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Barradell Looking To ‘Get Back To The Level’

Adam Barradell wants our Under-18s to return to the performance level produced earlier in the season when fixtures resume following the international break.

2025-11-14T09:00+00:00

by Sam Jones

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14 Nov, 2025

Barradell Looking To ‘Get Back To The Level’

Adam Barradell wants our Under-18s to return to the performance level produced earlier in the season when fixtures resume following the international break.

Sam Jones

2025-11-14T09:00+00:00

Barradell Looking To ‘Get Back To The Level’

Adam Barradell wants our Under-18s to return to the performance level produced earlier in the season when fixtures resume following the international break.

Sam Jones

2025-11-14T09:00+00:00

Barradell Looking To ‘Get Back To The Level’

Adam Barradell wants our Under-18s to return to the performance level produced earlier in the season when fixtures resume following the international break.

Sam Jones

2025-11-14T09:00+00:00

Barradell Looking To ‘Get Back To The Level’

Adam Barradell wants our Under-18s to return to the performance level produced earlier in the season when fixtures resume following the international break.

Sam Jones

2025-11-14T09:00+00:00

Leicester City's Under-18s lost to Birmingham City last time out in U18 Premier League South
Coach Adam Barradell analysed recent results and what he hopes to achieve in the coming weeks
The young Foxes return to Premier League Cup action away at Aston Villa next Saturday morning
League duties resume the following Saturday, hosting West Bromwich Albion in Seagrave

A 2-0 defeat at home to Birmingham City last weekend was a third consecutive reverse in U18 Premier League South, though Leicester remain in a good position in the league standings, sitting sixth, only three points behind leaders Crystal Palace, having won five and lost four of the opening nine matches.

The Foxes youngsters are back at LCFC Training Ground at the end of the month, hosting West Bromwich Albion in our next league encounter on Saturday 29 November (11am kick-off).

The Under-18s’ last victory came against Brighton in Seagrave last month.

“It was a game that we wanted to do well in and expected to do well in having started the league really well this season,” the coach reflected after the Birmingham loss in Seagrave. “Coming off the back of a defeat to Crystal Palace, we wanted to get back to the level we were at the previous couple of games.

“Unfortunately, we conceded two sloppy goals, which has not been like us this season at all. We probably lost the game in the first half by conceding those early goals. Although our performance level was better in the second half, it made it really difficult.

“We’ve defended really well and been a real attacking threat and obviously we’re now looking to get back to that level, after a difficult couple of results, in the next league game.”

Several Under-18s have received recognition already this term in the form of call-ups to the Development Squad, earning the right to test themselves with the older group. That, in turn, presents a chance for younger talents to step up and take their chance.

Lorenz Hutchinson captained the side prior to being selected for the Under-21s.

Barradell continued: “The challenge we’ve got is that we’ve been playing to a really high level at the start of the season and, with that, individuals get opportunities to move up to the Under-21s. I’m delighted with the individuals who have done well.

“You look at Lorenz Hutchinson, he’s had a fantastic start to the league campaign and certainly deserved his opportunity in the Under-21s. That’s what we’re about, we want players moving through the pathway.

“Riley Carr is another one who has been a real threat in the first five or six games in the league and rightly deserved this start for the Under-21s. We want the Under-18s to make an impact in the Development Squad.

“The next players who come into the Under-18s have to keep the standard which has been set and raise the bar even further. What we need now is players who have not been playing and have come into the side, to take their opportunities and do well.”

It’s Aston Villa up next after the international break.

The Premier League Cup group stage will conclude next weekend and City remain in the hunt for a place in the knockout stages ahead of travelling to Aston Villa on Saturday 22 November (11am kick-off).

The Villans, winning both of their matches in the competition, sit at the summit of Group B, with Leicester three points behind, though the Foxes did come out on top in the last meeting between the pair.

“We beat Liverpool in our last cup game and it gives us a chance to qualify,” he explained. “We’ve played Aston Villa in the league and won 4-0 but we expect it to be a tough game.

“We’ve also beaten them before across there and hopefully we can do that again, but it’s always difficult going over to Bodymoor Heath and playing there.”

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