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

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