Under 21s

[Kendal]

Shows how pathetic we are u21s losing to bottom club in third tier. No heart in any team . PLAY FOR THE CLUB, show some pride. Training needs bringing into to the modern era.

 

[Nymzee]

 

[tommye]

We need an U21's thread or something.


Dan?

 

[T LEAFE]

2-0 btw

 

[Billy Dean]

Is it not a very young team because we've sold our best youth players?

 

[witchdoc187]

Just glad we don't play Doncaster ever week..... Yet

 

[BlueStevie35]

Shows how pathetic we are u21s losing to bottom club in third tier. No heart in any team . PLAY FOR THE CLUB, show some pride. Training needs bringing into to the modern era.

U21s losing to a senior team isn’t the headline maker you’re making out to be, they’re playing in that competition for experience

Last season they lost to Morecambe (pens) and Lincoln in the competition

Season before that they lost to Carlisle and Hartlepool

2020/21 they didn’t play in it

2019/20 they lost to Crewe (pens) and Fleetwood

2018/19 they lost to Bradford (pens), Barnsley (pens) and Oldham

2017/18 they lost to Notts County, Lincoln and Mansfield

2016/17 they lost to Blackpool (pens) and Cheltenham

It’s far more embarrassing for the senior EFL sides to lose to U21 teams, as shown when ours put 6 past Burton last season and Spurs’ put 5 past Colchester last night

 

[blueblue]

Is it not a very young team because we've sold our best youth players?

Exactly.
There has been a huge turnover of young players in the summer leaving us with a very young and inexperienced under 21 team.
I have no problem with this as it allows young players to get valuable experience rather than being kept back by older players who will never play for the first team.

 

[wainy]

Couldn't give a [Poor language removed] about the u21s tbh

 

[Toffe3m4n]

They've been gutted this season. No surprise to see them struggling.

 

[banno]

U21s losing to a senior team isn’t the headline maker you’re making out to be, they’re playing in that competition for experience

Last season they lost to Morecambe (pens) and Lincoln in the competition

Season before that they lost to Carlisle and Hartlepool

2020/21 they didn’t play in it

2019/20 they lost to Crewe (pens) and Fleetwood

2018/19 they lost to Bradford (pens), Barnsley (pens) and Oldham

2017/18 they lost to Notts County, Lincoln and Mansfield

2016/17 they lost to Blackpool (pens) and Cheltenham

It’s far more embarrassing for the senior EFL sides to lose to U21 teams, as shown when ours put 6 past Burton last season and Spurs’ put 5 past Colchester last night

Wasn't it Hartlepool that we beat 6-0?

 

[BlueStevie35]

Wasn't it Hartlepool that we beat 6-0?

One of the two yeah

 

[Bedfordblue]

Bring back Rhino, wouldn’t have happened with his veterans.

 

[Kendal]

They should be able to compete with lads who are supposed to have less skill which I don’t believe. There is a lot of talent in the lower leagues who do not consider themselves to be elite.

 

[BlueStevie35]

They should be able to compete with lads who are supposed to have less skill which I don’t believe. There is a lot of talent in the lower leagues who do not consider themselves to be elite.

There’s a reason U21 sides have not made it further than the quarterfinals of the EFL Trophy since they were allowed in in 2016, they are involved purely to get the lads experience that they wouldn’t usually get with the first team

Elite development sides can only play 3 senior players if they wish so, otherwise you’d have cases of sides with mega squads playing £40m+ players in this competition and winning the whole thing, making a mockery of the EFL for allowing it