Good performance from what I saw, although with the amount of lads in there with first team experience I'm not surprised. To be honest though, and I'm going to keep banging on about this, some of these lads need loans. There's a lot of reserve players and they all need games to bring on their development. I believe that, of that side, Michael Keane, Thorpe, Blackett, James and Cole need a loan and more first team experience. It probably wouldn't hurt Amos again, if we weren't a bit short on a 4th keeper if Johnstone is injured, and Will Keane will probably be ok to loan out come January. All of the lads from the U18's last year aren't getting a game as the majority of the youth cup winners of a few years back are still in the reserves side.
MSC: Bolton vs. United
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Warren Joyce is such a soft-spoken qtpie in them post match interviews, hard to believe it's the same fella who spends the entire game shouting his head off. Needs to cut down on the you knows though.
His positional suspectness early doors has been overstated. It wasn't that bad. I thought maybe I was going too easy on him as I knew how defensively solid he was for Uruguay in the summer but I watched most of the first Bolton match again and his so called problems were definitely blown out of proportions. Brilliant prospect.
The u19 CL is giving the majority of them games. We need a bigger squad of players to cope with the increased number of games.
I would imagine that Moyes wants to look a bit more at a few of the reserve players like Thorpe, Cole etc but would imagine that one or two will be allowed out soon.
It's always hard being part of a defence you don't know that well. And communication is so, so important too, especially at the back. He was really good today, and I wouldn't mind seeing him given a run out in the Capital One Cup. Fabio would like to play as well though.
He just seemed to be caught out of position a fair bit initially but admittedly it wasn't more than maybe a couple of his initial games which could probably be attributed to playing in a new team with people who don't speak the same language. I've definitely seen huge improvements since, he's really slotted comfortably into the U21s. I really like him and watched him in the summer for Uruguay too.
Agree but doubt he'll get minutes ahead of Fabio.
Manchester Senior Cup
The County Ground
Monday 30 September, 7pm
BOLTON RES 0
MANCHESTER UTD RES 4
(W.Keane 2, Januzaj 51, Zaha 53, Cole 87)
30/09/2013 20:44, Report by Adam Marshall
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MSC: Bolton 0 United 4
A strong United Reserves line-up cruised into the Manchester Senior Cup final with a 4-0 victory at Bolton Wanderers.
Will Keane, with his fourth goal in three games since returning from injury, got the ball rolling early on and two goals inside a couple of second-half minutes by the lively Adnan Januzaj and Wilfried Zaha, plus a late fourth by Larnell Cole, were the least the holders deserved for a dominant display.
Only Jay Lynch prevented an avalanche of goals in the first half as the former Reds trainee made a string of saves to keep his side in the game. When Will Keane sharply controlled and finished a Guillermo Varela cross inside two minutes, the writing looked on the wall for Wanderers but a combination of poor crossing and inspired goalkeeping ensured the scoreline remained 1-0 until the break.
Januzaj had a couple of wayward attempts and forced Lynch into a save from a free-kick before Zaha enjoyed a real purple patch. The ex-Crystal Palace winger twisted and turned his way into the box only to scoop off target and then set up Cole for a deflected drive that flew inches wide.
The bar came to Bolton's rescue when Zaha embarked on a terrific solo run and blasted in a left-footed shot as the hosts were pinned back throughout. The pick of Lynch's first-half saves saw him dive to parry away a Cole effort and he made further stops from Januzaj (twice) and Will Keane to frustrate the Reds' tidal wave of attacks.
The second half saw more of the same, constant United pressure, and the woodwork was rattled again when Tom Thorpe dived to meet a Januzaj cross. The teenager, a substitute for the first team on Saturday, added a second with a splendid strike by collecting a Cole pass, cutting inside onto his left foot and rocketing a shot into the top corner.
Two minutes later, Januzaj turned provider as his corner found Zaha in far too much space inside the box and the England international took a couple of touches before drilling a low shot past Lynch. Januzaj had another couple of efforts before being replaced on the hour mark and the chances dried up for a spell.
Cole tested Lynch again with a decent shot but the keeper had no chance when Tom Lawrence's tackle allowed the midfielder to drive through the defence and bury a sweet finish to add a late fourth.
United: Amos; Varela, M.Keane, Thorpe, Fabio; Zaha (Barmby 80), Ekangamene, Cole, James; Januzaj (Blackett 60); W.Keane (Lawrence 70). Subs not used: Sutherland, Love.
The County Ground
Monday 30 September, 7pm
BOLTON RES 0
MANCHESTER UTD RES 4
(W.Keane 2, Januzaj 51, Zaha 53, Cole 87)
30/09/2013 20:44, Report by Adam Marshall
1 of 2 Next
MSC: Bolton 0 United 4
A strong United Reserves line-up cruised into the Manchester Senior Cup final with a 4-0 victory at Bolton Wanderers.
Will Keane, with his fourth goal in three games since returning from injury, got the ball rolling early on and two goals inside a couple of second-half minutes by the lively Adnan Januzaj and Wilfried Zaha, plus a late fourth by Larnell Cole, were the least the holders deserved for a dominant display.
Only Jay Lynch prevented an avalanche of goals in the first half as the former Reds trainee made a string of saves to keep his side in the game. When Will Keane sharply controlled and finished a Guillermo Varela cross inside two minutes, the writing looked on the wall for Wanderers but a combination of poor crossing and inspired goalkeeping ensured the scoreline remained 1-0 until the break.
Januzaj had a couple of wayward attempts and forced Lynch into a save from a free-kick before Zaha enjoyed a real purple patch. The ex-Crystal Palace winger twisted and turned his way into the box only to scoop off target and then set up Cole for a deflected drive that flew inches wide.
The bar came to Bolton's rescue when Zaha embarked on a terrific solo run and blasted in a left-footed shot as the hosts were pinned back throughout. The pick of Lynch's first-half saves saw him dive to parry away a Cole effort and he made further stops from Januzaj (twice) and Will Keane to frustrate the Reds' tidal wave of attacks.
The second half saw more of the same, constant United pressure, and the woodwork was rattled again when Tom Thorpe dived to meet a Januzaj cross. The teenager, a substitute for the first team on Saturday, added a second with a splendid strike by collecting a Cole pass, cutting inside onto his left foot and rocketing a shot into the top corner.
Two minutes later, Januzaj turned provider as his corner found Zaha in far too much space inside the box and the England international took a couple of touches before drilling a low shot past Lynch. Januzaj had another couple of efforts before being replaced on the hour mark and the chances dried up for a spell.
Cole tested Lynch again with a decent shot but the keeper had no chance when Tom Lawrence's tackle allowed the midfielder to drive through the defence and bury a sweet finish to add a late fourth.
United: Amos; Varela, M.Keane, Thorpe, Fabio; Zaha (Barmby 80), Ekangamene, Cole, James; Januzaj (Blackett 60); W.Keane (Lawrence 70). Subs not used: Sutherland, Love.
Really enjoyable game, think Amos only had one save to make after Zaha slipped in possession. Hopefully Moyes liked what he saw, he left after an hour but the class of quite a few players was there for all to see.
I've had a few glasses of wine so not sure if i heard this right. Someone help me out. Did Danny Higginbotham really go off on a little tangent - on the subject of Will Keane - about how young players get so many nasty injuries these days and when he was their age, nobody seemed to get badly hurt; finishing up with an anecdote about a game he played as a boy in which he broke his fecking femur?!?
I actually heard it as he himself broke his femur, which doesn't make it less weird.
He also said he had Osgood Schlatters Syndrome at 16 and had to stop playing for a while before talking about how young players never used to have injuries
yes he did!That pass to Fabio where he just waits and waits and waits and then sends him through. It's like 'I'm not going to make a pass until it's a brilliant one.' 
So he left when Januzaj went off on the hour mark?
He definitely seemed to. He watched the whole first half in the LFA building from a window and then went down at HT presumably to the dressing room. 2nd half he was back at the same window and disappeared on the hour mark as Januzaj was substituted. Hadn't really thought that could be the reason until you mentioned it.