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MARK Robins has praised Coventry Citys Under-18s after progressing through to the second round of the FA Youth Cup, but believes the youngsters are afflicted by the same frailties currently hampering his first team.
The Sky Blues boss was at the Ricoh Arena to watch the Academy boys take an impressive 4-1 lead against Shrewsbury Town on Tuesday night, only to be pegged back to 4-3 to set up a nail-biting six minutes of stoppage time with City nervously battling to avoid the first round tie going to extra-time.
They were excellent; played really well, said the manager who is a keen exponent of youth development at the club.
There were some good performances and good goals, and there was some shocking dancing from one of our players who scored a good goal and we progressed through the tie.
It was one of those games where we saw elements of whats happening in the first team throughout the club, so its like an endemic thing where we will look like were passing the ball really well, well go and create chances and score goals and then at the end of it concede two and be hanging on at the end. So it is something that needs to be eradicated.
The Sky Blues boss was at the Ricoh Arena to watch the Academy boys take an impressive 4-1 lead against Shrewsbury Town on Tuesday night, only to be pegged back to 4-3 to set up a nail-biting six minutes of stoppage time with City nervously battling to avoid the first round tie going to extra-time.
They were excellent; played really well, said the manager who is a keen exponent of youth development at the club.
There were some good performances and good goals, and there was some shocking dancing from one of our players who scored a good goal and we progressed through the tie.
It was one of those games where we saw elements of whats happening in the first team throughout the club, so its like an endemic thing where we will look like were passing the ball really well, well go and create chances and score goals and then at the end of it concede two and be hanging on at the end. So it is something that needs to be eradicated.