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Mainly due to the team being made up of 16 and 17 year old youth players, I'd have thought.

 

yes think its a mixture of the youngsters and then the older ones are the ones being released, although you'd think they'd be busting a gut trying to impress any watching scouts that are present.

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Mainly due to the team being made up of 16 and 17 year old youth players, I'd have thought.

 

yes think its a mixture of the youngsters and then the older ones are the ones being released, although you'd think they'd be busting a gut trying to impress any watching scouts that are present.

 

It was exactly the same mix of players when Beardo was manager, the results were brilliant under him, ever since Donachie took over the results have been terrible, someone on here who i cant recall said that when they have been watching the reserves and Donachie has them playing long ball, and it doesn't suit the players at all.

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Mainly due to the team being made up of 16 and 17 year old youth players, I'd have thought.

 

yes think its a mixture of the youngsters and then the older ones are the ones being released, although you'd think they'd be busting a gut trying to impress any watching scouts that are present.

 

It was exactly the same mix of players when Beardo was manager, the results were brilliant under him, ever since Donachie took over the results have been terrible, someone on here who i cant recall said that when they have been watching the reserves and Donachie has them playing long ball, and it doesn't suit the players at all.

 

Doing a great job preparing them for what to expect when they make the step up by the sounds of it  :thup:

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Mainly due to the team being made up of 16 and 17 year old youth players, I'd have thought.

 

yes think its a mixture of the youngsters and then the older ones are the ones being released, although you'd think they'd be busting a gut trying to impress any watching scouts that are present.

 

It was exactly the same mix of players when Beardo was manager, the results were brilliant under him, ever since Donachie took over the results have been terrible, someone on here who i cant recall said that when they have been watching the reserves and Donachie has them playing long ball, and it doesn't suit the players at all.

 

Doing a great job preparing them for what to expect when they make the step up by the sounds of it  :thup:

 

Aye :D, my thoughts with this are always have the reserves, youth teams of all ages playing the same way, same formation, same tactics, just like Barca do, well as much as can be possible, there will be the odd diversion from it but that should be at a minimum, that way players can come into the first team knowing the structure and way to play.

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Mainly due to the team being made up of 16 and 17 year old youth players, I'd have thought.

 

yes think its a mixture of the youngsters and then the older ones are the ones being released, although you'd think they'd be busting a gut trying to impress any watching scouts that are present.

It was exactly the same mix of players when Beardo was manager, the results were brilliant under him, ever since Donachie took over the results have been terrible, someone on here who i cant recall said that when they have been watching the reserves and Donachie has them playing long ball, and it doesn't suit the players at all.

That's simply not true. Of our wins against Norwich (6-0), Swansea (5-3) and Liverpool (3-2) at the start of the season the only player who played in any them and yesterday was Michael Richardson.

 

We're losing these games because were playing very young players at reserve team level. Hopefully this time next year when these players are a bit more physically developed we'll be performing better.

 

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I said same mix, not same players......and you pick out three good results, what about the other results that were good under Beardo ?

 

Of course some will be better with first teamers in, such as Bolton away when Marveaux scored two but the results have been dire since Beardo left the job, and its has been like that from the minute Donachie took over.

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I said same mix, not same players......and you pick out three good results, what about the other results that were good under Beardo ?

 

Of course some will be better with first teamers in, such as Bolton away when Marveaux scored two but the results have been dire since Beardo left the job, and its has been like that from the minute Donachie took over.

 

1. I don't really understand how you can say they are the same mix of players when they are a totally different set of players.

2. Looking at all the Beardsley results the highest number of players he played who also played yesterday was three.

3. Donachie's record after 6 games was Won 3, Drawn 1, Lost 2. Not exactly an immediate descent into horrible form.

 

Yes, it is quite annoying to see the reserve team getting beat by large margins but the end goal is to produce first-team  players not neccessarily to win reserve team matches. If giving 16/17-year olds reserve team experience this term is going to help them develop as players than I'm all for it. It's also important to remember that probably our three brightest players in that age group (Campbell, Streete and Knight) were all missing yesterday.

 

 

 

 

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Look at Donachies track record. Follow around Joe Royle who was long ball.

 

Couple of 2nd in charg positions and inherited Milwall when Spackman was punted then lasted 5 minutes.

 

If I was a 17 yr old promising player from abroad he is hardly a magnet as a well respected coach??? Good coaches get players playing better  - Jose won the Champions League with Porto. Every minute Donnachie is here is a step backward imo

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Look at Donachies track record. Follow around Joe Royle who was long ball.

 

Couple of 2nd in charg positions and inherited Milwall when Spackman was punted then lasted 5 minutes.

 

If I was a 17 yr old promising player from abroad he is hardly a magnet as a well respected coach??? Good coaches get players playing better  - Jose won the Champions League with Porto. Every minute Donnachie is here is a step backward imo

I really don't think any of us are in a position to say what Donachie is like as a coach. I certainly have no idea (and I suspect you don't either) whether he is a bad, average, good or excellent coach. My point is simply that the fact our reserve team is getting beaten regularly is probably more down to us blooding kids who aren't at reserve level yet than whether Willie Donachie is a good manager or not.

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I said same mix, not same players......and you pick out three good results, what about the other results that were good under Beardo ?

 

Of course some will be better with first teamers in, such as Bolton away when Marveaux scored two but the results have been dire since Beardo left the job, and its has been like that from the minute Donachie took over.

 

1. I don't really understand how you can say they are the same mix of players when they are a totally different set of players.

2. Looking at all the Beardsley results the highest number of players he played who also played yesterday was three.

3. Donachie's record after 6 games was Won 3, Drawn 1, Lost 2. Not exactly an immediate descent into horrible form.

 

Yes, it is quite annoying to see the reserve team getting beat by large margins but the end goal is to produce first-team  players not neccessarily to win reserve team matches. If giving 16/17-year olds reserve team experience this term is going to help them develop as players than I'm all for it. It's also important to remember that probably our three brightest players in that age group (Campbell, Streete and Knight) were all missing yesterday.

 

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I have watched Donnachie coach - dire.

 

Watch him at the games - terrible.

 

The reserve and youth players who I know say he is shit.

 

If he had a track record of any sort it might help but would you really come here with him? Like having Gazza a your faith healer !!

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I am not a rejected youth player, just someone who cares about the club having watched them for over 40 years now.

 

Btw, thank God, Willy has nothing to do with the youth set-up !! Unfortunately he heads up the next level ie development/reserves.

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Who's this little blond guy playing in the middle for us? he was all over the place, worked his socks off he did.

 

Ban Sayer, he had a really good game but they all did.  We were by far the better team of the two and we should have had a few goals.

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Who's this little blond guy playing in the middle for us? he was all over the place, worked his socks off he did.

 

Ban Sayer, he had a really good game but they all did.  We were by far the better team of the two and we should have had a few goals.

 

Absolutely, deserved to have won that game. We did.

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