Youth Team/Cup

[Allan]

23s are in action this afternoon as they visit Southampton for their Premier League 2 fixture.

 

No live coverage of the game unfortunately.

 

Line up as follows:

 

Hughes; Walls, Savage, Boyes, Gallacher; Clayton, Dixon-Bonner, Shariff, Corness, O'Rourke; Hardy.

 

Subs: Mrozek, Stephenson, Ritaccio, Woltman.

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The days of Southampton reserves games live on YouTube are long gone, unfortunately. Experimental line-up, you might say. Hopefully we don’t have four players go off injured as we did in the first game with them at Kirkby.

 

[YorkshireRed]

On 16/03/2021 at 21:15, Dynamite said:

Corness

I know others have had a bit more attention of late and it’s a little early to tell what his full potential will be but, at this level anyway, I like this lad. 

[Allan]

Just now, YorkshireRed said:

I know others have had a bit more attention of late and it’s a little early to tell what his full potential will be but, at this level anyway, I like this lad. 

Done really well for the 18s this season. Got a cracking left foot.

 

Nice reward for him and a few of the other lads stepping up from the 18s today.

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Woo-hoo, 1-0 (Hardy).

[Allan]

Southampton 0 Liverpool 1

 

Early lead courtesy of Joe Hardy.

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1-1 (Luke Pearce, apparently making his reserve team debut today. We’re not in for him, though.)

[Allan]

Southampton 1 Liverpool 1

 

Bugger. That lead didn't last long.

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2-1 Hardy again.

”Against the run of play”, says Soton FC Twitter.

[Allan]

Southampton 1 Liverpool 2

 

Joe Hardy gives us the lead back.

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We get to halftime 2-1 up, without having to substitute anyone.

 

Nirvana.

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After a gloriously uneventful second half, it finished 2-1.

Max Woltman got two minutes of reserve-team debut for Fidel O’Rourke, and Hardy came off in stoppage time, preventing him from playing an entire game for the first time since February 2020.

[Allan]

FA Youth Cup tomorrow - Away tie against United, so going to be a very tough game. Kick-off at 15:00, with live coverage on the offal from 14:50.

 

The 23s are in action on Sunday as they host Brighton. This too will be live on the offal. Kick-off at 12:00, with live coverage from 11:55.

 

Looking further ahead, the 18s then host Wolves on Tuesday with kick-off at 13:30. Again, live coverage is available on the offal, starting from 13:25.

 

The 23s are then next in action on Friday 9th April as they travel to City for a tough away fixture. Kick-off at 19:00 with live coverage on the offal from 18:55.

[Allan]

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

 

Subs: Mrozek, Jonas, Wilson, Chambers, McConnell.

 

 

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1-0 Morton runs onto a chip from Norris and heads home from 10 yards out.

[Allan]

United 0 Liverpool 1

 

Tyler Morton heads us in front with a well timed run into the box to get on the end of a nice ball in by James Norris.

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Half time 1-0

Weve coped well with having less of the ball. Mature performances from plenty of players, not least Koumetio.

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(In other Youth Cup news, Man City have been knocked out by Everton with an injury-time winner.)

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Conor Bradley hacks the ball off the line to keep it 1-0.

[John102]

Chelsea will be delighted (have no idea if they are even still in it) 

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4 minutes ago, John102 said:

Chelsea will be delighted (have no idea if they are even still in it) 

Yeah, Chelsea are in a different quarter of the draw.

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Straight red card for James Norris , we have more than 20 minutes to play with ten men.

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Woltman off, left back Luke Chambers on

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Wilson on for the limping Musialowski, six minutes of normal time to go.

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Last change. Corness off, Jonas on. Last minute.