0-0 draw for U23s against Everton. But another game that they largely dominated and should have won
I liked all of our back three (Sanderson-Francis-Nya) and all could do a job if they were played in a league cup tie or Europa game like the one on Thursday. Francis I’m particularly a fan of, reads the game very well and his passing is excellent.
Buur was pretty poor I thought, not really a threat for us down the right whereas Kitolano looked really good down the left. Very athletic and fizzed the ball in from wide a few times with decent quality. Pretty composed in possession.
Centre midfield was a mixed bag I thought. Jordao took a while to get going but second half was our biggest threat on goal. Got in some good positions and clearly more to come. Both Watt and Perry finished the game strongly, having looked rusty (Watt) or ineffectual (Perry). Both had good efforts saved by the keeper in the latter stages.
Up top, wasn’t very impressed by Ashley-Seal. Forgot he was playing at one point in fact and didn’t really join in some of the nice combination work we did at times, mainly through Shabani. He is very silky, quite a languid style but able run with the ball at the defence well. More to come from him as he gets fitter I think.
Think the overall team is quite strong for the level, we signed quite a few players with the step up in mind having got promoted last season. And imagine they will want to do well in the checkatrade