U18 Professional Development League
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Played at Shirecliffe
SUFC 2023/24 Game #61
NBDR
No Beer Don't Read
On 66 minutes, the Carrier Bag Firm GangMaster pronounced…
“United are living a charmed life at the moment.”
It was one all at that stage. And had been for 50 minutes. As you can see from the result, we did in fact charm our way to a win.
I'm going to start with that superb third goal. That started with a free kick from Wigan. With the United defence holding the line on the edge of the penalty area. As is the modern way, they dropped as the kick was taken. I remember thinking - great skill from Prunty. He's essentially running backwards. But he judges it perfectly and powers a header forward.
Stafford Clarke nicks it forward to Blaize. He plays a superb ball down the right. Who's that marauding down there. It's right back (not right wing back) Sam Colechin. He must have been in the same defensive line as Prunty “microseconds” ago. He's beat the offside trap a yard into the Wigan half. Takes it all the way into the box and buries it for three one.
I've said good things about Jayden Prunty there. Keen readers will recall I've bollocked him in the past for loudly and aggressively criticising his own teammates.
Well. He's been at it again. Throwing slaps off the ball in the very first minutes. The lino has seen some of it. Maybe not as much as we've seen. During the evidence gathering between the officials, Prunty won't back off and is loudly “explaining”. Our bench told him to calm it. This time, he's told his own bench in no uncertain terms that he wasn't going to do that!!!
Unnecessary. Lucky to get away with a lecture and a yellow. As it happens. Wigan took two Red Cards late on and ended with Nine Lads.
Alfie Venners U21 debut in goal. Back four from the right - Colechin, Okyere, Prunty, Tawodzera. Kiwomya main striker. With Lamine Sidibe slightly withdrawn - sometimes on the right, sometimes on the left. Jaye Long and Sam Aston more centre mid. Ethan Cummings and Theo Howard wider.
The U One Eights running on empty at the mo’. Only three subs named. Jackson Blaize replaced Howard on 53. Stafford Clarke replaced Okyere on 73. Both those subs crucially involved in that third goal I've already described.
Currently fifth of eleven in the table. A full seven points behind Sheffield Wednesday in second. And we've played a game more. Birmingham City absolutely running away with the league this year.
Ethan Cummings opened the account on 12. We worked it to Sam Aston in the inside right channel. He fed Cummings. Deelish check inside and finish. But Wigan equalised more or less straight away with a wicked deflection.
I thought it was fairly evens of Stevens. With Wigan starting the second half well. They hit the post on 53. And a great save by young Alfie kept United in it.
But those substitutions. And a goal for Blaize. And that superb third ‘un. Brought it all home.
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