NextGen - Fixtures, Results & Highlights 2012/13

[CHOULO19 24,332]

3-1 Villa in extra time. Looks like they will be our opponents on Monday.

[Leif 6,006]

Villa are much harder than Sporting IMO.

[edetarod 2,155]

we're in the NextGen final

we're the holders of the FA youth cup and are in the semi-final

proud of our youth system :blue scalf:

[LeChuck 22]

Villa isn't so much harder opponent than Sporting. They have some huge talents (Jack Grealish, Dan Crowley), but overall their team is not even close to Arsenal.

[Jase 43,479]

Have created a match thread on the final game vs Aston Villa.

http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/15728-chelsea-v-aston-villa/

Use that thread to discuss everything about the game, including pre-match and post-match thoughts, analysis etc.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Hoping to see the likes of Ake & Blackman coming back on monday and hopefully Nditi's ankle will be okay for monday too, hopefully see him back at left back. We can win this. It'll be difficult to swallow if we lost considering we beat Arsenal, Juventus and Barcelona on the way. Villa's got decent talents but they aren't on par with the aforementioned.

[JDY 1,290]

Villa are much harder than Sporting IMO.

Lisbon should've won by atleast 5 in normal time, they dominated the whole game.

[Jase 43,479]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbSoSk6vkuk

[blu35_army 550]

i think this is our new youth develop system...

U-19 ==> U-21 ==> Loan ==> Bench ==> First Team

so,,for Loftus Cheek, Baker and Boga now is ready to offer an loan to Championship division club...

anyway,,have you a full match link download?

[Beigl 1,387]

Dermot Drummy´s Post Match Interview on talksport.

http://www.talksport.co.uk/...ies-194682#z62tL5SZASZdrzkR.02

[blu35_army 550]

bloodyhell,,now i know why he has a incredible speed yesterday...

[Ollie 4,400]

Beating Arsenal in the semi has just made all of those boys legends for me already. Our youth record since around 2008 has been nothing short of sensational, just a shame they will all probably be plying their trade elsewhere in the future because of what we are now. Villa also have a very sound youth system and it will be a very hard final. What a wonderful tournament it would be to win. And look of the names we've beaten. Fantastic achievement.

[Styles 9,790]

I see Uefa have shamelessly decided to steal the NextGen Series' thunder and set up an official u19 Champions League. What does that mean for the NextGen Series and Chelsea? Thought it was a good tournament with good teams and have no real complaints other than the crap pitch they used for the final (one of the worst I can remember). Would hate to see Uefa swallow them up when they've just got going.

[ja1 1,166]

I'm not really sure how it'll work next season. It will eventually end up with just a UEFA U19 CL or some sort of variate as they fine tune it but next season clubs can enter both NextGen and U19 as far as I know, not totally sure but I think with UEFA U19 you qualify if your senior team has qualified(which is already a flawed system), and with NextGen any European team can come in I think, by invitation but I suspect they invite a lot, not as if it's exclusive. Could well just end up being a bit of a mess.

[EskWeston 696]

I see Uefa have shamelessly decided to steal the NextGen Series' thunder and set up an official u19 Champions League. What does that mean for the NextGen Series and Chelsea? Thought it was a good tournament with good teams and have no real complaints other than the crap pitch they used for the final (one of the worst I can remember). Would hate to see Uefa swallow them up when they've just got going.

I'm not really sure how it'll work next season. It will eventually end up with just a UEFA U19 CL or some sort of variate as they fine tune it but next season clubs can enter both NextGen and U19 as far as I know, not totally sure but I think with UEFA U19 you qualify if your senior team has qualified(which is already a flawed system), and with NextGen any European team can come in I think, by invitation but I suspect they invite a lot, not as if it's exclusive. Could well just end up being a bit of a mess.

When Chelsea signed up to the NextGen series they signed up for 2 years. So next year Chelsea will compete in BOTH the NextGen Series and the UEFA U19's CL. The UEFA version is only for the team qualified for the CL. 2 very different competitions and at youth level things are very different, just looking at the Semi Finals of the NextGen highlights that with both Sporting Lisbon and Aston Villa in the Semi's neither of whom will be in the CL.

However it is only good for us to be playing both as it is more game time for the players and against quality opposition. Still not a solution to the bigger problem of the players above the age of 19 who are yet to break into the first team.

[Styles 9,790]

When Chelsea signed up to the NextGen series they signed up for 2 years. So next year Chelsea will compete in BOTH the NextGen Series and the UEFA U19's CL. The UEFA version is only for the team qualified for the CL. 2 very different competitions and at youth level things are very different, just looking at the Semi Finals of the NextGen highlights that with both Sporting Lisbon and Aston Villa in the Semi's neither of whom will be in the CL.

However it is only good for us to be playing both as it is more game time for the players and against quality opposition. Still not a solution to the bigger problem of the players above the age of 19 who are yet to break into the first team.

That's terrible. You would want the best teams competing against each other. Wouldn't making it an U21 tournament make more sense?

[ChelseaNZ 2]

The future is Blue lads, check out my latest piece looking at the top 11 under 22 players at Chelsea!

http://www.undisputedsports.com/2013/07/chelsea-youth-to-shine-bright/

[Hamilton 2,118]

The future is Blue lads, check out my latest piece looking at the top 11 under 22 players at Chelsea!

http://www.undisputedsports.com/2013/07/chelsea-youth-to-shine-bright/

Good article mate, but it's Thibaut with a U in it