FT: COVENTRY CITY 1 - 0 CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

[blue lewj]

The more I see some of the kids the more I think they are being picked out of necessity due to cost cutting than any well thought out plan.

Tan has said he isn't spending any money, that Mick has to play the kids and Mick is doing that in the only system he knows how. Hoofball.
It will wreck quite a few of them.

[Rjk]

The more I see some of the kids the more I think they are being picked out of necessity due to cost cutting than any well thought out plan.

Tan has said he isn't spending any money, that Mick has to play the kids and Mick is doing that in the only system he knows how. Hoofball.
It will wreck quite a few of them.

Of course we are cost cutting. If we still had parachute payments there's no way we'd be playing this many kids. But we don't, as so here we are.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Of course we are cost cutting. If we still had parachute payments there's no way we'd be playing this many kids. But we don't, as so here we are.

Just for argument's sake, what sort of football do the youngsters play at development level and is it similar to the game we play under McCarthy?

[Rjk]

Just for argument's sake, what sort of football do the youngsters play at development level and is it similar to the game we play under McCarthy?

In recent seasons we've played a very good style of football to watch from what Ive seen.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

In recent seasons we've played a very good style of football to watch from what Ive seen.

I'm of a similar opinion. So we get youngsters who look good on the ball at development level, then play a totally different type of game for them to have to adjust to when they get to the first team. There's no consistency.

[surge]

I'm of a similar opinion. So we get youngsters who look good on the ball at development level, then play a totally different type of game for them to have to adjust to when they get to the first team. There's no consistency.

If I recall correctly one of TOBW's recent comments on the youth system was that there is more consistency between youth and senior sides now though youth players still more skillful on the ball.

I inferred that we'd no longer say we're playing a "very good style of football to watch" but still playing a good style of football to watch and in a way that helps them step into first team.