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General Reserves Talk

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a_fourteen

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Zelalem's passing is ridiculous. He's the best passer over distance since Cesc. Wonder why he and Crowley did not get a run out during the Emirates Cup?
 
redanddread

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a_fourteen said:
Zelalem's passing is ridiculous. He's the best passer over distance since Cesc. Wonder why he and Crowley did not get a run out during the Emirates Cup?
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Because they're not ready for the 1st team-Iwobi, Akpom, Hayden & now Jeff seem further along plus all the other 1st team squad members that need game time.
 
Carlo Marx

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Also - and I have no idea if this is true or not - I read somewhere that players were being sent onto the field in some games with instructions to play to their weaknesses - for example, to use their weaker foot, to focus on playing whatever sort of passes they were most uncomfortable making etc.

All this in the hope of making the players masters of all trades! Not sure how credible this is, though.
 
MutableEarth

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Lilwizzle said:
Wait, what? We were the worst team in the academy league last year? @MutableEarth, wtf happened?
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Carlo Marx said:
My impression is that we were generally fielding younger teams than our opponents.

That right, Mutable?
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That, and the fact that overall, our defensive prospects are not at the same level as our offensive ones. Plus I d0 think there were big coaching issues - Jeorge Bird alluded to that quite often.
 
Hunta

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These two lads are going to turn out to be the new Vieira and Henry.

Oh my Wenger, oh my.
 
redanddread

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Somehow the U 19's game vs PSV was shown on local sports channel, Sportsmax, here in Jamaica. Don't ask me how that happened but it looks like they're covering the Durban tournament as Celtic are on the box later.

We lost 1-0 to a crazy own goal. Anyone remember the Enckleman? Well, if you can get a you tube witness the Keto. Seems the same keeper made a blunder in our 4-2 win over Celtic, so two high profile gaffes in the same tournament! Thank God we've sorted out the GK position at senior level.

We were the better side for long periods but overplaying on the ball and poor decision making and general play in the final 1/3rd seemed to be our biggest problem.

Zelalem was good as usual but tends to hold unto the ball a little too much for me. Willock's a talent also.

However, it looks like Celtic did us a favour and we move through to the 1/2 finals-not sure who our opponents are.
 
redanddread

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