EDS v Lincoln / Sky Sports+ / 7pm / Tues 12th Nov / EFL Trophy.

[90s blue brother]

I won't lie that was awful watch last night and it even had me nodding off towards the end, still though the lads need to take it in stride and learn from their mistakes.
With such a hammering they should still have still learnt something, their careers are going to have plenty of ups and downs.

It's better to get an early major low point out the way to properly humble them and it'll make them more determined in the long run, some say the defeat is too much but sadly I'm not sure even the first team would've done much better based on our current from.

They'll be hungrier than ever to get this out their system and make an immediate impression following the international break, in life you learn from all your setbacks too so it might be a bad night but it's just another game that goes towards their education.

I think people watching and commenting on here see it as fans which is very different to how people working in the game see it, you seem to have more perspective which I think is correct.

The club will have half expected to struggle but the learning is invaluable. We are naive defensively, and lacked a bit of cutting edge but that should come with maturity and experience that loans etc brings, and you see some real ability still on show.

It’s a big positive that we’ve had 4 first team lads go up, which has given opportunity to some of the boys that have maybe not had the minutes or are a Little younger and some real positive performances come out of that.

I would predict we might get 1 maybe 2 first team squad members from that group which may seem obvious I.e. OReilly and JSP, a few surprises, and a good few million quid in sales so not at all doom and gloom.

Oh and did I mention we are top of PL2 and running United close at the top of PL North

 

[oldius]

A single match is not a basis to make judgements on a whole squad of players: Academy matches often throw up the strangest of results, and young players are far more prone to a few errors, or heads dropping after a couple of quick goals. This is all a part of the learning curve, and, in their age group, our Academy continues to deliver trophy and league winning results.

Some of these players will go on to strong professional football careers and I hope that some make it with us.