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  6. Sam Bell & Fan treatment of Young Players

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    On 28/01/2023 at 16:35, Hup said:

    When the club are clearly identifying using academy products as part of the strategy fans need to remember to be patient. Young kids take time to find their feet and that means patience from fans. So often are they either lauded too highly or castigated for one or two opportunities or small amounts of minutes on the pitch to aid their development which don’t go to plan. Sam Bell is the perfect example of that. Battered from all quarters because of his performances at wing back or coming on as sub for 5 minutes here and there. Gets his chance (in terms of decent game time) in his favoured position and he’s smashing it. Doing exactly what he does in the 21s. Then you have the likes Joe Low who has had to go out on loan because of the disgusting treatment he received. Fans need to be more aware of the impact they have on a young players confidence and their ability to try and step up. 

    To be fair i don't think Bell was "battered on all quarters" by the fans when he played wing back. If it is the game in question then it was very obvious that he not working as a wing back and there was genuine concern from where i was sat about his confidence being smashed and lack of protection from both management and teammates. if i remember correctly Kalas was out on the pitch 5/10 mins early for second half so there was obviously a "firm discussion" about this in the dressing room.

    one of the few pleasures over the last couple of seasons has been watching young players come good and force their way into the 1st team which i doubt many of us realised how successful this would be and what a great crop of Academy players we have.

  7. Harry Cornick Signs (Confirmed)

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    Just now, Barrs Court Red said:

    Off topic, but do you live in the village - I keep seei mg houses pop up and it ticks a lot of my boxes…but I’m nervy that so many are coming up for such a small place 

    I do, I'm probably the reason everyone is moving out.

    All joking aside really nice place but quiet as only a curry house and pub in village, have lived here for about 15 years.

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  20. Ref comes up with some interesting ideas

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    On 05/01/2023 at 18:27, 1960maaan said:

    Now I'm not one for, change for change sake. But German referee Patrick Ittrich has suggested making several changes to football's rules and I'm with him on a few.

    1) For a tactical foul in midfield, a free-kick should be awarded 17 metres from goal. How often will we see such fouls then?

    2) If the player rolls on the floor three times and needs a doctor, get him one and make him wait on the sideline for 3 minutes. How quickly do you think the player would stand up?

    3) If a player insults the referee, send them off for 10 minutes to calm down. Go cycling to warm up before coming back on. We can learn from handball in that respect.

    4) How is a referee surrounded by 10 men after a decision? In my opinion, boom, boom, boom - three red cards. Play seven against ten now. That'd be fine by me.

    First 3 I think could work , the last one feels like he threw that in so he could back down on one mad one, but get the others through. 
    I'd love to see these at least discussed at the Top Table, rather than naming every stadium after Pele & World Cups every few weeks.

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    the thing about no 4 is the top leagues have VAR so why do the players still surround the ref? i think captains should be the only players allowed to raise issues with refs otherwise why not book/send them off then for for unsporting conduct, would stop it very quickly.

     

    for me the biggest annoyance which every club does is time wasting such as kicking the ball away, faking injurys etc I would welcome any change which stops that.

     

    in terms of diving perhaps us fans need to play our part like in rugby and laugh at them.

     

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