The trialist was the young boy Racchi who will be signing
It's because he had to go to massYoung-Coombs has been withdrawn... I wonder if we'll see him on Sunday?
NYC has made a spectacular start to his Rangers career in the last 7 months or so and it looks like we have another with huge potential in Ritchie-Hosler, the guy we signed from the Man City Academy. He too has made a very promising start. They've both fitted in very well with the existing promising talent at THTC.
The other great thing about this crop of youngsters is the excellent potential for nicknames.
NYC, The Leon King are two crackers. What more could ye ask for?
Playing a testimonial against crusaders in Belfast 2moro.Where might they be going next? A pal says they're at Edinburgh airport....down south or a tournament?
I don't know anything about the Huddersfield lads but I remember reading that Huddersfield had made a strategic decision two or three years ago when they were in serious financial difficulty to scrap their academy and development squads and focus exclusively on their first team and feed off Premier League clubs when they pruned their development squads. Perhaps they are only at the start of a new journey.and we should not get carried away.
There’ll be a reason for this I guess?Good score but we should be pumping Cambridge.
Huddersfield don’t have an academy (not worth having one in modern football). U18s is their lowest level and is mainly lads on trial from Barnet and the like. It’s a check box to appease UEFA, in case they ever get European football.
Our youths are on so many levels higher than theirs. And it showed today.
Is Graeme Murty in charge of these boys?
It's because he had to go to mass
No mate, they go down to u17s. It was u16 and below they 'exited' from. They have an Elite Development Team, u19s and u17s in their Academy.
https://www.htafc.com/teams/
That’s the one. It’s a real facade for Huddersfield. Any of their half decent youngsters are in Austria at the moment. They had two 15 year olds from Lambeth Tigers playing today. It’s genuinely just making up numbers. Their u19s lost 10-1 to Sheff Weds in their first game. A sorry indication of football’s future whilst richer clubs are allowed to hoard hundreds of youngsters.
Guessing Albert Rachi has signed then, given that he's named in the official match report?
Pretty sure if he was a trialist, that's all he would be called.
Few people will be playing with the reserves perhaps, the likes of Dickson, Butterworth etca few names missing from last seasons side.
may be on holiday?
The chose to drop from Cat 2 status to Cat 4 status. We have plenty on here questioning the 'worth' of a Youth Academy but all it takes is 1 or 2 to break through and you've gained the benefit. You'd think that after their time in the Premiership, and the parachute payments to come, they'd not be short of cash.
Where did he come from?Ritchie-Hosler seems to be bedding in very well.
Man CityWhere did he come from?
Few people will be playing with the reserves perhaps, the likes of Dickson, Butterworth etc
know I don’t like themI don't know anything about the Huddersfield lads but I...
a few names missing from last seasons side.
may be on holiday?
I'm sure there was a list on the official website, they have a few friendlies over the next couple weeks then have a tournament featuring teams like West brom, then have a couple friendlies at end of August against Ajax and another big team I'm sure.Who’s the reserves playing
I know imagine losing a goal, sack the keeper.
Sammy? Shut upA Scotch and Wry classic !!
Nathan Young-Coombes has been involved in all five goals.
He's doing really well for a 16 year old.
Goals up on RTV.
Lowrys cheeky penalty and the build up play for his second between him, Yates & Ritchie-Hosler is fantastic.
Not even mentioned some of the stuff from NYC in the first 3 goals either.The last goal, from young Lowry, is a work of art. Lovely interchanges all the way through.