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Lucky to end that without any serious injuries, the ref completely cocked up the game.
Maybe, did look like we were going to win before the red.
Good experience though, as it hopefully won't be the last time some of those guys play against a cynical european team.
Maybe against Watford in the League Cup.
Part of the issue with being in the CL though is that the first team has very few games where you can rotate and the youth team also has loads of fixtures to fulfill (clubs get fined if they don't) - meaning there are fewer chances to blood the young players.
Think we were very positive throughout the match (first half stats posted earlier by someone showed in that in terms of shots etc) and even after Parrott being dubiously sent off Inter were not on top.
Good experience though for all those playing v different style of play, and some cynical players.
And we do look as if we have a good lot of youngsters coming through. Just hope a few more get some first team minutes (both in season and net pre-season) and maybe a few loans to allow some to get into the first team squad
Re the CL - It depends on the draw. Had we had the same group as Liverpool last season we could have easily played a couple of good youngsters in each of the matches, mostly off the bench but starts for the likes of Skipp and still got through the group.
Yup we need to field a full team for youth matches - but we have 26 players in the Academy plus a Development squad, so that should always be possible
Roles bossed that game , he is a different class , his passing , his touch , his technique , his eye for goal is unreal . Very underrated player
Seems we have great strength in depth in CB's coming through - I thought we were lucky to have Eyoma (who did well for first team in pre-season), Tanganga (England u19) and Dinzeyi now all in the Development Squad but to see Binks and Walcott (both first year Academy lads) entrusted with a match like this and getting a draw plus having Lyons-Foster as a 2nd year Academy lad means it looks like a choice of 6 class CB's coming through.
Unprecedented.
Unprecedented.
He seemed to be out of favour at Spurs for some reason but has played and made a big difference in last couple of games, but a very good CM/AM prospect .
Always think he's more like Dele than any other first team player
Just finished watching the CL game. That was a pretty decent performance, we seemed to dominate most of it, until the sending off, with Inter playing on the counter - and looking quite dangerous on the counter on occasion.
Really like Roles, he's got something about him, something Alli-esque or Lampard-esque, in that you're not quite sure where his best position should be, but he has this knack of timing and getting himself into good positions. Good technically and composed under pressure. We seem to play him as an ACM or AM, which I'm not sure about, might be worth trying him as a progressive 8 in a CM3 ?
Really like Roles, he's got something about him, something Alli-esque or Lampard-esque, in that you're not quite sure where his best position should be, but he has this knack of timing and getting himself into good positions. Good technically and composed under pressure. We seem to play him as an ACM or AM, which I'm not sure about, might be worth trying him as a progressive 8 in a CM3 ?
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Agreed.
In some ways its a shame we are playing a PL team in the league cup - if we were playing a lower league club there would be even more incentive to play some of the youngsters, for example the Amos - Skipp pairing that seemed to work well in pre -season or one of the 3 CB's (Eyoma, Tangana and Dinzeyi) we used in pre- season etc
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