U19s v Liverpool BT Sports 1 at 1pm today.

[Beanzie]

Hopefully the young lads confidences are not affected. It is a good learning curve. I thought our keeper looked really good.

It'll make a good video to show the lads at their next training session

 

[Pvt. Hudson]

Ure should have buried that header in the first half at 0-0. Things could have turned out differently. Liverpool looked a strong well coached and organised team to be fair.

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Liverpool skipper is smashing player

The big Number 4 that looks a bit like TAA? Yup, he looked a class above. Could see him making the breakthrough. Doak, only 16, looked good as well (thank goodness he moved so young).

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Ure should have buried that header in the first half at 0-0. Things could have turned out differently. Liverpool looked a strong well coached and organised team to be fair.

He should have. That said, to my eyes it was offside, but the Linesman didn’t flag. One of a number of offsides/non-offsides they got wrong today. Could have had a penalty at 0-0 as well, for pulling Ure’s shirt. Might have started outside box though.

 

[prenzlauerbear]

The big Number 4 that looks a bit like TAA? Yup, he looked a class above. Could see him making the breakthrough. Doak, only 16, looked good as well (thank goodness he moved so young).

Different gravy that young fella. Wonder what his name was. Did you get a teamsheet @mdingwall ?

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Different gravy that young fella. Wonder what his name was. Did you get a teamsheet @mdingwall ?

His name was Jarell Quansah I think (the Number 4 that is).

Think Scotland missed the boat on this one.

Eligible to play for England as well as Scotland, Ghana, and Barbados through his grandparents, Jarell Quansah first played with England youth teams, from under-16s level to the under-19s.

 

[iaatpies]

We need an under 19 rather than under 18 league. At that point there's no benefit to kids playing lowland league. If they have potential then get them playing league one or championship. The difference between lowland and championship football is significant.

 

[Sheik Ma Shammy]

They sell youth players for £10m plus also around europe, gulf is big

I think it will be our toughest game but I hope I'm wrong obviously.

 

[Gordy411]

The young Rangers keeper has kept the score respectable so far.

I’m not so sure. To me it was more a case of liverpools shooting. The howler he had in the first half was incredibly poor

 

[bkerr72]

We need an under 19 rather than under 18 league. At that point there's no benefit to kids playing lowland league. If they have potential then get them playing league one or championship. The difference between lowland and championship football is significant.

Need something to bridge the gap between 18s and first team football. I know the reserve league has came back but we pulled out that the last time because it wasn't doing anything for us and teams weren't taking it seriously just playing the same kids. Lowland isn't a great level but with the amount of games they play on top of challenge cup/18s and youth league then it kind of prepares them for a schedule the first team have.

B team in the actual league setup would help but whilst the SPFL remains the setup it does its never going to happen.

 

[Gordy411]

The lad strachan got pulled at half time. If u watched the last five mins of the first half u will se why. He was running beside the Liverpool lads not even making a challenge

 

[nasalsinatra]

Our team was largely made up of home talent. I include McAusland and Lindsay in that although they are from NI. EPL clubs scour the world for talent and pay them enormous wages. Doak, who Liverpool took from Celtic recently, is being paid at a level far above anyone in Scottish football out with Rangers and Celtic. They paid Fulham millions for Elliott and Carvalho in the last year, a 16 and a 17 year old. Billy Gilmour went to Chelsea in similar circumstances. The key to youth football is how many actually make it to the first team. We have seen Patterson, King, Lowry, Devine come through in the last two years. That is what I am looking for from these current lads.

 

[linthousebear1981]

Our best player in Europe is a boy who could not get near their first team and was their youth player, there's an almighty gulf.

Yeah I think that pretty much sums up the difference between us and the top 6 in England.

 

[Sheik Ma Shammy]

Yeah I think that pretty much sums up the difference between us and the top 6 in England.

Yes, I think most realise it as well, the only hope we have is if they have an off night and we are bang on form and get a bit of good luck.
I would love to see us beat them but there is now a massive gulf between football in Scotland versus football in England.

 

[BrooklynBlue]

His name was Quansah I think (the Number 4 that is).

A big part of England's win at the U19 Euros in the Summer. He scored the winner in the semi-final and was in UEFA's team of the tournament.

 

[linthousebear1981]

Yes, I think most realise it as well, the only hope we have is if they have an off night and we are bang on form and get a bit of good luck.
I would love to see us beat them but there is now a massive gulf between football in Scotland versus football in England.

To be fair there is a massive gulf between football in England and the rest, bar Real Madrid, PSG and Bayern Munich

 

[nasalsinatra]

To be fair there is a massive gulf between football in England and the rest, bar Real Madrid, PSG and Bayern Munich

Napoli tore Liverpool to shreds last month. Do not overlook them.

 

[BoyciesDa]

Shadow of the swift team i view