Maciej
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Ah okay.It's definitely Harrop, DW.
Blackett must def accept his part of the responsibility for a few of the goals, but all in all he was our best defender and some of his indecisiveness in the second half was surely down to the early yellow. He was good going forward though. The other 3 were poor, and it's not a back 4 that fills you with confidence. Hopefully, Dalley can help the situation.We have a huge defensive problem - 2 very poor games in a row now
Blackett who impressed me last year looked almost uninterested today. Him and Giverin left huge gaps between them and we were lucky not to have lost by more goals!
I agree with you - Southampton created SO much in that space between Giverin and Blackett - and that situation after 3 minutes when Blackett suddenly stopped and one of their strikers shot right at Jacob - not good.Thought Tyler was poor - doesn't seem to suit playing in the centre, even though it was his original position. Definitely look shaky at the back but it's an inexperienced unit which got little protection from an even more inexperienced midfield so not a 'huge problem' or anything. Just more proof this is gonna be and up and down sort of season.
Keep in mind we were sans a handful of internationals today.And to be honest - I don't think there will be too much up this season - there are some talented players for sure - but too many of these aren't ready for U18 football at the moment. So either they grow up quickly or we will have a mostly down-season
I also find it strange that we currently have so few strikers - it was a problem last year when we only had 2 recognized strikers in Keane and Cofie - this year - do we have any ?Don't think it'll be a mostly-down season or we really need them to grow up quickly - it's just transition. We had a large intake two years ago that have just graduated (with honours), a small one last year that didn't go on to play too much but are the 'senior' guys now and lack the usual 'experience' you have from second years, and then a lot of new kids. Wasn't great today but I'm looking forward to watching them all season, think it'll be really enjoyable if there isn't too much emphasis put on results - there certainly won't be by the coaches.
Elliott - nothing official but Luke Giverin tweeted earlier that he thought it was just precautionary, so fingers crossed.