does that mean that we run teams off their feet at this level too? (or at least like the first team used to)
We have 24 players in Academy years 1 and 2, and the only player to appear in all games is the captain Armando Sashoua and whilst there are number of players who have appeared in most of the u18 fixtures, including todays match when Pedder made his debut from the bench, other than Skipp (who has played exclusively for u21's or travelled with first team) all the other 23 players have made one or more appearances for the u18's. And there have been about 15 different scorers for the u18's underlining the squad rotation
In short Wells has rotated the squad, so no two teams are identical, and this would usually lead to some inconsistent results.
Instead of which we have won 7 of the 8 games played (including todays) drawing the other versus Reading despite dominating in that game. And we have a goal difference (including todays result) of 40-9 meaning we are averaging scoring 5 goals a game. So results this season are excellent.
But looking at the south table we are hotly pursued by both Woolwich and Chelsea (who we have beaten 2-0) who have lost or drawn a game more than we have. And in the north table Everton lead with similar results (although fewer goals scored) with Liverpool and ManU in hot pursuit. 2018-19 Under-18 Premier League - YouthHawk. So whilst ahead of the rest of the pack, its not like there is necessarily a big gulf in difference between our results and those of our closest rivals.
So whilst I think we have an excellent crop of players, with maybe half a dozen stand out stars, given the squad rotation there has to be a lot of credit to Wells, the coach, and his team in getting all the players to play in a consistent manner, allowing individual players to seamlessly slot into the team, and simply outplay/overwhelm the opposition continually with Spurs players generally seeming to be a lot fitter than the opposition. Very Poch like ?
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