Miscellaneous Reserve/Youth News

I'm not overly familiar with their playing style though, other than seeing they are highly rated with their listed ages. What kind of players are they and would them actually being somewhere between 17-19 years old make them progressing to any decent level be completely extinguished by this revelation?

I imagine they'd be quite physically imposing at the age groups they're playing at if this is all true, but is that the key reason they were seen as promising prospects or not?
 
On paper United have - by far - the best side in the FA Youth Cup - and if they perform anywhere close to their best abilities, they will reach the final at least
 
lysglimt said:
On paper United have - by far - the best side in the FA Youth Cup - and if they perform anywhere close to their best abilities, they will reach the final at least
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Brian Clough once said " we had a good team on paper. Unfortunately the game was played on grass".
 
lysglimt said:
On paper United have - by far - the best side in the FA Youth Cup - and if they perform anywhere close to their best abilities, they will reach the final at least
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Agree, i predicted last year despite the hype that this years group are better and would win it. Can’t see who could compete with our strongest 11 especially with recent additions signed in, unless other groups playing loads of lads up in u21 so not showing g their true selves at u18 like last year but I don’t think that’s the case.

Not around it as much anymore so not sure what’s coming through in 08 age groups and younger but this year is a big opportunity to add another FAYC to the collection
 
stealthy said:
Agree, i predicted last year despite the hype that this years group are better and would win it. Can’t see who could compete with our strongest 11 especially with recent additions signed in, unless other groups playing loads of lads up in u21 so not showing g their true selves at u18 like last year but I don’t think that’s the case.

Not around it as much anymore so not sure what’s coming through in 08 age groups and younger but this year is a big opportunity to add another FAYC to the collection
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2008 looks decent. Kukonki, Mills, Ibragimov, Mantato, Bradbury, Ibrovic-Fletcher, Barbosa, Ngwashi etc.

Although a few of them could be playing at a higher level and not in the FAYC at all next season.
 
pascell said:
Think they have the u18s schedule wrong in the article, they have them down for playing Friday 17th & Saturday 18th January. Anyway, think I'll look at going to the next round of the FAYC.
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Yeah of course one of them (the league game) will be postponed.
 
stealthy said:
Agree, i predicted last year despite the hype that this years group are better and would win it. Can’t see who could compete with our strongest 11 especially with recent additions signed in, unless other groups playing loads of lads up in u21 so not showing g their true selves at u18 like last year but I don’t think that’s the case.

Not around it as much anymore so not sure what’s coming through in 08 age groups and younger but this year is a big opportunity to add another FAYC to the collection
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The scary thing is - next seasons FA Youth Cup-side might be the strongest of them all. And that is before knowing who we sign in the summer who can play in the tournament
 
lysglimt said:
The scary thing is - next seasons FA Youth Cup-side might be the strongest of them all. And that is before knowing who we sign in the summer who can play in the tournament
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And it could be that the next one after that is even stronger. JJ, the Nkoto brothers, Rooney, Ibrovic-Fletcher etc.
 
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