There was nothing else on the bench and Browne has undoubted ability.looked off the pace and uninterested on Boxing day .... similar 'performance' from Browne today too? ( I hear).... IF he was carrying an injury( foot apparently), KR should perhaps have subbed him today, though maybe he shouldn't have started the game?
Holmes and Carruthers also have undoubted ability too ...theyre injured, so they dont playThere was nothing else on the bench and Browne has undoubted ability.
Had Graham been available Browne or Whyte would not have played.
I’m thankful we never agreed a price or he would be still hereGlad Smith has gone back - he looked too clueless for all of his technical ability. Not what we needed or need. Shame really.
I must admit I thought that when I heard he was going back. Amazing that we were trying so hard to sign him permanently over the summer when you see just how off the pace he currently is. I guess that is the difference between playing youth / U23 football and proper league stuff - the only time Smith looked a bit better was when playing in the Checkatrade against Prem youth teams. I wish him well though - lack of experience rather than lack of effort, but I have no idea how talented he may or may not be on what we saw from him.I’m thankful we never agreed a price or he would be still here
LittleWho else would he of played there?
But there is not going to be a clause that says he has to play even if injured. He clearly wasn't fit, and in a game where Brizzle were always going to be physical and well motivated it was pointless playing him.Holmes and Carruthers also have undoubted ability too ...theyre injured, so they dont play
KR is in charge of picking the matchday squad.... he goes to watch most U23 (&U18) games so is aware first hand of the capabilities of our prospects.... James (in U23 is an exciting young player with pace and bags of ability) wasnt selected even for the bench today
, for example.....KR n his thickie twin assistants (Derry n Faz) pick the starting team and the bench
Browne , when fit, is unquestionably a real talent and an asset too....like any other player when injured ( he sustained a foot injury boxing day )why play him when hes a passenger?... if he was capable of 15-20 min today, why not bring him off the bench as an impact sub, instead potentially compound his injury by keeping him on for the entire 95 minutes.... or maybe there is a clause that he MUST play in the loan deal?
Which was kind of my point @OUFCGav .... if carrying an injury , therefore a passanger, why was Browne selected to start?, why did he play 95+ mins if injured? It made no senseBut there is not going to be a clause that says he has to play even if injured. He clearly wasn't fit, and in a game where Brizzle were always going to be physical and well motivated it was pointless playing him.
And if WH do have another loan lined up for him in January, they’re not going to be too impressed and bang goes the ‘we look after the young players, so clubs will always want to send them to us’ line.Which was kind of my point @OUFCGav .... if carrying an injury , therefore a passanger, why was Browne selected to start?, why did he play 95+ mins if injured? It made no sense
Bloody hell. What an absolute steaming pile of dung Robbos summer signings were!
Holmes and Carruthers also have undoubted ability too ...theyre injured, so they dont play
KR is in charge of picking the matchday squad.... he goes to watch most U23 (&U18) games so is aware first hand of the capabilities of our prospects.... James (in U23 is an exciting young player with pace and bags of ability) wasnt selected even for the bench today
, for example.....KR n his thickie twin assistants (Derry n Faz) pick the starting team and the bench
Browne , when fit, is unquestionably a real talent and an asset too....like any other player when injured ( he sustained a foot injury boxing day )why play him when hes a passenger?... if he was capable of 15-20 min today, why not bring him off the bench as an impact sub, instead potentially compound his injury by keeping him on for the entire 95 minutes.... or maybe there is a clause that he MUST play in the loan deal?
Fair comment @battman .... sometimes I get carried away by my own enthusiasm & annoyance,...... especially after the team has lost and without putting up much of a fight in doing soSometimes you make some good points Sarge, but undo that by making unnecessary insults like this one.
I do think though that there is something to answer for as to why KR is preferring to use players from the U18s over the U23s. Spasov over Bradbury being the prime example. KR's excuse was 'Spasov's been scoring in the U18s', but with young players should you really be judging them on their youth league form, rather than a player who was banging them in for fun a few divisions below?