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Phil Airey deserves a shot with the first team.

 

Would give Ranger a nice kick up the ass to have another youth team striker play first team football ahead of him.

:thup:

 

I know he's not ready, but neither is Ranger - and at least the Goal Fairy just might be a first team footballer, one day...

 

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Whereabouts do Newcastle play there academy games?

 

Thinking about having a drive through with the bairn to watch the Newcastle v Sunderland U18 game this Wednesday.

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Whereabouts do Newcastle play there academy games?

 

Thinking about having a drive through with the bairn to watch the Newcastle v Sunderland U18 game this Wednesday.

 

Usually at the Academy just off Greenlee Drive, NE7 7SF.

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Guest Wearside

Whereabouts do Newcastle play there academy games?

 

Thinking about having a drive through with the bairn to watch the Newcastle v Sunderland U18 game this Wednesday.

 

Usually at the Academy just off Greenlee Drive, NE7 7SF.

 

Cheers.

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It was a decent game,very evenly matched until half time with not a great deal of chances but second half we outclassed Newcastle and we should have won by more really.Our centre half Louis Laing(from Newcastle I think) was superb and he will be a top defender IMO,Newcastle brought a little ginger haired kid on in the second half and he looked very lively and looked very decent and his pace caused a few problems.

 

There was a decent crowd with it being school holidays and Pardew and Nolan were in attendance aswell,the bairn got Kevin Ball's autograph aswell. :)

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It was a decent game,very evenly matched until half time with not a great deal of chances but second half we outclassed Newcastle and we should have won by more really.Our centre half Louis Laing(from Newcastle I think) was superb and he will be a top defender IMO,Newcastle brought a little ginger haired kid on in the second half and he looked very lively and looked very decent and his pace caused a few problems.

 

There was a decent crowd with it being school holidays and Pardew and Nolan were in attendance aswell,the bairn got Kevin Ball's autograph aswell. :)

You've a Newcastle lad in your ranks? Frustrating to say the least. Are they still at the age where by they can move freely from clubs? I'd be looking to nab him.  :colo:

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We have quite a few lads from Newcastle in our youth team,not sure about the rules for signing them but fairly sure they will be under some sort of contract.Colback who is in our first team is also a big Newcastle fan,not sure how they have slipped through your net,maybe Newcastle haven't payed as much attention to the academy as  we have.

 

I was talking to a Arsenal scout at a academy match about 2 month ago and apparently Billy Knott who is now on the fringes of our first team had a trial at Newcastle but you wouldn't pay Chelsea a nominal fee for him and so he signed for us and the scout couldn't believe you had let him slip by.

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We have quite a few lads from Newcastle in our youth team,not sure about the rules for signing them but fairly sure they will be under some sort of contract.Colback who is in our first team is also a big Newcastle fan,not sure how they have slipped through your net,maybe Newcastle haven't payed as much attention to the academy as  we have.

 

I was talking to a Arsenal scout at a academy match about 2 month ago and apparently Billy Knott who is now on the fringes of our first team had a trial at Newcastle but you wouldn't pay Chelsea a nominal fee for him and so he signed for us and the scout couldn't believe you had let him slip by.

He'd had discipline issues though hadn't he? I'm sure there was some reason along those lines as to why Chelsea let him go.

 

I appreciate what you're saying about youngsters etc. I guess our true test will come with how many of the current crop make it, but I'm sure our coaches would say 'Look at Krul, Carroll etc who have Sunderland brought through on the same levels'.

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Yes he had some off the field problems on London and apparently had a suspect attitude at Chelsea.

 

Well we've had a few come through in recent years,got money for the likes of Waghorn and Leadbitter and then you have Colback,Henderson and now Knott and Noble close to the first team.

 

At any academy you will be doing well to get more than 3 or 4 in one age group who go on to be top level players,even if you produce a few and sell them to lower league clubs it will pay for the running costs of an academy.

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SweHenke, you heard from Samuel Adjei lately? He's missed almost the entire season due to injuries. Tore his groin at the start, has it just been his groin causing issues throughout the year, or is it his hamstrings too?

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