Reserve & Youth Teams Thread

[Tommy]

5 minutes ago, minijc said:

A good thing for the club.

AFC? Has there been issues with him?

[minijc]

2 minutes ago, Tommy said:

AFC? Has there been issues with him?

I know fuck all mate.

[Tommy]

2 minutes ago, minijc said:

I know fuck all mate.

I know that. Just thought someone ITK might have said something. 

[dave_min]

11 minutes ago, Tommy said:

AFC? Has there been issues with him?

Not sure anybody could have a problem when our first team is so successful and full of players brought through from our youth system.

[sooth_stander]

1 hour ago, Frank Grimes said:

Gavin Levy off to Swansea apparently 

Ready made position for Barry, in a few weeks.

Or probably Stuart Glennie, who actually knows a thing or two about youth coaching, and I think recently started at AFC, with zero fanfare from the club. It was reported in the papers that he was employed as Head of Academy coaching, which I did think odd as I thought that was Levy's role. So clearly, Levy has given advance notice and Glennie is the replacement

[RUL]

1 hour ago, sooth_stander said:

Ready made position for Barry, in a few weeks.

Or probably Stuart Glennie, who actually knows a thing or two about youth coaching, and I think recently started at AFC, with zero fanfare from the club. It was reported in the papers that he was employed as Head of Academy coaching, which I did think odd as I thought that was Levy's role. So clearly, Levy has given advance notice and Glennie is the replacement

That’s my guess too. 
 

I think only alternative internally is duff but he seems to be out of favour for some reason.
 

gavin leaving makes no real difference. The location and being a one team city means club knows all the local talent from a young age and monitors those it’s not sure about. 
 

the biggest challenge club faces is recruiting coaches with sufficient qualifications. They’ve lost a few good coaches.

[Tommy]

A good 3-1 win v Motherwell.

[graham]

A steady , solid win for the Aberdeen U18s over Motherwell U18s at a balmy Cormack Park without reaching the heights of the Hearts and Celtic wins.Brendan Hamilton returned from Northern Ireland U19 duty and outstanding again.ssA good prospect at left wing back.A flowing move gave time to strike Fletcher Boyd to play in Victor Enem for the opener.Olly Whyte headed home an equaliser for the Claret and Amber before  a Fletcher Boyd goal made it 2-1 the Young Dons  before young U16s Joe Teasdale came on and sealed this solid and unspectacular  3-1 win for the Young Dons

[Roberto]

Journalism at its finest again.

Superb.

[ullevi]

The lad Brendan Hamilton looked good when I saw him earlier in the year, would he not be due a chance at left back, wing back now in front of Hayes....

[slippers]

The lad Boyd seems to be scoring relatively consistent as does Alfie Stewart. Hopefully the next off the production line. But we need to find a way to get them proper first team football when they are ready. So difficult to break into our team. Why isn’t bavdige been sent out on loan? 

[Granite95]

9 minutes ago, slippers said:

The lad Boyd seems to be scoring relatively consistent as does Alfie Stewart. Hopefully the next off the production line. But we need to find a way to get them proper first team football when they are ready. So difficult to break into our team. Why isn’t bavdige been sent out on loan? 

Was chat earlier on he was off to Arbroath

I'd imagine he'll maybe go off on loan after December when we're realistically not in EUrope anymore

[Mouzer]

6 hours ago, graham said:

A steady , solid win for the Aberdeen U18s over Motherwell U18s at a balmy Cormack Park without reaching the heights of the Hearts and Celtic wins.Brendan Hamilton returned from Northern Ireland U19 duty and outstanding again.ssA good prospect at left wing back.A flowing move gave time to strike Fletcher Boyd to play in Victor Enem for the opener.Olly Whyte headed home an equaliser for the Claret and Amber before  a Fletcher Boyd goal made it 2-1 the Young Dons  before young U16s Joe Teasdale came on and sealed this solid and unspectacular  3-1 win for the Young Dons

Graham, what do you make of Timmy Akindileni and his chances long term? I have seen a lot of him at juvenile where he was always a forward player.

[RAZOR]

55 minutes ago, Mouzer said:

Graham, what do you make of Timmy Akindileni and his chances long term? I have seen a lot of him at juvenile where he was always a forward player.

The club done a write up on him recently. A fine product of Bucksburn.

https://www.afc.co.uk/2023/09/07/development-dons-timothy-akindileni-feature/

[graham]

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3 hours ago, Mouzer said:

Graham, what do you make of Timmy Akindileni and his chances long term? I have seen a lot of him at juvenile where he was always a forward player.

A perfectly good young player but with the signing policy of the club just now,the prospects for any young player  to break through are much more difficult than in years gone by,and yes Razor  is right ,  a good feature on him in one of the latest match programmes and online.

[sooth_stander]

4 hours ago, Mouzer said:

Graham, what do you make of Timmy Akindileni and his chances long term? I have seen a lot of him at juvenile where he was always a forward player.

Left sided central defender, the club say?

He was a striker with East End up until leaving, which was only in the summer. 

[Dons79]

11 hours ago, graham said:

A steady , solid win for the Aberdeen U18s over Motherwell U18s at a balmy Cormack Park without reaching the heights of the Hearts and Celtic wins.Brendan Hamilton returned from Northern Ireland U19 duty and outstanding again.ssA good prospect at left wing back.A flowing move gave time to strike Fletcher Boyd to play in Victor Enem for the opener.Olly Whyte headed home an equaliser for the Claret and Amber before  a Fletcher Boyd goal made it 2-1 the Young Dons  before young U16s Joe Teasdale came on and sealed this solid and unspectacular  3-1 win for the Young Dons

[konkas08]

4 hours ago, RAZOR said:

The club done a write up on him recently. A fine product of Bucksburn.

https://www.afc.co.uk/2023/09/07/development-dons-timothy-akindileni-feature/

Bucksburn is a good school, or atleast was when I went. Hopefully he won a couple trophies for them!

[Mouzer]

17 minutes ago, sooth_stander said:

Left sided central defender, the club say?

He was a striker with East End up until leaving, which was only in the summer. 

Yeh, he was invited for a trial and was far better than expected, is now playing left cb,  Mikey Milnes was released and has since singed for Cove Huns full time.

[RUL]

6 hours ago, Granite95 said:

Was chat earlier on he was off to Arbroath

I'd imagine he'll maybe go off on loan after December when we're realistically not in EUrope anymore

It’s very odd but I guess the other question is how many Scottish teams at a high level would loan in a 17 year old striker

[Helmet]

7 hours ago, ullevi said:

The lad Brendan Hamilton looked good when I saw him earlier in the year, would he not be due a chance at left back, wing back now in front of Hayes....

I’ve no idea about the kid.

But the idea surely would be to prepare him to be a first team squad player next year.

Hayes will probably retire and Ngwenya appears to be good for a release so he can find his level.

[slippers]

1 hour ago, RUL said:

It’s very odd but I guess the other question is how many Scottish teams at a high level would loan in a 17 year old striker

Seems ridiculous keeping him until Jan. never going to feature unless we have a couple strikers injured. 

[sooth_stander]

2 hours ago, konkas08 said:

Bucksburn is a good school, or atleast was when I went. Hopefully he won a couple trophies for them!

Zero schools football at his age group since Covid. That and East End not allowing their lads to play schools football on a Saturday, when they had a boys club game on the Sunday. 

[sooth_stander]

2 hours ago, Mouzer said:

Yeh, he was invited for a trial and was far better than expected, is now playing left cb,  Mikey Milnes was released and has since singed for Cove Huns full time.

I heard Milnes was offered a scholarship contract by AFC, whatever that is, but rejected it in favour of full time with Fartz

[RUL]

1 hour ago, sooth_stander said:

I heard Milnes was offered a scholarship contract by AFC, whatever that is, but rejected it in favour of full time with Fartz

They basically want you to travel up and down Scotland for no money getting next to no game time. 

[alscotoz]

On 9/14/2023 at 3:54 AM, sooth_stander said:

Zero schools football at his age group since Covid. That and East End not allowing their lads to play schools football on a Saturday, when they had a boys club game on the Sunday. 

That's a shame 

[RDS]

Findlay Marshall signed a new deal until 2026

[Granite95]

Kelty hearts after Bavidge for a loan deal , glad he’s hopefully getting some game time 

[RDS]

8 minutes ago, Granite95 said:

Kelty hearts after Bavidge for a loan deal , glad he’s hopefully getting some game time 

Confirmed by club he's on loan there until January 

[Granite95]

35 minutes ago, RDS said:

Confirmed by club he's on loan there until January 

Aye seen that, decent enough level for him. Hopefully can develop and maybe feature in the first team next season