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Re: The Bluebirds Academy and DVP thread...
There were threads on Twitter about how Dan Ola should be picked in the first team squad for the Sheffield United cup tie and I responded by saying that, as far as I’m aware, he had not even played for the our under 21s yet. Having watched our team in the Youth Cup games though, I’m surprised at his lack of game time with the unde21s as he looks ready for consideration at that level now.
Great credit to Jac Thomas for the Way he battled through his cramp and indirectly almost got us level after ninety minutes, but I don’t get the feeling with him yet that I had when watching Giles and Beecher (who seems to have been set back by his injury last season) at his age that they could be first team regulars one day.
Originally posted by Loramski
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Highlights here. I've still no idea how the Bristol City number 7 misses the open goal in the first half. Their number 11, Luke Skinner, just signed a three year professional contract. He gave us a lot of problems.
I was hoping for a coach/captain interview after, I'd have been interested to hear what conclusions were drawn. As you say, there were some disappointing performances and a few didn't seem to fancy the physical side of it or trust their technique under pressure.
Saying that, the three 'senior' lads you talked of pretty much ticked every box on the night, which is encouraging going forward, Ola seems to have something and while Jac Thomas didn't have his best game he led from the front and never gave up. Ola and Thomas suffered most from cramp but they never hid, Thomas went through the pain barrier to win that free kick at the end.
I'm not trying to sugarcoat a disappointing performance overall but there's enough going on at u-21 and u-18 level currently to give hope that our youngsters will carry on breaking into the first team in the years to come.
I was hoping for a coach/captain interview after, I'd have been interested to hear what conclusions were drawn. As you say, there were some disappointing performances and a few didn't seem to fancy the physical side of it or trust their technique under pressure.
Saying that, the three 'senior' lads you talked of pretty much ticked every box on the night, which is encouraging going forward, Ola seems to have something and while Jac Thomas didn't have his best game he led from the front and never gave up. Ola and Thomas suffered most from cramp but they never hid, Thomas went through the pain barrier to win that free kick at the end.
I'm not trying to sugarcoat a disappointing performance overall but there's enough going on at u-21 and u-18 level currently to give hope that our youngsters will carry on breaking into the first team in the years to come.
Great credit to Jac Thomas for the Way he battled through his cramp and indirectly almost got us level after ninety minutes, but I don’t get the feeling with him yet that I had when watching Giles and Beecher (who seems to have been set back by his injury last season) at his age that they could be first team regulars one day.
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