Daniel Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Will be at Villa Park to watch this. Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 In terms of players to the first team then SGC is probably correct. Did we not have a youth team with Whittingham, Moores. Gardner, Gabby, Davis and Ridgewell. Id say that was probably a better team than the team Albrighton and Bannan etc. was in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 In terms of players to the first team then SGC is probably correct. Did we not have a youth team with Whittingham, Moores. Gardner, Gabby, Davis and Ridgewell. Id say that was probably a better team than the team Albrighton and Bannan etc. was in You are possibly correct zatman, although not all of those players were in the same youth team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 This will be a great one. Proper excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Looking good for the future, just hope these lot are better than Bannan, Albrighton..there is an argument that having the young players we have now in the first team gives the next generation a better chance of making it, so it isn't about the bannans and albrightons it is about the next lot. I personally feel that it enables the ownership to abdicate responsibility for proper team strengthening investment but there ou go. On this current run, a European tie against anderlecht would be very nice and bring back some memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I think that it may be the case over the next few years that we don't see the youth team perform as well as they have done traditionally (including this year) and less players come through to first team level, but hopefully the few who do make it will be of higher quality. When you look at the England youth teams, Villa are not as heavily represented as they have been in the past, that said, Crowley is one of the most highly thought of players in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Looking good for the future, just hope these lot are better than Bannan, Albrighton.. there is an argument that having the young players we have now in the first team gives the next generation a better chance of making it, so it isn't about the bannans and albrightons it is about the next lot. I personally feel that it enables the ownership to abdicate responsibility for proper team strengthening investment but there ou go. On this current run, a European tie against anderlecht would be very nice and bring back some memories I'm just saying I hope they are better than the likes we have know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 No argument there, so do I as we absolutely need that to be the case for this club to move forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Interesting to look at the side that won the 2002 FA Youth Cup. 1 GK Wayne Henderson 2 DF Andrew Wells 3 DF Peter Whittingham 4 MF Colin Marshall 5 DF James O'Connor 6 DF Liam Ridgewell 7 MF Steven Davis 8 MF Peter Hynes 9 FW Stefan Moore 10 MF Steven Foley-Sheridan 11 FW Luke Moore Sub DF Ryan Amoo Sub FW Michael Husbands Sub FW David Scullion Sub Mark Atkinson None are still with us, although one or two have established themselves as premier league players. You can't rely on the Youth squad feeding through into the first team, however good they seem when young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Absolutely no argument there either but currently we have to hope we get one or two gems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 There is also about £10million pounds of profit made on the team mentioned, another important factor. The fact it was probably pissed away on wages is an issue for elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 think with right balance though Ridgewell, Whittingham, Davis could have been squad players under MON instead of wasting the cash on the likes of Sidwell and Warnock etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 (edited) It's taken them all years of work to become competent premier league players (or nearly so in Whittingham's case) - even Cahill had a long spell of being really quite flaky in the Bolton defence where it didn't matter because all his colleagues were worse - and a manager charged with getting us into the top 4 within 3 or 4 seasons didn't really have the luxury of letting these kids develop at their own pace. If Lerner's remit had been to take the youth squad and build them gradually - say within 6 or 7 seasons - into a competent premier league side capable of holding a mid-table position, things might have been a lot different but that wasn't the remit as we all know. MON was trying to buy guaranteed experience and rapid success and as we all now know you can't do that on the money Lerner had available, . So there really is not much point to this discussion. Edited February 25, 2013 by briny_ear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 according to flashscore we have been drawn away to Tottenham in next round. Is this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted March 1, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 1, 2013 Nope, we play Olympiakos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 yeah i thought so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Any dates and times for our game yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 (edited) Wednesday 20th March, 7pm kick off. As far as I'm aware there's no word yet on ticket prices/deals for ST holders or anything like that. The semi's, 3rd place play off, and final will be held at Lake Como, Italy, on 29th March (semis) and 1st April (final). The Next Gen twitter says they will be broadcast live, but whether that means on the the Next gen site, Villa site, EPSN (as the final was last year), Eurosport, or somewhere else isn't exactly clear. Edited March 10, 2013 by hogso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 Wednesday 20th March, 7pm kick off. As far as I'm aware there's no word yet on ticket prices/deals for ST holders or anything like that. The semi's, 3rd place play off, and final will be held at Lake Como, Italy, on 29th March (semis) and 1st April (final). The Next Gen twitter says they will be broadcast live, but whether that means on the the Next gen site, Villa site, EPSN (as the final was last year), Eurosport, or somewhere else isn't exactly clear. The next gen site has had a couple of games on, so imagine it'll be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Villa's future stars are set for a big night of European action against Olympiacos at Villa Park - and season ticket holders will be able to see the NextGen Series clash for free. The boys in claret and blue will face the Greek outfit on Wednesday March 20 in the quarter-finals of the prestigious European U19 competition. The likes of Samir Carruthers, Derrick Williams, Graham Burke and Jack Grealish will all be hoping to fire Villa to glory in front of the Villa Park faithful. It is the second year running Villa have qualified for the last eight of the NextGen Series. Tony McAndrew's teamhave enjoyed some stunning wins over PSV Eindhoven, Celtic, Sporting Lisbon and Ajax this term. Now they need your support as they look to book a spot in the semi-finals. The winners of the tie will advance to a finals weekend in Lake Como, Italy, at the end of the month. The other teams competing in the quarter-finals are Arsenal, CSKA Moscow, Chelsea, Juventus, Tottenham and Sporting Lisbon. Season ticket holders can claim a free ticket for the quarter-final clash against Olympiacos, while tickets for non-season ticket holders cost £3 for adults and £1 for juniors. Season ticket holders will have their cards activated for this game. General admission tickets will go on sale on Tuesday and can be purchased online, in person from the ticket offices at Villa Village and Birmingham New Street, or by calling Consumer Sales on 0800 612 0970. sorce Free for ST holders, same as last year. Hoping for a good few thousand, i will do my best to be there. Tickets available to be claimed online from tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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