by Cool Hand Luke » Thu May 18, 2006 1:56 pm
I watched the first leg of the youth cup final but missed the second leg. Despite all the rave reviews I don’t think anyone is ready to take the step up from boys football to men’s football.
Paul Anderson got all the praise and was indeed impressive, but I could easily see him getting bullied in men’s football. I think we should sign one right sided midfielder and keep just a little space for him behind the new right winger, Gerrard, Kromkamp and Garcia. I think he should continue playing in the reserves next year and if he continues to play well and we have a similar end to the season then he could make some sub appearances in the final games.
Godwin Antwi was another who got a lot of praise. He is physically more advanced than the rest and finds it easy to dominate in boys football. But his positional play and use of the ball is way below standard at the moment, he is still a few years away from being in the first team squad. Hobbs was O.K, didn’t really shine but it was only 1 game.
The player I was most impressed by was Paul Barratt. Someone mentioned him to me last year and I even mentioned him on this forum once or twice. I was really impressed by him and thought he was excellent, he is a very good dribbler, 2 footed, good passer and seems to have a good footballing brain, I think he was the most advanced ‘footballer’ on show in the first leg. The biggest worry with him is that he is short and thin, I really hope he develops physically over the next few years, if he does I’m sure he will get a chance with the first team squad. In my opinion, if he had the same height and body structure as Anderson he would be closer to the first team squad than Anderson.
i think yes what about you