The excuse for the likely decline in under 21 results was going to be that players were going to be loaned out, but that’s not happened yet. Injuries to Kpakio and Reindorf and Giles’ absence today isn’t helping, while, although he hasn’t played for them so much this season, Ashford’s not there either - that’s still an absolutely shocking result for a team that was looking like the best team in the league in the autumn though.