And there's a big drop off in the standard of opposition between the mainly Championship academy D2 to D1. Which for all the money invested is not a good scenario in development for next season at least.
Something has gone badly awry when that's happened the resources Utd throw at the youth ranks. That was the simple point ninja. Not too clever.
We haven’t thrown any resources at the u23s Scouse we don’t sign players from that age. And most of the coaches at that age group have been there for years. All the good players have gone out on loan or promoted from that age group.
And with most most of the ones being promoted from the 18s next season being just turned 18 or will be 17/16 maybe won’t be a bad thing for such a young group to be playing 1 division lower.
All the money has been invested at coaching and players at u18 level and lower and that’s why you can see a huge turn around in league form and why we have done so well in every comp/tournament we entered which wasn’t the case last year. Except the fa youth cup this season. Also we have a lot more youth players now getting selected for there national sides at u23 level. The u23 has been basically been forgotten about for the last season to get the best players out on loan, get some mins to the promising u18s in prep for next season, and will have nearly all of the current lot leave in the Summer to make way for the u18 to take over and will be the start of the club getting some of these promising u18s a path to the first team.
We could of easily kept TFM, Periera, Johnstone, Tuanzebe, Mitchell, McTominey, Willock, Henderson, Joel, Wilson etc around in the u 23s and it would of been a different story and wouldn’t of been relegated. But we knew it was better to have them out on loan ready to come back and be part of the first team. Or ready for the next step in there development at a new club.
The only grumble I have has been Sbragia. But I’m willing to give him this year as he’s lost all our best current players on loan or to the first team. A few coaches at this level left to be coaches at a higher level. We have had no STR at this age group for 2 years. And most the current lot are never gonna be good enough.
