AZ Gull
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Boro had the good grace to tweet a copy so you can stand down.
By the way, was the other Albion fan your travelling companion or have you now discovered a fellow Albionite in your neck of the woods?
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[Albion] Middlesbrough U23 v Brighton U23 Tonight 19.00 K.O
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Boro had the good grace to tweet a copy so you can stand down.
By the way, was the other Albion fan your travelling companion or have you now discovered a fellow Albionite in your neck of the woods?
seagull_special
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Great report, always enjoy reading about the progress of our younger teams. Many thanks
AZ Gull
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I forgot to answer this earlier - Moore (who has an older brother, Lewis, who is a goalkeeper at Dagenham & Redbridge) spent about 8 years in the academy at Arsenal and was capped at England U-16 level but was released by the Gunners as an U-16; after a trial game for the U-18s he joined Albion to commence his scholarship in the summer of 2015. In his first year, and half of his second, he played almost exclusively at right-back; it was only the second-half of last season (in the youth team) and since about October this season (in the U-23s) that he has been utilised at centre-back.
Danny Mandroiu has been out injured since early October (with a knee injury I think). I was really impressed with him during last season's FA Youth Cup run; all 3 of the matches were broadcast and I thought in the 2-0 win over Derby County in the 3rd round in particular, he ran the game. He has goals in him and I really hope he pushes on and starts to impress himself on games at U-23 level.
Thanks for the report. Do you think any of this team might make it to the first team one day? Chances out of 10 maybe?
mune ni kamome
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Great report thank you. For a moment there I thought we had a player called Struggles.
KZNSeagull
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It was my youngest son. There was also a little lad there getting autographs at the end - turns out he is from Middlesbrough but follows Brighton as his PL team, which is brave of him! He was kitted out in Boro gear, so it was almost a "can I have your shirt please ............." situation!
Ace report and interesting reading - thanks for taking the time
KZNSeagull
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Very difficult to say. I would say that 5 or 6 of them could have a chance and may not look out of place, but it really is about being in the right place at the right time (see Lewis Dunk). Dallison, Cox, Big Victor, Sanders and maybe Mateju could do a job in the cup based on last nights evidence. Connolly could too and has already played in the cup I think. It would be easier to judge if some of the first team squad had played too, but none of them looked exceptional against that opposition, although Big Victor and Sanders were the most impressive.
Cox looked better than Chickson (remember him?!) and Victor looked better than most loan strikers we have ever had, but then the opposition was of a lower standard.
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