Yet another goalkeeper I have never heard of, I have seen his name as Pall or Pual, on another site, any information, must be good for this important game.
They tend to give some of the u16s games towards the end of the season. A quick Google search shows Yao and Prall are both u15s this season (year below Ahearne-Grant):
Hope you are able to make it Dick given that you have been our guiding light of Academy matters. :-)))
I have been told by the quacks not to drive at the moment, so I will get my wife to give me a lift. I might even make the first team game on Saturday. I am more excited by watching the U18s as they play a good pass and move game. It will be a pity to see Paul Hart go but I hope Steve Avory stays as he has been brilliant for a number of years.
Dick - where have heard/been told that Paul Hart is leaving?
I can't give you the name of the person, for obvious reasons, but this person told me that Leeds made him an offer and then Man City made him an offer he can't refuse. There was also a rumour, not from the same person, that Jose Riga would take over the Academy and the current assistant coach Karel whatshisname is taking over as first team Coach.I notice that Man City's Academy Coach has left.
Scott Sellars has left Manchester City by mutual consent with the head of academy coaching having turned down an expanded role within the club's youth set-up.
Sellars, a former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United winger, has left due to "organic" change at the club, with his departure a sign of the evolving structure of City's youth policy under Txiki Begiristain, the director of football.
The club are making a sizeable investment in developing their own players, spending more than £100m on a bespoke facility next to the Etihad Stadium. The 80-acre Etihad Campus will house the youth development and first-team training centre. There will be on-site accommodation for 40 young players and a 7,000-seater stadium for their matches.
With Micah Richards the only player to feature regularly at senior level for the club who has risen through the ranks set to leave this summer, City have a 10-year plan to emulate Barcelona, where Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez were all home-grown. The Catalan club's youth training centre and stadium is also close to the Camp Nou.
Thanks Dick. Hard to compete with that. Will be a real shame to see him go, think he has done wonders for the Academy. Be interesting to see who RD puts in charge of something that he thinks is vital.
Yet another goalkeeper I have never heard of, I have seen his name as Pall or Pual, on another site, any information, must be good for this important game.
They tend to give some of the u16s games towards the end of the season. A quick Google search shows Yao and Prall are both u15s this season (year below Ahearne-Grant):
Yes I heard the same narrative as you Dick that Jose was here to take over from Paul.
Paul is far to professional and a class act to come back for Academy graduates and of course we have an edge (as Crewe have) in that we can offer young men a first team experience and identity and not interminable loans to places north, south, east and west!
Fantastic achievement yet again from the U18s, Paul Hart, Steve Avory and all involved. Will be disappointed to see Paul leaving. Don't think things could have gone any better since he arrived and it's a huge loss if he does leave us.
He would be a huge loss but with Avory there and Riga seemingly taking charge, I think we would be ok. More worrying is the talk of the assistant taking over IMO. I really want a Championship manager taking over. I no he didn't do great this season but I have always quite liked Billy Davies.
Dick - where have heard/been told that Paul Hart is leaving?
I can't give you the name of the person, for obvious reasons, but this person told me that Leeds made him an offer and then Man City made him an offer he can't refuse. There was also a rumour, not from the same person, that Jose Riga would take over the Academy and the current assistant coach Karel whatshisname is taking over as first team Coach.I notice that Man City's Academy Coach has left.
Scott Sellars has left Manchester City by mutual consent with the head of academy coaching having turned down an expanded role within the club's youth set-up.
Sellars, a former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United winger, has left due to "organic" change at the club, with his departure a sign of the evolving structure of City's youth policy under Txiki Begiristain, the director of football.
The club are making a sizeable investment in developing their own players, spending more than £100m on a bespoke facility next to the Etihad Stadium. The 80-acre Etihad Campus will house the youth development and first-team training centre. There will be on-site accommodation for 40 young players and a 7,000-seater stadium for their matches.
With Micah Richards the only player to feature regularly at senior level for the club who has risen through the ranks set to leave this summer, City have a 10-year plan to emulate Barcelona, where Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez were all home-grown. The Catalan club's youth training centre and stadium is also close to the Camp Nou.
I got whiff of this rumour back in March, so whoever the new coach is, they would have been aware for some time.
Logically I can see Karel taking over. Whether or not this will be right choice, I guess we will have to wait and see.
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http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/20120905-harris-academy-354776.aspx?pageView=full#anchored
Scott Sellars has left Manchester City by mutual consent with the head of academy coaching having turned down an expanded role within the club's youth set-up.
Sellars, a former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United winger, has left due to "organic" change at the club, with his departure a sign of the evolving structure of City's youth policy under Txiki Begiristain, the director of football.
The club are making a sizeable investment in developing their own players, spending more than £100m on a bespoke facility next to the Etihad Stadium. The 80-acre Etihad Campus will house the youth development and first-team training centre. There will be on-site accommodation for 40 young players and a 7,000-seater stadium for their matches.
With Micah Richards the only player to feature regularly at senior level for the club who has risen through the ranks set to leave this summer, City have a 10-year plan to emulate Barcelona, where Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez were all home-grown. The Catalan club's youth training centre and stadium is also close to the Camp Nou.
Paul is far to professional and a class act to come back for Academy graduates and of course we have an edge (as Crewe have) in that we can offer young men a first team experience and identity and not interminable loans to places north, south, east and west!
http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/190414-qpr-u18s-3-charlton-u18s-4-match-report-1498223.aspx
Fantastic achievement yet again from the U18s, Paul Hart, Steve Avory and all involved. Will be disappointed to see Paul leaving. Don't think things could have gone any better since he arrived and it's a huge loss if he does leave us.
Logically I can see Karel taking over. Whether or not this will be right choice, I guess we will have to wait and see.
wrong man for the job
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/nottingham-forest-boss-billy-davies-1079066
Apologies to anyone eating their cornflakes... ;-)
Charlton U18s starting XI: Phillips; Barnes, Edwards, Gomez, Yao; Lapslie, Thomas, Cook; Hanlan, Ahearne-Grant, Kennedy.
Subs: Browne, Afolabi, Bokciu, Kelly, Dawkins.
GOAL 1-1! K A-Grant scores.
Gomez off for innocuous second yellow, so misses the final (assuming we get there). What a shame