Originally Posted by
AstonAlex
Glad it wasn’t just me that thought 3-0 was a tad flattering to them. They definitely deserved to go in ahead, but 2-0? Hardly.
Second half was much more even and we dominated possession without ever creating anything clear cut. We looked better when Callum came on and Tom Lowery was at his most dynamic. Defence looked shaky at times, but we were playing a decent side (won’t see many better this season I reckon) with only one recognised CH - I suspect Sass wasn’t played with Nolan due to a slight lack of pace with both parties,- added to which neither Perry or Pixie had their best games defensively, but were fine in the second half when we were on the front foot.
Regarding the Academy point, 7 starters and the entire outfield bench were ‘our’ players (I include Wintle in this). The purpose of the Academy is twofold, to provide us with first team players (tick) and then to sell them for decent money. Anyone watching today or the second half of last season would have Lowery, Ainley, Perry, Pixie and Wintle in their notebooks, and maybe even Kirky.