National Youth League Fixtures and Mariners youth team discussion

[pjennings]

3-2 win. Missed penalty as well

Will Paull, Di Pizio and Kasalovic join the squad after the end of the ALM season?

 

[Big Al]

Will Paull, Di Pizio and Kasalovic join the squad after the end of the ALM season?

Paull should but probably won’t as seen as a first teamer. Would get good development as the young guys need a better influence and he needs games

Di Pizio shouldn’t and is he even staying at CCM? But definitely a first teamer who shouldn’t be going back

Kasalovic just seems a mystery. Never makes match day squads but seems the academy want to go young so unlikely

 

[priorpeter]

Also, all 3 of those boys will be required to take 4 weeks annual leave at some point after the grand final, which makes an appearance in the NPL even more unlikely.

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

 

[true believer]

come'on you yellows

 

[marinermick]

come'on you yellows

Ouch

 

[priorpeter]

Yeah that was very, very, very very very bad. Naive is probably the kindest word I can use.

 

[Spacks]

So our NPL team isn't doing well in NPL 1?

 

[Wombat]

Yeah that was very, very, very very very bad. Naive is probably the kindest word I can use.

Back 5 needs alot of work.

 

[Ironbark]

This squad is all quite young yeah?
Was never convinced by that decision. The academy is our key production line, throwing them to the sharks (or the wolves actually) isn't going to support the development pathway

 

[Big Al]

This squad is all quite young yeah?
Was never convinced by that decision. The academy is our key production line, throwing them to the sharks (or the wolves actually) isn't going to support the development pathway

Yeah basically playing to 20’s squads from my understanding.

I think it does improve them as need to learn physicality and your time to react is improved by the best players anyway and that’s what we are looking for.

I would prefer a few 21 22 year olds to
Steer the best young ones around but there must be a reason for it

 

[pjennings]

Yeah basically playing to 20’s squads from my understanding.

I think it does improve them as need to learn physicality and your time to react is improved by the best players anyway and that’s what we are looking for.

I would prefer a few 21 22 year olds to
Steer the best young ones around but there must be a reason for it

Counting on the the NST to decimate the rest of NPL1 next year and the young boys will have a year of experience?

 

[Big Dog]

Yeah basically playing to 20’s squads from my understanding.

I think it does improve them as need to learn physicality and your time to react is improved by the best players anyway and that’s what we are looking for.

I would prefer a few 21 22 year olds to
Steer the best young ones around but there must be a reason for it

Average age of our NPL squad is about 18yrs. A huge task to compete week in week out. I agree that keeping a bit of experience in the squad would probably help development overall.

 

[JoyfulPenguin]