dev team in holland

[jamesp 125]

heard they were playing a few games over there. anyone know how there getting on

[LukeR 44]

The u18s won all 3 games, 1-0 vs. Twente, 5-1 vs. Willem II and 2-1 vs Ajax.

[Powlay 35]

Done fantastically well.

[Zhimai 16]

just wonder if our club spot any potential young talents from the teams we played against

[HandsOfSteele 12]

Brilliant news! Great to hear someone is doing the club proud :)

[ph. 54]

There is an excellent post on the official site by the way about the round up of the dev team's progress and activities in Holland.

 

Reading that article makes me wonder: Does Middlesbrough have a football philosophy/style that runs from the youth teams up? The same way teams like Swansea apparently do?

 

Progress of dev team in Holland

[Powlay 35]

One U16 in that dev team, a goal keeper. Has a famous Boro father ;)

[ph. 54]

Do you know the answer to that question Powlay?

 

"Does Middlesbrough have a football philosophy/style that runs from the youth teams up?"

[Guest #07]

The Academy does have its core values built in the way that Middlesbrough FC like to play, however only recently have the 1st team managers/coaches began to input on a uniformed style. Most from age of U15 play a form of the 4-3-3 system more often than not. Which ideally the first team would like to play more often than not. It's I'd fair to say TM's style of play reflects the way that you would want your youngsters to play. Strachan's I'm not to sure anyone would coach their kids to play his way.

[ph. 54]

That's interesting and good to hear. Definitely looks like the way forward these days and not have managers come in like Di Canio and wanting to buy a whole new team. More importantly, I think it will make it easier for young players to make the transition into the senior team. After all, we are putting in at least £2.5M in accordance to the EPPP.