Barclays Under 21 Premier League Elite Group
Kick off: Wednesday, 6 March, 19:00 PM BST
Location: Moss Lane, Altrincham, Greater Manchester (6,085)
U21s: United vs. West Ham
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Barclays Under 21 Premier League Elite Group
Kick off: Wednesday, 6 March, 19:00 PM BST
Location: Moss Lane, Altrincham, Greater Manchester (6,085)
Hopefully this is more entertaining than the first match.
Is there a final for this elite stage ?
Is there a final for this elite stage ?
Sort of. The winner of the group plays the winner of the playoff between the winners of the two lower groups. The 2nd and 3rd place teams from this group play each other, and then the winner of that game and the above game play a final for the trophy.
Have a decent chance of getting 2nd or 3rd place atleast. Tottenham have the to spot sorted, it seems.
Getting 3rd place would be like winning a trophy, considering all the players we're missing. That's all I'm hoping for.
BARCLAYS UNDER-21 PREMIER LEAGUE ELITE GROUP
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| TEAMS | Games | Won | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | Points |
[COLOR="Green"]
| TOTTENHAM | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 16 |
| LIVERPOOL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
[B]| MANCHESTER UNITED | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 |[/B][/COLOR]
| SOUTHAMPTON | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| WEST HAM | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| WEST BROM | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| WOLVERHAMPTON | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| ARSENAL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 |thank goodness for this game... need something to get last night out of my system
Forgot all about this! Game starts in 109 minutes, everyone!
thank you. needed this.
I just hope we play better than the last U21 game, we might just be heaping misery on misery!
Man Utd Team - Lindegaard Vermijl Blackett Veseli Thorpe McGinty Cole Ekangamene Januzaj Powell Lingard
Theres MUTV streams for this tonight as well.
Happy to see Blackett in the line-up after a long time. I hope he has a good game.
Hair of the dog. In a kind of a way. I suppose. 
I predict the formation will be something like this;
----------Lindegaard--------------
Vermijl----Thorpe-Veseli----Mcginty
----------Charnii----Cole-----------
Lingard-------Januzaj--------Blackett
-------------Powell-----------------
looks about right
MUTV is still free on my Sky at the moment.
I hope so anyway, I hate seeing defenders being played in centre midfield. Blackett is ok on the wing because he's good on the ball anyway and has pace to burn.
Last game we saw Veseli in central midfield, I wonder if that's on the cards again today. Thorpe will almost certainly play CB, other than him Blackett has played CB three times and Veseli twice, I expect one of those two will partner Thorpe.
Last game:
Amos
Vermijl Fornasier Thorpe McGinty
Veseli Ekangamene
Cole Januzaj Lingard
Schlupp
Vermijl Fornasier Thorpe McGinty
Veseli Ekangamene
Cole Januzaj Lingard
Schlupp
Today?
Lindegaard
Vermijl Thorpe Blackett McGinty
Veseli Ekangamene
Cole Januzaj Lingard
Powell
Vermijl Thorpe Blackett McGinty
Veseli Ekangamene
Cole Januzaj Lingard
Powell
Daehli on the bench!!
He deserves it. Interesting to see how it does against physically stronger opposition.
I know we have a lot of players out on loan - so I can understand that the team is what it is...but it doesn't exactly thrill me to see that line-up.
And with Schlupp we don't even have pace in attack
And with Schlupp we don't even have pace in attack
MUTV suggest that Blackett will play LB, and that Veseli will be in central midfield with Ekangamene.
So I guess McGinty will get his first game at CB for the reserves.
So I guess McGinty will get his first game at CB for the reserves.
He's already had a couple of games at this level if I recall correctly.
Bench: James, Sutherland, Van Velzen, Daelhi, Lawrence
West Ham: Spiegel, Spence, Driver, Potts, Shaw, Nasha, Moncur, Paulista, Lee, Turgott, McCallum
Anyone know whose white and red stripped shirt is on the wall as the United team comes out? Didn't look like a United shirt.
Stoke I think, given to them by Ryan Shotton who was on loan there for a bit.
There's also a framed Real Madrid strip signed by Beckham.
Januzaj up front with Powell in the hole.
United 1-0 Powell 5'
Who took the initial shot? I think it was #2, is that Vermijl?
He cut in off the right flank and sent a crushing shot towards goal from well outside the box. The keeper could only push the ball to his left and Powell had a simple finish.
He cut in off the right flank and sent a crushing shot towards goal from well outside the box. The keeper could only push the ball to his left and Powell had a simple finish.
Well, this game has already been better than the previous 90 minutes against the Hammers!
Awesome, thanks for that! I figured I'd never be able to get the answer!
Now I just have to figure out what makes Shotton so special that he gets his shirt on the wall!
A really nice elbow to the head from Januzaj, and got away with it.
Good start from United, watching this free on MUTV,I think I may subscribe after it's scrambled I've thoroughly enjoyed watching the young lads play.
Vermijl with a moment of madness in our box heads a free kick onto goal, luckily it was right at Lindegaard.
Not that much action on the offensive side for us, but our defense has been good, they've hardly had a sniff.
There's a slight difference in passing ability between our two center backs, isn't there?
Lingard, Thorpe and Vermijl had a decent half.
Lingard, Thorpe and Vermijl had a decent half.