Yes, we did not deserve a result on the balance of play. I don't think we can expect the conveyor belt from the youth team to the first team to be working for a few years.
On this performance, which is not enough to make a fair judgement Bakrin is going to get booked a lot in his career for needless fouls. Hands all over players time and time again. But he's what 18?! He'll learn.
On reflection our average age was pretty low and to come away playing a decent U23 side losing by a single goal is respectable enough.
Game over, they were better than us although I suspect they were on average a year or two more experienced than our boys. Thank goodness I have now turned off their irritating commentator.
Strange game with glaring misses from both sides…..did we deserve a point? Let’s just say if we had got an equaliser it wouldn’t have been highway robbery. They we’re the better side overall but a much improved performance by us in the second half with better finishing may well have won us a point.
Strange game with glaring misses from both sides…..did we deserve a point? Let’s just say if we had got an equaliser it wouldn’t have been highway robbery. They we’re the better side overall but a much improved performance by us in the second half with better finishing may well have won us a point.
Mmmh, more I see of Claydon the less impressed I am.
Too many people drew a conclusion of seeing him play against a very weak Welling team.
No, he was developing ahead of the curve his stats last season in the u's were very promising. He seems to be struggling a bit at the moment, but some players make it, some don't.
We need to decide what position he is, RM? LM? LB?
We are well served for goalkeepers right now. I would nurture them as much as possible. Is Henderson here until January? I have nothing against Henderson, but is he really needed?
Their number 2 was the difference. I thought a few of ours had decent games but it was disappointing that after pulling one back, we sort of lost our way a bit when they went to a back 4 when potentially the game was even there to be won after the sending off. I thought Clayden had a good second half, Dempsey was solid. Henry was disappointing. Beadle looks a real prospect. I agree that a draw wouldn't have been highway robbery given the two gilt edged changes we missed but Derby shaded the game given their first half performance.
Mmmh, more I see of Claydon the less impressed I am.
Too many people drew a conclusion of seeing him play against a very weak Welling team.
No, he was developing ahead of the curve his stats last season in the u's were very promising. He seems to be struggling a bit at the moment, but some players make it, some don't.
We need to decide what position he is, RM? LM? LB?
He was much better at left wing back and helped keep their number 2 quiet in the second half.
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Clayden and Derby bloke booked.
Derby looked much better, even after losing a man.
Have definitely had enough of the irritating commentator
Derby no2 was fantastic and Dempsey/Elerewe were our best outfield players, Beadle MOTM.
On reflection our average age was pretty low and to come away playing a decent U23 side losing by a single goal is respectable enough.
Thank goodness I have now turned off their irritating commentator.
Let’s just say if we had got an equaliser it wouldn’t have been highway robbery.
They we’re the better side overall but a much improved performance by us in the second half with better finishing may well have won us a point.
That's how I saw it.
I think the commentator said our Right Back triallist was Harris O Connor who a quick google told me.came from Rangers.
Who was the Left Back?
That we started with two trialists shows we saw it as a development opportunity more than a game to win.
Against an older Cat 1 side a 2-1 defeat is no disgrace.
Too many people drew a conclusion of seeing him play against a very weak Welling team.
We need to decide what position he is, RM? LM? LB?
James Beadle will be the player who moves on before playing for Cafc 1st team. Brighton remain favourite as have been monitoring him for a while now.
Elerewe, Bakrin and Burstow will learn so much playing against 19 to 22 year olds other than 16 to 18 year olds.
It's a learning curve and having two trialists at LB and RB playing alongside then would have been difficult for Deji and Bakrin.
I would nurture them as much as possible.
Is Henderson here until January?
I have nothing against Henderson, but is he really needed?