General Reserves Talk

[MutableEarth]

Been keeping updates on U23 match while travelling (basically following Jeorge Bird's feed on twitter).

Match finished 3-0. Eddie Nketiah hattrick. First goals at this level. Willock and Nelson impressed again. Josh DaSilva played at left back. Remember when I said they would make someone an unorthodox one?

Mavididi and Maitland-Niles did not play which means they will likely be in the squad tomorrow with Jeff. Marc Bola, who usually plays LB, was also missing.

Shame Zelalem hasnt made the cut. He has actually been good so sad to see he isnt getting the due recognition. He played tonight aswell.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Shame Zelalem hasnt made the cut. He has actually been good so sad to see he isnt getting the due recognition. He played tonight aswell.

Cheers for the update.

Weird with Zelalem, he have the attributes that we are missing in the midfield.

 

[MutableEarth]

Cheers for the update.

Weird with Zelalem, he have the attributes that we are missing in the midfield.

Wenger probably doesnt think hes strong enough still. Maybe waiting to go back on loan.

Nketiahs goals are viewable on Arsenals twitter BTW. My phone wont play the 2nd goal but apparently was a great goal. Hyped for him, an awesome finisher with great movement and linkup play. Clearly smart aswell.

 

[MutableEarth]

All 3 goals.

 

[krackpot]

wow that second goal :O

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

All 3 goals.

Seems like he is finally growing into his body.

 

[MutableEarth]

I'm annoyed. If we were gonna play that sh*t, we might as well have played more of the kids. AMN should have started. Willock and Zelalem should have been in the squad. Mavididi could have gotten minutes. Instead we got that sh*t.

 

[redanddread]

NKETIAH AND JOE WILLOCK SCORE AS ARSENAL U18S COME FROM BEHIND TO DRAW WITH CHELSEA

https://arsenalyouth.wordpress.com/...l-u18s-come-from-behind-to-draw-with-chelsea/

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

We drawed 1-1 with Basel in Champions youth league for our final game. We needed to win with more than one goal lead.

Eddie Nketiah scored our goal.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20161206/zech-medley-joins-as-a-scholar

 

[redanddread]

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20161206/zech-medley-joins-as-a-scholar

 

[Aevi]

@MutableEarth

 

[MutableEarth]

@MutableEarth

Don't think there was any danger of this not happening

I am more intrigued to see how soon he is given a first team opportunity.

 

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[redanddread]

Mavididi can't stop scoring & we can't stop giving away penalties.

 

[MutableEarth]

Mavididi can't stop scoring & we can't stop giving away penalties.

It's funny. Malen is the one with the fanfare (understandably so) but Mavididi and Nketiah are the two who are putting them away consistently.

I missed this game as I was traveling unfortunately. A mate who did watch it said that Jeff, Nelson and Maitland-Niles were good. He also said he had never paid attention to Willock much before but that his control is superb.

Liverpool have some pretty promising young players there, but it looks like individual errors cost us really. Not sure why Zelalem didn't start either as he's been the strongest midfielder bar Maitland-Niles. Bennacer has not looked that good this season so far.

 

[redanddread]

It's funny. Malen is the one with the fanfare (understandably so) but Mavididi and Nketiah are the two who are putting them away consistently.

I missed this game as I was traveling unfortunately. A mate who did watch it said that Jeff, Nelson and Maitland-Niles were good. He also said he had never paid attention to Willock much before but that his control is superb.

Liverpool have some pretty promising young players there, but it looks like individual errors cost us really. Not sure why Zelalem didn't start either as he's been the strongest midfielder bar Maitland-Niles. Bennacer has not looked that good this season so far.

Coach Steve Gatting surprisingly elected to name Gedion Zelalem on the bench as Ismael Bennacer partnered Ainsley Maitland-Niles in midfield, while Jeff Reine-Adelaide received a run-out.

https://arsenalyouth.wordpress.com/...ough-as-arsenal-u23s-are-beaten-by-liverpool/

 

[MutableEarth]

 

[Maxim]

The ref is taking the fecking piss, how can you send Reiss off and leave the fecker who two footed him on.

Absolute Joke

 

[MutableEarth]

The ref is taking the fecking piss, how can you send Reiss off and leave the fecker who two footed him on.

Absolute Joke

Yeah, was a harsh sending off definitely. By all accounts, this Blackburn team were very physical for most of the match, but they apparently have a pretty good academy so going down to 10 men would have made it very difficult for us, not least losing arguably the best and most consistent attacker in the entire squad.

Now that he has turned 17, I'm wondering if Wenger might think he's already ready for a loan. We are out of both the FA Youth Cup and the Uefa Youth League, so all that's left is the PL2 and we are not in immediate danger of going down again. Nelson, along with Willock, Mavididi and Zelalem, is looking superior to the current level he's playing at in the PL2. No problem with him staying - and I'm not even a big fan of our loaning academy grads out, given how poor some of those loans have turned out to be - but I want to see him and the aforementioned tested a bit more. Doesn't help that our youth coverage is terrible.