Will Lankshear

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

I get it and same, thats not the point I was making though or I am making it poorly. Mine is that a year forcing their way into a side, in their formative pro years is massive for a sense of what football is like, so when I see people moan and say "That loan is crap, they are not playing" then I think its actually a decent gauge on where the player is quality wise and also becomes a real test on what the footballing landscape really is. Much more than players just playing for the sake of it, if thats the only yardstick at 17/18/19 then send them lower in the pyramid for game time or keep them here and play them to death in the U21s.

On the positives for me, Lankshear seems to have harnessed what the actual crux of football is and has been on the end of a emotional relegation, for me thats probably given him 3 years of maturing in one season and he has seemed to have taken it like an absolute top pro. If he is good enough here, who knows, but this season means he will have a good career regardless IMO

I get your point, I feel strongly that the development system in this country is not working. The step from what was youth football use to be a reserve team now over 18 players don't get exposed to playing against experienced players just their peers. I believe 5 subs is more than enough to cover any team and managers mistakes, teams have too many players not getting enough game time and they can't build a tempo or rhythm to their game and it must be very difficult to get and maintain form.

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

I get your point, I feel strongly that the development system in this country is not working. The step from what was youth football use to be a reserve team now over 18 players don't get exposed to playing against experienced players just their peers. I believe 5 subs is more than enough to cover any team and managers mistakes, teams have too many players not getting enough game time and they can't build a tempo or rhythm to their game and it must be very difficult to get and maintain form.

I think the number of subs has gone a long way to ruin the game fullstop

 

[monkeybarry]

I think the number of subs has gone a long way to ruin the game fullstop

That's a good point.
I think it's made it too structured at times - I.E. get to a certain game position and make subs, knowing if it goes wrong you change again; that reduces jeopardy.
Also, players take time to get up to speed in a game.

That said, without it we'd probably have had some games stopped because we didn't have enough players

 

[harr1984]

That's a good point.
I think it's made it too structured at times - I.E. get to a certain game position and make subs, knowing if it goes wrong you change again; that reduces jeopardy.
Also, players take time to get up to speed in a game.

That said, without it we'd probably have had some games stopped because we didn't have enough players

With the intensity of the PL, there would be even more injuries if we couldn't bring on 5 subs. With the demands of modern football these days it's necessary, and that is the real problem - the amount of football these players have to play now....