Saints Academy Thread

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Be interesting to see how strong the league 1 and 2 teams are. Think some of the U23 sides may take a bit of a thumping tonight against the League 1 sides, but when they play the League 2 sides may be able to hold their own a bit more.
Would be funny for 2 academy sides to reach the final though, just to listen to all the crying from the Skates etc.
 
I like that we haven't injected loads of first teamers in there. I think the reason Saints agreed to join the competition was to give our youth players the opportunity for some good competitive football even if they're at a point where they have more to gain staying and learning from us rather than being loaned out. Putting lots of first teamers in for the sake of it would give us no reason to join in the first place, I think. Also, these guys are used to playing as a team together (McCarthy aside) which should come in handy.