Spot on that John and so is the ex playerAn ex player just said the same on face book. They are not kids. they are not learning not closing down. Defending wise we have not got a clue.
Spot on that John and so is the ex playerAn ex player just said the same on face book. They are not kids. they are not learning not closing down. Defending wise we have not got a clue.
You cannot fault the effort,just lacking in savvy and experience of half the team!The youngsters don't yet have the strength and as we say in Racing need to grow into their bodies!We can afford to play one or two of them ,but not the number we are forced to use!Hopefully the new owners can get whoever is manager some experienced heads to settle things down!!
TBF Springy I believe most would go to support our clubIf we were allowed into the Stadium,
how many fans do you would turn up to watch this team at present?
I agree, even Chorley out muscled us, and were faster on the break,I thought Oxford were a big, physical team, too, but they all seem to be at this level !
With vocal support at home, this could help the team and make a differenceTBF Springy I believe most would go to support our club
With vocal support at home, this could help the team and make a difference
When did these kids get signed to the Academy? If it was when we were just-relegated from Premier league/expecting quick return (ie 2014), then we were signing kids as future top flight players, and as such I'd expect someone of that calibre to be able to not only compete at 3rd division level six years later but boss the game.
If however they joined the club during the yo-yo years of 16/17/18, then I'd be expecting them to have reasonable games at 3rd division level with a degree of inconsistency.
Merrie was signed to the academy of a Premier League/Cup winning side 7 years ago. Was he signed with the intent of developing him to a level of bottom of 3rd division standard 7 years later or is there a failing on the part of the coaches/player?
Let's start being honest, most of these players wouldn't get into any EFL team in any league they are just not good enough and never will be !
If you don't think teenagers are kids John, then fair enough, you're entitled to your opinion .......as is the ex player, (though his opinion is of little more value than mine or yours ..........certainly it's of less value than Gregor Rioch's).An ex player just said the same on face book. They are not kids. they are not learning not closing down. Defending wise we have not got a clue.
Very unfair to compere Foden with our youngsters, he was a solo youngster introduced into a team of experienced internationals, we have had to put a host of youngsters into a team with barely any experienced help! Very unfair comparisonOk, so based on those dates, Obi was a child prodigy at 15 (playing senior football) and Liverpool considered him good enough to sign. As he is now 20, he should be at least good enough for 3rd division football, which is roughly where he was playing 5 years ago.
Merrie was signed to the academy of a Premier League/Cup winning side 7 years ago. Was he signed with the intent of developing him to a level of bottom of 3rd division standard 7 years later or is there a failing on the part of the coaches/player?
The others were picked up as kids or from lower-end sides during the yo yo years and as such, not much can be expected from them.
There's only so long you can use youth as an excuse - Phil Foden seems to be doing ok at a much higher level than these two, and he's just turned 20. I'm not expecting a youth team full of Foden's - just ones who can compete at a level way below what they were signed to play at.
I did say 'Could' make a difference.I disagree Springy, I think it's a god send that there are no fans in the stadium at the moment. After all the costly mistakes that have been made in recent games it would take "a section of our fan base" about 10 minutes every game before they were getting on players backs, and whilst they may be a minority, it would likely be the only voices heard and what would that do for player confidence ?
Please Boris, keep us out of stadia until our owners are in place and we've managed to recruit some quality and experience to help in our plight.
I agree, even Chorley out muscled us, and were faster on the break,
we are not bigger or strong enough to dominate teams and the time and space they have is creating havoc for our defence.
This is not a go at the present team, it's just a fact that due to our situation we have weak squad of players who cannot cope with the bigger, stronger and faster teams in this League, who have more savvy and experienced
players in their teams.
I feel really sorry for some of the players in our team,
if they had more bigger, stronger and faster players with more experience
in our team, they could be introduced to the game a couple at a time to
give them time to learn the game from more experienced players around them and guide them during the game,
at present we have no 'general or generals' to guide and control the game.
Let's start being honest, most of these players wouldn't get into any EFL team in any league they are just not good enough and never will be !