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Youth and Reserves thread - 2013/14
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Yes, I think we should be doing this more often with the ressies - it'll help a few of the bench warmers and it'll be good for the youngsters to play alongside them as well.
i am not seeing much sign of the brendan style of footie by our young lads, more down to the manure guys playing at home.
You will probably see that happen more often this season, given we are not in Europe...
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Good run outs for Borini and Kelly. Kelly looked all over the place for about 60 minutes, but slowly regained some composure for the remainder of the game, finishing fairly strongly. Borini looked very good - sharp, his usual good movement and he took his two chances well. (His first goal, a free kick from just outside the area, was really interesting - it was more like an angled jab with the instep that sent the ball swerving all over the place.)
Ibe has another good game, although I was surprised he didn't use his pace more against these defenders. Maybe he was on orders to hold up the ball and link up play more than he usually does, but there were times when he could easily have outpaced his opponent and bombed on. He linked up quite well on the odd occasion with Borini, even though Borini's speed of thought meant Ibe was a little slow to release the ball to him.
Other decent, steady, performances from McLaughlin, Dunn, Morgan, Jones and Roddan.
Rossiter, though, was excellent - quick, great vision and full of fight, he played some really clever passes and generally looked older and more experienced than he is. Watch out for this lad, he's a special young talent.
Good run outs for Borini and Kelly. Kelly looked all over the place for about 60 minutes, but slowly regained some composure for the remainder of the game, finishing fairly strongly. Borini looked very good - sharp, his usual good movement and he took his two chances well. (His first goal, a free kick from just outside the area, was really interesting - it was more like an angled jab with the instep that sent the ball swerving all over the place.)
Ibe has another good game, although I was surprised he didn't use his pace more against these defenders. Maybe he was on orders to hold up the ball and link up play more than he usually does, but there were times when he could easily have outpaced his opponent and bombed on. He linked up quite well on the odd occasion with Borini, even though Borini's speed of thought meant Ibe was a little slow to release the ball to him.
Other decent, steady, performances from McLaughlin, Dunn, Morgan, Jones and Roddan.
Rossiter, though, was excellent - quick, great vision and full of fight, he played some really clever passes and generally looked older and more experienced than he is. Watch out for this lad, he's a special young talent.
Rossiter is ridiculously good. I can't believe that he is 16! Two-footed and with the pass selection out of both Alonso and Coutinho's books. Dunn's not bad, either. Only worry is the central defence, both in terms of positioning and distribution. But good stuff, overall.
Michael Sweeting @M_Sweeting
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Manchester United didn't field a single player under the age of 18... Liverpool had 5 (Jones, Maguire, Rossiter, Brannagan, Ibe).
Is he the first Argie we've had here at this age?
Eh? He's English, if I get your point at all well.
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