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Saturday 28 July
Pre-Season Friendly
Bury Town v Tottenham Hotspur Youth
HOME - Ram Meadow
Kick off: 15 00
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I largely feel that this is a bit of an excuse and that we should still be able to bolster our squad with youth players rather than signing more established players on big wages who are ultimately no better or not much better.Hard to disagree with the first bit - if we were still mid-table, we'd probably have 80% of the team from the Academy by now.
I come back to Josh and our favourite Sissoko.
I largely feel that this is a bit of an excuse and that we should still be able to bolster our squad with youth players rather than signing more established players on big wages who are ultimately no better or not much better.
Not often mentioned, but how good are the development goalkeepers? It does worry me that we are using up home grown numbers on a goalie like Gazaniga. It’s rare that 3rd choice sees any action (Palace last year was his only league outing iirc) so it does slightly concern me that we may be lacking developmentally in that position?
Saturday 28 July
Pre-Season Friendly
Bury Town v Tottenham Hotspur Youth
HOME - Ram Meadow
Kick off: 15 00
Bury Town Football Club - Official Website of The Blues - Bury Town Football Club - Official Website of The Blues
I was at the game today. Here are the team sheets:Slight change from that advertised on Bury Town's website !
First half action @BuryTownFC U18s v @THFC_Spurs U16spic.twitter.com/3oMQvqmlEY
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But no team sheets !
I was at the game today. Here are the team sheets:
Bit of an odd one for me today as I know a few of the Bury lads, so would have been happy with a draw. As it was, Bury claimed a 2-1 win. Despite the scoreline, Spurs absolutely dominated the game, with Eddie Carrington the standout player.
I'm not very familiar with these guys, so it took me a fair while to put some names to the faces. I couldn't give you a starting XI, but, aside from Eddie Carrington (who really was electric on the left wing), some other players who made an impression included Alex Gibson-Hammond, Sashon Aird-Munn and Zanda Siziba.Great stuff.
Are you able to give any more detailed commentary on the match, the starting X1 or players that stood out for you ?
Thanks for that.Spurs under 21’s 1-1 PSG (Spurs win 4-3 on penalties) : (match report) Marcus Edwards was exceptional!!
Only just seen this: Bury Town posted live text commentary on their Twatter feed.Great stuff.
Are you able to give any more detailed commentary on the match, the starting X1 or players that stood out for you ?
I'm not very familiar with these guys, so it took me a fair while to put some names to the faces. I couldn't give you a starting XI, but, aside from Eddie Carrington (who really was electric on the left wing), some other players who made an impression included Alex Gibson-Hammond, Sashon Aird-Munn and Zanda Siziba.
In terms of the way the game panned out, it was all Spurs, with Bury sitting deep, looking for the chance to counter.
Bury got a very early goal. I think it was from a free kick (I was chatting at the time) near the right edge of Spurs penalty area. The ball was whipped into the box and Spurs failed to deal with it.
Carrington down the left, and Siziba and Aird-Munn down the right caused all sorts of problems for Bury, but Spurs lacked composure in front of goal.
The second half followed a similar pattern. Bury's counter attacking strategy nearly paid off midway through the half when the Spurs keeper came rushing out but was beaten to the ball by the Bury attacker. He lobbed the ball over the keeper from 25yrds out, but it went just over.
Late in the game, Spurs won a free kick just outside the area. They asked if they could take a quick one, which the ref allowed; the ball was slotted through to a runner whilst Bury were still getting organised and he scored.
Cue much bitching from the Bury dugout.
Then, in the last minute or so, the Spurs keeper dropped a simple catch and a Bury player beat him to the loose ball. The keeper brought him down - penalty to Bury, which was converted.
The game finished moments later: 2-1
Have a look at Bury Town's twatter feed (link above): if Lo Tutala is the keeper in the photo gallery, I'd say he had a mixed afternoon.Do you know how our goalkeeper (Lo Tutala) got on mate?