Saints U21 got a great scalp today up at Spurs Lodge Chigwell. They won 3-2 against a side that cost Spurs several million. Saints GK Mowthorpe RB Young sub Mugabi (70) CB Chambers CB Turnbull LB O'Sullivan sub Shaw (60) RM Ward-Prowse CM Curtis LM Robinson RW McQueen sub Rowe (60) CF Hoskins LW Isgrove Spurs had an experienced side including the South African international Khumalo who scored v France in the world cup at CB, Uvini the capt of the Brazilian U20 side that won the U20 world cup, Luogo who played for Spurs in the league cup v Stoke, fullbacks Adam Smith (played for Leeds, MK Dons and Bournemouth) and Byrne (Brentford and Bournemouth) to name a few. Saints goals 1 - Hoskins pen after being pulled down after a beautiful move and chip by McQueen. 2 - Chambers shot from edge of box 3 - Hoskins close range shot after great move down right by Isgrove.
Seen Hoskins tweeting about his goals earlier. Lambert better watch himself or he may have a rival penalty taker in the team
with the bad form of harding, both at left back and as cover at right back, is it not now time to use youth players as backup. Richardson and Fox have no backup (butters always injured) yesterdays game showed we have young and stephens on the right side, with o'sullivan and shaw on the left. surely they should be blooded now rather than playing others out of position
Nigel knows when the time is right to play the youngsters. If they aren't playing now, they're probably not ready yet.
Always think that it's harder to work young defenders in than it is attacking players and midfielders, especially at such an important point in the season...if someone has a bad game up front there are others to pick up the slack, but if a defender is out of their depth you'll spend half the night picking the ball out of the back of the net. And with only five subs, it's rather difficult to hand a spot on the bench to a youngster who will likely only be worked in with a comfortable lead or injury.
