Our under 18 team went down 2-0 to Crewe Alexandra at their Reaseheath Training Ground Crewe Alexandra u18 2-0 Leeds United u18
Leeds
1 CHRISTIAN PAULAT-BRIGG
2 SAM BYRAM
3 LEWIS TURNER (C)
4 NATHAN TURNER
5 CONOR QUALTER
6 ROSS KILLOCK
7 JAMES BOOKER
8 JOE McCANN
9 SIMON LENIGHAN
10 DOMINIC POLEON
11 CHARLIE TAYLOR
14 DEAN BARTLE
16 SANCHEZ PAYNE
1? CHARLIE CLAMP
Leeds appeared to start the match 4-5-1
PAULAT-BRIGG
BYRAM QUALTER KILLOCK L.TURNER
POLEON BOOKER N.TURNER McCANN TAYLOR
LENIGHAN
1-14 min scrappy game
15 Qualter made a last ditch sliding tackle in the box to conceed a corner
17 Killock attacked the ball well to head clear
18 Crewe take the lead 1-0 after Leeds failed to read a Crewe corner. Crewe hit the D area on the edge of the box and Leeds failed to pick up a Crewe player running on to the ball, the resulting shot smashed into the net.
19 Nathan Turner left foot shot, ball over the bar
20 Leeds go 4-4-2 formation with Poleon and Lenighan up front
23 Paulat-Brigg gets his finger tips to a shot, Lewis Turner clears the loose ball
25 Paulat-Brigg comes out quickly to smother the ball at the edge of the area, ball cleared
27 Poleon square ball to Nathan Turner, Turner's shot narrowly wide
30 Booker spots the Crewe keeper off his line and tries a speculative left foot curling shot from the right wing, shot goes wide
39 Paulat-Brigg gets his legs to a shot, ball cleared
40 Booker left foot shot, inches wide
41 Good move started by McCann,to Lenighan who flicked the ball into the path of Poleon, shot well saved by Crewe keeper who reacted quickly and got down well to save.
46 Leeds make an "interesting" substitution at half time, taking off both forwards. 16 Payne and 1? Clamp replace 9 Lenighan and 10 Poleon
47 Clamp who had only been on the pitch for a minute as sub falls awkwardly and breaks his arm (to be confirmed) Clamp strtchered off in some considerable pain
50 14 Bartle replaces Clamp
60 Taylor heads over the bar
62 Booker 30 yard shot, saved
74 Booker shot, wide
90+1 Crewe go 2-0 up after Leeds fail to deal with a final Crewe attack, ball hooked back accross the box for a Crewe forward to stoop and head the ball in.
Leeds had several 1st year scholars playing in a youngish team, with the likes of 2nd years Birbeck out, Baxendale thigh and Cairns hip all on the sidelines.
Leeds perhaps need a steady and reliable 4-4-2 formation to ease some of the younger players into u18 football.
Changing formations from match to match early in the season for the u18's doesn't appear to be working