Youth Team/Cup

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Hope McManaman is unavailable.

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One last Under-23s game, away to Leicester (7 pm, no coverage) :-

Ojrzynski; Beck, Savage, Clayton, Gallacher, Clarkson, Dixon-Bonner, Longstaff, Glatzel, Woodburn, O'Rourke.

Subs : Hughes, Wilson, Walls, Gordon, Hardy.

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Into the second half, we lead after an hour through Ben Woodburn.

Edit :second goal disallowed 

[Allan]

Leicester 0 Liverpool 1

 

An hour played and we've just gone in front - Waiting for confirmation of the goalscorer.

 

EDIT: Woodburn with the goal, but as usual, AIG beat me to it...

[Allan]

We thought we'd got a second, but it looks like it has been chalked off.

 

FlashScore notifications have gone a little crazy these last few minutes or so...

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Apparently now 2-0 for real by the very real Kaide Gordon, who is on for Woodburn.

[Allan]

Leicester 0 Liverpool 2

 

As AIG says, we have now doubled our lead with 89 minutes on the clock.

 

A little note that Kaide Gordon came on for Ben Woodburn in the 71st minute to make his debut for the 23s.

 

EDIT: A debut goal for Kaide Gordon! (Get him on the bus for the first team on Thursday...!)

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Full time 2-0

A fair reward for our toil last week playing 10 against 12 for 85 minutes. Nice touch to allow Jack Walls a few minutes off the bench in his last game before we release him for the third time.

[Allan]

Full-time - Leicester 0 Liverpool 2

 

Good way to finish off the season. A couple of goals, a clean sheet and a debut & debut goal for Kaide Gordon.

[Colonel Bumcunt]

How's Dixon-Bonner progressing? At points I've watched him and seen rampaging CM potential, but he seems to have been around for ages. 

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50 minutes ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

How's Dixon-Bonner progressing? At points I've watched him and seen rampaging CM potential, but he seems to have been around for ages. 

He isn't progressing. The experiment of having him fill in on the right of the front three didn't work either. Hopefully he's loaned somewhere next year, as far from Inglethorpe as possible.

[Allan]

1 hour ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

How's Dixon-Bonner progressing? At points I've watched him and seen rampaging CM potential, but he seems to have been around for ages. 

 

27 minutes ago, alles ist gut said:

He isn't progressing. The experiment of having him fill in on the right of the front three didn't work either. Hopefully he's loaned somewhere next year, as far from Inglethorpe as possible.

As AIG has intimated, Elijah has stalled somewhat and would really benefit from a loan move next season. I'd suggest a club in League One will be his ceiling at the moment.

 

I think he's been a bit of a victim of his versatility due to his athleticism. He's made appearances in a number of positions and roles this season which has seemingly hindered his progress. It may well serve him well later in his career, but right now it looks to be to his detriment. 

 

They obviously hold him in fairly high regard as he has captained the 23s this season.

[Allan]

FA Youth Cup semi-final this evening. Kick-off at 18:00, with live coverage on BT Sport 1 from 17:45. The offal will also be providing delayed coverage of the game.

 

Team news to come once it's available.

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Davies; Bradley, Norris, Quansah, Koumetio, Stephenson, Corness, Morton, Balagizi, Musialowski, Woltman.

Subs : Mrozek, Jonas, Bajcetic, Chambers, Wilson, Frauendorf, Mabaya.

 

Pretty much picks itself from the remaining healthy eligible players.

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Half time, Ipswich 1-0

In stoppage time at the end of the first half, a cross from the left is headed down and fumbled in to the net by Harvey Davies.

That's really their first chance, we switched off at the back and they took advantage.

[Allan]

Not a good first half. We haven't really started playing as we're capable of.

 

Musialowski having one of his in & out games. Too many touches at times, poor passing, but looks to be the player who might create something with his directness.

 

Awful goalkeeping by Harvey at the end there.

[Supremolad]

Very poor error by the goalie. Hopefully the timing and nature of the goal hasn't knocked confidence out of the lads.

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1-1

Musialowski shot from the edge of the box is deflected and wrong-foots their keeper.

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Frauendorf on for Musialowski

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2-1

Frauendorf seizes on a loose ball in the box and curls it into the far corner.

[Scott_M]

Can’t say I’ve been massively impressed by us.

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Full time 2-1

Obviously nowhere near our best performance.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

A semi win is a semi win. Well done.

[Supremolad]

Got the job done. Not a great performance but the better team did win. Great sub which paid off almost instantly. Hope they go on to lift the trophy.

[sir roger]

AiG , you alluded to us having a restricted squad , who is likely to become available for the final ?