Post by davidm on Feb 15, 2022 13:55:56 GMT
What is the point of the Central League?
At the start of the season, Ian Evatt made a big play out of using these reserve games to give first team players match practice etc. – players who had been on the subs bench or coming back from injury.
So today – when the complete first squad are on the way to Burton – we arrange a reserve fixture against Preston.
Our team is:- Hutchinson, Burgess, Conway, Halford, Toure, Tweedley, Henry, Pettifer, Fitzmartin, Jones, Olawumi.
Not many 1st team regulars there!!
These lads can be playing in the U21s or U23s - if there is such a thing - but we are wasting the supposed benefits of a Reserves league.
A good number of players – Sadlier, Bodvarsson, Thomason, Baptiste, Gordon, Dixon etc etc could get good match time in this type of game but No we choose to play the same day as the first team.
Odd!
At the start of the season, Ian Evatt made a big play out of using these reserve games to give first team players match practice etc. – players who had been on the subs bench or coming back from injury.
So today – when the complete first squad are on the way to Burton – we arrange a reserve fixture against Preston.
Our team is:- Hutchinson, Burgess, Conway, Halford, Toure, Tweedley, Henry, Pettifer, Fitzmartin, Jones, Olawumi.
Not many 1st team regulars there!!
These lads can be playing in the U21s or U23s - if there is such a thing - but we are wasting the supposed benefits of a Reserves league.
A good number of players – Sadlier, Bodvarsson, Thomason, Baptiste, Gordon, Dixon etc etc could get good match time in this type of game but No we choose to play the same day as the first team.
Odd!
