Two Small Bright Spots

[Whiskyman]

Amidst today's capitulation.

I thought Calum Driver and Seb Lletget acquitted themselves creditably.

But once again it shows the need, imo, for some sort of stepping stone between the dev Squad and the first team. For most of them the step up was just too much.

But amongst the many negatives I thought Jarvis's performance was an absolute f_ucking scandal. The bloke appeared not to be trying instead of giving support to an inexperienced back 3.

[dagenhamJohn]

Amidst today's capitulation.

I thought Calum Driver and Seb Lletget acquitted themselves creditably.

But once again it shows the need, imo, for some sort of stepping stone between the dev Squad and the first team. For most of them the step up was just too much.

But amongst the many negatives I thought Jarvis'performance was an absolute f_ucking scandal. The bloke appeared not to be trying instead of giving support to an inexperienced back 3.

Jarvis's performance thus far have not been eyecatching in the least, as for Driver and lletget, can't say i noticed under this total waste of time, just overwhelmed with the abstract failure i suppose.

[SuperIrons]

Whiskyman

I said during the game that I thought Callum Driver was our MOTM.

I have also sung Seb Lletget's praise over the last 3 seasons but he has always been overlooked for a Premier League outing.

These two stood head and shoulders above the rest of the bunch though every youngster who played for us today tried his hardest. That they did not succeed was not down to them but rather to the callous management of an uncaring over-paid useless portly manager who sacrificed them to prove that he has been right all along about not using youngsters in his squad.

He could have mixed some in with some senior players so the blend was just right but he deliberately did not.

He could have played Lee, Turgott, and Chambers in this game but deliberately left the first two on the bench and only brought Turgott on when it was too late to change things around and did not even bother picking Chambers for the squad

[TOWIE]

Agree whisyman. But Maiga was truly awful today.

[bonzosbest74]

Funny how we all see things slightly differently.


For me I thought Whitehead had quite good technique, I would certainly like to see how he performs next to Noble, Diame & Morrison with a good defence behind him.


As I said on the other thread Lee, Chambers & Turgott should have been the youngsters parachuted in.

[connelljj]

Jarvis's performance was a worry,not once did he beat his marker,one of the players it is now time to sell.yes not a bright spot.

[Whiskyman]

Whiskyman

I said during the game that I thought Callum Driver was our MOTM.

I have also sung Seb Lletget's praise over the last 3 seasons but he has always been overlooked for a Premier League outing.

These two stood head and shoulders above the rest of the bunch though every youngster who played for us today tried his hardest. That they did not succeed was not down to them but rather to the callous management of an uncaring over-paid useless portly manager who sacrificed them to prove that he has been right all along about not using youngsters in his squad.

He could have mixed some in with some senior players so the blend was just right but he deliberately did not.

He could have played Lee, Turgott, and Chambers in this game but deliberately left the first two on the bench and only brought Turgott on when it was too late to change things around and did not even bother picking Chambers for the squad

Completely agree about th

[dagenhamJohn]

we had a B team today imo,

were you to follow the majority of posts they are mainly concentrated on the 'could haves'

could have played him
could have played this formation
could have played more 1ST team players
could have, could have,

and then.. we should have!!

[Whiskyman]

we had a B team today imo,

were you to follow the majority of posts they are mainly concentrated on the 'could haves'

could have played him
could have played this formation
could have played more 1ST team players
could have, could have,

and then.. we should have!!

Of course we had a B team today. But the overall criticism, and I agree with it, seems to be it was just a little silly to expect a bunch of kids, accustomed to playing at a level about conference standard (?) to step up to the plate en masse. Particularly as we were playing a team only a few places below us in the game's hierarchy.

And unfortunately we don't have the framework in the English game to do it any other way.

[dagenhamJohn]

we had a B team today imo,

were you to follow the majority of posts they are mainly concentrated on the 'could haves'

could have played him
could have played this formation
could have played more 1ST team players
could have, could have,

and then.. we should have!!

Of course we had a B team today. But the overall criticism, and I agree with it, seems to be it was just a little silly to expect a bunch of kids, accustomed to playing at a level about conference standard (?) to step up to the plate en masse. Particularly as we were playing a team only a few places below us in the game's hierarchy.

And unfortunately we don't have the framework in the English game to do it any other way.[/quote]all or most of your posts are related to that successful system in Germany of having a B Lge where you can field all academies against each other on a weekly basis,

do for me.