Charlie BCFC Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 Thought the subs were so strange we almost didn’t really want to win the game. - Keeping Andy King on for 90 minutes who was absolutely blowing and very poor last night - Not moving Sykes out wide who is probably our best out and out winger at the moment - Subbing off Williams who was one of our better players Credit to Yeboah who was lively off the bench but felt like we never really wanted to get through to the next round otherwise we’d have gone for it a bit more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 We have about 16 players in serious contention, so rotated Knight, James, Williams & Sykes. Mehmeti was poor so had to come off. Genuinely don’t know what else we could have done bar bring on Vyner & move Naismith forward. Think King is only playing to give others a rest & he did ok. Yeboah hugely encouraging, going to get a lot of sub appearances based on that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnheadbcfc Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 Seems like the young players have gotten worse over pre-season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie BCFC Posted August 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 12 minutes ago, GrahamC said: We have about 16 players in serious contention, so rotated Knight, James, Williams & Sykes. Mehmeti was poor so had to come off. Genuinely don’t know what else we could have done bar bring on Vyner & move Naismith forward. Think King is only playing to give others a rest & he did ok. Yeboah hugely encouraging, going to get a lot of sub appearances based on that. I agree but if that’s the case then him playing 90 minutes shows we weren’t keen to win the game. He isn’t used to playing full 90’s so was understandably knackered, even the Oxford game he came off just after half time. 18 minutes ago, johnheadbcfc said: Seems like the young players have gotten worse over pre-season Araoye and Knight-Lebel conceding 7 in 2 games in U21 hasn’t helped their case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 1 hour ago, GrahamC said: We have about 16 players in serious contention, so rotated Knight, James, Williams & Sykes. Mehmeti was poor so had to come off. Genuinely don’t know what else we could have done bar bring on Vyner & move Naismith forward. Think King is only playing to give others a rest & he did ok. Yeboah hugely encouraging, going to get a lot of sub appearances based on that. I saw how the starting eleven and subs were used / not used as a bonus last night. As you say we’ve not got much option, so to use King (the least likely to start on Sat) for 90 and save minutes for someone else was sensible. The likes of James and Knight only had to play 30 mins too, saving Joe Williams a bit too. I don’t like going out in tangy cup, but for once I see the positives with a small squad. Just focus on the league now til the winter window. Although on current thinking we will probably have to sell a player and not recruit anyone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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