I.T.I Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 SHEFFIELD Wednesday are to depart from tradition by scrapping their reserves team next season. Manager believes that private friendlies can be more useful and that organised second-string football does not serve a purpose like it used to do. He said: “We’ll be getting rid of the reserves team this year. “You might think that’s quite a departure from the norm, but it isn’t. “I would say that in three years’ time, there won’t be a reserve league. I know there are three Premier League clubs who will be getting rid of their reserve teams, because it’s not what it used to be. You’re not getting out of it what you want. “When I first started, every Reserve game would be played on the first-team pitch. It would be full of pros who weren’t in the first team. Now, they’re near enough glorified youth games, which is putting too much emphasis on the youth players. “They have their own competitions and development to do, without fulfilling reserves fixtures. “What we’ll do is arrange games at Hillsborough or Middlewood or away, bring in our own referees and dictate how many subs we can use, and if we want to play three half hours, take people off and put them back on again, we can do that, behind closed doors, and we can kick off when it suits us.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eckington owl Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 (edited) I'll just warn you in advance, this has been posted twice already and the 'popes dead' brigade will be out in force very soon. Edited April 28, 2011 by eckington owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest James-The-Owl Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Pope scraps life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofbert2 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Are we not having a reserve team next season then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freshfish Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 ...we've been going in Reverse for far too long....well done GM...a step in the right direction.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Have we scrapped it twice? So it's back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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