torres Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 It’s obviously not the be all and end all but we certainly need a younger squad next year for many reasons The lack of energy and exuberance has been clear for a while in the first team. It sometimes comes across as lack of fitness it’s more lack of “legs” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vectile Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onge Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Jos tried to use the youngsters. Didn't end too well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkskaphil Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 It’s done wonders for Barnsley. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofbert2 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 We played the young uns and they got slaughtered on here. Personally I love to see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaminowl Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 How are we expected to stop all those teams from playing their youngsters though? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson Thome Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Most of the youngsters playing for Championship teams don't belong to them though and will soon be off elsewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazowl55 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, Emerson Thome said: Most of the youngsters playing for Championship teams don't belong to them though and will soon be off elsewhere. Very true. Be interesting to see that stat minus the loans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 There are youngsters and then there are youngsters. I would suspect the best mix is a full range of ages, so long as you have the right players of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesowl Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Minutes given to players 23 or under this season. We are by far the lowest across all divisions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i used to be sc_owl Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Thing is, if we had four 22 year olds who each played 23 full league games so far, we would be above Leeds in that table. The table means nothing. Why choose 23? Why game minutes as opposed to number of unique players under 23? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowl Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, i used to be sc_owl said: Thing is, if we had four 22 year olds who each played 23 full league games so far, we would be above Leeds in that table. The table means nothing. Why choose 23? Why game minutes as opposed to number of unique players under 23? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat blondeau Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 23 minutes ago, i used to be sc_owl said: Thing is, if we had four 22 year olds who each played 23 full league games so far, we would be above Leeds in that table. The table means nothing. Why choose 23? Why game minutes as opposed to number of unique players under 23? We don’t have four 22 year olds that have played every game though... that’s the issue. That table is pretty poor and you can’t really defend it. A result of short term recruitment under DC. We’re not a club with a great track record of playing under 23s and bringing youth through. Chris Turner and Jos did but it didn’t work out well for either of them. Even in the early 90s, Bart Williams would have been the only under 23 getting any game time for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls2k Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 If we won promotion with 0 minutes given to youngsters we wouldn't bat an eye lid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuki_San Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Inspector Lestrade said: There are youngsters and then there are youngsters. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuki_San Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 hour ago, crookesowl said: Minutes given to players 23 or under this season. We are by far the lowest across all divisions THEY ARE ALL TOO BUSY PLAYING FOR THE UNDER 23'S! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson Thome Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Take loan players out and Leeds are on about 2,000 minutes, West Brom would be below Luton on about 4,000. And look at the teams near the top... Barnsley, Hudderfield, Charlton... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat blondeau Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 8 minutes ago, Emerson Thome said: Take loan players out and Leeds are on about 2,000 minutes, West Brom would be below Luton on about 4,000. And look at the teams near the top... Barnsley, Hudderfield, Charlton... That’s a good point. That table is distorted by loans, it’d be more accurate if the loans were taken out. 157 minutes of league football for us played by under 23s is still bad though. Is the 157 minutes all from Urhoghide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minton Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, torres said: It’s obviously not the be all and end all but we certainly need a younger squad next year for many reasons The lack of energy and exuberance has been clear for a while in the first team. It sometimes comes across as lack of fitness it’s more lack of “legs” It's almost as if our academy was neglected for two decades by previous boards... As for change, it isn't an instant thing, but our u18s have been national champions 2 seasons running, so there are potentially a number of lads to come through over the next 2-3 seasons. Edited February 6, 2020 by Minton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklord Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Pfft I think a, more pressing matter is how many over 40s get a game. We are the overlooked minority. Our wealth of experience could prove rewarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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