ianfontaine
Youth Team
What with all of the posts in anger over the last 24 hours im not sure this will get the attention it deserves, but ive decided to put down my thughts anyway.
Yesterday I noticed something which, I want to say shocked me but thats a ittle strong, I was more baffled about it. What im talking about is the lack of togetherness of the squad. 3 situations stood out. the the 1st was in the 1st half and Heath made a slack pass which led to Derby eventually getting a corner. Now I have played for a mens football team with younger players in it and if one of them makes a mistake its normally the captains job or senior players jobs to pick him back up and make sure he doesnt dwell on his mistake. Our players didnt do that at all yesterday, there were numerous mistakes being made by both young and old players but at no point did I see any kind on communication between the players, no picking players up, no pats on the back, the only player i saw patted on the back by our players was Commons.
the 2nd thing that baffled me was Perch's hand in the penalty, it had petulance written all over it. Dont get me wrong, i thought it was harsh because the contact was minimal but unfortunately there was no need for any contact off perch. My friend an I thought it was basically his pissed off attitude getting the better of him.
the 3rd thing that gave me the impression of a lack of togetherness was the body language after the 3rd goal. only Breckin and Wes were making any effort to get the ball back quick and actually look like they wanted to make an impact.
I know I go on abit but I wanted to put my thoughts across, I dont post very often but when something really annoys me I like too.
oh and the only person for me who can come out with anything from the game is Wes Morgan, head and shoulders above the rest which wasnt hard considering how badly we played.
Yesterday I noticed something which, I want to say shocked me but thats a ittle strong, I was more baffled about it. What im talking about is the lack of togetherness of the squad. 3 situations stood out. the the 1st was in the 1st half and Heath made a slack pass which led to Derby eventually getting a corner. Now I have played for a mens football team with younger players in it and if one of them makes a mistake its normally the captains job or senior players jobs to pick him back up and make sure he doesnt dwell on his mistake. Our players didnt do that at all yesterday, there were numerous mistakes being made by both young and old players but at no point did I see any kind on communication between the players, no picking players up, no pats on the back, the only player i saw patted on the back by our players was Commons.
the 2nd thing that baffled me was Perch's hand in the penalty, it had petulance written all over it. Dont get me wrong, i thought it was harsh because the contact was minimal but unfortunately there was no need for any contact off perch. My friend an I thought it was basically his pissed off attitude getting the better of him.
the 3rd thing that gave me the impression of a lack of togetherness was the body language after the 3rd goal. only Breckin and Wes were making any effort to get the ball back quick and actually look like they wanted to make an impact.
I know I go on abit but I wanted to put my thoughts across, I dont post very often but when something really annoys me I like too.
oh and the only person for me who can come out with anything from the game is Wes Morgan, head and shoulders above the rest which wasnt hard considering how badly we played.
