Academy & U21s

[arbitro]

10 hours ago, Stuart said:

I refuse to believe McGrath didn't talk. He must have developed telepathy otherwise.

Communication is key on a football field.

He said next to nothing in the game. What about Sheringham and Cole? They detested each other, never spoke but formed a decent partnership. Any team has a fair mix of characters, quiet, noisy, shy, extrovert etc. McGrath fell into the quiet and shy category.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, arbitro said:

He said next to nothing in the game. What about Sheringham and Cole? They detested each other, never spoke but formed a decent partnership. Any team has a fair mix of characters, quiet, noisy, shy, extrovert etc. McGrath fell into the quiet and shy category.

I agree, teams are made up of all sorts of characters. Some never shut up  and some rarely say anything. One really good lad I played with only communicated with grunts on the pitch and said very little off it.

[JAL]

5 hours ago, arbitro said:

He said next to nothing in the game. What about Sheringham and Cole? They detested each other, never spoke but formed a decent partnership. Any team has a fair mix of characters, quiet, noisy, shy, extrovert etc. McGrath fell into the quiet and shy category.

The players you quote knew what they were doing, their execution and body language was top notch unlike Ryan's. 

[arbitro]

24 minutes ago, JAL said:

The players you quote knew what they were doing, their execution and body language was top notch unlike Ryan's. 

Would talking more make Nyambe a better player in your view then?

[Bigdoggsteel]

37 minutes ago, JAL said:

The players you quote knew what they were doing, their execution and body language was top notch unlike Ryan's. 

 

9 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Would talking more make Nyambe a better player in your view then?

At his age I would think it is better that he listens 

[arbitro]

9 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

 

At his age I would think it is better that he listens 

It was sarcasm.

[Bigdoggsteel]

3 minutes ago, arbitro said:

It was sarcasm.

I was more replying to JAL. My point is I would prefer if he is listening to the experienced players rather than going around mouthing!

[JAL]

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

Would talking more make Nyambe a better player in your view then?

Regardless good communication strengthens good team work imo. Can he take instructions and problem solve on the pitch ?

You witnessed an experienced Rovers back four yesterday against tough opposition would Nyambe's inclusion have helped or hindered the Rovers team at Bradford.

Edited August 20, 2017 by JAL

[arbitro]

18 minutes ago, JAL said:

Regardless good communication strengthens good team work imo. Can he take instructions and problem solve on the pitch ?

You witnessed an experienced Rovers back four yesterday against tough opposition would Nyambe's inclusion have helped or hindered the Rovers team at Bradford.

I don't believe Nyambe would have weakened us at all if he had been playing at right back yesterday. He is far more comfortable in a back four and he does offer more than Caddis going forward although yesterday both full backs were quite restrained.

[JAL]

58 minutes ago, arbitro said:

I don't believe Nyambe would have weakened us at all if he had been playing at right back yesterday. He is far more comfortable in a back four and he does offer more than Caddis going forward although yesterday both full backs were quite restrained.

We have totally differing views on Nyambe which asks me how bad is this Caddis fella then. Just when I thought there's a bit of daylight the shutters come down again. 

Edited August 20, 2017 by JAL

[blueboy3333]

49 minutes ago, JAL said:

Just when I thought there's a bit of daylight the shutters come down again. 

That was just the tranquilisers kicking in. When you stop obssessing over Ryan we can decrease your dose.

Edited August 20, 2017 by blueboy3333

[Manchester Blue]

Apologies if mentioned elsewhere but hadn't realised Tre Pemberton had gone to Stoke and is playing for their U23's now.  I knew he'd been released and/or left of his own accord.  Will be interesting to see how he does next week in that case.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, Manchester Blue said:

Apologies if mentioned elsewhere but hadn't realised Tre Pemberton had gone to Stoke and is playing for their U23's now.  I knew he'd been released and/or left of his own accord.  Will be interesting to see how he does next week in that case.

I only saw him in the televised youth cup games but he looked handy. He was quick and could beat people, not much end product but if Hughes can sort that out they may have a good player.

[RV Blue]

u23s live vs. Southampton, 2nd half starts in about 10 minutes.

[Ricky]

Nuttall with the winner late on. He's got to be knocking on the gaffers door surely.

[RV Blue]

Just now, Ricky said:

Nuttall with the winner late on. He's got to be knocking on the gaffers door surely.

He looked really good apart from his goal, held the ball up well and worked his socks off. A really good performance again.

[roversfan99]

Would have said no up until Wednesday, now I'd have him as 3rd choice behind Graham and Samuel who should both start.

[bazza]

Thanks for that , RV Blue. I started watching on about 50 minutes. Thoroughly enjoyable.

It's good to see what the under 23s are about. Looked like it was going to be 0-0 but a misplaced header by the Saints defender gave Nuttall the chance to win it with a header.

Nice to hear a commentator refer to the teams as Saints and Rovers.

 

 

[RV Blue]

Just now, bazza said:

Thanks for that , RV Blue. I started watching on about 50 minutes. Thoroughly enjoyable.

It's good to see what the under 23s are about. Looked like it was going to be 0-0 but a misplaced header by the Saints defender gave Nuttall the chance to win it with a header.

Nice to hear a commentator refer to the teams as Saints and Rovers.

 

 

No problem. Yes it was, they are a proper team. The commentator was really good I thought, he actually made and effort to learn our players' names and their backgrounds etc. The coverage was better than what we get on ifollow with replays and different angles.

I would imagine that the full game will be on Southampton's YouTube channel later on for those that missed it, definitely worth watching.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Whoever's coaching those lads must have a good shout for some first team involvement  if things don't improve on that front rapido.

[RV Blue]

16 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Whoever's coaching those lads must have a good shout for some first team involvement  if things don't improve on that front rapido.

Definitely. Johnson has them very well organised, we could do much worse.

[davulsukur]

45 minutes ago, Ricky said:

Nuttall with the winner late on. He's got to be knocking on the gaffers door surely.

Simon Conning likes this

 

(I have no idea either)

[had.e.nuff]

48 minutes ago, Ricky said:

Nuttall with the winner late on. He's got to be knocking on the gaffers door surely.

maybe he will get a start on tuesday against stoke

[AllRoverAsia]

9 hours ago, had.e.nuff said:

maybe he will get a start on tuesday against stoke

 He better had start in what is an Academy biased competition.

Joe needs to be given some first team bench time and usage.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

8 hours ago, RV Blue said:

Definitely. Johnson has them very well organised, we could do much worse.

I always liked Johnno as a player. Exactly what we're short of now.