Academy: Manchester United vs Manchester City

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Kick off is at 11am, live on MUTV right now. Teams set to be announced.

Alberto Massacci makes his debut, playing at right back and wearing the number 2.

Joshua King gets a surprise start too, wearing the number 9 playing alongside side William Keane (no.10) upfront.

Also worth noting, Jeramy Helan starts for Man City playing on the left wing.

Starting line-up:
1. Devlin
2. Massacci
4. Thorpe
5. Wootton
3. Fryers
7. Ajose
6. Tunnicliffe
8. Pogba
11. Brady
9. King
10. Keane

Subs:
12. McGinty
13. Morrisson
14. Cofie
15. Brown
 
Cross by pogba to tunnicliffe who was sliding in saved by the keeper and will Keane finishes it off
 
Good cross by Pogba, bit of a scramble in the box - slotted away with the left foot into the corner by William Keane.

King and Pogba have already shown some very nice footwork.
 
Pogbas passing has been fantastic. He really looks like he should be playing in the reserves.
 
Great play by Brady down the left and crossed to Tunnicliffe who slipped when shooting and it fell to Keane who finished well
 
Rooney, gibson and Obertan all looking on.
 
Not too impressed by Fryers passing but defensively he's been pretty good.
 
Jeramy Helan? Did he even touch the ball that first half :D

Massacci: Untested really but what he's done, he's done well enough. Looks quite big for his age

Brady: Beating their fullback for fun. He's either been exceptional or their fullbacks having a mare.

King: One or two wayward balls aside, he looks strong for the most part

Keane: What more could you ask for? How can he be called Keane and not be Irish....:mad:

We're on top but I think we can do better. We maybe could create more BUT city missed two sitters - it could easily have been 2-2.

As it is at ht, 3-0 is pretty good
 
What's Brady's chances of making it into the first team squad at some stage? There was a lot of talk about him over here for a long time..
 
Personally throught my green tinted ex St Kevins glasses Id say hes a good chance. Obviously its all dependent on his continued development but I rate him as a better prospect the say Drinkwater and Cleverely at the same age.

I am 100% biased on this one though!!!
 
Name Changed said:
What's Brady's chances of making it into the first team squad at some stage? There was a lot of talk about him over here for a long time..
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Not sure he's special enough to be a United first teamer, but I think he can have a good future in the game. He has a lot more about him than Lee Martin anyway.
 
Brady was very Rooney like in the Milk Cup,I think he could become a good squad man.
 
Decotron said:
Personally throught my green tinted ex St Kevins glasses Id say hes a good chance. Obviously its all dependent on his continued development but I rate him as a better prospect the say Drinkwater and Cleverely at the same age.

I am 100% biased on this one though!!!
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Hopefully he will make the breakthrough. There was similar talk about Conor Clifford.
 
Cofie and Morrison on for King and Pogba in the 85th minute
 
umair said:
How did Pogba do?? any youtube vids this weeks?
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He did fine. Him and tunnicliffe are a strong duo in the middle. Todays performancem he good moments, not so good moments. He did pick up a booking and is looking to add goals to his game.

However, it's a real talented group and in that respect it's easy for the kid but he ticks a lot of boxes and he'll only get better
 
Nice to see us beating city no matter what level it is at.. I shall get the H/L's and post them in the Video's thread as and once they are uploaded on fbtz.com..
 
Second half had a few good moments from King who worked hard and tackled back well and had one brilliant moment when he ran the length of the pitch and back heeled the ball to Ajose who should have done better but over all he looked quite tired and looked more interested in setting up his team mates than going for goal himself. Ryan Tunnicliffe put in a very good shift in midfield as usual and Robbie Brady was very good on the left of midfield and destroyed their full back. Tom Thorpe was very calm and composed in defence getting in a couple of good blocks and tackles and his positioning is excellent. Will Keane looked very classy up front and clearly has a very good footballing brain and took his chances very well. Pogba broke up play very well and hs passing was excellent again.
 
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