Josh McEachran scored what should have been a last minute equaliser for the Academy, but straight from the kick-off, Woolwich scored the winner.

Neil Bath taking charge of the game (because Dermot Drummy was with the reserves), said  "We spoke about being determined and asking for desire and passion. When we play Arsenal it is a big game and the boys are all up for it. We had six or seven schoolboys in the squad, but at half-time we were 2-0 up.

"They matched us in the second-half and we made some poor errors, which is disappointing. The lads are gutted and so they should be, the second-half wasn't good enough which led them scoring four goals.

"At the end of the day, the thing that really frustrates you is getting back to 3-3 and the last kick of the game wins it."

Last Friday evening, the Academy travelled down to the South Coast hoping to avenge the 4-3 home defeat against Southampton. Alas the boys suffered again losing the game 3-0.

Dermot Drummy said, "It was a difficult test for us, the boys from their first team were decent players, and it wasn't a 3-0 defeat performance.

"We had decent displays in midfield from Josh McEachran and Conor Clifford. Josh, who is a schoolboy, had fallen a little bit flat recently, but he showed steel in the heat of what was a very tough game.

"At the moment we are in a run of poor results but we are determined to work hard and stay strong as a team to turn it around.

"There was good news in that Jeffrey Bruma came through fine after a month out with an ankle injury. He was pencilled in to play just one half because he may be involved on Monday (today) in the reserve game. He looked very good."

Chelsea: Jan Sebek, Nikki Ahamed, Jeffrey Bruma (Tom Hayden 45), Ben Gordon, Jordan Tabor, Josh McEachran, Conor Clifford, Daniel Phillskirk (c) (Aliu Djalo), Adam Phillip (Jacopo Sala 45), Marko Mitrovic, Frank Nouble.


The reserves are in action against Tottingham this evening at Leyton Orient FC. The game kicks off at 7pm. There will be LIVE updates on the message board.

View a Printer Friendly version of this Story.

Academy Update: v Arsenal and v Southampton

Posted by: 50 Years Over 100 Years (IP Logged)

Date: 16/03/2009 12:40

What do you think? You can have your say by posting below.
If you do not already have an account Click here to Register.

Options: Reply To This Message•Quote This Message•Report This Message

Re: Academy Update: v Arsenal and v Southampton

Posted by: Since 66 (IP Logged)

Date: 16/03/2009 12:48

Congratulations to keeper Jan Sebek who has been given a 1st team squad number (49) joining the ranks of:

Gael Kakuta 48
Lee Sawyer 47
Jeffrey van Homeot 46
Niclas Heimann 45
Michael Woods 44
Miroslav Stoch 43
Michael Mancienne 42
Sam Hutchinson 41

Rhys Taylor 30

---

100% Risk Free Betting





6th May 2009

Chelsea v Barcelona

NEVER FORGOTTEN

Options: Reply To This Message•Quote This Message•Report This Message

Re: Academy Update: v Arsenal and v Southampton

Posted by: dixon9 (IP Logged)

Date: 16/03/2009 13:54

Saw the Woolwich highlights - looked like we were cruising for a while - oh well!

Spurs tonight should be a decent game!


.

---

"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they don’t like it." P Kenyon.

Options: Reply To This Message•Quote This Message•Report This Message

Goto Thread: Previous•Next

Goto: Message List•Log In

Goto: Message List•Search•Log In

Your Name:
Subject:

Spam prevention:

Please, enter the code that you see below in the input field. This is for blocking bots that try to post this form automatically. If the code is hard to read, then just try to guess it right. If you enter the wrong code, a new image is created and you get another chance to enter it right.

Enter code:

We record all IP addresses on the Sportnetwork message boards which may be required by the authorities in case of defamatory or abusive comment. We seek to monitor the Message Boards at regular intervals. We do not associate Sportnetwork with any of the comments and do not take responsibility for any statements or opinions expressed on the Message Boards. If you have any cause for concern over any material posted here please let us know as soon as possible by e-mailing abuse@sportnetwork.net