I thought the kids were absolutely brilliant, they took the game to Villa first 20 mins and looked the more accomplished side, and with a bit more composure could have taken the lead, but it’s a cruel cruel sport at times so to fall behind against the run of play and then compound it with that freak goal was a heart sinker for those young lads,
They probably knew then that their race was run @ 2-0 and perhaps that lead to further mistakes, look we were never going to beat a more experienced X1 and one with 8 internationals when we had two debutants, only one with league experience (Kane) and the rest academy hopefuls, Hoever & Elliot were excellent and showed their potential, in particular young Elliot, he has a very bright future no doubt about it,
A touch of class handing his shirt to that young fan at the end, those young lads can take a lorry load of pride with them in whatever lies ahead, they represented the club at a time when the club were more or less bullied into playing two games practically at the same time, but the experience gained will stand them in good stead going forward.
Well done young lads, you did yourselves and the club proud.
EDIT;
Apparently John Terry has a bit of class about him after all...and as pointed out above...he’s still a c**t ....a nicer c**t all the same, but Still..... A c**t !
YNWA
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