Re: Academy : Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:03 am
1315trinity wrote:
I can't believe he doesn't?
He doesn’t because in my opinion and it’s just opinion, he is trapped by convention.
The current convention is tha youngsters should be drip fed into the first team so as to shield them and allow them to progress at a safe pace.
It makes sense to some degree, but as ever it’s implemented as a one size fits all and that is where it fails and where it differs from the Aussie approach.
They follow the rule up until the players debut, at that point they dip it up and follow the if he’s good enough he’s old enough approach.
Daft thing is that’s exactly what CC did with TJ and Batch and to a lesser degree Jowitt and Crowther and it worked. Even odder is that he did it at a far riskier moment than now.
For me this was CC’s biggest strength and for reasons that are also beyond me he’s lost his nerve. I don’t know whether it’s belligerence or what but both this season and last offered a huge chance to be radical. Yet he’s chosen to go down the dads army route. I know you need a balance but come on when will we get the chance again?
If CC is to get back on track he will need to take chances, his conservative formula doesn’t seem to be enough.
Of course I may be miles of but the CC of 2016 gave a lot of players a chance and told those players to relax and enjoy themselves. Really wish that Chester would come back.
