U-21’s Play-Off Final

[Saint Fan CaM]

City nearly score a third. Keeper does well.

[suewhistle]

3 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Saints make sub - some prolific scorer for U18’s apparently. Depepper?

Baylee Dipepa? He's in the U-21 squad although under age, I think..

[Saint Fan CaM]

Larios is just a young version of Manning…back pass is the first thought in his head.

Ballard totally ineffective - seen hardly anything of the ball.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Dipeper has his first shot on goal - a good effort tipped over by the keeper. Corner? No.

Edited 17 hours ago by Saint Fan CaM

[bugenhagen]

9 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Saints make sub - some prolific scorer for U18’s apparently. Depepper?

?

[Saint Fan CaM]

Really like Dipeper and Sanda - they will do well in the Championship if they get their chance.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Decent chance for Saints - a quick transition forward rather than pissing about at the back.

[Saint Fan CaM]

12 minutes left  - not looking anywhere near scoring a goal. Not what I was expecting to be honest.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Ballard offside - on his own. Looks dejected and beaten.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Larios picks up a card. Poor game from him.

Edited 17 hours ago by Saint Fan CaM

[Saint Fan CaM]

I was expecting Abu to look pretty good but he’s been poor too.

City still looking for a third.

Ballard thinks he can run through 3 players.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Everything being routed to Dipepa - too much really.

Sanda has saved the day twice in quick succession.

[Saint86]

Lets me honest, city are basically u21 and u18 Galactico's when it comes to youth football.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Game lost now with 2.5 minutes of extra time left.

City streets ahead in terms of tactical play.

[Saint86]

7 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

City streets ahead in terms of tactical play.

Guess we didn't copy the first team's tactics - at least Ruben Diaz will be happy 🫠

[Saint Fan CaM]

6 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Lets me honest, city are basically u21 and u18 Galactico's when it comes to youth football.

At this level I don’t think the quality of players makes as much difference as the game strategy employed. When we moved the ball forwards at pace hunting as a group we looked good. For far too much of the game it was ‘Russball’ playing slow ponderous possession football out from the back with little to show in terms of attacking ideas or intent. And in defence we were too passive - no press.  As the game wore on Ballard got frustrated and tried bulldozing his way through several players aka Dibling/Sulemana - obviously didn’t work. 

For their part City looked OK but not remarkable - we gifted them both goals…firstly with a poor pass out from defence by Sanda…second by standing off a player about to cross (aka Manning) and then switching off at the back ball-watching as it floated over everyone’s heads leaving the attacker a free header 8 yards out.

On the plus side, I think Dipepa and Sanda have a lot to offer going forwards. Both looked very comfortable. McNamara looks an OK keeper - better than Baz at shot stopping.  Players that don’t look good enough to step up - Larios and Ballard. As someone else said, we probably missed Robinson in the middle.

[Saint Fan CaM]

28 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Guess we didn't copy the first team's tactics - at least Ruben Diaz will be happy 🫠

Mmm, it was eerily too similar to the first team - there’s a huge job at hand if that style of play is to be exorcised from all levels of the club, if indeed that’s what Spors intends. I hope so, because I’ve really had a gutfull of it.

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[Turkish]

33 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Lets me honest, city are basically u21 and u18 Galactico's when it comes to youth football.

Yep they spend crazy amounts to attract the top players from this area, if rumours are true what they offered a 16 year old Leeds player this season then it’d put him on more than a lot of league 1 players 

[Gloucester Saint]

55 minutes ago, bugenhagen said:

?

What’s the worst that could happen?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

13 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Mmm, it was eerily too similar to the first team - there’s a huge job at hand if that style of play is to be exercised from all levels of the club, if indeed that’s what Spors intends. I hope so, because I’ve really had a gutfull of it.

Thanks for all the match updates!

[sockeye]

Shame to have lost, but it just shows the overwhelming talent and ability that City possess at this level.