Youth Team/Cup

[Jhinge Machha]

david luiz is going to miss here

[Allan]

Reading skipper scores. Another good penalty.

[Bjornebye]

terrible pen 

[Allan]

Cam Brannagan puts his wide.

[Allan]

Reading have the advantage. Yet another good penalty.

[magicrat]

Crumps Dudek antics not working

[Allan]

Ojo scores. Strange run up.

[Dr Nowt]

The fuck was that run-up?

 

Taken though.

[Jhinge Machha]

sheyi ojo looks like a born penalty taker

[Allan]

Another quality penalty from Reading.

[Allan]

Joe Maguire steps up and scores.

[Allan]

Reading win it with a very cool penalty.

[James Dean]

Fuck off.

[kalasoma]

Liverpool go out on penalties 5-4. Feel sorry for the boys. They were out on their feet in extra time. Good luck to Reading.

[kalasoma]

Don't think Reading deserved that, but they fought to the end, just like we did, and had just a little bit more left in the tank.

[Dr Nowt]

Learning experience.

[Sandman40]

Cramps were too much to overcome in the end.  Good fight from the lads

[Pidge]

Twatbaskets.

 

Well they got away with a couple of snide digs in ET (kick on Canos and elbow on Wilson), but overall were worthy of the draw from what I saw. Shame we let some poor defending and decision making (still think if Canos kicked the ball out properly we'd have had someone on to treat Brannagan and everyone would've had some respite) spoil the opportunity.

 

Most of these players will get another go at the youth cup. The craziest thing about this very talented group is that its the first year for the majority.

[Trumo]

John Bradley jinxed it for Brannigan. Whenever the commentator talks about a player's scoring record or prowess from penalties as he's walking up to take his kick, that player WILL fail to score.

 

It was a very decent game though, and I like how the youth set-up has guys like Brannigan, Rossiter, Lussey and Trickett-Smith to play in midfield. It makes a change from constantly producing midfielders that are diligent and committed but lack a creative spark to be decisive in the last third or the ability to screen their defence effectively.

[kalasoma]

John Bradley jinxed it for Brannigan. Whenever the commentator talks about a player's scoring record or

prowess from penalties as he's walking up to take his kick, that player WILL fail to score.

 

It was a very decent game though, and I like how the youth set-up has guys like Brannigan, Rossiter, Lussey and Trickett-Smith to play in midfield. It makes a change from constantly producing midfielders that are diligent and committed but lack a creative spark to be decisive in the last third or the ability to screen their defence effectively.

 

It was Steve Hunter tonight (on the TV anyway). Same difference actually.

[Allan]

Under 21's play a behind closed doors game at The Academy on Friday evening against Blackburn.

 

Kick off at 19:00, with the game being shown live on LFC TV.

[Trumo]

It was Steve Hunter tonight (on the TV anyway). Same difference actually.

 

I always get them mixed up anyway.

[kalasoma]

Gutted for the boys still. Hope they bounce back quickly, especially Brannagan who has been a revelation to me. This is a really good bunch of players from what I've seen of them this season. More of them as well. Rossiter still only 16 but seems to be growing from his experience with the first team. The boys who are new to me like Harry Wilson, Trickett-Smith, Canos seem to be really talented players. Hopefully next season, they'll kick on and make it to the final because it seems like for the last two years running, they have been close but then fall short. They're definitely fun to watch though and hopefully, we'll see them go further next season. We'll get Jerome Sinclair back to full fitness as well, fingers crossed.

[The Great Jacko]

My notes from attending the game

 

Football - good entertainment, cheap, easy to get to, choose your own seats.

 

Big gaps between the lines, lumbering centre backs, lots of passing back to keeper who was quite shite. Game ebbed and flowed a lot. No really stand out players - would have been interesting to see what I thought of certain players if I hadn't known anything about them.

 

Rossiter was good defensively when he wasn't overwhelmed but his passing was poor. Wilson was lively on the ball but didn't see enough of it. Ryan Kent had a couple of runs but looked off the pace. Canos came on as a sub and had a great impact with the ball and without. Randall was really solid as right back, McGuire was overrun in the first half but then looked solid. Trickett-Smith a much better option up front than Kent. Ojo looked almost like he played within himself but did pretty well.

[Allan]

#LFCU21s team to face Blackburn Rovers – Mersin, McLaughlin, Smith, Paez, Jones, Chirivella, Bijev, Lussey, Dunn, Trickett-Smith, Peterson.

 

#LFCU21s substitutes: Cleary, Crump, Rossiter, Baio, Brannagan. Kick-off is at 7pm GMT and build-up on @LFCTV begins at 6.30pm.