- Oct 17, 2008
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They have to have a minimum 4 players involved who played in their last league game I believe.
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[Albion] Crawley v Brighton U21 EFL Trophy
- Thread starter Taybha
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Our keeper looks tiny.
Skaville
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Wtf was that from Yalcouye?
Normandy seagull
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Crap pen from yalcouye
Normandy seagull
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Never looked like saving any!
Lincolnshire Seagull
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- Jul 9, 2009
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Fair enough outcome - they were better than us.
The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
I suspect a few of those players will get the chance to play against them again next week
Frankie
Put him in the curry
A point on the board is one more than I expected, enjoyable game and yes I think Crawley deserved the 2 points.
There goes another loan opportunity for this season then.
Not too many, I would hope. That wasn't exactly their first team either!
Perhaps we should have put a couple of overage big guns in - it's a trophy; we could win it; we haven't won one yet!
Not too many bright spots there IMO. Not going to single anyone out for individual criticism, but a few disappointing showings.
Comfortably the stand out plusses were the two 16 year olds. Thank goodness they (and Silsbey) all signed their deals. Howell especially looks a great prospect.
Not at all sure where we are with Yalcouye. Needs a loan, but unsure what level. He’s not going to be near our first team for a while (and if he does play, he’s definitely not taking any penalties!)
Comfortably the stand out plusses were the two 16 year olds. Thank goodness they (and Silsbey) all signed their deals. Howell especially looks a great prospect.
Not at all sure where we are with Yalcouye. Needs a loan, but unsure what level. He’s not going to be near our first team for a while (and if he does play, he’s definitely not taking any penalties!)
Championship or top flight in Europe would be good. Weren't St Pauli linked? Sheffiled Weds too
AZ Gull
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Would be pretty surprised if Duffus got a loan this season - we do need SOME players for U-21 matches!There goes another loan opportunity for this season then.
Not many given the size of the first team squad ?
Impressed with Crawley, well-drilled and played some good stuff.
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- Feb 8, 2005
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He was at the game with a few other players
It hasn't stopped us playing a very young team in PL2 recently!
Last season we had pretty much a whole very good U21 side out on loan. Yes, I know it's all about development, not PL2 position, but we could, if we'd prioritised doing so, put out a much stronger PL2 team than we did.
I appreciate the club taking that line with PL2, but I think we could/should sprinkle a few big dogs into the Paint Pot Trophy and go for winning it, bugger the development!
oldham gull
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Good game, just got home. Crawley much the better side with most of their starters rested and a first start for their young loan keeper. Crawley play great passing football, started this season like they finished last, in spite of losing 8 of the players that started the play off final in May. A nice warm up for next Tuesday, and I got to chat with Fabien Hurzeler too, who was there until around the 80th minute,
London Irish
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Crawley use this competition as a development exercise so it would be a bit sad if we took it more seriously than that, it’s about testing players. Results genuinely don’t matter. A 2-2 draw was actually a good result compared to what was a slightly disappointing performance. I thought Peupion and Yalcouye looked the most up for it, the midfield never quite got to grips with Crawley’s passing game and didn’t get enough going themselves.
Sets up next Tuesday nicely. Doubt we’ll see any of these U21s on show then given our strong squad options tho I wouldn’t mind Yalcouye getting another go. I reckon 4 of the Crawley starting team will start next Tuesday. Credit to Scott Lindsey who will be managing in the Championship before too long when he moves on from Sussex
Sets up next Tuesday nicely. Doubt we’ll see any of these U21s on show then given our strong squad options tho I wouldn’t mind Yalcouye getting another go. I reckon 4 of the Crawley starting team will start next Tuesday. Credit to Scott Lindsey who will be managing in the Championship before too long when he moves on from Sussex