Oh fecking cuntarama. We should have had that weighed away before you scored. We ran out of gas in the last 20 minutes of normal time - your lot are on avearge a year older than ours.
Youth Cup Semi Final... V ARSENAL!
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& a half a foot smaller.
In the end, we deserved to win. It's an U-18 tournament. If you're going to go in with 16-yr olds, don't use that as an excuse.
To be fair, we had a few youngsters in the side as well e.g. Welbeck, C. Evans.
Makes it so much more remarkable isn't it!
And most importantly the United lads have one crucial ingredient:-
B-O-T-T-L-E
our lot wouldn't need a penalty shoot-out against bristol city. and i'm not too sure about the age thing. we've got some 17 and 16 year olds as well. like the guy who out-jumped a couple of your defenders for the winner. he's a schoolboy, mate.
what was it Wenger said about 70 minutes?
the victory was sweet, not exactly the greatest football on show but the team had grit, determination and spirit. Arsenal's defense was dodgy all night.
What a cracking game! Arsenal kids were suprisingly much physically stronger, but when United started to play, couldn't live with them
I thought spring had come and watched the game in a t-shirt - not a good idea. I'm absolutely sodding frozen to the bone
I thought spring had come and watched the game in a t-shirt - not a good idea. I'm absolutely sodding frozen to the bone
tango>brad
The dance or the drink?
the sheffield wedesday fatso. enjoys a dance and a drink i reckon
Not. Your lot is slightly younger. My estimate is about 1/11 (0.09) years since the combined ages (in full years) of Arsenal's starting lineup was 187, whereas United's was 188. By the way, you're 61.
Stop press. Arsenal 17.46 years. United 17.50 years. 0.04 years = two weeks. Slightly less than a year. Couldn't help myself...
in more detail:
lee butcher - 18 and almost six months (11/10/88) 6747 days
abumere agogo - 17 and five months (3/11/89) 6359 days
rene steer - 17 and two months (31/1/90) 6270 days
fran merida - 17 and one month (4/3/90) 6238 days
gavin hoyte - 16 and ten months (6/6/90) 6144 days
paul rodgers - 17 and six months (6/10/89) 6387 days
james dunne - 17 and six months (18/9/89) 6405 days
mark randall - 17 and six months (28/9/89) 6395 days
jay simpson - 18 and four months (1/12/88) 6696 days
nacer barazite - 16 and ten months (27/5/90) 6154 days
kieran gibbs - 17 and six months (26/9/89) 6397 days
average age = 6381 days (17.48 years)
ben amos - 16, nearly 17 (10/4/1990) 6201 days
corry evans - 16 and 8 months (30/7/1990) 6090 days
richard eckersley - 18 and 1 month (12/3/1989) 6595 days
james chester - 18 and 2 months (23/1/1989) 6643 days
craig cathcart - 18 and 2 months (6/2/1989) 6629 days
danny drinkwater - 17 and a month (5/3/1990) 6237 days
danny welbeck - 16 and 4 months (26/11/1990) 5971 days
sam hewson - 18 and 4 months (28/11/1988) 6699 days
febian brandy - 18 and 2 months (4/2/1989) 6631 days
christy fagan - 17 and 11 months (11/5/1989) 6535 days
danny galbraith - 16 and 7 months (19/8/1990) 6070 days
average age = 6391 days (17.51 years)
so our lot were on average a whopping TEN DAYS older. clearly terribly unfair, arsenal should be awarded a bye to the final.
lee butcher - 18 and almost six months (11/10/88) 6747 days
abumere agogo - 17 and five months (3/11/89) 6359 days
rene steer - 17 and two months (31/1/90) 6270 days
fran merida - 17 and one month (4/3/90) 6238 days
gavin hoyte - 16 and ten months (6/6/90) 6144 days
paul rodgers - 17 and six months (6/10/89) 6387 days
james dunne - 17 and six months (18/9/89) 6405 days
mark randall - 17 and six months (28/9/89) 6395 days
jay simpson - 18 and four months (1/12/88) 6696 days
nacer barazite - 16 and ten months (27/5/90) 6154 days
kieran gibbs - 17 and six months (26/9/89) 6397 days
average age = 6381 days (17.48 years)
ben amos - 16, nearly 17 (10/4/1990) 6201 days
corry evans - 16 and 8 months (30/7/1990) 6090 days
richard eckersley - 18 and 1 month (12/3/1989) 6595 days
james chester - 18 and 2 months (23/1/1989) 6643 days
craig cathcart - 18 and 2 months (6/2/1989) 6629 days
danny drinkwater - 17 and a month (5/3/1990) 6237 days
danny welbeck - 16 and 4 months (26/11/1990) 5971 days
sam hewson - 18 and 4 months (28/11/1988) 6699 days
febian brandy - 18 and 2 months (4/2/1989) 6631 days
christy fagan - 17 and 11 months (11/5/1989) 6535 days
danny galbraith - 16 and 7 months (19/8/1990) 6070 days
average age = 6391 days (17.51 years)
so our lot were on average a whopping TEN DAYS older. clearly terribly unfair, arsenal should be awarded a bye to the final.
always nice to see a sad whinging gooner been proven wrong.
Never say die. Just brilliant. Have that Steve Bould.
Too many good performances to mention. Great tactics by McGuinness.
Bring on the scouse.
Too many good performances to mention. Great tactics by McGuinness.
Bring on the scouse.
quality work!
That'll teach me to parrot Arse TV. Mind you I should've known - the commentators mixed up Parisio with goalscorer Rhys Williams.
hehe. that made my day aft and ps18. cheers
Just saw the highlights there, terrible goalkeeping by both keepers! No wonder it was 4-2!
Zieler did fine. The two Arsenal goals weren't his fault.
brandy, for me (along with cathcart), is the brightest of our prospects at u-18 level, the guy is just so quick! and not only that, he has a trick or two up his sleeve, and has wonderful workrate, much like frazier campbell had last season...
Very poor in the first half, spilled that easy shot in the first half, right into the path of th arsenal lad, we should have been punished then.
Also in the first half, he came and flapped at a cross.
If i was being super critical I would also say he should have cut out the cross goal ball for the first goal.
To be fair to Zieler, it was Ben Amos who got injured when he spilled that shot right towards the arsenal kid.
didnt know the keeper got injured.
Great performance from the lads. We were outpassed in midfield and physically Arsenal were bigger, but as a team I thought we were marginally better and deservedly won out. Arsenal had dangerous attacking players but played some agricultural stuff at the back. I thought our full backs were a weak spot, and Hewson and Drinkwater lack passing ability, but we were good down the wings. Welbeck and Galbraith are very promising lads, especially the former. Cathcart and Chester also look good at the back, and Hewson is full of energy and can shoot - just needs to hone his passing more (whereas Drinkwater can pass and delivers very good corners and free-kicks, but lacks other parts to his game at present).
Hope the lads can go on to beat Liverpool in the final. The spirit is certainly there.
Hope the lads can go on to beat Liverpool in the final. The spirit is certainly there.
Brandy won't make it at the top level, I reckon.
i hear that all the time, but i really do think that the boy can make it, despite having the frame of a cockroach in the aftermath of a nuclear explosion...
pedantic sod