The All New Spurs U21, U18 & Other Youth News Thread

Spursidol said:

Spurs U21s (v Leicester): Archer, McQueen, Walker-Peters, Ward, Ogilvie, Khumalo (c), Sonupe, Winks, Lameiras, Onomah, Oduwa #COYS

Think this means Lameiras playing as a false no 9

Archer,
McQueen, Kumalo, Ogilvie, Walker-Peters,
Ward, Winks
Sonupe, Onomah, Oduwa
Lameiras​

Spurs U21s subs (v Leicester): Lesniak, Miller, Akindayini, Miles (GK) #COYS

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IGSpur said:

See if that was the case I would assume they would have put Miller up there. I thought Lameiras is wing prob LW with Oduwa or Sonupe up front. but your just as likely as they carry in experimenting

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Spursidol said:

U21s: Lads have controlled opening stages, forcing several corners. @GrantWard_ off target from 30yards, Ogilvie alert to deny Panayiotou

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prawnsandwich said:

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015...hotspur-under-21-line-up-to-face-leicester-c/


Here's the Spurs under-21 side to face Leicester this lunchtime.

Tottenham Hotspur under-21s: Maddison, Pearson (c), Chilwell, Sesay, Moore, Upson, Dodoo, McCourt, Stankevicius, Panayiotou, Fox

Subs: Lesniak, Miller, Akindayini, Miles (GK)

Line-up conformed by Lewis Doe..or should that be Doh!

Speaking of which Dodoo, Stankevicius.

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Spursidol said:

U21s: Great chance as @Joshuaonomah10 threads a pass through for @RubenLameiras but keeper Maddison saves low down. 0-0, 25mins #COYS


U21s: WOODWORK - @RubenLameiras' shot is deflected onto bar. Sonupe also strikes woodwork 2mins later after breaking down left. 0-0, 30mins

Close but no cigar !

Tottenham Hotspur‏@SpursOfficial
U21s HT: Spurs 0-0 Leicester - Lads have threatened down both flanks but lacking a final ball

U21s: Sonupe strikes the crossbar in the first half against @OfficialFOXES. Second 45 mins gets underway shortly. pic.twitter.com/s1wPDozNsI

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yankspurs said:

I cant help but think lineups like this highlight the need for a striker or 2 at the upper levels of the academy. Besides for Loft, Harrison and Akindayini, the only ons we have who can fill in are WF's by trade like Oduwa, Azzaoui and Sonupe.

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Bus-Conductor said:

Unless you are playing long ball football, why get overly hung up on whether we have an orthodox striker or not. Our academy is about pass, press and movement, about coaching/teaching players to work as a group. Play without an orthodox striker, as long as whoever's up there is a good football with decent technique and desire and work ethic, we'll be OK.

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Spursidol said:

Yes, but its also about whether we can get another striker to follow Kane into first team contention, plus it does the world of good if we have good players in every position in the u21's to maximise chances of winning which in turn is a great spur to all players to do their best.

Not essential - because I imagine next season Harrison will start to play for u21's, but if he doesn't make it for any reason, we have an even bigger gap opening up. So its certainly on the 'useful to have' list

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Bus-Conductor said:

Fair point.

On another note, is Edwards a midfielder/ attacking mid or forward ? Not seen much of hm at all, just snippets where he always seemed to be in the box, but someone called him a midfielder on here the other day ?

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Spursidol said:

http://www.thefa.com/news/england/d...football-makes-him-smile-on-the-inside-010814 England call him a forward in this. Think he's positionally more of an AM/no 10 but could also play as an unorthodox forward as he seems to have such great atttacking instincts (and an unusually low centre of gravity). He's still young, will develop so may well change as he gets older.

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npearl4spurs said:

So what you're really telling me is Messi is the English Marcus Edwards.

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Bus-Conductor said:

On another note, is Edwards a midfielder/ attacking mid or forward ? Not seen much of hm at all, just snippets where he always seemed to be in the box, but someone called him a midfielder on here the other day ?

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Spursidol said:

http://www.thefa.com/news/england/d...football-makes-him-smile-on-the-inside-010814 England call him a forward in this. Think he's positionally more of an AM/no 10 but could also play as an unorthodox forward as he seems to have such great atttacking instincts (and an unusually low centre of gravity). He's still young, will develop so may well change as he gets older.

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npearl4spurs said:

So what you're really telling me is Messi is the English Marcus Edwards.

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