The NextGen Series (Champions League for Youth Football)

mike65

Regardless of what happens in the second half Borell will have the DVD for them in the morning! Some pretty basic stuff going wrong esp choice of shot/pass, the Lisbon attack seem to be very comfortable with both feet. Wisdom only has one as judged by that "clearance".

G.K.

murpho999 wrote: »

Isn't that normal for a young lad though?

I'm a young lad, and I'm neither talented nor a glory hog. :pac:

Glico Man

Robinson coming off for Tom King as a half time sub. He's played well, tackled excellently but like the rest of the team, passing has been a little wayward.

Team needs to be more composed on the ball. Far too frantic to get a pass away rather than hold it and look for a better option. Sterling, if he stays on, is looking like a constant threat and Silva just needs to be able to pass it to someone other than his other foot.

opr

Never seen one of our youth sides hoof the ball so much from the back. Passing has been poor with very little being built through midfield instead its just being fired out to the wings hoping Silva or Sterling can produce something.

In fairness two class goals from Sporting and they look very composed in possession.

Opr

flahavaj

I wonder could this competition end up being as embarrassing for young English players in comparison with their continental counterparts as senior international tournaments regularly are.

seanwhite20

we were giving away possession cheaply there even jonjo shelvey gave a few bad passes. hopefully we'll be better in the second half. thought that run from morgan setting up suso was good. suso should have done better.impressed with sporting lisbon.

G.K.

For a while I hope they do - show up the english mentality once and for all.

mike65

Eh? Its a club competition, the number of English on the under age sides varies game to game. They have been working under Borells instruction for 2 years maximum.

Glico Man

flahavaj wrote: »

I wonder could this competition end up being as embarrassing for young English players in comparison with their continental counterparts as senior international tournaments regularly are.

I think the senior team show the world just how poor they really are when it comes up against technically better sides... but you could be right. Sporting already look miles better than Liverpool and even though they and Barça are the favorites for the tournament, it doesn't bode well when you see them hoofing and chasing Carra (and England) style

flahavaj

mike65 wrote: »

Eh? Its a club competition, the number of English on the under age sides varies game to game.

Without doing an actual head count I'd imagine 90% or more of the players playing for the English teams in it are English.

In this game there has been a bit too much long ball as well.

Glico Man

Although saying the above, it's not the players or fans who think they're the best in the world, unless they've a massive ego... its the press. They build them up so so much ahead of big games and tournaments, lauding them as the best and then turn on them when it goes wrong.

The sooner red top football writers are gone the better

mike65

Much better 5 minutes there.

Glico Man

A lot better so far. Looking far more threatening already

opr

Much better from us so far this half.

Opr

mike65

Someone shot the LFCtv vision mixer! :mad:

mike65

Shelvey off , he has jogged through this game.

NGoo for Morgan

Glico Man

Lovely move

mike65

Jebus! off the post. Still, much better generally. Should be level on chances created.

opr

All over them since half time. Don't know how we haven't scored. Just hit the post!

Opr

Glico Man

Great run fro Ngoo... inches in it for Adorjan, strikes the post

NoelJ

How have they not scored yet?

Glico Man

Fcking hell... how haven't we scored yet?! Brilliant ball across field by Wisdom, looking forward to seeing him as a CB in a few years time

everdead.ie

Spurs Drew 2-2 today away at Basel.

mike65

I like Adorjan

opr

Yeah Adorjan been good since he came on. Ngoo has also given them much more trouble than Morgan. It helps no end that Shelvey has gone off as he was a complete passenger in the game.

Opr

G.K.

Fantastic.

mike65

Wow! 3-0 fantastic goal curled right into the right corner.

Glico Man

Beautiful.. some strike

mav79

Wow that's some goal!!
I've never seen the youth side getting played off the pitch like they have tonight.
Hopefully they can learn from this.

5starpool

3-0 is pretty harsh considering the second half performance, but 3 excellent goals.

mike65

Lisbon deserved the win but 3-0 seems a bit harsh on chances created.

Plus points

Sterling, Ngoo, Adorjan, Morgan, Wisdom (in the second half, playing at RB took a while to get to grips with), 2nd half attitude much better, quicker play all round. several good opportunities created and narrowly spurned.

Bad points - Shelvey, Silva, Sama for different reasons. General lack of composure in first half with poor selection of passes and a shocking miss for 2-1.

opr

Silva has to be one of the most frustrating players I have ever watched. Has great things going for him with his power, pace and trickery but he could be the single most selfish player I have ever watched.

Much better second half. For lots of our young lads that was the biggest game they will ever have played in and they seemed to suffer from stage fright in the first half. I expected much more from Shelvey but he really didn't look like he gave a toss tonight.

Opr

ShamoBuc

Looks like a fairly poor result, given the strong looking team we had out. They can only learn from experiences like tonight - good competition for them to be in, cannot see why some clubs did not want to be involved.

5starpool

While he was on the pitch, Robinson looked really good as well I thought. I was a little disappointed with Suso when he was on the ball, but playing deeper he didn't get on the ball enough really.

everdead.ie

Spurs currently 6-1 up at home to inter. Half time and we are down to ten men.

mike65

:eek: Italian youth system needs some work then!

forthcoming fixtures

Manchester City v Barcelona 15.09.11 Ewen Fields
Barcelona v Marseille 28.09.11 Mini Estadi - Time TBC

Sporting Lisbon v Wolfsburg 31.08.11 Alvalade Stadium
Molde v Liverpool 07.09.11 Aker Stadion
Liverpool v Wolfsburg 14.09.11 Venue TBC
Sporting Lisbon v Molde 15.09.11 Alvalade Stadium - Time TBC
Molde v Sporting Lisbon 21.09.11 Aker Stadion
Wolfsburg v Liverpool 21.09.11 VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg
Liverpool v Molde 29.09.11 Venue TBC

Ajax v Fenerbahce 07.09.11 De Toekomst
Aston Villa v Fenerbahce 28.09.11 Villa Park

Basel v PSV Eindhoven 31.08.11 Stadium Rankhof
Tottenham Hotspur v Inter Milan 31.08.11 Leyton Orient
Inter Milan v PSV Eindhoven 14.09.11 Grazia Deledda
Inter Milan v Basel 28.09.11 Grazia Deledda
PSV Eindhoven v Tottenham Hotspur 28.09.11 De Herdgang

everdead.ie

mike65 wrote: »

:eek: Italian youth system needs some work then!

forthcoming fixtures

Manchester City v Barcelona 15.09.11 Ewen Fields
Barcelona v Marseille 28.09.11 Mini Estadi - Time TBC

Sporting Lisbon v Wolfsburg 31.08.11 Alvalade Stadium
Molde v Liverpool 07.09.11 Aker Stadion
Liverpool v Wolfsburg 14.09.11 Venue TBC
Sporting Lisbon v Molde 15.09.11 Alvalade Stadium - Time TBC
Molde v Sporting Lisbon 21.09.11 Aker Stadion
Wolfsburg v Liverpool 21.09.11 VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg
Liverpool v Molde 29.09.11 Venue TBC

Ajax v Fenerbahce 07.09.11 De Toekomst
Aston Villa v Fenerbahce 28.09.11 Villa Park

Basel v PSV Eindhoven 31.08.11 Stadium Rankhof
Tottenham Hotspur v Inter Milan 31.08.11 Leyton Orient
Inter Milan v PSV Eindhoven 14.09.11 Grazia Deledda
Inter Milan v Basel 28.09.11 Grazia Deledda
PSV Eindhoven v Tottenham Hotspur 28.09.11 De Herdgang

We went six up before our hat trick scorer gave away a peno and got sent off pity Neither Carroll or Kane playing though who are the top two players out of there.

everdead.ie

everdead.ie wrote: »

mike65 wrote: »

:eek: Italian youth system needs some work then!

forthcoming fixtures

Manchester City v Barcelona 15.09.11 Ewen Fields
Barcelona v Marseille 28.09.11 Mini Estadi - Time TBC

Sporting Lisbon v Wolfsburg 31.08.11 Alvalade Stadium
Molde v Liverpool 07.09.11 Aker Stadion
Liverpool v Wolfsburg 14.09.11 Venue TBC
Sporting Lisbon v Molde 15.09.11 Alvalade Stadium - Time TBC
Molde v Sporting Lisbon 21.09.11 Aker Stadion
Wolfsburg v Liverpool 21.09.11 VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg
Liverpool v Molde 29.09.11 Venue TBC

Ajax v Fenerbahce 07.09.11 De Toekomst
Aston Villa v Fenerbahce 28.09.11 Villa Park

Basel v PSV Eindhoven 31.08.11 Stadium Rankhof
Tottenham Hotspur v Inter Milan 31.08.11 Leyton Orient
Inter Milan v PSV Eindhoven 14.09.11 Grazia Deledda
Inter Milan v Basel 28.09.11 Grazia Deledda
PSV Eindhoven v Tottenham Hotspur 28.09.11 De Herdgang

We went six up before our hat trick scorer gave away a peno and got sent off pity Neither Carroll or Kane playing though who are the top two players out of there.

Finished 7-1

mike65

Liverpool v Wolfsburg 14.09.11

http://www.vipbox.tv/watch/5960/1/liverpool-nxtgen-v-wolfsburg-nxtgen.html

Belford, McLaughlin, Sama, Wisdom, Smith, Coady, Roddan, Suso, Sterling, Silva, Ngoo

Subs: Gainford, Adorjan, Morgan, Stevens, Mcgiveron, Rafferty Mukendi

Pity Adorjan isn't starting.

flahavaj

mike65 wrote: »

Liverpool v Wolfsburg 14.09.11

http://www.vipbox.tv/watch/5960/1/liverpool-nxtgen-v-wolfsburg-nxtgen.html

Belford, McLaughlin, Sama, Wisdom, Smith, Coady, Roddan, Suso, Sterling, Ngoo,

Subs: Gainford, Adorjan, Morgan, Stevens, Mcgiveron, Rafferty Mukendi

Pity Adorjan isn't starting.

Pretty arrogant to start with only 10 men isn't it?:pac:

mike65

Suso having a poor game, Liverpool generally a bit meh apart from one good chance.

5starpool

Pretty awful game in general, tbh.

mike65

So close! Great dead ball (from Suso as well!).

Jayob10

This tournament will give great experience to the young lads

In relation to tonights game so far, Toni Silva is his usual infuratingly good and bad in equal measure.

The lad from Belfast Ryan McLaughlin looks very decent, I wonder are the FAI preparing to swoop

Jayob10

Poor defending

opr

What a turn from Adorjan 1-1

Opr

opr

Morgan and Coady both almost won it at the death. Finished 1-1.

Opr

markie29

Jayob10 wrote: »

This tournament will give great experience to the young lads

In relation to tonights game so far, Toni Silva is his usual infuratingly good and bad in equal measure.

The lad from Belfast Ryan McLaughlin looks very decent, I wonder are the FAI preparing to swoop

he seems very down to earth as well from his twitter page.

legendary.xix

The winner of the FAI U19 Elite Division will qualify for the 2012-13 Next Gen.

mike65

Adorjan really is a "top top player" for his age group, needs to start the next game.