Reserve & Youth Teams Thread

[Betty Swallicks]

41 minutes ago, StandFree1982 said:

Has Pollard been anywhere near the first team? I don't remember seeing his name on the bench at all, but maybe he has. 

Presuming he's more "potential" than first team ready like Ramsey or Barron atm. 

Have a look at the loon and have a guess.

[strachanmcgheegoal]

Tuckers pal circa 1987 Grangehill.  Benny maybe?

When they used to get up to hilarious japes with the beardy PE teacher.  Before the hard drugs arrived.

[dazzy_deff]

47 minutes ago, StandFree1982 said:

Has Pollard been anywhere near the first team? I don't remember seeing his name on the bench at all, but maybe he has. 

Presuming he's more "potential" than first team ready like Ramsey or Barron atm. 

Aye they usually play 14 year olds in the first team. 

[Betty Swallicks]

He is just a 15 year old loon from a mental mental family who have now moved to the weeg and the huns have signed him. No big deal.

The Dons under 16's beat the huns under 16's comfortably (5-2 I think its was) last weekend.

Don't believe the hun and weegie media hype.

[StandFree1982]

1 hour ago, dazzy_deff said:

Aye they usually play 14 year olds in the first team. 

 

1 hour ago, Betty Swallicks said:

Have a look at the loon and have a guess.

 

1 hour ago, Don_Corleone said:

I thought he was about 14 and built like a twig. Probably get kicked over the Richard Donald stand and into the North Sea if we'd tried to play him in the first team.

haha for some reason I thought he was older. Thought I read he was nearer 18 ?‍♂️

Still, hes surely better than McLennan even though he'd be dragged away by a seagull 

[Granite95]

27 minutes ago, StandFree1982 said:

hes surely better than McLennan

Not really much of a metric to go off, sure the guitar wifie on Union Street could give McLennan a run for his money in terms of ability

[sooth_stander]

3 hours ago, NEM said:

4-1 the dons, mates loon got all 4.

 

Who was that?

[RUL]

6 hours ago, sooth_stander said:

Who was that?

Lewis Pirie. Number 10. First goal was outstanding. Thought Aberdeen created a lot of great chances after a really bad first 20 minutes. Believe u16s are now top of the league with Celtic away Sunday. Mikey had a good game last night. 

[NEM]

1 minute ago, RUL said:

Lewis Pirie. Number 10. First goal was outstanding. Thought Aberdeen created a lot of great chances after a really bad first 20 minutes. Believe u16s are now top of the league with Celtic away Sunday. Mikey had a good game last night. 

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[King Street Loon]

11 hours ago, StandFree1982 said:

Has Pollard been anywhere near the first team? I don't remember seeing his name on the bench at all, but maybe he has. 

Presuming he's more "potential" than first team ready like Ramsey or Barron atm. 

Do you pay any attention to what is going on at the club?

[sooth_stander]

7 hours ago, RUL said:

Lewis Pirie. Number 10. First goal was outstanding. Thought Aberdeen created a lot of great chances after a really bad first 20 minutes. Believe u16s are now top of the league with Celtic away Sunday. Mikey had a good game last night. 

Great stuff, cheers. 

Another East End U16 midfielder recently signed for Dundee, hope AFC don’t regret that one. 

[RUL]

2 hours ago, sooth_stander said:

Great stuff, cheers. 

Another East End U16 midfielder recently signed for Dundee, hope AFC don’t regret that one. 

Good player?

[StandFree1982]

9 hours ago, King Street Loon said:

Do you pay any attention to what is going on at the club?

Oh sorry, I got a youth players age wrong.  ?‍♂️

[Ten Caat]

21 hours ago, strachanmcgheegoal said:

Tuckers pal circa 1987 Grangehill.  Benny maybe?

When they used to get up to hilarious japes with the beardy PE teacher.  Before the hard drugs arrived.

Tucker had left GH by 1983. Was starring in Tucker's Luck by then

Benny Green was his mate. Real name Terry-Sue Patt. Was found dead a few years back. Well I say found dead...more found as a pool of decomposing mush, pathologist who post-mortemed whatever was left of him reckoned he'd snuffed it a minimum of one month earlier

[Bournemouth Gee]

Good knowledge TC

[mutant]

7 hours ago, sooth_stander said:

Great stuff, cheers. 

Another East End U16 midfielder recently signed for Dundee, hope AFC don’t regret that one. 

Who would that be? 

[sooth_stander]

13 hours ago, RUL said:

Good player?

Aye, very good. Time will tell 

[NEM]

U16’s beat the Tim’s 6-0 in Glasgow today ?? 

[aberdeen1970]

2 minutes ago, NEM said:

U16’s beat the Tim’s 6-0 in Glasgow today ?? 

Brilliant. 

The unders teams have been doing well lately. Long may it continue. 

[sooth_stander]

Lewis Pirie on the scoresheet today, anybody?

[King Street Loon]

29 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

Brilliant. 

The unders teams have been doing well lately. Long may it continue. 

Aye, but it never seems to progress to first xi.

Hopefully these younger age groups buck the trend.

[slippers]

35 minutes ago, King Street Loon said:

Aye, but it never seems to progress to first xi.

Hopefully these younger age groups buck the trend.

Think thats a bit unfair based on last few years, McKenna broke our transfer record a few years ago, Ramsay will do so again, Barron may well go for even more. I think we are in the best place youth wise for a very long time. Hopefully Duncan can make the step up this coming season and be the next 1 of the conveyor belt. Think in this day and age you very rarely see more than 1 or 2 make the step up at any club each season and alot of them eventually don't make the grade. We can be unhappy about alot of things at the club but I dont think the youth system is 1 of them. 

[Simply Red]

39 minutes ago, King Street Loon said:

Aye, but it never seems to progress to first xi.

Hopefully these younger age groups buck the trend.

Hope so but doubt it. Be full of wee Aberdonian hun mummys boys, spending their days at Cormack Park daydreaming about a move to their idols. 
 

[RUL]

1 hour ago, sooth_stander said:

Lewis Pirie on the scoresheet today, anybody?

He scored 2. 

[RUL]

1 hour ago, slippers said:

Think thats a bit unfair based on last few years, McKenna broke our transfer record a few years ago, Ramsay will do so again, Barron may well go for even more. I think we are in the best place youth wise for a very long time. Hopefully Duncan can make the step up this coming season and be the next 1 of the conveyor belt. Think in this day and age you very rarely see more than 1 or 2 make the step up at any club each season and alot of them eventually don't make the grade. We can be unhappy about alot of things at the club but I dont think the youth system is 1 of them. 

I think that’s a fair point. It’s unrealistic to expect 4 or 5 to come through. If we can bring through one player a season it’s a success for me. 
 

having said that I believe the u16s are top of their league. How many Aberdeen youth teams have put 5 past rangers and then scored 6 in Glasgow against Celtic the week after? Be interesting to see what becomes of this group.

u15s are playing Liverpool in a semi final tomorrow. They’ve a centre half who looks outstanding, Lewis Carroll I think. 

[aberdeen1970]

19 minutes ago, RUL said:

 

u15s are playing Liverpool in a semi final tomorrow. They’ve a centre half who looks outstanding, Lewis Carroll I think. 

He's a mad Hatter 

[NEM]

2 hours ago, sooth_stander said:

Lewis Pirie on the scoresheet today, anybody?

Got two I think 

[sooth_stander]

5 hours ago, RUL said:

I think that’s a fair point. It’s unrealistic to expect 4 or 5 to come through. If we can bring through one player a season it’s a success for me. 
 

having said that I believe the u16s are top of their league. How many Aberdeen youth teams have put 5 past rangers and then scored 6 in Glasgow against Celtic the week after? Be interesting to see what becomes of this group.

u15s are playing Liverpool in a semi final tomorrow. They’ve a centre half who looks outstanding, Lewis Carroll I think. 

Years ago, when AFC took 3 or 4 of our 2007 age group (so U16s now) primary school team in on trial (and eventually dumped them all) there was a Fraserburgh lad in that team scoring a barrowload of goals, Fraser someone, Mackie maybe? Is he still there? Not seen him at boys club level so assume he must be. Ellis Clark was another, Westhill boy, great player.

 

[frankie_mac's_4]

6 hours ago, RUL said:

I think that’s a fair point. It’s unrealistic to expect 4 or 5 to come through. If we can bring through one player a season it’s a success for me. 
 

Is the correct answer. There's a million other factors that determine who make it and who don't over and above technical ability alone. All the club can do is scout and offer facilities to the boys they consider the best chance - invest and expand the facilities and you better the odds.

Some result for the 16s. I fucking knew the steroids program would pay aff 

[RUL]

2 hours ago, sooth_stander said:

Years ago, when AFC took 3 or 4 of our 2007 age group (so U16s now) primary school team in on trial (and eventually dumped them all) there was a Fraserburgh lad in that team scoring a barrowload of goals, Fraser someone, Mackie maybe? Is he still there? Not seen him at boys club level so assume he must be. Ellis Clark was another, Westhill boy, great player.

 

Yeah, both still there. Fraser is now on the wing as they appear to play 4231 or 433.

I think the recruitment is pretty strong now. Hopefully we aren’t missing out on the next Armstrong or shinnie.