Re: Reserves / Youth Thread

[Mario]

Arsenal sign 16 year old winger Tarum Dawkins from Luton for a "significant transfer fee".

www.lutontown.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10372~2630730,00.html

[Mario]

Nicklas Bendtner
Newcastle 1-1 Sunderland
Sunday, March 4
Nicklas Bendtner helped Sunderland to a 1-1 draw in Sunday's Tyne-Wear derby, playing 70 minutes and firing home from the penalty spot in the first half. The Danish international's first-half spot-kick looked to have won all three points for Martin O'Neill's side, before Shola Ameobi struck late for the hosts at St James' Park.

Wellington
Villarreal B 4-3 Alcoyano
Saturday, March 3
Wellington came off the bench to score in Alcoyano's 4-3 defeat to Villarreal B on Saturday. The striker came on as a second-half substitute in the 66th minute, before finding the target with seven minutes remaining.

Andrey Arshavin
CSKA Moscow 2-2 Zenit St. Petersburg
Saturday, March 3
Andrey Arshavin made his first appearance for Zenit since returning on loan in Saturday's 2-2 draw with CSKA Moscow. The attacking midfielder played 54 minutes before being replaced in the second half.

Ryo
Manchester City 2-0 Bolton
Saturday, March 3
Ryo played the whole of Bolton's 2-0 defeat to Manchester City at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

Vito Mannone
Blackpool 1-1 Hull
Friday, March 2
Vito Mannone played the full 90 minutes in Hull's 1-1 draw with Blackpool on Friday, earning plaudits with another impressive display between the posts.

Henri Lansbury
Cardiff 0-2 West Ham
Sunday, March 4
Henri Lansbury played 74 minutes of West Ham's 2-0 win over Cardiff on Sunday.

Craig Eastmond
Scunthorpe 4-1 Wycombe
Saturday, March 3
Craig Eastmond played the whole of Wycombe's 4-1 defeat to Scunthorpe at Glanford Park on Saturday.

Carlos Vela
Athletic Club 2-0 Real Sociedad
Sunday, March 4
Carlos Vela played 76 minutes of Real Sociedad's 2-0 defeat at Athletic Club on Sunday, before being replaced in the second half.

Sead Hajrovic
Barnet 1-1 Rotherham
Saturday, March 3
Sead Hajrovic played 23 minutes as a second-half substitute in Barnet's 1-1 draw with Rotherham at Underhill on Saturday.

Joel Campbell
Lorient 0-2 Stade Rennes
Sunday, March 4
Joel Campbell played 21 minutes as a second-half substitute in Lorient's 2-0 home defeat to Stade Rennes on Sunday.

Rhys Murphy
Colchester 3-0 Preston
Saturday, March 3
Rhys Murphy made his first Preston start on Saturday, playing 57 minutes of Preston's 3-0 defeat to Colchester on Saturday.

Sanchez Watt
Crawley 0-1 Torquay, March 3
Southend v Crawley, March 5
Sanchez Watt played the full 90 minutes of Crawley's 2-0 defeat to Torquay on Saturday. Crawley face Southend at Roots Hall on Monday night.

Denilson
XV de Piracicaba 0-1 Sao Paulo
Sunday, March 4
Denilson did not feature in Sao Paulo's 1-0 victory over XV de Piracicaba on Sunday.

Chuks Aneke
Exeter 1-1 Stevenage
Saturday, March 3
Chuks Aneke did not feature in Stevenage's 1-1 draw with Exeter on Saturday.

Daniel Boateng
Oxford 2-0 Swindon
Saturday, March 3
Daniel Boateng did not feature in Swindon's 2-0 derby defeat to Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday.

Kyle Bartley
Rangers 1-4 Hearts
Saturday, March 3
Kyle Bartley did not feature in Rangers' 2-1 defeat to Hearts at Ibrox on Saturday.

Samuel Galindo
Huesca 0-0 Gimnastic Tarragona
Saturday, March 3
Samuel Galindo did not feature in Gimnastic Tarragona's goalless draw against Huesca on Saturday.

Pedro Botelho
Levante v Real Betis
Monday, March 5
Pedro Botelho's Levante face Real Betis on Monday night.



Vela should actually have had a goal, but the lack of goal line technology meant it wasn't given: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqlWd4v_YAo

And Chuks Aneke returned to the club from his spell at Stevenage and just scored for the Reserves vs Chelsea, currently 1-0 going into half time. https://twitter.com/#!/ArsenalLive

[Chris Chan]

bellerin also nets in 2-0 win, 4th win in a row

[Sami Rockfeller]

Today was Bellerin's debut for the reserves, hope he can build on today's performance.

[Mario]

Wellington's goal:

http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/arsenals-wellington-silva-scores-a-golazo-for-alcoyano-vs-villarreal-ii/

[Jenks1981]

Wellington's goal:

http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/arsenals-wellington-silva-scores-a-golazo-for-alcoyano-vs-villarreal-ii/

Decent.

[Chris Chan]

Jamie Sanderson ‏ @YoungGunsBlog Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
USA U15 midfielder Gedion Zelalem trained with the Arsenal first-team today. Quite an achievement. He will sign next summer.

[Mario]

Vela scored again for Sociedad, he seems to have found his feet there recently.

[vyom.chaudhary]

vela's goal..
http://www.golofan.com/real-sociedad-vs-zaragoza-3-0-all-goals-highlights-mar-10-2012/11632/

[Vanig Bostanian]

Every goal he scores can add a few pennies to his sale price. I don't want him or his shit attitude anywhere near our team.

[Mario]

Nicklas Bendtner
Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool
Saturday, March 10
Nicklas Bendtner played 83 minutes of Sunderland's 1-0 victory over Liverpool at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, scoring the only goal of the game 10 minutes into the second half against Kenny Dalglish's side.

Carlos Vela
Real Sociedad 3-0 Real Zaragoza
Saturday, March 10
Carlos Vela played the whole of Real Sociedad's 3-0 win over Real Zaragoza on Saturday, getting on the scoresheet for his side's second of the game.

Ryo
Bolton 2-1 QPR
Saturday, March 10
Ryo played the whole of Bolton's crucial 2-1 win over QPR on Saturday, laying on the assist for Ivan Klasnic's late winner on Saturday.

Wellington
Alcoyano 2-2 Cartagena
Sunday, March 11
Wellington made his full league debut in Alcoyano's 2-2 draw with Cartagena on Sunday, playing the full 90 minutes.

Andrey Arshavin
Zenit St. Petersburg 1-1 Kuban' Krasnodar
Sunday, March 11
Andrey Arshavin played 65 minutes of Zenit's 1-1 draw with Kuban' Krasnodar in St. Petersburg on Sunday.

Vito Mannone
Hull 2-2 Ipswich
Saturday, March 10
Vito Mannone played the full 90 minutes of Hull's 2-2 draw with Ipswich on Saturday.

Henri Lansbury
West Ham 1-1 Doncaster
Saturday, March 10
Henri Lansbury played 57 minutes of West Ham's 1-1 draw with Doncaster on Saturday, before being replaced in the second half.

Denilson
Sao Paulo 2-1 Portuguesa
Sunday, March 11
Denilson played the whole of Sao Paulo's 2-1 win over Portuguesa on Sunday.

Craig Eastmond
Wycombe 0-0 Colchester
Saturday, March 10
Craig Eastmond played the whole of Wycombe's goalless draw against Colchester at Adams Park on Saturday.

Pedro Botelho
Malaga 0-1 Levante
Saturday, March 10
Pedro Botelho played 33 minutes of Levante's 1-0 win over Malaga on Saturday, featuring as a second-half substitute.

Sead Hajrovic
Port Vale 1-2 Barnet
Saturday, March 10
Sead Hajrovic did not feature in Barnet's 2-1 win over Port Vale on Saturday.

Joel Campbell
Toulous 1-1 Lorient
Saturday, March 10
Joel Campbell was an unused substitute in Lorient's 1-1 draw with Toulouse on Saturday.

Rhys Murphy
Preston 0-0 Scunthorpe
Saturday, March 10
Rhys Murphy did not feature in Preston's 0-0 draw against Colchester at Deepdale on Saturday.

Sanchez Watt
Macclesfield 2-2 Crawley
Saturday, March 10
Sanchez Watt did not feature in Crawley's 2-2 draw with Macclesfield at Moss Rose on Saturday.

Kyle Bartley
Rangers
Rangers did not have a fixture this weekend.

Samuel Galindo
Gimnastic Tarragona 0-1 Villarreal B
Saturday, March 10
Samuel Galindo was an unused substitute in Gimnastic Tarragona's 1-0 defeat to Villarreal B on Saturday.

[Zaid Derweesh]

Interesting that Denilson played the entire game for Sao Paolo, he's one of the most important players that need to be moved this summer.

[Mario]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has demoted flop forwards Marouane Chamakh and Park Chu-Young to the reserve team for tonight's second string clash with West Brom, with a selection of scouts set to run the rule over the out-of-favour duo.


It's the second time in under a month that Wenger has dropped both Chamakh and Chu-Young into the reserve ranks, having made them slug it out alongside Andrey Arshavin and Yossi Benayoun against Norwich City's teenagers in late February, with a 5-0 win helping rejuvenate the form of Benayoun, leading to successive first-team starts against Tottenham and Liverpool.

Wenger now hopes a second reserve appearance can do the same for Chamakh and Chu-Young, who have managed just two goals between them all season, and failed to offer any competition to captain Robin van Persie.


Arsenal are expected to listen to offers for the pair in the summer, and will give a host of scouts from all over Europe a chance to look at what they can offer tonight, with representatives from Fulham, Anderlecht and Monaco among those in attendance.

Metro also understands that fellow first-team players Andre Santos, Johan Djourou and Carl Jenkinson will also be on second string duty, as they bid to boost fitness having missed large parts of the season through injury.

Santos, a £10 million buy from Fenerbahce in the summer, will make his first appearance of 2012, having missed the last three months following ankle surgery, in a bid to be ready for the final run in.

Djourou and Jenkinson are looking to maintain their fitness having recently returned from knocks, with Arsenal not in action against Everton for another week, meaning match minutes are hard to come by.

On top of the experienced players in action, Wenger will also personally attend the fixture to check on teenagers Ignasi Miquel, Nico Yennaris and Oguzhan Ozyakup, with all three set to be loaned or promoted to the first-team next season.

The Frenchman will also get a glimpse of 16-year-old winger Serge Gnabry, a German Under-17 international, who has already trained with the first-team, and is rated as one of the most exciting talents in the Arsenal Academy.

The fixture kicks off at 7pm, at Barnet's Underhill Stadium.

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/893062-arsenals-marouane-chamakh-and-park-chu-young-demoted-to-reserves#ixzz1p5mzSRzJ


I expect we will be seeing a stronger reserve team from now until the end of the season to get some players some minutes/shop window time.

[Chris Chan]

Maybe it's a change in philosophy? a reserve stint helped Benayoun out and so getting a competitive game from our fringe players each week might not be the worst idea in the world. Will also help our reserves with a bit of experience instead of basically playing our U21 side

[Mario]

With so many players out on loan it can't hurt. I wouldn't really see the point of it if we did this all season as it would end up restricting the development of young players which is what the reserves are there for but here and there, maybe once a month, I think can only be a good thing.

This will probably the last time we send out a team like this, anyway. We only have 4 reserve games left, next week we have one a day before Everton, so that will see an entirely youth side. And the next two are in April, one a day after QPR (that may see those who didn't make the squad play) and then the 10th which is one day before Wolves away.

[Sami Rockfeller]

Chamakh failed to score the last time against Norwich reserves. I hope he does today, it has been really sad seeing him capitulate from the player who first came to us to what he's become now.

[Joey Schwab]

Didn't know where else to put this, but I thought it was pretty cool. I knew Jenkinson was a Gooner but didn't realize how big!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2111029/Arsenals-Carl-Jenkinson-reveals-Gunners-themed-bedroom.html

[Mario]

Arsenal team in full:
Martinez, Jenkinson, Djourou, Miquel, Santos, Yennaris, Ozyakup, Aneke, Gnabry, Chamakh, Park.

Subs: Shea, Hoyte, Meade, Afobe.


- Arsenal.com

[Chris Chan]

only 3 outfield subs?

[Jenks1981]

Arsenal team in full:
Martinez, Jenkinson, Djourou, Miquel, Santos, Yennaris, Ozyakup, Aneke, Gnabry, Chamakh, Park.

Subs: Shea, Hoyte, Meade, Afobe.


- Arsenal.com

Like it

[ralph avedikian]

will it be on TV ??

[Chris Chan]

will it be on TV ??

only on twitter feed i think

[ralph avedikian]

I know I may be in the minority here, but I really believe that if we give Park a chance in the first team he will prove he is good enough to be our 3rd striker. Every game he starts, he scores, whether it is for the first team (vs bolton), his national side, or the reserves.

[Steve Dawson]

I went to the Reserves game tonight and it was a 3-0 win. Park, Gnarbry, and Aneke the goalscorers.

A few titbits... Chamakh is finished at Arsenal. No confidence whatsoever, and virtually nothing he tried came off. Feel really sorry for the bloke after he had such a good start. Park took his goal well and looked decent, it's a shame that his first team chances are virtually non-existent. Aneke is a beast in central midfield, and I'd like to see him starting the Carling Cup games next season. Really powerful and scored an excellent curling shot. Oh, and Santos looked very sharp on his comeback and looked like he really enjoyed his hour on the pitch. He acknowledged the fans every time we sang his name as well, which was nice to see.

[ralph avedikian]

any links for the goals ?

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