The seperation of the First team squad, the development squad AND the reserve team

[ifightbears]

Just to make it clearer in my mind of this slightly fantastic but also slightly crazy idea by poyet.

FIRST TEAM SQUAD

Ankergren
Brezovan

Calderon
Vincelot

Dunk
Greer
El-abd
Elphick

Painter
Tarrico

Bridcutt
Navaro
Dicker
Sparrow
Harley

Vicente
Lua-lua
Noone
Buckley

Barnes
CMS
Hoskins

DEVELOPMENT SQUAD

Poke

Strong
Hall
Branco
Cook
Sampayo

Kasim
Smith
Simmonds
Forster-Caskey
Rodgers

Barker
Agdestein

RESERVES

Walker
East

Sheriff
Redwood

Woodley
Vickers

Berkamp?


.......... How exactly is this development squad and reserve team squad classification made? Also do the development squad just play as many random friendlys they can get along with the reserve team games?

 

[Horsham Gull]

then you have players like Pete Brezovan who cross over and is playing tonight

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I've heard of all the players you mention in the Development Squad, but never heard of these before:

Sheriff
Redwood
Woodley
Vickers

who are they and what is the point of them if the likes of Cook, Forster-Caskey and Barker are ahead of them in the pecking order?

 

[Horsham Gull]

youngsters all come through the yoooth system

 

[The_Real_SussexSeagull123]

Reserves are playing tonight! Be interesting to see

 

[darters74]

I've heard of all the players you mention in the Development Squad, but never heard of these before:

Sheriff
Redwood
Woodley
Vickers

who are they and what is the point of them if the likes of Cook, Forster-Caskey and Barker are ahead of them in the pecking order?

Brilliant......!

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

youngsters all come through the yoooth system

why aren't they in the development squad?

Brilliant......!

I'm assuming that it goes first team, reserves, then development squad. No?

 

[Shirty]

Has Tommy Elphick changed his name to Greer in the hope of getting on the team sheet by mistake from time to time ?

 

[ifightbears]

THat what i don't get, the development squad seem to be above reserves...why are they not just the same thing!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Does the reserve squad play in a five-a-side league somewhere then?

 

[Munkfish]

I've heard of all the players you mention in the Development Squad, but never heard of these before:

Sheriff
Redwood
Woodley
Vickers

who are they and what is the point of them if the likes of Cook, Forster-Caskey and Barker are ahead of them in the pecking order?

Tom Vickers and Jordon Woodley are under 18 players who are stepping into the development squad, so they are actually doing pretty well.

for the record, the unders 18s have won 5 games in a row since, Steve Brown was disposed of, apprently they play very similer to the first team as well.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

As I understood, the reserve team squad plays the reserve fixtures, and is supplemented by the development dquad where necessary whilst the development squad will be playing against arranged fixtures versus other development squads or othr suitable fixtures as they are made available.

In practice I'm not so sure...

 

[Notters]

I'm not sure it's a crazy idea. They all have different learning requirements - consider it as primary school, secondary school and University. I'm sure the development squad will be given the opportunity to learn from the professors of the first team from time to time.

 

[Don Quixote]

Separation*

 

[New Carpet?]

I've heard of all the players you mention in the Development Squad, but never heard of these before:

Sheriff
Redwood
Woodley
Vickers

who are they and what is the point of them if the likes of Cook, Forster-Caskey and Barker are ahead of them in the pecking order?

Leon Redwood - promising young left-back very much in the Keiran Gibbs mould. Saw him play and score against Lewes in the Sussex Senior Cup last season and he looked pretty useful then.

Is he good enough to make the step up though given how strong our first team squad is now? Hmm, not so sure.

 

[perseus]

The Reserves ought to be in a better League?

 

[ifightbears]

The Reserves ought to be in a better League?

Agreed, how do we get into a better league anyone know?

 

[ifightbears]

The top division for reserve teams of professional clubs is the Premier Reserve League, which was founded in 1999 and is split into Premier Reseve League North and Premier Reserve League South, both with ten participating teams.

Beneath that operate the Central League for Football League clubs reserve teams in the Midlands and North of England, and the Football Combination for clubs from the South of England and Wales

 

[perseus]

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