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International debuts for two of our lads. Emyr Huws played for full game and played very well against Iceland. Commentators spoke of him as MoM (if Bale wasnt playing).

Rekik has apparently just come on for Netherlands as well.

Bersant Celina was an unused sub for Kosovo against Haiti.

U21 debuts for Lopes (Portugal) and Denayer (Belgium).
 

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and apparently spain were shithouse before merlin came on for fibreglass.

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you can almost hear the whistling through the air.
 
@GuillemBalague: Rodolfo Borrell is the new International Technical Director of Manchester @MCFC. What a great signing 4 the long term philosophy of the club
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Was wondering when this would be announced. Great pickup for you guys, you won't find many better credentialed development coaches than him. All you need to do is look at the list of players he nurtured through at La Masia over the years. He's also worked wonders in transforming our youth system and can take a lot of credit for the quality of the youngsters we're bringing through at the moment.
 
emyr huws since moving to birmingham, match ratings from whoscored:

8.67 vs derby, 8.47 vs charlton (assist), 7.2 vs watford, 6.86 vs huddersfield, 8.49 vs blackpool (assist), 6.7 vs ipswich, 8.04 vs qpr, 7.77 vs burnley (volley golazo)

7.78 rating average, and he's played 90 mins in each game since moving. birmingham fans and the club itself have been raving about him. wouldn't be surprised if there's a spot in the cup/lesser league games rotation for him next season as i expect the rodders experiment/disappointment to end.
 
Add in a MoM (if Bale didnt exist) display on debut for Wales against display.

Rare for a younger player to show such consistency. Questionable whether cup games for us is that good for his development. Would prefer another loan.
 
ADL9798 said:
Was wondering when this would be announced. Great pickup for you guys, you won't find many better credentialed development coaches than him. All you need to do is look at the list of players he nurtured through at La Masia over the years. He's also worked wonders in transforming our youth system and can take a lot of credit for the quality of the youngsters we're bringing through at the moment.
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Its a fairly minor role at the club, but could develop into a big one with all our partnerships.

Was previously occupied by Jim Cassell who did a great job when he was academy director, but was shunted to the global job when idiot Hughes bought his own men in (a bit like the situation at Liverpool IIRC).
 
reports that we've signed feyenoord wonderkid rodney kongolo, apparently signing his first professional contract with us. feyenoord in recent seasons have lost nathan ake to chelsea, kyle ebecilio to arsenal and of course karim rekik to us. i remember that stuf about us having a partnership with them and wonder if it played a part. if it's all true of course.

kongolo's a midfielder, and he is, of course, number 30032423402347324834 to be labelled as the next patrick vieira.
 
Ha ha, been that way for a while now. They were both with us when Devante Cole and Kasper Schmeichel joined the academy but their dads knew who had the best setup even then. Now there is no choice, the only thing we need to do is back up our commitment to giving youth players opportunities to play.

Probably still a year or two away from that.

VP's son is only 7 so can't see him hanging around Manchester for long enough to play. Although we will have boarding facilities in the new academy.
 

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Apparently we were fantastic last night. Really good football, just kept out by a phenomenal keeping performance and two goals from two attacks.

Shame to be out, but what a great experience for the kids.
 
does anyone know if nastasic is alive or not? bloke hasnt played a minute since the chelsea league game, and no one really seems to know what the injury is. apparently still two weeks away too.

kun 'no chance' to play the derby. so he'll be in the squad
 
From the local rag, the writer is a United supporter too.

Comment: Shrewd City's eye for value showing United up

When you look at the two line-ups in Tueday’s one-sided derby, it is clear the Reds have been spending their way to mediocrity – their starting XI at Old Trafford cost £181m, and a superior City team cost £168m.

Well, at least United fans can console themselves that they haven’t bought their way to success, eh?

Indeed, when you look at the two line-ups in Tueday’s one-sided derby, it is clear the Reds have been spending their way to mediocrity – their starting XI at Old Trafford cost £181m, and a superior City team cost £168m.

There are some staggering statistics which suggest that when it comes to Sir Alex Ferguson’s old mantra of ‘value for money’, City have been streets ahead of United in recent years.

Rio Ferdinand cost almost half as much again as the entire Blues defence, including Joe Hart. Marouane Fellaini cost more than Yaya Toure, David Silva and Samir Nasri, who weaved such elegant patterns around the floundering Belgian.

Juan Mata’s £37m fee overshadows the £30m City shelled out for the outstanding Fernandinho – a fee which some dismissed as over-priced at the time. No longer – the Brazilian has been a huge factor in taking City to the next level.

The Blues have been accused of ruining football, yet the evidence against United is there for all to see.

Spending record amounts on players is what inflates the transfer market, and United’s team on Tuesday included players who represent English record fees for a goalkeeper, defender and teenager. Even more daunting for the Reds is the amount of investment in players they need to achieve parity with a City team which will strengthen again this summer.

They might also consider that the Sheikh’s broad-based investment means City’s superiority goes much deeper than the first team.

The Blues are also better at every level below the first team – and that is acknowledged by Reds coach Phil Neville and their striker Robin van Persie, whose own sons are in the Blues academy.

Of course, youth development is an uncertain area, but there are far more prospects in the City set-up – both English and foreign – than there are at Carrington.

The money ploughed into developing the academy and its facilities, which will blossom into the crowning achievement of the Etihad Campus next year, is likely to be Sheikh Mansour’s greatest legacy to City, to Manchester and to English football.

Anyone who thinks that is over-blowing the facts should know that the Blues’ academy is largely stocked by local boys.

The flippant accusation levelled at City since Sheikh Mansour’s take-over is that their rise is somehow artificial, buoyed up by unearned money, and that it is all a little tasteless.

It is utter bunkum, of course. The investment from Abu Dhabi has been a good one – the motive was to boost the name of the emirate, and its state airline Etihad, and the association with City has done just that.

Etihad’s profits have surged since 2008, and the association with this classy City team enhances the airline’s reputation, while Abu Dhabi is now on the map as a tourist destination – something in which City have also played a big part. It is laughable United fans criticise a major investment by City’s owners which has been hugely beneficial to both parties, while the Reds’ owners have plunged their club into debt.

It is even dafter that Uefa thinks Sheikh Mansour’s investment, a huge boost to football and the community in Manchester, needs investigating under the Fair Play system, while the plunder of United is not.

Of course it is dangerous to dismiss United – they remain a great club with a big global standing. But it is City who are setting the pace in

Manchester now, and the Reds are limping along in their wake.
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moomba said:
Its a fairly minor role at the club, but could develop into a big one with all our partnerships.

Was previously occupied by Jim Cassell who did a great job when he was academy director, but was shunted to the global job when idiot Hughes bought his own men in (a bit like the situation at Liverpool IIRC).
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Sounds like it won't be the (minor) international role. Scott Sellars who runs the UK academy has been moved on apparently, maybe leaving a vacancy for Borrell.
 
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