johnniericoh
Member
I wonder if the resurrection of reserve team football would be of benefit to the modern game and particularly CCFC.
I see benefits in blooding youth team players, nurturing previously injured players to near full first team fitness and allowing off form players to regain confidence.
Currently we can have a subs bench consisting of several players not having a serious competitive game for several weeks which would have a major impact on contribution to team performance when selected.
Of particular concern is the goalkeeper position - think last year how many games KW missed and the opportunity for the No 2 keeper was practically nil.
I believe CCFC do play a limited number of friendlies throughout the season but these are few and far between and not conducive to building up stamina and on the ball match fitness.
Obviously there are financial implications to consider and possibly having to recruit and pay more players to enlarge the overall squad plus travel and accommodation costs etc - but would the benefits outweigh this???
Thoughts??
PUSB
I see benefits in blooding youth team players, nurturing previously injured players to near full first team fitness and allowing off form players to regain confidence.
Currently we can have a subs bench consisting of several players not having a serious competitive game for several weeks which would have a major impact on contribution to team performance when selected.
Of particular concern is the goalkeeper position - think last year how many games KW missed and the opportunity for the No 2 keeper was practically nil.
I believe CCFC do play a limited number of friendlies throughout the season but these are few and far between and not conducive to building up stamina and on the ball match fitness.
Obviously there are financial implications to consider and possibly having to recruit and pay more players to enlarge the overall squad plus travel and accommodation costs etc - but would the benefits outweigh this???
Thoughts??
PUSB