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Plays 4, 8 or 10 and isn’t 21 until the summer.

A fair number have already been told their futures lie elsewhere. Captaincy has been moved around since Backwell got injured against Sunderland who was named 21s skipper a couple of days before that game. McCrorie looked a little rusty (as you would expect) first 15/20 mins. After that very good. Strong, committed - really powerful going forward with very good delivery and shirks nothing. Good on the ball too (for a big lad!)! Put a real shift in. GT will have his work cut out once RM is fully match fit.

Pearson suspended (5 yellows). Araoye same injury as Backwell & OTC.

This is how young players get bullshit reputations. There is no ‘doghouse’ situation with Marlee or Omar (albeit he didn’t cover himself in glory preseason - and that was on pitch too). Form, or lack there of, that’s it. And OTC has been injured for a while on top of that. ‘Fans’ need to be more conscious of rumour mongering particularly with young players trying to forge a career. It’s ridiculous and not fair on the individuals concerned.

Firstly. It’s a job. Just so happens they kick a ball for a living. You never had a day when we weren’t quite on it? Or it didn’t go your way for whatever reason. Footballers are people. No more. No less. Everyone is built differently. It happens. Which leads me to my second point - you have clearly never kicked a ball at any sort of level to be coming out with backward shouts like comparing it to other jobs. But everyone is entitled to an opinion. To each their own

Absolutely. Like they say - Fail to prepare… And yes AFCB would have been a decent side. But City have a good crop too. As highlighted against Spurs. Games like these depend on how players are wired… if a few don’t fancy it always going to be an uphill battle - Which by the sounds of it is exactly what happened!!

One player actually did that for the Charlton game and had to train on his own at HPC instead!

This is what happens when they meet at HPC at 7am spend 3 hours on a coach and are expected to perform. Same away at Charlton. Absolutely ridiculous.

Great desire / tackle in midfield for the second one to start the move

Leeson a very outside chance. As an example - OTC not a cat in hells… (crying wolf on tour with injuries put pay to that) the ‘pathway’ door is very much closed with decent recruitment this summer and a clean bill of health amongst senior pros. ‘Chances’ were given at the back end of the season on the premise of a thread bare squad - nothing else. The only way that changes is if senior pros aren’t getting game time and want out or if injuries in volume rares it’s ugly head again.

Stop with all that common sense ? A loan or two to be announced in next 48hrs as well.

Owura started the second half - didn’t start the game. Yeboah did (came off after 55/60mins) and scored the first goal. Good finish.

We’ll you won’t see many better goalkeeping performances at any level than the Coventry lad today!! Kadji - more and more like Bakinson every time I see him. Can’t help but think he’s not a Pearson type player.

Just out of curiosity. If a player is deemed to be fit enough to play (because they don’t play if they are not - S&C won’t allow it) and play 90 minutes consistently for over six weeks (apart from his first game where minutes were managed) - how else do you judge a player? There’s a reason he’s nowhere near the first team. Performance levels and application. Nothing to do with fitness.