[Albion] U-23's pre-season friendly v Sutton United, Thursday morning, training ground; live stream

[MJsGhost]

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...irst-shot-at-the-big-time-league-two-promoted

A good read on Sutton’s entry to the football league. A proper football story.

 

[Badger Boy]

Sutton are a proper team, their league season starts in a couple of weeks and are well ahead of our young boys. That wasn't our full strength u23 team, what's the problem here?! It's good experience for them all, very chastening for a few of them no doubt. They'll fully understand what they need to do if they really want to play in the professional game. No doubt Crofts and Dicker spoke in the dressing room afterwards pointing out that Sutton's players (or the majority at least) have had to work hard to make the football league. If the boys in our team today want a career in league football, they need to be prepared to work as hard as the Sutton lads did and not take their eye off the ball when it comes to training, preparation and knowing what you have to work on to improve. These boys have an incredible opportunity as players at our club, but they need to work hard to take it.

 

[Swansman]

This loss means nothing. Its a non-issue.

Incredible that i've read someone on here suggesting the kids losomg 6-0 to a (now) league team full of adults is a result of Chris Hughton's tenure as first team manager over 2 years ago.

Despite Ashworth, our wealth of academy coaches, the turnover in players and a first team head coach who has been in the job 26 months.

****ing hell I hate the way some people have been brainwashed into thinking everything is perfect.

It's a little bump in the road, it happens to quite a lot of U23 sides this time of year. It may hopefully even act as something of a rocket to some of the youngsters who have believed the hype around our academy and think they are destined to reach the top even without putting the graft in.

Did Taylor Richards play by the way? Did fairly well for Doncaster didn't he but hard to see him getting into the first team midfield now. Wonder if there's much chance of getting any of the £1.5 million back.

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I'm sure positive people are very frustrating to those who spend all day looking for negative stuff. I feel for you.

 

[AZ Gull]

Reading this thread

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

This loss means nothing. Its a non-issue.



I'm sure positive people are very frustrating to those who spend all day looking for negative stuff. I feel for you.

Something ironic about you picking out the negative in my post which shares the same view as you. Kids get beat by adults. It happens.

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[Hampster Gull]

If we don't beat the monkey tennis league team on Saturday I'm throwing my season ticket back in Bloom's face.

Make sure it’s a cheap boiler phone season ticket holder thingy