U18’s Stoke v Burnley

[RammyClaret61]

Clarets 2-0 up at ht.

[BenWickes]

Wayne's cousin with both.

[tiger76]

That's some start for the new bunch.

A pair of headers for young Rooney.

Team here if anyone's interested.

Waller, Connolly, Armstrong, Moonan, Rooney (c), Sassi, Hugill, Woods, McGlynn, Ratchford, Unwin.
Subs: Carson, Brennan, Walters, Mellon, Smyth-Ferguson.

[Hapag Lloyd]

3-0 McGlynn

Under 23s just gone 1 down at Wolves

[mkmel]

What position does young Rooney play?

[BenWickes]

What position does young Rooney play?

Centre Half I believe.

[tiger76]

What position does young Rooney play?

Internet search says he's a CB, he can certainly finish though. Must be in the genes.

[FactualFrank]

Is that his name, Young Rooney, or is it just like when Michael Owen was called young Michael Owen?

[randomclaret2]

U23s now level and 18s winning 3-1

[ecc]

Many thanks for all the news. The lad Joe McGlynn is a name who stood out last year. Great to see him scoring.

[Longsider]

Wood or Woods

[ecc]

Ben Woods.

[Hapag Lloyd]

Under 18s finished 3-1

[cmobfc]

Under 23s 2-2 at half time. Richardson and Thompson put us 2-1 up before they equalised.

[mdd2]

Good start for them

[Colburn_Claret]

Does anyone know how strong or weak the Stoke U18s and Wolves U23s were last season.
One swallow doesn't make summer, but its hard to measure how strong we are moving up to a higher level.

Positive start from both, so pleasing to see that the youth system appears to have come a long way, in a very short space of time.

[tiger76]

Under 23s 2-2 at half time. Richardson and Thompson put us 2-1 up before they equalised.

Great to see Richardson back on the scoresheet, and Thompson bagging as well, they're acquitting themselves adequately at the higher level thus far.

[tiger76]

Under 18s finished 3-1

Great start to life at PL level, I'm sure somebody stated we'd get hammered every week moving up to this standard, well that's clearly not the case today.

[Colburn_Claret]

Does anyone know how strong or weak the Stoke U18s and Wolves U23s were last season.
One swallow doesn't make summer, but its hard to measure how strong we are moving up to a higher level.

Positive start from both, so pleasing to see that the youth system appears to have come a long way, in a very short space of time.

No need, just checked and Wolves got relegated from Prem 1 last season.

Stoke had a good season, 5th but close to 2nd in a league won by Citeh by a distance.

[JohnDearyMe]

Great to see Richardson back on the scoresheet, and Thompson bagging as well, they're acquitting themselves adequately at the higher level thus far.

If we do manage to bring in a few new signing i wonder whether either of these two will be making the first team bench still? They seem to be highly rated

[Hapag Lloyd]

Wolves winning 3-2 60mins

[tiger76]

If we do manage to bring in a few new signing i wonder whether either of these two will be making the first team bench still? They seem to be highly rated

I wouldn't be to see them playing in the cups this season, whether they'll be considered for the PL is a different matter, but they do offer us options on the bench, and Sean does clearly rate them, so let's hope they can play a part this season, if either comes good it won't half lift the pressure on the rest of the squad, and the BOD may not have to release the purse strings as much as expected, that has to be our aim to bring through at least 1 a season from the academy to the 1st team squad.

[Hapag Lloyd]

Finished 3-2

[tiger76]

Finished 3-2

No disgrace in that, we've shown that we're more than capable of competing against better quality, and we don't look out of place.

[FCBurnley]

We shouldn’t look out of place. We are an established Premier League team

[ClaretTony]

We shouldn’t look out of place. We are an established Premier League team

Totally irrelevant that we an established Premier League team. This is about the academy and the quality of the players we can bring in.

[FCBurnley]

Totally irrelevant that we an established Premier League team. This is about the academy and the quality of the players we can bring in.

Well that was a quick bite

[ClaretTony]

Well that was a quick bite

Not a bite at all, just explaining the situation to someone who doesn't understand the system at all as you have shown so often previously.

[ClaretTony]

Not reports as such, because we can't be there, but a few words on

U18s
https://www.uptheclarets.com/rooney-at- ... win-opener

U23s
https://www.uptheclarets.com/under-23s- ... -in-opener

[FCBurnley]

Not a bite at all, just explaining the situation to someone who doesn't understand the system at all as you have shown so often previously.

[superdimitri]

Good news. Hopefully we can keep it up. I was certainly not expecting us to compete like we did in the opening fixtures. Let's hope it continues because development will be a lot better if we can get some good results throughout the year!

[DCWat]

Is that his name, Young Rooney, or is it just like when Michael Owen was called young Michael Owen?

Aaahkid Rooney, I believe