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6 minutes ago, IlsonDerby said:

Seemingly outplayed by Buxton? 

adult football is so so different to academy football. Most of these lads are nowhere near first team ready yet (and that’s no criticism) so the constant hankering for them to be given first team minutes right now is frustrating. 

Exactly why Brown is out on loan, hopefully to help him step up a level and maybe play a bit part in April if injuries don't clear/strike again 

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2 hours ago, IlsonDerby said:

Seemingly outplayed by Buxton? 

adult football is so so different to academy football. Most of these lads are nowhere near first team ready yet (and that’s no criticism) so the constant hankering for them to be given first team minutes right now is frustrating. 

There are always a few factors in these games:

  1. A number of the team have only stepped up from U18 football this season - Moloney only moving up to the U21 squad in the summer, with only a handful of U18 appearances in the last 2 seasons due to injury; Thompson, Perry, Allen, McAndrew and Wheeldon stepping up just before Christmas; and I think it was Gill's and Osong's first ever U21 game.
  2. This was only Bardell's 2nd game back from injury so will be a bit rusty.
  3. It looked like Fornah failed to impose himself on the game, which is what you should expect from a senior player stepping in.
  4. It was a team which has never played as an 11 before. In fact, there may have only been 7 or 8 or them on the field together at any point in the past. Buxton would have been a team built over several seasons, getting to know each other, and signings made to improve on weaknesses.
  5. It would have also been the first time an opposing set of fans have been heckling every decision they made
  6. Fapetu, Richards, Cox, KRobinson and Gough were missing from the more regular starters, as well as Brown, Evans and Moore who are out on loan

As you say, "adult football is so so different to academy football", but that doesn't mean any indivdual player isn't ready to play at that level or higher.

Highlights: https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2024/02/u21-derbyshire-senior-cup-match-highlights-buxton-1-1-derby-county-4-2-on-pens

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