Premier League 2

[Mex Martillo]

Premier League 2

Results
Friday 16 August 2024: Brighton 0-2 West Ham
Friday 23 August 2024: West Ham 5-1 Southampton
Friday 30 August 2024: West Ham 1-0 Norwich
Friday 20 September 2024: Newcastle 0-1 West Ham

Fixtures
Friday 27 September 2024: West Ham 20:00 Chelsea, Rush Green, London
Saturday 5 October 2024: Man City 20:00 West Ham, Joie Stadium, Manchester
Friday 25 October 2024: Wolves 20:00 West Ham, Aggborough Stadium, Kidderminster
Friday 1 November 2024: West Ham 20:00 Fulham, Rush Green, London
Friday 29 November 2024: Man Utd 20:00 West Ham, Leigh Sports Village, Manchester
Saturday 14 December 2024: West Ham 16:00 Stoke, London Stadium, London
Sunday 12 January 2025: Liverpool 14:00 West Ham, Liverpool Academy, Liverpool
Friday 17 January 2025: West Ham 20:00 Sunderland, Rush Green, London
Monday 27 January 2025: Leeds 20:00 West Ham, LNER Community Stadium, York
Friday 7 February 2025: West Ham 20:00 Arsenal, Rush Green, London
Friday 14 February 2025: West Ham 20:00 Blackburn, Rush Green, London
Monday 24 February 2025: Reading 20:00 West Ham, Bearwood Park Training Ground, Reading
Friday 28 February 2025: Derby 20:00 West Ham, The Proctor Cars Stadium, Matlock
Friday 14 March 2025: West Ham 20:00 Leicester, Rush Green, London
Friday 4 April 2025: West Ham 20:00 Crystal Palace, Rush Green, London
Friday 11 April 2025: Middlesbrough 20:00 West Ham, Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

Squad

Lead coach Mark Robson

Goalkeepers
Finlay Herrick gk
Krisztián Hegyi gk (Out on Loan)
Terry Mason gk (Out on Loan)

Defenders
Junior Robinson df
Kaelan Casey df
Luizão df
Regan Clayton df
Ollie Scarles df
Ezra Mayers df
Ryan Battrum df
Sean Tarima df
Luis Brown df
Josh Briggs df
Levi Laing df (Out on Loan)
Michael Forbes df (Out on Loan)

Midfielders
Dan Rigge mf
Tyron Akpata mf
Lewis Orford mf
Patrick Kelly mf (Out on Loan)
George Earthy mf (Out on Loan)
Freddie Potts mf (Out on Loan)

Forwards
Sean Moore fw
Mehmet Halim fw
Kamarai Swyer fw
Favour Fawunmi fw
Brad Dolaghan fw
Gideon Kodua fw (Out on Loan)
Callum Marshall fw (Out on Loan)

What is the format for PL2
There will be only one division made up of clubs with Category One Academies. At present there are 26 such clubs. Teams: Arsenal, Man Utd, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Blackburn Rovers, , Newcastle United, Brighton, Norwich, Chelsea, Nott'm Forest, Crystal Palace, Reading, Derby County, Southampton, Everton, Stoke City, Fulham, Sunderland, Leeds United, Spurs, Leicester City, West Brom, Liverpool, West Ham United, Man City, Wolves.Those teams will be divided into five pots based on performances over the past three seasons. Fixtures will be determined by a draw made according to clubs’ positions in the five seeded pots. There will be 20 Match weeks, with each team playing 20 regular-season matches throughout the season. Teams will play each club in their own seeding pot once, as well as three to five teams in all other pots either home or away. Results (three points for a win and one point for a draw) will generate a table ranking the 26 teams. After the regular season of 20 Match weeks has completed, the top 16 teams will qualify for a single elimination playoff. Teams will be drawn against each other based on their league positions, for example the team finishing first facing the team that finished 16th. These will be one-off elimination matches with the higher-seeded team at home. In addition, the teams finishing the regular season in the top 12 will be invited to take part in the next season’s Premier League International Cup competition. 

[BoleynGone]

Massive
Agreed, he'sbeen treated badly by Potter. Asked to do a job that is not his strength. Emerson is allowed freedom to go forward and creates zilch game after game yet some people think he is good. How many assists has he had for us ? Then when there has been a free kick set up for a left footer we see yet again JWP screw up another set piece. Again game after game since he's been here we hear commentators like Upson repeat the message that this set piece is "set up for the excellent JWP,he's done it before" no he frigging hasn't 1 set piece assist in 18 months. He must have taken 200 since then. 

[Massive Attack]

Scarles already is the next gem. 

[Mike Oxsaw]

Yes, you would like to think the high position of the U21s is promising for the future, but doesn't seem to work like that for us.
Why is that? 
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Rice was our "Once in a generation" academy product.

That means Sullivan sees all academy players while Rice is still plying his trade as simply assets to sell each year. Law of averages, innit?

Once Rice hangs up his boots is time enough to wait before we start looking to the academy for the next gem.

[Mex Martillo]

Yes, you would like to think the high position of the U21s is promising for the future, but doesn't seem to work like that for us.
Why is that? 
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[Alfs]

Faux.
Totally agree.
If Potter can't see that then he can f**k off.
I'm bored with him as much as I was Moyes now. He's had enough games to bring them in now he's binned Scarles too. 
 

Though I agree with your sentiments about Potter I think Scarles may have picked up an injury as he wasn't  included in the squad for this game either.

[Massive Attack]

Lost 4-1 in the end
The likes of Casey, Orford & others should be in the squad for the last 3 games
No point in putting players like Ings , Rodriguez & Ferguson who are being binned in ahead of them

Disagree, they should have already been available for selection. They aint there to support and supplement the stiffs, they are supposed to be there to support and supplement the first team in their crucial Development if they are ever going to make it. Keeping them in the Stiffs was a counter productive defeating the purpose exercise that Potter clearly didn't understand. 

The likes of Casey and Orford haven't seen a Premier League Subs bench since Chelsea Away 13 games ago just as the window closed. All that time he could have used to blood them in gently but no, shunned for the stiffs never to be seen since during a time there was very little pressure in doing so. 

[BoleynGone]

Faux.
Totally agree.
If Potter can't see that then he can f**k off.
I'm bored with him as much as I was Moyes now. He's had enough games to bring them in now he's binned Scarles too. What for ? to see the aged Coufal play at a snails pace and Emerson do f**k all game after game. He's up there with Mususaka with his unability to create,cross or score.Can't bloody defend either.

Man Utd will almost certainly palce their kids who are now getting valuable experience.
 

[Mex Martillo]

What shame. We had some brilliant unbeaten runs during the season. At little off the pace at the end. Forth in the league and quater finals in the play offs is quite excellent.
 

[Fauxstralian]

Lost 4-1 in the end
The likes of Casey, Orford & others should be in the squad for the last 3 games
No point in putting players like Ings , Rodriguez & Ferguson who are being binned in ahead of them

[Alfs]

2-1 down. Potter must have done the half time team talk.

[Iron Duke]

1-0 to the Hammers at half time.

[Takashi Miike]

[Mex Martillo]

Friday 2nd May
Quarter-finals

Crystal Palace U21 vs Chelsea U21 kick off 19:00

Saturday 3rd May
Quarter-finals

Manchester City U21 versus Arsenal U21 kick off 18:00

Monday 5th May
Quarter-finals

Manchester United U21 versus West Ham United U21 kick off 15:00

Southampton U21 versus Fulham U21 kick off 19:00

[BoleynGone]

I know it would be great to win this cup but I would rather see Orford and Ajala be involved against Spurs.
They can't be any worse than the current team and bench.
who knows if the game is on Friday then Sunday would be fine.
 

[Mex Martillo]

ManU in quarter final and if we pass that Man City or Arsenal in the semi.

Quarter-finals (2-5 May)
Semi-finals (9-12 May)
Final (16-19 May)

There is nice road to final map thing in this link, which I tried to post here, but I cannot. Perhaps a mod can help out?
https://www.premierleague.com/news/4292605

 

[Fauxstralian]

Is the quarter final set or is a draw out of the hat?
Great week for Ajala
u18 cup winner with 2 goals & another here for the u21’s
Orford & Battrum with the others
Well done lads!

[Massive Attack]

Ajala yet again stepping up to score in the 1st minute for the U21s from his U18 success day's ago. Orford too on the scoresheet. Still a great call to not include any kids today at all on the bench in the dead rubber Prem match as a 21yo scores a worldie for Brighton.

[Mex Martillo]

West Ham U21s 3-1 Sunderland U21s
some good news, into the quarter finals.

[Mex Martillo]

Our round of 16 match is 
Sat    2025-04-26    15:00
West Ham United v Sunderland
Rush Green Stadium        

Has to be said, I am disappointed it is at the same time as the first team play Brighton.

The other games are:
Crystal Palace v Brighton 
Manchester City v Liverpool
Fulham v Nottingham Forest
Chelsea v Wolves
Manchester Utd v Everton
Southampton v Leicester City
Arsenal v Newcastle United

Games are extra time and penalties to determine who goes into the quarter finals.

[Mex Martillo]

Finished
PSG Espoirs 4-2 West Ham United U21s
Not a great result before the playoffs that start weekend of 26th April. We finished 4th in the league and have either Sunderland or Everton in the 16 team playoff.

[Takashi Miike]

2-1 after 33 minutes. Another good Ajala goal

[Takashi Miike]

[Mex Martillo]

Paris Saint-Germain Espoirs v West Ham United U21s
Friendly, PSG Campus, Wednesday 16 April 2025, 11.30am BST

Apparently the club will put a live stream on the youtube channel, but I'll be dammed if I can find it.

[Mex Martillo]

Middlesbrough U21s 1-1 West Ham United U21s
Result from last night. That was our last Premier League 2 fixture and we now go into the playoffs to see who wins the competition. We are 3rd in the league, but there are still a few games tomorrow, Monday and Friday that may change our league position and who we have in the first playoff. We will definitely play at home as we are in the top half of the teams in the playoffs. The team we meet is decided by league position, so now we are 3rd and would play the team in 14th who at the moment is Wolves, but as I said positions may change as still some games to be played by other teams.
 

[Rossal]

I’m amazed how many spurs fans signed up for this site in September, should have charged them a fee.

This Cheval chap seems like a bit of a cսnt, he is in good company with maverick, thundercunt, sad ferret, lady boy et al.

Just click on their profile, at the bottom click 'add foe' 

you don't see any of their posts, it basically deletes them from the site for you.  If majority do it then they'll soon go extinct.  

But to be honest what on earth are the mods doing sitting there and watching them block the board up with wind up waffle most days?