U19 European Championship Final [Archive]

white riot

27 Jul 2005, 07:11 AM

Not sure if anyone's interested but it's between England and France at Windsor Park, Belfast on Friday.

sendorange

27 Jul 2005, 07:50 AM

Yep, hopefully they win. Seems like a group crop of kids, they've been unbeaten for over a year and most seem like making breakthroughs at their clubs.

white riot

27 Jul 2005, 09:10 AM

Link (http:///www.uefa.com/Competitions/Under19/index.html)

Pazarius

29 Jul 2005, 09:03 PM

England 1-3 France (http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under19/fixturesresults/round=1928/match=81509/Report=RP.html)

The Potter

29 Jul 2005, 10:35 PM

England 1-3 France (http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under19/fixturesresults/round=1928/match=81509/Report=RP.html)

A final not bad :) But more importantly any quality in the side?

sendorange

30 Jul 2005, 07:33 AM

There are some good players in there, they were unfortunate in the final as their tactics were poor, too narrow. They were a bit better than the French in the first group game, so was disappointing to lose.

There are some good players in there - Mark Noble, Mathew Fryatt and a few others. They were missing some of the top boys from that age group though - Tom Huddlestone, Aaron Lennon and others.

whufc

30 Jul 2005, 12:05 PM

There are some good players in there, they were unfortunate in the final as their tactics were poor, too narrow. They were a bit better than the French in the first group game, so was disappointing to lose.

There are some good players in there - Mark Noble, Mathew Fryatt and a few others. They were missing some of the top boys from that age group though - Tom Huddlestone, Aaron Lennon and others.

look our for noble in the future watched him all last season and was skipping past players (not literally) hope we can keep hold of him!

Prenn

30 Jul 2005, 01:04 PM

There's not a single half decent defender amongst them and the tactics were shite. Seems like the old boys network kicked in again to get that hack of a coach his job, it was an appaling display of football, all hit and hope. I thought we'd left that crap behind 10 years ago but it appears not. Until we get some youth managers/coaches with some degree of tactical knowledge we won't do anything no matter how good the players are.

sinner78

30 Jul 2005, 02:18 PM

There's not a single half decent defender amongst them and the tactics were shite. Seems like the old boys network kicked in again to get that hack of a coach his job, it was an appaling display of football, all hit and hope. I thought we'd left that crap behind 10 years ago but it appears not. Until we get some youth managers/coaches with some degree of tactical knowledge we won't do anything no matter how good the players are.

agreed ,prenn.
the coaches for the youth levels are shocking.
a lad called kyle nix was a mate of my sister at school .he played for england at u-18 ,u-19 ,etc... the coach was a complete numpty .didnt like skillful players.

Prenn

30 Jul 2005, 02:22 PM

agreed ,prenn.
the coaches for the youth levels are shocking.
a lad called kyle nix was a mate of my sister at school .he played for england at u-18 ,u-19 ,etc... the coach was a complete numpty .didnt like skillful players.

I can't believe the FA would employ some arse who plays longball, he could ruin those players.

sinner78

30 Jul 2005, 02:28 PM

I can't believe the FA would employ some arse who plays longball, he could ruin those players.

who is the guy anyway??
just some no-name nobody who is mates with the greysuits at the F.A?

the coaches always seems to be straight talking peter reid type numpties.

Prenn

31 Jul 2005, 04:19 AM

Martin Hunter was the coach of the U19s, what has that no-name ever achieved?

gaijin

31 Jul 2005, 08:00 AM

I think the problem is....

Who exactly is going to do the job? With no disrespect to the young England players, the job can't be that fulfilling, so they have to staff it with either a person with no experience whatsoever or a guy that is basically crap.

We could start paying SGE wages to guys to do the job, or as it seems, the FA are more content to find a guy who is just as willing to develop himself as the players he's supposed to be devloping.

Sad but true.

It's about time the FA starting putting guys like Peter Taylor in charge of our young players, or at least get young managers with a bit of experience from lower down the table and get them coached up to the standard.

The young managers/coaches in the game are just as important as the young players in England...

King Rooney

31 Jul 2005, 02:04 PM

the sunderland player (leadbitter?) really impressed me vs serbia, i think he could become a full international in the future, he reminded me of gerrard when he was younger