jw1739 Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 Our Under-16 lads beat Red Star Belgrade 3-1 in their opening match. John Roberts with a hat-trick. http://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/article/suning-cup-report-city-3-1-red-star-belgrade/1i469pzs4dtu11vzt4odscd6jt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) 17 minutes ago, jw1739 said: Our Under-16 lads beat Red Star Belgrade 3-1 in their opening match. John Roberts with a hat-trick. http://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/article/suning-cup-report-city-3-1-red-star-belgrade/1i469pzs4dtu11vzt4odscd6jt Isnt John Roberts 18? EDIT: Nope just checked Edited August 17, 2017 by haz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 Looks the goods this kid, hopefully gets an opportunity or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 More about the tournament here. http://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/article/city-academy-travel-to-china-to-take-on-inter-milan/1ss28i4tt0zdz1ajxs52zmtd5o Have to say this is the sort of stuff I really like to hear about our club. One of the reasons I fell in with Heart in the first place. Would love to see one of these lads really make it in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 2 hours ago, jw1739 said: More about the tournament here. http://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/article/city-academy-travel-to-china-to-take-on-inter-milan/1ss28i4tt0zdz1ajxs52zmtd5o Have to say this is the sort of stuff I really like to hear about our club. One of the reasons I fell in with Heart in the first place. Would love to see one of these lads really make it in the game. I would still want a rule in the HAL where there has to be one U20 in the starting XI and another U20 on the bench. That way out of 10 clubs (hopefully 12 soon) we would have almost a whole national U20 team playing reguarly each week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 43 minutes ago, haz said: I would still want a rule in the HAL where there has to be one U20 in the starting XI and another U20 on the bench. That way out of 10 clubs (hopefully 12 soon) we would have almost a whole national U20 team playing reguarly each week. Totally disagree. A kid should only get a game when he deserves it. Problem most of the time is the coaches not the kids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 34 minutes ago, Jovan said: Totally disagree. A kid should only get a game when he deserves it. Problem most of the time is the coaches not the kids. I agree with this. The problem is that I see is that there is currently no room for kids to be given a chance agaisnt quality opposition. Hence forcing a reason for a coach to play them, as a result teams will look for the best U20 to fill the XI spot. Hence we will see a Peirias play rather then a Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, haz said: I agree with this. The problem is that I see is that there is currently no room for kids to be given a chance agaisnt quality opposition. Hence forcing a reason for a coach to play them, as a result teams will look for the best U20 to fill the XI spot. Hence we will see a Peirias play rather then a Rose No need to bring in a rule that in a few years will be detrimental. Allow transfer fees and then it becomes worth clubs developing younger players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 17 minutes ago, Jovan said: No need to bring in a rule that in a few years will be detrimental. Allow transfer fees and then it becomes worth clubs developing younger players. True. Eitherway there needs to be a serious shake-up of the rules which I hope will occur sooner rather then later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 7 hours ago, haz said: True. Eitherway there needs to be a serious shake-up of the rules which I hope will occur sooner rather then later. Couldn't agree more. But I seriously doubt things will change anytime soon. Governance of this game has gone from bad to worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 (edited) We lost our second match, 1-5 to Inter Milan. http://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/article/suning-cup-report-city-1-5-inter-milan/u881vjbjt781zhyzra5pdga4 Edited August 18, 2017 by jw1739 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 Another nice piece from Joe Palatsides. http://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/article/palatsides-citys-youth-can-match-it-with-the-worlds-best/7u3mo2kkwl9g16mbkdsrm5rgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 The lads will play in the 3rd-place play-off against F.C. Koln of Germany. They demolished the local F.A. Xinjang boys 13-0 in their final group match. Report here: http://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/article/suning-cup-report-city-13-0-yili-xinjang/16q7t1mbcibr11h6ngy7k1emfx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 Finished in 3rd place after a 4-3 win over F.C. Koln. http://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/article/city-finishes-third-in-2017-suning-cup/1vfe1mbo5nas71ww2ambq6gt0f John Roberts won the Golden Boot for the tournament. IMO this tournament performance is a worthy and significant achievement for our Academy. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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