Boycie Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Where was it at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackNwhites Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Banks's Football Stadium, Walsall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Where was it at? Walsall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcFc Dyycheee Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 There was no grass on the pitch come the end of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Why? Was the crowd big? We used to sell out U21's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptherams Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 England U21's will learn. When Hughes wants it, give it him. That Josh M can do one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcFc Dyycheee Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Think the crowd was 9k. and about 5k was screaming kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake n Bake Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 The under 21s games don't seem to get as big crowds anymore. I remember going to a few at pride park. Especially the Holland one, David Dunn scored the winner against a dutch team with Van Der Vaart in the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcFc Dyycheee Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Can remember going to a U21 match at PP and watching Lee Camp in goal 'http://www.dcfcfans.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randombc Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Hughes played well, nothing outstanding, but kept the ball moving and looked composed as always. As said above the pitch was worse than a Sunday league game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 The under 21s games don't seem to get as big crowds anymore. I remember going to a few at pride park. Especially the Holland one, David Dunn scored the winner against a dutch team with Van Der Vaart in the side. All I remember about that game is the 4 Holland fans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddesdenRam Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Hughes couldn't really get going as the pitch was dire second half. Very neat little three tap between two defenders in their box before a Swedish player came and smashed the ball away for a corner. We scored from the resulting corner so you could give him credit there. His passing was pretty much flawless as per, I counted around 3 misplaced passes and he lost possession 2 times. But the main thing is he didnt look like a lost sheep. Definitely belonged in the flock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Can't be any worse that Blackpool pitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddesdenRam Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Can't be any worse that Blackpool pitch! It was. Tom Ince thrived in the mud pit as he is used to playing on those pitches having played at Blackpool, which is dire as you say. But even Tom said that in the second half the pitch was holding the team back considerably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 It was. Tom Ince thrived in the mud pit as he is used to playing on those pitches having played at Blackpool, which is dire as you say. But even Tom said that in the second half the pitch was holding the team back considerably. The current u-21 crop look to have some real talent. Ince in particular played very well tonight - the best performance I've seen from him in a long time. To say Will gives the best young players in England 4 years, he just does not look out of place and seems to have put last month's indifferent form behind him. I wouldn't be surprised to see him get a call-up to the full England squad for a friendly in the next 12 months. Whether he gets on the pitch or not is a different matter, but Roy Hodgson is not afraid of introducing youth to the squad for a taste of the action. And of course Burton's not far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddesdenRam Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I wouldn't be surprised to see him get a call-up to the full England squad for a friendly in the next 12 months. Whether he gets on the pitch or not is a different matter, but Roy Hodgson is not afraid of introducing youth to the squad for a taste of the action. I'm glad Will doesn't have a head like you 'http://www.dcfcfans.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> One step at a time slow down. I seriously doubt Will, Will play for the England senior squad in the next 12 months. However I am not ruling it out at all. The one thing Will has above all else is that there are no players like him in the England set-up from Senior to under 19. He has a chance, a great chance but get your feet on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptherams Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Roy Hodgson is not afraid of introducing youth to the squad for a taste of the action Is Will Hughes eligible for another country? The real reason why these youngsters keep getting full England caps doesn't need to be spoken does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Ram Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 It's all raising the value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I'm glad Will doesn't have a head like you 'http://www.dcfcfans.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> One step at a time slow down. I seriously doubt Will, Will play for the England senior squad in the next 12 months. However I am not ruling it out at all. The one thing Will has above all else is that there are no players like him in the England set-up from Senior to under 19. He has a chance, a great chance but get your feet on the ground. Who said 'play for England'? I'm not advocating that Will Hughes SHOULD be called up for England - I merely stated that I wouldn't be surprised if he was called up to a squad. It is designed to give the player a small sample of what it's about in a game that probably means nothing, and it gets them accustomed to the way the England squad works. Then, when they get called up in a couple of years time, they are not overawed by the situation. It happened to Raheem Sterling at 17, it happened to Wilfried Zaha at 19, hell, it happened to Frank Fielding a year or so ago, although unlike the other two I mentioned he never got any game time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptherams Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Who said 'play for England'? I'm not advocating that Will Hughes SHOULD be called up for England - I merely stated that I wouldn't be surprised if he was called up to a squad. It is designed to give the player a small sample of what it's about in a game that probably means nothing, and it gets them accustomed to the way the England squad works. Then, when they get called up in a couple of years time, they are not overawed by the situation. It happened to Raheem Sterling at 17, it happened to Wilfried Zaha at 19, hell, it happened to Frank Fielding a year or so ago, although unlike the other two I mentioned he never got any game time. Their are currently 13 players ahead of Will in the pecking order that play/can play his position. After Rio 2014 4 will most likely retire from football in general, retire from international football or just not be fit enough to play so many games any more. Another 2-3 are on the fringes and after 2014 probably would no longer be considered. I can see him making the full England squad after Rio 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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