Quote from: Zouch Villa on April 24, 2016, 09:01:12 AMAs a club, we do seem to have been very cautious to trust in youth over recent years, whilst other clubs regularly field 17/18 year olds with success.I absolutely understand the need to not put them into situations that might expose them to too much pressure, but surely these last few games are the perfect opportunity to give them some valuable premiership experience while we still can, rather than allow the same old bloated, journeyman players go through the motions and further alienate the club from the fans?I know very little about Black, and I understand the diabolical team he is trying to nurse through to the end of the season, but he quickly lost any good faith I might have had for him with his condescending remarks and spineless team selections.It pains me seeing Rashford and that lad at City who's scored about a million goals against us this season. Everton have always chucked their good youngsters in too. We have one of the most productive academy's. I don't buy that we can't produce better than Westwood, Bacuna, Bowery, Lowton, Sylla, etc, etc. I think we've wasted good money on signing players (regardless of them being "cheap") when we probably had potentially better in our youth set up. Johnson, Bannan and Albrighton are thriving at other clubs now. Some we gave up on too soon. Some we let their places go to inferior players (Cahill for one). Lyden has looked okay. Green looked lively when he appeared. There's a group of players who seem to stand out most weeks for the u-21's. We've spent good money on this academy. We have a group now we need to bring through, if anything to put them in the shop window because with relegation I'd imagine we'll cut costs on the academy and the standard of player will drop even further. But we must be, at the very least, bringing up players who could play in the championship. PLAY THEM!!
As a club, we do seem to have been very cautious to trust in youth over recent years, whilst other clubs regularly field 17/18 year olds with success.I absolutely understand the need to not put them into situations that might expose them to too much pressure, but surely these last few games are the perfect opportunity to give them some valuable premiership experience while we still can, rather than allow the same old bloated, journeyman players go through the motions and further alienate the club from the fans?I know very little about Black, and I understand the diabolical team he is trying to nurse through to the end of the season, but he quickly lost any good faith I might have had for him with his condescending remarks and spineless team selections.
As much use as putting a potato in the dugout and calling it boss.
Well he can't be any worse. Impossible to lose another 8 games in a row
I can understand Black's point about not letting the fans dictate who plays as you can see this from some of the line ups suggested on here. However, this is a generalisation and does not reflect the reality of the situation at the Villa now.Results between now and the end of the season are pointless (and probably will be!) to us and I do not care less about being seen to put what looks to be a weaker team on paper. The reality is that whatever team we put out, the chances are we are going to lose.Probably the most important thing for Villa, aside from a new owner, is rebuilding the bridge between supporters and the Club. The teams that Black is picking are pulling down that bridge more each week. The group of 5 or 6 players identified by most on here have to go for the sake of fan/club unity. I would go as far to say that this group of players is also undermining other players in the Club, to the point of making comments that they shouldn't be but understandable if you consider their frustration.There have been comments that we do not have players to come in, So why doesn't Black change the formation from what looks on paper to be a basic 4-4-2 (apologies if this is not correct but I haven't watched the last few games) to make it easier to bring in the youngsters. Providing the young players are talked to in the week leading up to the games about going out and playing their own game and not letting the atmosphere get to them because it is not against them but against the Club in general, I think they will be fine. Even if we do not start all of them, the bench should be loaded and the kids brought on. If the manager and coaches cannot prepare them mentally for the games, what hope is there.
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