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[Albion] Aston villa u23 v Brighton & Hove Albion u23 May 12th Play off 12 pm K.O Villa Park



The Sock of Poskett

The best is yet to come (spoiler alert)
Jun 12, 2009
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Surely the most promising bunch of players we've had outside the first team squad.
Be fascinating to see ...
- who goes out on loan
- who carries on at PL2 level
- who starts to make a claim for 1st team squad inclusion

Who are your tips for future success, hopefully in an Albion shirt?
 


GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
46,469
Gloucester
I'm really impressed by our football. Excellent!
Hear hear!
(But bl00dy hell, there are some really dim w*nkers on their Twitter feed chat!)

Said it at the start of the season, but given the clear potential of Sanchez, I wonder if we need to invest in a third choice.
No we don't (IMHO). Sign Krul for another year, if we can, and let Maenpaa go (sorry to lose him - he has been a good signing for us, but Krul is an HGP; maybe Maenpaa will fancy actually playing somewhere anyway!) Sanchez will be fine as our no.3.
Walton back on loan to Wigan for 2018-19, then back to The Albion to be our no.2 and challenge Maty. We could even let Wigan have Sanchez for a season to replace him!
 


Sheebo

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Jul 13, 2003
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Excellent. So many very good. Gyokeres looks brilliant & a right handful - can see him making the breakthrough...
 








Horton's halftime iceberg

Blooming Marvellous
Jan 9, 2005
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Brighton
Blackburn come up with us - we both change places with Sunderland and Manchester United
 

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One Teddy Maybank

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No we don't (IMHO). Sign Krul for another year, if we can, and let Maenpaa go (sorry to lose him - he has been a good signing for us, but Krul is an HGP; maybe Maenpaa will fancy actually playing somewhere anyway!) Sanchez will be fine as our no.3.
Walton back on loan to Wigan for 2018-19, then back to The Albion to be our no.2 and challenge Maty. We could even let Wigan have Sanchez for a season to replace him!

We agree then [emoji2][emoji106]


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One Teddy Maybank

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Albion ended the season with an 18-match unbeaten run in all competitions, winning the Sussex Senior Cup and earning promotion to Premier League 2 Division One. Their record during that run:-

P:18 W:15 D:3 L:0 FOR:53 AGAINST:7 GD:46

They kept 11 clean sheets in those 18 matches.

Brilliant stats. Thanks AZ.


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One Teddy Maybank

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What a shame it wasn't played at the Amex, with more fans to watch them.

I agree. I like to think we’d have got at least a couple of thousand in.

I remember going to a midweek league game at the Goldstone (in the late 70’s), and think we had between 5 and 10 thousand.


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hart's shirt

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Jul 8, 2003
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Anyone else see the goon in the Adidas top behind the BHA flag give the fingers up twice just after clapping? :rolleyes:

Timing-wise, it's from about 2:21:10 in the coverage.
 




AZ Gull

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Oct 14, 2003
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Chandler, AZ
A reminder that the academy season isn't quite done yet - Simon Rusk will take a squad of 10 to the Hong Kong Soccer Sevens tournament which starts next Friday.
 






GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
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Albion ended the season with an 18-match unbeaten run in all competitions, winning the Sussex Senior Cup and earning promotion to Premier League 2 Division One. Their record during that run:-

P:18 W:15 D:3 L:0 FOR:53 AGAINST:7 GD:46

They kept 11 clean sheets in those 18 matches.
And now of course comes the dilemma...........many of those lads looked ready to make a step up - but not yet to Albion in the PL, though I wouldn't be too alarmed to see one or two of them on the bench occasionally - but to senior football certainly. A half or whole season in League 2 - or maybe even League 1 - would be the next obvious step.....But......

But, we'll be playing in the top division of U23 football next season, against much better teams. That is a good thing for us, of course, it will make us a more attractive prospect for young players, and of course it is progress for our academy. I know results at U23 aren't the be-all and end-all that they are for the first team, but we don't want to weaken the U23s to the extent that they come back down again after a season.

A problem, I guess - but maybe not a bad problem to have!
 


Sheebo

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Jul 13, 2003
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Anyone else see the goon in the Adidas top behind the BHA flag give the fingers up twice just after clapping? :rolleyes:

Timing-wise, it's from about 2:21:10 in the coverage.

Bit harsh - to me he was clearly telling the people he was with what someone did - possibly a villa player...
 


hart's shirt

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Jul 8, 2003
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Kitbag in Dubai
Bit harsh - to me he was clearly telling the people he was with what someone did - possibly a villa player...

We'll agree to disagree then.

Regardless of that, a great performance by the lads up there and a well-deserved victory.
 




Thunder Bolt

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I agree. I like to think we’d have got at least a couple of thousand in.

I remember going to a midweek league game at the Goldstone (in the late 70’s), and think we had between 5 and 10 thousand.

There was nearly a thousand for the semi final, and I think the youngsters enjoyed playing to a crowd.
 





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