Rambam Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 The U18 and U23s have been very successful. I’m not advocating playing all of them, but surely they need bringing through systematically now, á la Chelsea. We may well lose more than we win at first, but I feel it needs to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornwallRam Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 It would be very brave at this point. If things get a bit worse, we could easily be in the bottom 6. I think we need to make sure we at least have a buffer between us and danger before we take risks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edtheram Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Forest away? got hammered. Starting a kid with a couple more on the bench is fine, littering the team with inexperience is naive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenBr Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Chelsea didn't just put them straight in the first team though - they sent most of theirs out on loan to lower league clubs before they put them in their first team. Most of ours don't usually go out on loan anywhere and have very little first team experience as a result. Lowe benefited immensely from his time in Scotland and I think that would benefit some of our other youngsters as well. We might play a few youth players as subs, etc, but for me it would be better if they are playing regularly in lower or foreign leagues before we start playing them regularly in our own first team. Whilst I know the likes of Bogle and Hughes never really went anywhere else I do still think it would benefit the younger players to be playing first team football for a season or two even if it isnt here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 20 minutes ago, Rambam said: The U18 and U23s have been very successful. I’m not advocating playing all of them, but surely they need bringing through systematically now, á la Chelsea. We may well lose more than we win at first, but I feel it needs to be done. They are very successful against the teams/players they're up against. Could be a different story against seasoned and experienced championship/recently relegated premier league players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Probleam with other teams they will see them and then not play them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Cocu was heavily criticized for bringing Whittaker on in our last game. Imagine the uproar at 2pm Saturday if a youth player was starting a game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dethorn Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 I would promote Knight over Dowell at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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