Vertu Trophy 25/26

[denzel ecfc]

All of the Prem u21 sides lose on first day, some of them thrashed.

Why are they bothering?

 

[thewwfc]

Because it’s a (sort of) competitive game that their parent club doesn’t give a shit about (as in, there’s no real pressure or downside if they lose), other than the chance to see their youngsters in action v senior pros?

Otherwise EPL kids will rarely if ever get a shot at first team football unless they go on loan.

Most of the league clubs put out the stiffs too these days, now they’ve heavily relaxed the number of established first teamers that have to start the game.

 

[masi51]

Most Prem u21 are very weak at this time of year due to loaning several of their better players to league1/two teams
Every year i see fans moaning on here about boycotting this cup,yet it their only chance of winning a trophy.
If league one and two clubs want to hurt the premier league teams they should ALL agree to stop taking players on loan.

 

[denzel ecfc]

Most Prem u21 are very weak at this time of year due to loaning several of their better players to league1/two teams
Every year i see fans moaning on here about boycotting this cup,yet it their only chance of winning a trophy.
If league one and two clubs want to hurt the premier league teams they should ALL agree to stop taking players on loan.

Go on then you first

 

[masi51]

Go on then you first

Quite right we have had some brilliant players in on loan and have one now in Duberry, but it is only helps Premier Teams long term
Look at James Trafford would he have played in the premier league without first team experience with us..........Been sold twice since leaving us for nearly 40m
How much of that did we get......yep a big fat zero.
Chelsea have 8 keepers including one with us.
It is pure greed

 

[denzel ecfc]

I dont buy the chance of Wembley thing anyway. We have been 5 times. Meh.
And it would be 7 games before we got there, 7 chances of players getting injured. At least with the carabao there's the possibility of higher league opposition.
Its only good for giving fringe or returning players a run out, in my opinion.

 

[masi51]

Your club is over 100 years old and your role of honour is one Div 4 championship
You set the bar very, very low.
Caraboa cup say you get Arsenal like we did last season........Stadium is half full say 40k and you get hammered by the reserves what is the point

 

[denzel ecfc]

We did win a Div 3 South Cup

 

[masi51]

Was Devon Lad up front for you that day???

 

[Trapdoor]

We did win a Div 3 South Cup

Also multiple Devon Bowl Cup titles. So stick that in your crack pipe and smoke it.

 

[Kenneth E End]

Luton told Barnet to calm it by winning 4-1. It was men against boys in the first half and Luton could’ve been 5 or 6-0 up if it wasn’t for the Barnet GK.

Luton took their foot off the pedal substantially in the second half. Shayden Morris coming on and winning and scoring a penalty within minutes.

 

[kieran_vale]

Leeds U21’s looked like a typical academy team. Very nice patterns in possession at times but for the periods we did raise the tempo a bit they looked like conceding every time we came forward. Not reading much if anything into the game beyond it was nice to get minutes for some players on the fringes of selection.

 

[thewwfc]

Leeds U21’s looked like a typical academy team. Very nice patterns in possession at times but for the periods we did raise the tempo a bit they looked like conceding every time we came forward.

unfortunately our senior team looks a lot like this at the moment

 

[valefan16]

Imagine a lot of the U21 teams had their better players away on International duty also? But yeah Newcastle gave us a good game once as did Wolves, but we've generally hammered the rest in the decade or so they've been in it.

 

[denzel ecfc]

I see 37 year old Jay Spearing played for Liverpool u21s. This is really helping the youth out..

 

[leedsvaliant]

I see 37 year old Jay Spearing played for Liverpool u21s. This is really helping the youth out..

Why on earth is he still at Liverpool? He must be nowhere near the first team, so why would a 37 year old be playing in the youth team? Why haven't they released him many years ago? Is he a mate of the owner?

 

[SF_]

Why on earth is he still at Liverpool? He must be nowhere near the first team, so why would a 37 year old be playing in the youth team? Why haven't they released him many years ago? Is he a mate of the owner?

It's some weird fad at Prem clubs to have an ex-academy, senior player involved with the U21 setup, helping to develop the kids from a leadership point of view, I guess. Utd have Tommy Rowe playing for them. Both listed as player coaches I think.