Academy Win Again

[Scarby]

Leicester City's under 18 side extended their lead at the top of the Group B table to six points following a well deserved 2-1 victory at Cardiff City on Thursday afternoon. Kick off for the game had to be delayed after the Foxes got caught up in heavy traffic on the M5.
But Steve Beaglehole's young charges didn't let that effect their preparations, registering their 14th victory from 19 games this season to date.
City took the lead just before the break - French winger Max Gradel bursting through to set up Andy King for his ninth goal of the campaign.
And the Foxes doubled their advantage through Eric Ohdiambo in the second period - with Gradel again involved in the build up.
The home side grabbed a goal back in the closing stages, but the Foxes comfortably held on for the win.
Walkers Youth Academy Manager Jon Rudkin said: "In all fairness it wasn't a great, but the lads dug deep to register the victory in difficult circumstances.
"Obviously the delay didn't help either side, and the pitch was tricky. But all in all we deserved the victory on the day."


City: Pentney, Magunda, Lycett, Garner (Cobb), Rowe-Turner, Rochester (Cox), King, Tejan-Si, Gradel, Odhiambo, McKay.

 

[Tamworth Fox]

Well Done Lads Why not give some of these ago , they always seem to be winning

 

[fcukcov]

Well Done Lads Why not give some of these ago , they always seem to be winning

Its a completely different level. Half of these will never make it.

 

[Melton Fox]

Its a completely different level. Half of these will never make it.

I'd be amazed if any of them do

 

[Scarby]

im sure some will, maybe not in the top leagues, but the likes of King, Magunda and Gradel im sure will be playing in the lower leagues

 

[fcukcov]

I'd be amazed if any of them do

it was a turn of phrase rather than a prediction.

 

[homer]

I'd be amazed if any of them do

They'll make it alright - to the second and third division

Just like the last lot of academy wonders


Oooh Tommy Wright........

 

[Melton Fox]

Duzza corrected me last time I said this, but I still can't see that our academy has ever made any money for the club and is surely a drain in finances

 

[homer]

Duzza corrected me last time I said this, but I still can't see that our academy has ever made any money for the club and is surely a drain in finances

Joachim, Heskey, Piper, Stewart

 

[Melton Fox]

Joachim, Heskey, Piper, Stewart

Sorry, I didn't realize the academy as we know it today as been running that long. I stand corrected.

 

[Scarby]

£16million we got for JJ, Emile and Piper altogether

 

[Polar Bear]

Was Stewart academy or did he come from Birmingham? More recently it's produced Stearman and Weso, who will probably make something, as well as Porter and Logan, who may not. Chambers and Mattock are supposed to be pretty good too.

More to the point, as the day when transfer fees are decreed a restraint of trade full stop approaches, it's important to have the capacity to produce our own players. The academy should perhaps do better but it suffered a lot of disruption with pre-admin/admin and associated cost-cutting, so may well be recovering from that. And while Wright and O'Grady may not have made the grade I found their efforts a bit more bearable knowing that signing them hadn't made some agent a pony or two.

 

[Steven]

Its a completely different level. Half of these will never make it.

It would be good to find out which ones will rather than just assume they all won't.

 

[Hazzman]

Leicester Yth 19 14 3 2 66 29 37 45

Reading Yth 18 12 3 3 34 18 16 39

Tottenham Yth 18 8 8 2 34 24 10 32

Aston Villa Yth 18 8 7 3 36 21 15 31

Watford Yth 18 7 5 6 33 31 2 26

Bristol City Yth 17 6 3 8 32 36 -4 21

Birmingham Yth 18 6 3 9 27 40 -13 21

Coventry Yth 19 5 3 11 21 30 -9 18

Cardiff Yth 17 1 3 13 13 36 -23 6

Milton Keynes Dons Yth 18 1 1 16 12 50 -38 4

 

[Scarby]

we are top of the league, say we top of the league!

 

[Lako42]

from what i have heard gradel is a great player, the level may not be the same as first team but they are playing against the next generation of great players. reading have an awsome youth team as do spurs, were beating these teams with ease.

Gradel should be given a go when safety is assured, as should dodds and magunda.

 

[homer]

from what i have heard gradel is a great player, the level may not be the same as first team but they are playing against the next generation of great players. reading have an awsome youth team as do spurs, were beating these teams with ease.

Gradel should be given a go when safety is assured, as should dodds and magunda.

And we were also told that Wright was a great player, so was Dawson, so was Petrescu, so was Sheehan etc. etc. etc........

 

[Hazzman]

Gradel (ex-Arsenal Academy product)

 

[Lako42]

And we were also told that Wright was a great player, so was Dawson, so was Petrescu, so was Sheehan etc. etc. etc........

i never thought wright was any good. i still think petrescu could have been but the wanker wanted to study

 

[Steven]

And we were also told that Wright was a great player, so was Dawson, so was Petrescu, so was Sheehan etc. etc. etc........

Lineker, Heskey, Joachim, Weso, Stearman, Piper.