Arsenal’s preparations ahead of the new Premier Academy League season are firmly track. Steve Bould’s boys have concluded their pre-season with wins over Birmingham City and Charlton Athletic.
The Under 18’s are aiming for their third Academy League title in a row with a new look team. Joining a whole host of new scholars in the squad are summer acquisitions Kyle Ebecilio and Philip Roberts, while Emilio Damián Martínez has been granted a work permit and has finally linked up with his new employers.
The Gunners kicked off their pre-season with a slender 3-2 defeat to a Plymouth Argyle XI before thrashing Birmingham City 4-0. Jeffrey Monakana bagged a brace, Nigel Neita helped himself to one and trialist Serge Gnabry was also on target. A 1-0 win against Charlton this weekend courtesy of a Martin Angha strike has put Bould’s charges in excellent shape to defend their crown.
Arsenal kick off their Premier Academy League campaign next weekend with a trip to Manchester City.
any news if this japanese guy could be signed and whats about gnabry? Looks like a good prospect, right?
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How was it so easy for Martínez to get a work permit while Galindo had to be sent back to UD Salamanca. I know Martínez is Argentinean, but shouldn’t Galindo’s senior caps count for more than the keeper’s youth appearances?
Miyiachi has gone to Ajax for a trial. Arsenal told him they were impressed with what he did, but we’ve made no offers to sign him and I don’t believe we’re likely too either. Gnabry is still on trial.
hmm strange as if they were impressed not to make an offer. Has it something to do with the new rules? WEnger hinted in the press about a japanese player and his anger about the new rule.
Thx J
was anyone to this game? and did charlton have any exciting performers?
I was at the U8’s game yesterday. Charlton created more chances, but just couldn’t finish. Arseneal scored the winner in injury time, but Charlton keeper Gough looked good – he kept them in the game throughout.
J can you give us a brief on the new U-18 players? I’m really not familiar with many of them.
It seems that theres more going into secrecy around our youth players this season than previous seasons. Is there a particular reason? A top batch of players coming up perhaps?
how come frimpong has started all games in the dm role above eastmond? is he injured?
also is coqueling going to play rb or dm in france.
do you think nordveit could be called upon if kos or verma was injured and who are kyle embiccilo and robert phillips what positions do they play.
also is barazites move permanent or a loan and why havent we sold randall yet hes crock.
frimpong seems miles better than eastmond. he is more willingly to throw a foot and get bruise readily than eastmond. his tackles are spot on. plus the kid seems to have the physique necessary for the dm role.
i think nordveit could get a run at cb for the carling cup games and few last minutes substitution. barazite lone deal to rangers is still in progress, he excelled in the trials. embiccilio is quite a prospect he places behind the striker and can slot in the attacking midfield role perfectly. n very sure what philips roberts role is. randall will probably go on loan again. the kid is really having a hard time……i still think he’s got what it takes, the issue becomes when his desire to play regular football will supersede is love for arsenal since he play very little and he’s contribution are almost unnoticeable.
frimpong is far better than eastmond
Great move for Bartley! The manager that signed him has just resigned, lets hope Sheff U dont turn out to be for Bartley what QPR did for Simpson last season.
This is one of the problems when you loan out your youngsters, a change of management might mean that he is no longer fancied. It really is unbelievable Coppell leaves Bristol C. Blackwell is sacked by Sheff U! How old is the season?
Can a loan be cancelled by mutual consent?
As you see i heard that Blackwell had resigned, first of all, by the time i had finished writing,it turns out he was sacked!
Is phillip Roberts playing for the U18s?
@MONTY; what a pleasant suprise calling the likes of Angha, Martinez, Monakana, Neita, Gnabry, Ebecillio & Roberts useless. You need to get your facts right.
FOOTBALL FANS
soccer??? get a grip man! we dont insult your rounders do we? or your netball? or your Rugby? It is played with the Foot hence the name Football!
FOOTBALL is the name of the game learn it and you might just get some support!!!
Please shut up you moron. This is getting old. You do realise why it is called soccer in America right? You do also realise that Soccer is also a recognized term for this sport outside of America aswell. The main stadium for the world cup in south africa was called SOCCER City stadium. In Australia it is also known as soccer and their national teams nick name is “Socceroos”.
^^ then what does FIFA stand for? prat…
Disagree with you Monty.
I think the hype is much less than with the previous two teams but there is a lot of talent on this u-18 team. Monakana, Nieta, Angha, Edge, Martinez, and the United loving Ansah all seem to have top potential. We will see what happens in the u-18 league this year. Either way talent will ultimately tell the story of their future at the club, but still I prefer less hype around the young players and the lack of hype with this group is why I feel some are not rating them highly.
they just stepped up to u18 level man… get a grip. Wait 2 years as most are 16 year olds.
YOUR QUITE IMPRESSED THEN
Totally off topic but has anyone else seen the interview with Arsene Wenger on Arsenal TV where he discusses Arsenal having an English future? As within this interview he said he thought the best combination was to have 40-60% of a team English! That should shutup the moaners about Wenger buying foriegn players if anyone bothered to listen to that interview.
jay do you know when there is a next friendly that wellington will be in or is he on his way back to brazil
my reply was towards someone who said they’re all shit compares to our other u18s. but apparently he has removed his post.
Nothing wrong with the term soccer, I reckon the English lads are getting a bit antsy in the pantsy over nothing but semantics.. Most other countries have their own ‘indigenous’ (for want of a better word) game of football AS WELL as Association football so some differentiation is needed. Hell even Rugby is properly termed ‘rugby football’..
AG asked, “then what does FIFA stand for? prat…”
When the organization was founded, the term “football” (“futbol”, “fussball”, etc.) was included in the name because, in most of the countries that were originally in the organization, that, in some variation, was the term used to refer to the game. Other countries that subsequently joined that association which did not refer to the game with that term chose not to ask the association to change its name just because a different term was/is used to refer to the game in those countries.
As has been explained, in some countries, the term “football” is used to refer to entirely different games. Australian “football” is very different from Canadian “football”. Canadian “football”, while similar to American “football” is quite different, having a different size field, different rules and a different number of players, than American “football”, which is similarly quite different from Australian “football”. And, all of them bear no resemblance to the game that you refer to as “football”. In those countries, the game is commonly refered to as “soccer”, derived from the word “association” in the English term “association football”.
Well, “how damned un-English” of them (including me) not to refer to the game with the same word as it is refered to in England, Europe and S.America.
In response let me simply point out that virtually every country that uses the term “soccer” to refer to the game is a former English colony. And, you can make of that whatever you wish.
It has nothing to do with the word ‘Soccer” which we just say in countries that unfortunetly have another sport call football….just to avoid confusion. It just has to do with English people animosity towards Americans. O well, we want get in to that. Also here is a fun fact for the English. Rugby football was made by people in England that thought Football was not physical enough. Rugby Football was made in haste of Football/Soccer so is it that suprising that decsendent sports of Rugby Football are called Football. Which is the only reason we now have to use the Term “soccer”.