United played well yesterday......the thing to remember is that many of these players are two years younger than many of their opponents!!!!
Eikrem, Galbraith, Welbeck can all still play for another two years.....
Amos, Drinkwater, C. Evans, McCormack and Bryan for another year....
So we only have Brandy, Fagan, Cathcart and Hewson who are older heads....
Next year this team may well be better so i'm not expecting too much this year....it will depend on the draw and a little luck if we progress...
Speaking of Eikrem....he had a great first half yesterday....very composed and never gave the ball away......I spoke to one of the United coaches at half-time and he said that they don't expect Magnus to fully mature as a player until he is 21/22.....so that is the type of vision the coaches have...what will they be like in 5 years?
Team:
Amos - a little nervy in the early stages but didn't have much to do - 6
Cleverley - strong, determined, got forward well, good tackling and distribution - 8
Eckersley - solid - 7
Chester - clearances a little poor and distribution let him down but defensively OK - 7
Cathcart - very composed and positioning much better than recently - 8
Drinkwater - busy in midfield - 7
Eikrem - good passing and vision and alsways trying to create - 8
Hewson - kept things ticking over - 7
Brandy - worked hard, took his goals well and caused them loads of problems - 9
Fagan - disappointing - 5
Welbeck - worked hard and was good going forward..injured after 35 mins - 6
Subs: C. Evans (6), Filler, Galbraith (11), McCormack, Bryan (10)
A good team performance overall......
They gave the third goal to Cathcart but the keeper palmed it into his own net and it should have been an OG.....
Other News...
Keeper Filler is on a six-week loan from Bradford City as cover for Ben Amos...
Zieler is expected to be fit again by this time...Woods has had another knock on his ankle in training and his return will be delayed....
Adam Eckersley was at the game and told me that he left Brondby early due to a hamstring problem....he expects to go out on loan again in the new year..
