Manchester_sky_blue
Well-Known Member
Struck me whilst reading the match report of the Bristol game that our sorry state of affairs has led to one positive of sorts - we now have an extremely strong contingent of young, local lads in the side.
In our starting line up we had Cyrus, Jordan Clarke, Conor Thomas, Callum Wilson and Billy Daniels - correct me if im wrong but I believe they are all midlands-born lads, all products of our academy and all look to be pretty handy. How many other teams outside of non-league can boast that kind of local contingent in their starting line up? It could be seen as a bad thing I suppose if we were getting battered in the league but so far the lads look like a reasonable unit - leaky defense aside. Hopefully once Webster settles in we may start to put that right.
Then when you look at the bench you can add Burge, Phillips, Willis and Garner to that list of academy graduates.
I think if we were playing at the Ricoh under new owners but still playing these local lads id be quite happy and fair play to Elvis he said he wanted to give youth a shot and he's doing that. OK he doesnt really have much choice but at least they seem to be playing fairly well.
FPP would affect us even if we weren't homeless and didnt have such shockingly bad owners so it's got to be a positive that we are making a go of things with a young, local and above all cheap playing squad..............
In our starting line up we had Cyrus, Jordan Clarke, Conor Thomas, Callum Wilson and Billy Daniels - correct me if im wrong but I believe they are all midlands-born lads, all products of our academy and all look to be pretty handy. How many other teams outside of non-league can boast that kind of local contingent in their starting line up? It could be seen as a bad thing I suppose if we were getting battered in the league but so far the lads look like a reasonable unit - leaky defense aside. Hopefully once Webster settles in we may start to put that right.
Then when you look at the bench you can add Burge, Phillips, Willis and Garner to that list of academy graduates.
I think if we were playing at the Ricoh under new owners but still playing these local lads id be quite happy and fair play to Elvis he said he wanted to give youth a shot and he's doing that. OK he doesnt really have much choice but at least they seem to be playing fairly well.
FPP would affect us even if we weren't homeless and didnt have such shockingly bad owners so it's got to be a positive that we are making a go of things with a young, local and above all cheap playing squad..............
