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Academy v Blackburn (A)
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United line up; Coll, Hendrie, Blackett, Dalley, McCullough, Rothwell, Barmby, Weir, Byrne, Lawrence, Van Velzen
Subs; Ekangamene, Gorre, Rudge, Pearson.
Subs; Ekangamene, Gorre, Rudge, Pearson.
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Great news on Lingard! Just a few weeks away after that seemingly nasty injury for the ressies.
Great news on Lingard! Just a few weeks away after that seemingly nasty injury for the ressies.
Cheers Maciek!
Strange there's no keeper on the bench. Good to see Rudge back from injury.
We need some new defenders in this team - those we have today don't understand the basics of defending
I think that's what they're learning, being the academy and what not.
Amazing. Most of them are still are 16-17 and are playing against an extremely physical Blackburn team. But yeah sell them all as they're all shit.
I don't think our players are very good at this new combination game of rugby/football which lackburn are playing. The ref is a disgrace to be honest.
Our team will learn from this though. I remember one of the academy coaches saying long time ago that how the likes of Lingard and Cole were being dominated in our younger teams as they weren't that particularly big in size. We focus much more on skill rather than size, the difference in sizes is clear to see right now.
You really are turning into the voice of doom in these threads. They've played pretty well the last few games and Dalley is still settling in.
This has nothing to do with playing a physical side. This has to do with NOT leaving a 50 yard space open in the middle of the park. Every time we lose the ball in attack - Blackburn have a clear way against goal. It's not bad even defending - it's no defending at all!
Everyone can see that Blackburn play like thugs - bad thats a good experience for them. But at least we can try to make it difficult for them
2-0 down at HT.
United have been piss poor...Barmby having a shocker, the keeper Coll is why we're not down 4-5.
Van Velzen with a couple of nice moments...
But Blackburn too quick for us atm, and killing us on the counter attack.
United have been piss poor...Barmby having a shocker, the keeper Coll is why we're not down 4-5.
Van Velzen with a couple of nice moments...
But Blackburn too quick for us atm, and killing us on the counter attack.
I agree they must and will learn to cope with the physical demands some teams pose however some of the tackles were really poor and nothing was done and you can see some of our team backed off more concerned with avoiding injury than winning the ball. That should not be part of academy football imo.
I see quite a few positive things in this team - but these aren't 10 year old kids - they can take a bit of criticism.
In my opinion - 1 player stand out in this team - and 3 more I see a LOT of potential in. Tom Lawrence is in a league of his own - he is head and shoulders above the rest both in skills and maturity. Barmby, McCullough and Rothwell all have a lot of potential.
But I don't like the way this team defends - offensively they look very positive - but it's been the same in almost every game. We don't defend well at ALL
Tbf, defending is all about positioning and reading of the game...these are things that come with time, age and experience.
It's why we keep going on about our 1st defenders being young, and needing someone to nurture them through...when you've got a team of 16/17/18 years defending this is pretty much par for course(though we've been admittedly poor today).
Despite that, we've also had a couple of chances to score, and they've come about from almost nothing, because like our kids, the Blackburn defenders also seem to be a bit naive.
It's why we keep going on about our 1st defenders being young, and needing someone to nurture them through...when you've got a team of 16/17/18 years defending this is pretty much par for course(though we've been admittedly poor today).
Despite that, we've also had a couple of chances to score, and they've come about from almost nothing, because like our kids, the Blackburn defenders also seem to be a bit naive.
Couldn't agree more - but when your team 3 times lose the ball on Blackburns 18-yard box and Blackburn can run 40-50 meters without a single United-player in sight....it's not only experience.
You are just very quick to criticise when anyone who watches Academy level knows it's all about development not necessarily results or performances (until the Youth Cup).
I don't care about results - but I don't agree that it's not about performances.
That should tell you something about the importance of a experience at this level. He was certainly no less frustrating than most of his current team mates early on in his academy career.
Performances are irrelevant. The whole team will not be first team players, it's really about individuals developing and potentially becoming first team players.
Obviously it is good to watch a free flowing football team who win a lot, but it's not that important.
Rothwell
Lawrence
Ultimate disappointment
Completely agree with this.
A good youth team that wins all the time at youth level could produce no individuals for the first team, but a team that is inconsistent and looks poor from time to time can produce strong players at full level, which is what its all about.
Very true. Obviously don't take the saying to the extreme, but, they say you learn a lot more from a loss than a win. The odd loss will do no harm to them and it has no bearing on the club either, as long as they take something from it and react the right way.
Saying 'we need new defenders in this team' at this stage is ridiculously kneejerk though. We're six games into the season. Neither Coll or Jacob got many games last season, and when Gollini and Sutherland get games they'll have even less experience. Blackett aside, the back four has been made up of 16 year-old first-years like Dalley and Wilkinson, the 17 year-old McCullough who effectively sat out his first year, and a midfielder at right-back in Hendrie, who also barely played in his first year due to injury. Add to that a very young, raw, slight midfield group (Rothwell, Daehli, Weir, Rudge etc) who have understandably struggled to protect the defence (shorn due to injury of the only real physical, defensive option they have in Ekangamene) and what we've seen so far is entirely predictable and should be of minimal concern.
More of a midfield issue then surely ? There is no way you can say that getting defenders committing to a challenge in the opponents half is a good way of defending the counter.
Manchester United Academy Highlights vs Blackburn Rovers | England Football Blog
Highlights, courtesy of mo0 in the newbies. Rothwell's goal's around the 17 min mark, shortly followed by Lawrence's.
Highlights, courtesy of mo0 in the newbies. Rothwell's goal's around the 17 min mark, shortly followed by Lawrence's.