under 21s in lancing tonite

[empire]

v brentford

 

[AZ Gull]

Team: Grant Smith; Bradley Barry, Ben Barclay, Glen Rea, Dylan Lall; Courtney Richards, Emil Asmundsson, Jason Davis, Jesse Starkey, Brennan Dickenson, Robin Deen.

Subs: Charlie Harris, Oliver Wray, Matthew Benham, Jamie Muitt.


Interestingly, no George Barker. Being kept out in preparation for first team squad duty on Wednesday?

 

[BensGrandad]

Or not good enough for the DS team

 

[AZ Gull]

Brentford take the lead through Alfie Mawson after 9 minutes.

 

[AZ Gull]

1-1 at half-time. Richards scored a penalty on 41 minutes after Barclay was fouled.

 

[AZ Gull]

Final score: 1-1

Albion's development squad now have 3 wins and a draw in the U-21 league.

 

[severnside gull]

Good result given it was a pretty weak side we put out (no Walton, JFC, Barker, Much, Ince or Dunk all now in or around the first team squad).
I thought Courtney Richards had been converted from centre forward to defensive midfield but he seems to have been playing further forward tonight?

 

[El Sid]

The Icelandic kid was very poor.

 

[empire]

Good result given it was a pretty weak side we put out (no Walton, JFC, Barker, Much, Ince or Dunk all now in or around the first team squad).
I thought Courtney Richards had been converted from centre forward to defensive midfield but he seems to have been playing further forward tonight?

eh,not the game i watched,richards was holding mid,starkey was attacking midfield ,along with blonde kiddy(cant spell his name)

 

[severnside gull]

eh,not the game i watched,richards was holding mid,starkey was attacking midfield ,along with blonde kiddy(cant spell his name)

cheers - just going on the club twitter feed which made a few mentions of Richards in their penalty area... seems to have potential and a good attitude

 

[mune ni kamome]

The only time Richards was in their area was to take the penalty. Thought we were very poor tonight. 2nd best for much of the game.

 

[perseus]

Looking for other youngsters to poach: http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk...taking-swift/story-19757840-detail/story.html

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Looking for other youngsters to poach: http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk...taking-swift/story-19757840-detail/story.html

Sorry, are you saying we're looking at that player, or is he your recommendation?

 

[AZ Gull]

The only time Richards was in their area was to take the penalty. Thought we were very poor tonight. 2nd best for much of the game.

Interesting. The report on the Brentford official website suggested a draw was probably a fair result; in the first-half they felt Albion dominated possession but Brentford created the best chances. They described Brighton as being well-organised and hard to break down.

 

[mune ni kamome]

Exactly. At home. Top of the league with 100% record and we were hard to break down, draw was a fair result. Disappointing for me anyway.

 

[northstandsteve]

Brentford had a lot of players with league/cup experience, we had a very young side out. There keeper pulled off a couple of fine saves in the 2nd half. Brentford beat us 1-0 last season, they are always well organised. They unlike many other sides shut us down from the off. Personally i thought some of our young lads did pretty well. I like the look of Glen Rea, plays at the back and is comfortable on the ball. Starkey has ability and Dickenson can play at league level, fantastic run late on could have won the game. Can he step up to the Championship not sure. Lots of scouts in last night, plus Phil Brown Southend manager. Overall pretty good game and a fair result.