S u u u u u u Barber, Jayden (RB) 1 (3) S o o u o Bogarde, Lamare (CB) 3 (0) S S S Ealing, Frankie (RB) 9 (5) o o S S S S o S u S o o u u u u S S S u Feeney, Josh (CB) 17 (0) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Guilbert, Frédéric (RB) 3 (0) S S S Katsukunya, Thierry (CB) 0 (1) o Kesler-Hayden, Kaine (RB/RWB) 8 (1) S S S S S S o S S Munroe, Finley (CB/LB) 1 (0) S O'Reilly, Aaron (CB) 7 (3) o u S S S S o o S S S Patterson, Travis (RB) 2 (0) S S Revan, Sebastian (LB) 17 (0) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Rowe, Triston (RB) 2 (0) S S Smith, Kerr (RB) 8 (6) u S S S S o S S o S o o u o u o u S Sohna, Myles (CB) 1 (2) o o S Swinkels, Sil (CB) 6 (2) S S S o o S S S Afoka, Chisom (RW) 16 (2) o S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S o Alcock, Todd (DCM) 9 (4) S S o S o u o u S S S S o S S u Barnes, Mikell (CM) 0 (0) u Chrisene, Ben (LW) 3 (0) S S S El Ghazi, Anwar (LW) 1 (0) S Frith, Declan (LW) 10 (2) o S u S S S S o S S S S S Hart, Taylor-Jay (CM) 2 (4) o o o S S o Iroegbunam, Tim (CM) 1 (0) S Lindley, Hayden (DCM) 14 (0) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Mitchell, Dylan (CM) 0 (1) o Onuchukwu, Abube (CM) 0 (0) u O'Reilly, Tommi (CM) 11 (2) S S o S S S S S S S S o S Pierre, Kyrie (ACM) 1 (3) o o S o Raikhy, Arjan (CM) 19 (1) S S S S S S S S S o S S S S S S S S S S Rowe, Edward (CM) 6 (2) S S S S S S u o o Young, Kadan (ACM) 10 (0) S S S S S S S S S S Campton-Sturridge, DJ (F) 0 (2) o o Chukwuemeka, Caleb (F) 0 (0) u Kellyman, Omari (F) 6 (5) o o o S o S S S S S o Lutz, Charlie (F) 1 (3) o o o S Moore, Kobei (F) 1 (2) S o o Pavey, Charlie (F) 0 (0) u Shakpoke, Ruben (F) 2 (4) o o o S S o Wilson, Rory (F) 4 (3) u S S o S o S o Wright, Tyreik (F) 3 (0) S S S Young, Bradley (F) 5 (1) S S S S o S Name in BOLD played in >=50% of games = Goal(s) scored = Assist(s) created S = Started o = Came on u = Unused sub # TOP SCORERS Gls 1 Young, Bradley 8 2 Frith, Declan 6 3 Afoka, Chisom 5 4 Wilson, Rory 4 5 Revan, Sebastian 3 5 Kellyman, Omari 3 5 O'Reilly, Tommi 3 5 Feeney, Josh 3 9 Young, Kadan 2 9 Raikhy, Arjan 2 9 Rowe, Edward 2 12 Patterson, Travis 1 12 O'Reilly, Aaron 1 12 Shakpoke, Ruben 1 12 Alcock, Todd 1 12 El Ghazi, Anwar 1 12 Wright, Tyreik 1 # TOP ASSISTS Ast 1 Afoka, Chisom 6 2 Young, Kadan 5 2 Frith, Declan 5 4 Revan, Sebastian 4 5 O'Reilly, Tommi 3 6 Kellyman, Omari 2 6 Kesler-Hayden, Kaine 2 6 Rowe, Edward 2 9 Munroe, Finley 1 9 Raikhy, Arjan 1 9 Wilson, Rory 1 9 Moore, Kobei 1 9 Swinkels, Sil 1 9 El Ghazi, Anwar 1 FIXTURES/RESULTS 05/08/2022 Bodymoor Heath @ 19:00 Aston Villa 3-3 Middlesbrough 16' Wright, Tyreik (El Ghazi) 29' El Ghazi, Anwar 38' Young, Bradley 56' Collins, Sam (Hackney) 63' Kavanagh, Calum 69' Akono Bilongo, Bryant (Gibson) 15/08/2022 Eppleton Colliery Welfare @ 19:00 Sunderland 0-4 Aston Villa 04' Frith, Declan (Revan) 08' Frith, Declan (Rowe) 44' Young, Bradley (Swinkels) 50' Young, Bradley 19/08/2022 Bodymoor Heath @ 13:00 Aston Villa 1-2 Leeds United 17' Perkins, Sonny (Carole) 19' Feeney, Josh 67' Perkins, Sonny (Jenkins) 18/09/2022 bet365 Stadium @ 19:00 Stoke City 3-3 Aston Villa 13' Rowe, Edward (Afoka) 23' Rowe, Edward (Afoka) 46' Frith, Declan 49' Reddin, Kahrel (Lowe) 71' McGuinness, Dara (Wright-Phillips) 75' McGuinness, Dara (Reddin) 30/09/2022 Villa Park @ 19:00 Aston Villa 2-6 West Bromwich Albion 01' Faal, Modou (Richards) 12' Ashworth, Zachary (Andrews) 22' Cleary, Reyes (Faal) 28' Alcock, Todd (O'Reilly) 44' Cleary, Reyes 59' Frith, Declan (Rowe) 65' Malcolm, Jovan 87' Mitchell, Ramello 07/10/2022 St. Mary's Stadium @ 13:00 Southampton 2-0 Aston Villa 11' Doyle, Kami 35' Pearce, Luke 14/10/2022 Bodymoor Heath @ 18:00 Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle United 23' White, Joe (Bondswell) 45' Shakpoke, Ruben (Frith) 59' Scott, Joshua 21/10/2022 Bodymoor Heath @ 19:00 Aston Villa 1-1 Nottingham Forest 71' O'Reilly, Tommi (Moore) 89' Salmon, Lewis 29/10/2022 Loughborough University @ 12:30 Derby County 0-2 Aston Villa 11' Afoka, Chisom (Wilson) 62' Frith, Declan 04/11/2022 Bodymoor Heath @ 19:00 Aston Villa 2-1 Norwich City 33' Wilson, Rory (Frith) 79' Stewart, Sean 81' O'Reilly, Tommi (Revan) 09/01/2023 Northumberland FA @ 19:00 Newcastle United 0-2 Aston Villa 23' Feeney, Josh 49' Frith, Declan (Revan) 27/01/2023 The Hawthorns @ 19:00 West Bromwich Albion 0-4 Aston Villa 03' O'Reilly, Tommi (Kesler-Hayden) 09' Young, Bradley (O'Reilly) 52' Raikhy, Arjan (Frith) 58' Young, Bradley (Frith) 10/02/2023 Bodymoor Heath @ 19:00 Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City 62' Kellyman, Omari (Frith) 20/02/2023 Elland Road @ 19:00 Leeds United 2-1 Aston Villa 42' Aaronson, Brenden (Moore) 49' Kellyman, Omari (Revan) 83' McGurk, Sean (Allen) 24/02/2023 Villa Park @ 19:00 Aston Villa 6-4 Sunderland 12' Revan, Sebastian (p) (Young) 34' Kelly, Caden (Watson) 15' Young, Kadan (Kellyman) 58' Kelly, Caden (Middlemas) 42' Raikhy, Arjan 77' Watson, Tom (Taylor) 47' Wilson, Rory (Afoka) 84' Gardiner, Harry (Crompton) 54' Kellyman, Omari (Afoka) 64' Wilson, Rory (Kellyman) 06/03/2023 Voneus Stadium @ 19:00 Middlesbrough 2-3 Aston Villa 07' John, Fenton 29' Afoka, Chisom 31' Sivi, Jermie (Finch) 32' Wilson, Rory (Raikhy) 55' Revan, Sebastian (p) (Young) 17/03/2023 Bodymoor Heath @ 19:00 Aston Villa 1-2 Southampton 44' Robinson, Jay 52' Robinson, Jay 83' Revan, Sebastian (p) (Afoka) 31/03/2023 The Lotus Training Centre @ 19:00 Norwich City 1-3 Aston Villa 09' Afoka, Chisom (Young) 33' Brooke, Harry (Duffy) 40' O'Reilly, Aaron (Young) 60' Patterson, Travis (Afoka) 14/04/2023 Bodymoor Heath @ 19:00 Aston Villa 3-0 Derby County 52' Afoka, Chisom 65' Feeney, Josh (Munroe) 69' Afoka, Chisom (Young) 21/04/2023 Meadow Lane @ 19:00 Nottingham Forest 4-3 Aston Villa 30' Taylor, Lyle (Gibson-Hammond) 36' Young, Bradley 45' Young, Kadan (Kesler-Hayden) 55' Powell, Josh (Hanks) 59' Young, Bradley 67' Perry, Ben (Mighten) 78' Mighten, Alex (Powell) 08/05/2023 Elland Road @ 19:00 Leeds United 2-1 Aston Villa 17' Young, Bradley (O'Reilly) 29' Joseph, Mateo (Allen) 43' Perkins, Sonny (McGurk) Aston Villa statistics : 2022/2023 Premier League Cup PL Cup : Group D P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Brentford 6 5 0 1 15 9 +6 15 2 Blackburn Rovers 6 3 0 3 10 13 -3 9 3 Peterborough United 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 7 4 Aston Villa 6 1 1 4 10 13 -3 4 PLAYER Nat A(S) h-Pet 1-1 h-Bre 1-3 a-Bla 1-2 a-Pet 1-4 h-Bla 4-0 a-Bre 2-3 Hammond, Alex (GK) 0 (0) u u Lewis, Sam (GK) 0 (0) u Marschall, Filip (GK) 2 (0) S S Zych, Oliwier (GK) 2 (0) u u S S Wright, James (GK) 2 (0) S S Bogarde, Lamare (CB) 3 (0) S S S Ealing, Frankie (RB) 5 (1) S S S S o S Feeney, Josh (CB) 4 (0) S S S S Guilbert, Frédéric (RB) 2 (0) S S Katsukunya, Thierry (CB) 0 (0) u McDowell, Jack (CB) 2 (0) S S O'Reilly, Aaron (CB) 5 (1) S o S S S S Revan, Sebastian (LB) 5 (0) S S S S S Rhoades, Harvey (RB) 0 (0) u Rowe, Triston (RB) 1 (0) S Smith, Kerr (RB) 2 (0) u S S Swinkels, Sil (CB) 0 (1) o Timson, Nile (CB) 0 (2) o o Afoka, Chisom (RW) 5 (1) S S S S o S Alcock, Todd (DCM) 1 (1) S o Barnes, Mikell (CM) 1 (0) S Frith, Declan (LW) 3 (1) o S S S Hart, Taylor-Jay (CM) 0 (1) o Lindley, Hayden (DCM) 2 (0) S S Mitchell, Dylan (CM) 0 (2) o o Onuchukwu, Abube (CM) 1 (0) S O'Reilly, Tommi (CM) 5 (0) S S S S S Raikhy, Arjan (CM) 4 (0) S S u S S Rowe, Edward (CM) 1 (2) o o S Young, Kadan (ACM) 2 (0) S S Archer, Cameron (F) 1 (0) S Kellyman, Omari (F) 0 (1) o Lutz, Charlie (F) 0 (1) o Moore, Kobei (F) 0 (1) o Pavey, Charlie (F) 0 (1) o Shakpoke, Ruben (F) 3 (1) o S S S Wilson, Rory (F) 0 (1) o Wright, Tyreik (F) 1 (0) S Young, Bradley (F) 1 (0) S # PL CUP SCORERS Gls 1 O'Reilly, Tommi 2 2 Frith, Declan 2 3 Lindley, Hayden 2 4 Shakpoke, Ruben 1 5 Young, Kadan 1 6 Bogarde, Lamare 1 7 Kellyman, Omari 1 # PL CUP ASSISTS Assists 1 Frith, Declan 3 2 Smith, Kerr 1 3 Marschall, Filip 1 4 Pavey, Charlie 1 5 O'Reilly, Tommi 1 PL CUP FIXTURES/RESULTS 26/08/2022 Bodymoor Heath @ 19:00 Aston Villa 1-1 Peterborough United 23' Hickinson, Kellan (Overton) 82' Shakpoke, Ruben 26/10/2022 Bodymoor Heath @ 19:00 Aston Villa 1-3 Brentford 36' Gilbert, Alex (Trevitt) 58' Gilbert, Alex 82' O'Reilly, Tommi (Smith) 91' Lisbie, Kyreece (Dickov) 19/11/2022 Ewood Park @ 13:00 Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Aston Villa 04' Young, Kadan (Marschall) 56' Burns, Sam 60' Wood, Harrison (Harlock) 06/12/2022 Weston Homes @ 13:00 Peterborough United 4-1 Aston Villa 24' Randall, Joel (Taylor) 31' Randall, Joel (Ajiboye) 57' Van Lier, William (Jones) 87' Frith, Declan (Pavey) 95' Taylor, Joseph (Corbett) 21/12/2022 Bodymoor Heath @ 13:30 Aston Villa 4-0 Blackburn Rovers 06' O'Reilly, Tommi (Frith) 08' Frith, Declan (O'Reilly) 53' Bogarde, Lamare (Frith) 63' Kellyman, Omari (Frith) 13/01/2023 Gtech Community Stadium @ 19:00 Brentford 3-2 Aston Villa 20' Trevitt, Ryan (Gilbert) 31' Yarmolyuk, Ehor 74' Lindley, Hayden 77' Gilbert, Alex (p) 78' Lindley, Hayden Aston Villa statistics : 2022/2023 Papa John's Trophy Papa John : Southern Group B P W D L F A GD Pts 1 AFC Wimbledon 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 2 Portsmouth 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5 5 3 Crawley Town 3 1 1 1 9 7 +2 4 4 Aston Villa 3 0 0 3 3 12 -9 0 PAPA JOHN'S TROPHY FIXTURES/RESULTS 30/08/2022 Cherry Red Records Stadium @ 19:00 AFC Wimbledon 2-1 Aston Villa 12' Kalambayi, Paul 29' Hart, Taylor-Jay (O'Reilly) 52' Davison, Josh (Assal) 04/10/2022 Fratton Park @ 19:45 Portsmouth 5-0 Aston Villa 02' Curtis, Ronan 07' Jacobs, Michael (Hume) 53' Koroma, Josh (Tunnicliffe) 63' Koroma, Josh (Tunnicliffe) 69' Hackett-Fairchild, Recco (Morrell) 18/10/2022 Broadfield Stadium @ 19:45 Crawley Town 5-2 Aston Villa 13' Revan, Sebastian 28' Davis, Jayden 40' Oteh, Aramide (Davis) 52' Oteh, Aramide 82' Lutz, Charlie (Afoka) 83' Marshall, Mark (Salah-Edine) 94' Telford, Dominic (PG) # PAPA JOHN'S TROPHY SCORERS Goals 1 Hart, Taylor-Jay 1 2 Revan, Sebastian 1 3 Lutz, Charlie 1 # TOP ASSISTS Ast 1 O'Reilly, Tommi 1 2 Afoka, Chisom 1 PLAYER Nat A(S) a-Wim 1-2 a-Por 0-5 a-Cra 2-5 Lane, Josh (GK) 0 (0) u Marschall, Filip (GK) 3 (0) S S S Wright, James (GK) 0 (0) u u Barber, Jayden (RB) 1 (1) o S Bogarde, Lamare (CB) 1 (0) S Ealing, Frankie (RB) 2 (1) S S o Feeney, Josh (CB) 2 (0) S S O'Reilly, Aaron (CB) 1 (0) S Revan, Sebastian (LB) 1 (1) o S Rowe, Triston (RB) 2 (1) S S o Smith, Kerr (RB) 2 (0) u S S Sohna, Myles (CB) 0 (1) o Timson, Nile (CB) 0 (0) u Afoka, Chisom (RW) 1 (1) u o S Alcock, Todd (DCM) 1 (0) S Barnes, Mikell (CM) 0 (0) u Frith, Declan (LW) 1 (1) u o S Hart, Taylor-Jay (CM) 2 (0) S S Lindley, Hayden (DCM) 1 (0) S O'Reilly, Tommi (CM) 3 (0) S S S Pierre, Kyrie (ACM) 1 (1) S o Raikhy, Arjan (CM) 3 (0) S S S Rowe, Edward (CM) 2 (0) S S Kellyman, Omari (F) 0 (1) o Lutz, Charlie (F) 0 (1) o Moore, Kobei (F) 1 (0) u S Shakpoke, Ruben (F) 1 (0) S Wilson, Rory (F) 0 (2) o o Young, Bradley (F) 1 (0) S Youngest PLAYER DOB APPS 1 Pavey, Charlie (F) 26/03/2006 1 (0-1-1) 2 Hammond, Alex (GK) 12/02/2006 0 (0-0-6) 3 Young, Kadan (ACM) 19/01/2006 12 (12-0-0) 4 Lewis, Sam (GK) 18/01/2006 0 (0-0-2) 5 Wilson, Rory (F) 05/01/2006 10 (4-6-1) 6 Rowe, Triston (RB) 01/01/2006 6 (5-1-0) 7 Timson, Nile (CB) 22/12/2005 2 (0-2-1) 8 Onuchukwu, Abube (CM) 18/12/2005 1 (1-0-1) 9 McDowell, Jack (CB) 09/10/2005 2 (2-0-0) 10 Patterson, Travis (RB) 06/10/2005 2 (2-0-0) 11 Mitchell, Dylan (CM) 01/10/2005 3 (0-3-0) 12 Kellyman, Omari (F) 25/09/2005 13 (6-7-0) 13 Katsukunya, Thierry (CB) 23/09/2005 1 (0-1-1) 14 Barber, Jayden (RB) 23/06/2005 6 (2-4-1) 15 Pierre, Kyrie (ACM) 17/06/2005 6 (2-4-0) 16 Feeney, Josh (CB) 06/05/2005 23 (23-0-0) 17 Munroe, Finley (CB/LB) 08/02/2005 1 (1-0-0) 18 Barnes, Mikell (CM) 30/12/2004 1 (1-0-2) 19 Smith, Kerr (RB) 12/12/2004 18 (12-6-6) 20 Wright, James (GK) 02/12/2004 5 (5-0-10) 21 Moore, Kobei (F) 30/11/2004 5 (2-3-1) 22 Alcock, Todd (DCM) 23/11/2004 16 (11-5-3) 23 Softley, Luke (CB) 31/10/2004 0 (0-0-0) 24 Lutz, Charlie (F) 15/10/2004 6 (1-5-0) 25 Rhoades, Harvey (RB) 06/09/2004 0 (0-0-1) 26 Ealing, Frankie (RB) 14/07/2004 23 (16-7-6) 27 O'Reilly, Aaron (CB) 29/06/2004 17 (13-4-1) 28 Zych, Oliwier (GK) 28/06/2004 13 (12-1-5) 29 Shakpoke, Ruben (F) 23/04/2004 11 (6-5-0) 30 Chrisene, Ben (LW) 12/01/2004 3 (3-0-0) 31 Swinkels, Sil (CB) 06/01/2004 9 (6-3-0) 32 Bogarde, Lamare (CB) 05/01/2004 7 (7-0-0) 33 Hart, Taylor-Jay (CM) 18/12/2003 9 (4-5-0) 34 O'Reilly, Tommi (CM) 15/12/2003 21 (19-2-0) 35 Sewell, Dewain (ACM) 09/11/2003 0 (0-0-0) 36 Rowe, Edward (CM) 17/10/2003 13 (9-4-1) 37 Afoka, Chisom (RW) 23/09/2003 26 (22-4-1) 38 Lane, Josh (GK) 11/09/2003 1 (1-0-3) 39 Revan, Sebastian (LB) 14/07/2003 24 (23-1-0) 40 Iroegbunam, Tim (CM) 30/06/2003 1 (1-0-0) 41 Barry, Louie (F) 21/06/2003 0 (0-0-0) 42 McBride, Caolan (CM) 02/06/2003 0 (0-0-0) 43 Marschall, Filip (GK) 24/04/2003 10 (10-0-0) 44 Ramsey, Aaron (ACM) 21/01/2003 0 (0-0-0) 45 Young, Bradley (F) 06/01/2003 8 (7-1-0) 46 Kesler-Hayden, Kaine (RB/RWB) 23/10/2002 9 (8-1-0) 47 Raikhy, Arjan (CM) 20/10/2002 27 (26-1-1) 48 Lindley, Hayden (DCM) 02/09/2002 17 (17-0-0) 49 Sohna, Myles (CB) 01/07/2002 4 (1-3-0) 50 Frith, Declan (LW) 16/05/2002 18 (14-4-2) 51 Philogene-Bidace, Jaden (L/RW) 08/02/2002 0 (0-0-0) 52 Chukwuemeka, Caleb (F) 25/01/2002 0 (0-0-1) 53 Archer, Cameron (F) 09/12/2001 1 (1-0-0) 54 Sinisalo, Viljami (GK) 11/10/2001 2 (2-0-0) 55 Campton-Sturridge, DJ (F) 01/10/2001 2 (0-2-0) 56 Wright, Tyreik (F) 22/09/2001 4 (4-0-0) 57 El Ghazi, Anwar (LW) 03/05/1995 1 (1-0-0) 58 Guilbert, Frédéric (RB) 24/12/1994 5 (5-0-0) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Do we think we will be trying for promotion this season? I'd be disappointed if we didn't. Seems last year we just used it as a catch all for players we didn't send out on loan or use in the younger age groups. With the age limit dropping, and our plan to have the best (or up there with the best) academy in the league, it would be good to see us in the top division. If we send out the best few lads closest to breaking through on loan, what quality are we left with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted June 21, 2022 Author Moderator Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2022 55 minutes ago, MrBlack said: Do we think we will be trying for promotion this season? I'd be disappointed if we didn't. Seems last year we just used it as a catch all for players we didn't send out on loan or use in the younger age groups. With the age limit dropping, and our plan to have the best (or up there with the best) academy in the league, it would be good to see us in the top division. If we send out the best few lads closest to breaking through on loan, what quality are we left with? Honestly I don't think so. It will be interesting to see what the age change does to the league but I suspect very little for 2 reasons. Firstly, the reason the age has changed is because most all clubs were already treating it as an under 21 or under 19 league, and secondly, the transition year from u23 to u21 means you can still use plenty of over-age players in it anyway. As for us. As you say, we tend to prioritise loans for our more promising players, and then promote the more promising younger age groups through. This is what works best for Villa because it gets the more senior players ready for first team football - and that's the ultimate goal of an under-age structure - and it accelerates the development of the u18s in a sink or swim environment ready for their next step. I used to get a little frustrated that promotion is there if we actually wanted it, but now seeing what's coming through and how they got there, I accept that finding the next Jack Grealish is ultimately what we're about, and you won't do that by keeping him in the PL2 structure beyond a certain age. So to answer in my roundabout way. No, I would be very surprised if we try for promotion or get anywhere near it. Unless we can get into the playoff spots and then anything could happen. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 27, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted June 27, 2022 Not that it means much but soccerway have reset their season and they still have the noses in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Technically I think cateogry two teams can still compete in the Premier League by invitation, but small heath themselves announced that they would be competing in the development league next season, I doubt they're going to get invited back as seems they failed to meet the required standards by some distance, and are the only club to be forcibly downgraded from category one to category two academy. Not sure if it's been offically announced yet but there have been reports that Burnley are going to lose their category one status as well. There were also rumours about West Brom, but seems they've been given an extra year to sort themselve out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 The club must think highly of DJ Sturridge, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him play but for him to be kept on this long by us is quite an achievement. I think he has had a lot of injuries, has anyone seen him play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 I saw him play a few times the season before last for the U23s, he looked quite skilful and seemed to have some promise... This is him with a clever assist for Barry against Wolves I think if academy players miss a lot of time through injury then we tend to give them another chance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 59 minutes ago, useless said: I saw him play a few times the season before last for the U23s, he looked quite skilful and seemed to have some promise... This is him with a clever assist for Barry against Wolves I think if academy players miss a lot of time through injury then we tend to give them another chance. We don’t usually give them as much time as we have with DJ Sturridge though. He must be quite a talent, to my knowledge, he’s barely played for the u18s or u23s, I think he has been inured a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Not sure where he's going to get game time next season, we tend to use younger players in the U23s and he probably hasn't played enough U23 football to get a loan. Will have to just wait and see what happens I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 31 minutes ago, useless said: Not sure where he's going to get game time next season, we tend to use younger players in the U23s and he probably hasn't played enough U23 football to get a loan. Will have to just wait and see what happens I guess. Yes, I agree, he must have something about him to be kept on by the club for this long 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Wonder how many of these will be playing against Chasetown on Friday night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Do we think Shakpoke will play this year? Seems to have injured since he joined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 minute ago, mikeyp102 said: Do we think Shakpoke will play this year? Seems to have injured since he joined I remember seeing him once at Villa Park, he looked amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Playing Brighton away this Friday, 2pm kick-off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 2 hours ago, useless said: Playing Brighton away this Friday, 2pm kick-off. Anyone remember if this game was live last season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 27, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 July 26th last year the fixtures came out, so you'd think they'll be very soon. If not this week. Especially given we kick off earlier with the world cup (although maybe the stiffs don't). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) Fixtures have been published on the Premier League website. first game home to Middlesbrough on August 5th. Last year was a fourteen team league, but this year only eleven teams, as Reading, Burnley, and small heath have all lost their category one status. Edit: That link doesn't show the fixtures for some reason, you have to click on the U18 tab and then go back to the U21 tab and they should come up. Edited July 27, 2022 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 27, 2022 Author Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2022 Cheers @useless. Yeah an 11 team league. Looks weird. Fixtures updated above. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich192 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Losing six fixtures is not ideal. Hopefully there’s friendlies added to make up for lost match time. I guess the good news is that we can’t get relegated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 On 26/07/2022 at 18:55, useless said: Playing Brighton away this Friday, 2pm kick-off. Any snippets on who's in the squad... AEG, Fred, Carney?.. Apparently a Villa XI is also playing Fulham today behind closed doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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