20 Sep 2021 00:07:13
An excellent win for the U23's at Liverpool. I hope the Manager sees it the same and gives youth an opportunity, especially Gildhart.
20 Sep 2021 17:01:07
Not just excellent as a result, and a performance. Also a wonderfully cathartic exercise for a few of those on the pitch. The obvious one is Struijk, who the fixtures gifted this opportunity to get back in the saddle almost immediately AND against a Liverpool team, to deal with any mental hangovers from the injury to Elliott, and stick one up to Klopp and anyone else in that club who felt it was right for him to be red-carded. It seemed the u23s really rallied round him, and put in some robust but fair challenges early doors.
Also, less obviously, there were young stars Gelhardt and McGurk. My initial thoughts were that it must have been galling for Liverpool that we’d taken these lads from Wigan, in Liverpool’s back yard, but also a slight worry that club might come calling, to take them back to Merseyside in due course, having seen what they’d missed. What I hadn’t realised before yesterday was that both of them had been released from Liverpool academy prior to going to Wigan. So, they’ll have felt extra motivation to perform well, and hopefully get one over their opponents yesterday - and they certainly did that. Some of you may have seen McGurk’s Instagram dig at Liverpool following the game - a picture of the two of them celebrating, with the comment ‘3 points, How you like us now! ’.
20 Sep 2021 17:53:21
good post Clu.