Anyone have any information on the squad that is going to UK for a tournament. Apparently Jan Verslajien ( spelling ) will be looking at some boys that are based in England during this tour, two goalkeepers and a winger.
Does anyone know of a squad list that I can have a look at, or who the boys that will be looked at before the tournament are?
I know of one boy who is with the middlsborough academy and is doing very well. He is one of the goalkeepers, Dean Gardikiotis is his name has already represented Greece but his heart is with Australia.

Edited by spathi: 13/8/2010 11:33:02 PM

Samuel Chapple and Hayden Morton both from the Sutherland Sharks and NSWIS set-up have been included in Joeys Head Coach Jan Versleijen 20-player squad to face England, Portugal and Turkey at the FA Men's U17 International Tournament which will be held in Lincolnshire, England from 25-29 August 2010.

Versleijen will be using this tournament to prepare his players for the AFC U-16 Championship 2010 which will be played in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 24 October - 7 November 2010.

“It is a fantastic opportunity to face strong quality opposition such as the England, Portugal and Turkey youth national teams as we enter the final stages of our preparation for the AFC Championships,” said Versleijen

“We will also be playing two training matches against the Fulham FC and Tottenham Hotspur Academy teams prior to the tournament.

“With the bulk of the Qantas Joeys squad composed from current Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) scholarship players, I am very confident that we will perform well and the experience we gain from this tournament will be of great benefit to the boys,” concluded Versleijen .

The Qantas Joeys have been drawn in Group C of the AFC U-16 Championships alongside Japan, Timor Leste and Vietnam.

QANTAS JOEYS SQUAD

FA Men's U17 International Tournament

25- 29 August 2010

Lincolnshire, England

Kwabena BOAHENE AIS

Corey BROWN AIS

Alex CERRUTO AIS

Connor CHAPMAN AIS

Samuel CHAPPLE NSWIS/Sutherland Sharks

Daniel CHAABANI FFV

Milos DEGENEK AIS

Hernan ESPINDOLA AIS

Giancarlo GALLIFUOCO AIS

Paul IZZO AIS

Jesse MAKAROUNAS AIS

Jacob MELLING SASI

Jake MONACO AIS

Hayden MORTON NSWIS/Sutherland Sharks

Sahr MUSA Football West/Perth FC

Brodie PATERSON AIS

Yianni PERKATIS AIS

Anthony PROIA AIS

Luke REMINGTON NNSWIS/Macquarie

Lachlan TIBBLES AIS

Team Officials

Head Coach - Jan Versleijen (AIS)

Assistant Coach - Gary Van Egmond (AIS)

GK Coach - Ron Corry (AIS)

Recovery/Massage/Gear - Deane Stephens (SA)

Physiotherapist - Rob Hunt (AIS)

Doctor - Graham Hughes (SA)

Technical Analysis - Peter Cklamovski (NSW)

Team Manager - Simon Roberts

FA Men's U17 International Tournament - Official Match Schedule

25- 29 August 2010

Lincolnshire, England

Wednesday 25 August 2010 Portugal v Australia

Wednesday 25 August 2010 England v Turkey

Friday 27 August 2010 Turkey v Portugal

Friday 27 August 2010 England v Australia

Sunday 29 August 2010 Australia v Turkey

Sunday 29 August 2010 Portugal v England

Strange how the boys that are currently in the UK have not been mentioned in the squads, I guess they are fighting for a spot in the squad to play in the u/16 AFC Championships.

Edited by spathi: 14/8/2010 08:16:48 AM

Joeys to play Fullham academy team tomorrow in London. Will keep you posted on the score.

Makarounas is a gun, no idea why Glory didn't give him a senior contract this season, think he was one of their top scorers in pre-season.

It is strange that none of the english boys are in the squad, it might just be that Versleijen thinks they are better off at their respected clubs, wouldn't have hurt to at least get them all into a training squad to make them feel noticed though.

I know for a fact torana a9x that the English boys will be playing in the lead up games to the tournament against Fullham and Tottenham so that Jan Versleijan can have a good look at them with the prospect of bringing them into the squad for the AFC U/16 championships in late October. So they are in the training squad prior to the tourny in England but not mentioned in the squad list.

do you know which english based lads

I know 2 of the players, well 1.5 of them, lol. There are three players that are based in England. The 2 that I know of are Dean Gardikiotis who is a goalkeeper at Middlesborough and another goalkeeper who's first name is Liam, and he is at Manchester United, sorry not sure of his surname. There is an outfield player as well, but i don't now his name.

Anyway the boys played a friendly yesterday against Fullham and lost 2-0. The goalkeepers mentioned above played a half each and it was 1-0 at half time. The boys play Tottenham tomorrow.

Thanks for that. Just checked Manu website Liam Jacob is the other keeper he was at Liverpool according to their site, must be okay he kept for liverpool's 16's 18's and reserves

No probs. Did it say why Liverpool let him go?

Site just says he had a trial with Manu in March and they offered him a scholarship.

It's probably a bit like the young African refugee, Julius Doe Davies, who is a midfielder at Bayern Munich (I think he was on the bench during the AFC u16's in late 2008, in which we choked). He only turns 16 early next month and was already involved in the Bayern Munich u17's last season.

I'm guessing he'd have a similar problem to Danning? Though he was in the squad in late 2008 I am pretty sure.

Also where is Joshua Da Silva... :-k Heard he is decent and went well last yar for the u15's.

I have no idea my friend.

More news to hand. The Aussie boys beat Tottenham academy 2-1 yesterday in preparation for the tournament against England, Portugal and Turkey starting on the 25th October. Not sure who the scorers were, but as soon as I do it will be on here. Not sure whether that is a good result or not, being an academy squad. I guess we will see what the results will be in the coming days.

Is it tomorrow the FA Tournament starts, Have the boys played anymore lead-up games

Sorry just found England Turkey result 2 all can't find anything on Australia Portugal anyone know?

Australia lost 4-3 to Portugal.

not bad result me thinks!

we lead the game 3 times. sounds like a decent performance even though we lost

From the reports ive had, and they are not my reports,,2 of Australia's goals were scrappy 6 yard box conversions but the other was a very good goal and that Portugal should have had 6 goals.

Will be interesting to see how the boys go against England, England have been turning over alot of different players of late but seem to be going with players that are a bit more established this tournament.

Spathi do you know some of the boys in the Australian team you seem to have knowledge that is not available over the Net

Yes I do know someone on the tour but I will do a Slater and not reveal my source :lol: Any results that I can get will be posted though ;)

i heard on The World Game website, saying that England beat the Joeys 4-0! that aint good at all!

England won their first game of The FA International U17 Tournament with a convincing 4-0 win over Australia in Grimsby tonight to leapfrog Portugal at the top of the group.

Goals from Matthias Fanimo, Courtney Meppen Walters, Raheem Sterling and Nick Powell secured victory for John Peacock’s team and all four strikes were memorable.

A healthy crowd of more than 2,000 got behind the England youngsters from the start and the home team had an early chance to test their Antipodean visitors when Fanimo tried his luck with a shot from distance that rose just too high over the bar a few minutes in.

Manchester United youngster Luke Hendrie went a lot closer on nine minutes, however, just unable to twist his neck enough to direct a header from eight yards into the top corner.

West Ham United starlet Fanimo proved a real handful for the Australians, while the visitors were kept largely quiet by England’s back-line - their first real effort on 18 minutes when Dylan Tombides lashed a long-distance effort over Ben Garrett’s bar.

At the other end, England caused problems again when some quick feet and trickery from Alex Henshall on the left wing bamboozled his marker before his dangerous low cross was hacked behind for a corner at the near post on 22 minutes.

England kept plugging away in an entertaining first half hour and Tibbles had to be alert at his near post again when Morgan fired a shot on the turn.

The Blundell Park crowd sensed a goal might be coming and it duly arrived six minutes before half-time. England had their goal and it was a superb strike from Fanimo.

He picked up the ball on the right, cut inside on his left foot and unleashed a rasper that beat Tibbles and crashed in off the far post. It was no more than the wide man had deserved after a lively first-half.

Peacock’s boys doubled their lead just two minutes later and it was an equally impressive strike from Meppen Walters.

A free-kick from the right by Hendrie wasn’t dealt with and ended up with the unmarked Meppen Walters, who still had work to do, but finished with an unerring low left-footer from an acute angle to beat the retreating defenders on the line.

Both sides made changes for the second half, England bringing on Sterling, Powell and Max Clayton for Fanimo, Nat Chalobah and Jordan Cousins.

And it could have been 3-0 just 90 seconds after the restart, had Henshall’s dipping free-kick not glanced off the top of the bar instead of finding the top corner.

Two minutes later, it was three and it was a fine individual goal by Sterling with virtually his first touch as he ran from 35 yards to drill a fine effort across Tibbles from just inside the box.

The Liverpool midfielder showed he has pace to burn with a similarly electric run to play a one-two with Meppen Walters, but this time Tibbles did well to dive and block Sterling’s shot close in.

Two more changes on 56 minutes for Peacock’s side saw Ellis Plummer and Robbie Cotton on for Matty Regan and Jake Caskey. Then, Hallam Hope replaced the hard-working Morgan up front for the final 16 minutes.

Seconds later, and England could have had a fourth – again the top of the bar coming to Australia’s rescue from Sam Magri’s towering header from a corner.

They may have been largely on the back-foot but credit goes to Jan Versleijen’s team who kept going and almost had a goal back on 67 minutes but Anthony Proia’s close-range header went narrowly wide of the mark.

England also continued to create chances and another fine save from Tibbles saw him tip over Powell’s header with five minutes remaining.

Then the substitute did get his name on the scoresheet with a sweet free-kick from 20 yards in stoppage time to seal the win.

It’s now perfectly set up for final game against Portugal, who lost 3-2 to Turkey earlier in the day, in Scunthorpe on Sunday.

England U17: Garrett, Regan (Plummer 56), Cousins (Clayton 46), Magri, Chalobah (Powell 46), Hendrie, Caskey (Cotton 56), Walters,
Morgan (Hope 64), Fanimo (Sterling 46), Henshall. Subs not used:- Pickford.

Head Coach: John Peacock.

Australia U17: Tibbles, Monaco, Chapman, Morton (Gallifuoco 80), Brown, Perkatis, Espindola (Degenek 46), Boahene (Melling 56), Proia, Patterson, Tombides (Makarounas 46). Subs not used:- Chapple, Remington, Izzo.

Head Coach: Jan Versleijen.

Referee: Rob Shoebridge (Derbyshire FA)

Attendance: 2,040.

To see the goal highlights for the Joeys vs England match visit the following website

http://www.thefa.com/video/England/Mens-U17s/2010-11/England-4-0-Australia

I wish i knew how to post links :-k :-k :-k

That English team looks like absolute quality going by the highlights. Sure some of these 16 year olds will be only a little while off. The number 7 for their team ripped us a new hole and our GK had one to forget.

Was talking to my pommie mate he believes the best English players don't play for their country they are encouraged not to by their clubs. hoping this isn't true as that puts Australia along way behind alot of countries in Europe as many are very competitive when playing England.

Well the English lads have won the friendly tournament by defeating Portugal 3-1. Even though Turkey beat Australia the English lads had a better goal difference in the end.
Australia's boys lost 2-0 to Turkey ending their tournament with, 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses and with a goal difference of 3 goals for and 10 against. Maybe the Australian goalies based in the UK need to be looked at a bit more closely? Only the AIS based keepers were used for the tournament.

grizzwold,, this may have been the case in the past but I can assure you that the players that were on the park for England were the players that the coach picked. The clubs can not refuse a player of national team selection.