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Offline peter w

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Re: Deluded
« Reply #45 on: November 08, 2010, 01:51:15 PM »
Hansen was right, up to a point, when he said that you don't win anything with kids. Its easy to forget that that Man United team that he was referring to had some great youth players coming through but also that the team had a very experienced spine. From Schmeichel in goal, Bruce and Pallister at the back, Keane and McClair in midfield, and Cantona and the experienced Cole up front. Their brilliant youngsters were allowed then to go and play knowing that the experienced players would and could carry them through the odd poor day at teh office.

For us its different. The spine itself is fine, but you wouldn't want to give Clark, Bannan, and Albrighton too many starts at the moment in the same team, without someone like Petrov next to them. The problem is that the balance of the team is effected then. Reo-Coker has been made captain and yet Houllier will probably find out over the next few months that he isn't what we need in the midfield. (Arguably) He is right now as we are short of numbers but when he went off on Saturday the midfield came alive and started to pass the ball around beautifully.

The main difference is that our kids aren't fringe players but team fillers at the moment. It may be that in a few years they will be the ones that are expected to win games for us, but until we can get experience next to them to guide them through difficult spells, then we run the risk over over-exposure at too early an age.

Offline pedro25

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Re: Deluded
« Reply #46 on: November 08, 2010, 02:27:48 PM »
The young boys are in on merit, Sidwell and Ireland cost a combined £13 mill and must be on around a combined £110k per week, and were both available on Sat.  These young boys are by no means the only options available to us, Osbourne and Salifou are another 2 more experienced players available, so that's 4 more established players available and yet Clark and Bannan have made themselves undroppable with their application and form.

Offline peter w

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Re: Deluded
« Reply #47 on: November 08, 2010, 03:05:47 PM »
Well yes and no. Horses for courses and all that but you have to have the right players to fit the team. Just because they're older you wouldn't play certain players ahead of others. Form dictates a lot also.

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: Deluded
« Reply #48 on: November 08, 2010, 09:22:51 PM »
In fairness the central midfield options were quite limited with a few injuries.

Remember Gardner was sold and not replaced, Salifou and Osbourne are still somehow here but aren't options, Sidwell will be gone in January and NRC has 6 months to run on his contract which isn't a healthy situation for the club. We've been lucky last season that Petrov and Milner were never injured.

I think we will see some signings in January and remember in January 2007 we signed Young and Carew which started our forward progress under the previous manager so I'm hoping GH will come up with something similar.

 


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