gordon bennett":1rzdswwy said:
There may be some misunderstandings regarding the new team Argyle are entering in the South West Peninsula League next season.
Whilst it may be possible for senior professionals and apprentices to play in this new team, in practice, for very practical reasons, I suspect the majority of regular players in the team are likely to be the 16/18-year-olds enrolled on the two-year Education Scheme run by the Argyle Community Trust.
Most Saturdays John Sheridan is likely to need the vast majority of the senior squad to be required for first team duty. Most weekends, perhaps, at most, no more than two or three professionals are likely to be made available for selection in this new team.
Similarly, most weekends Kevin Hodges may be using the majority of the apprentices in the Academy's Football League Youth Alliance fixtures, so perhaps only a small number of apprentices are likely to be made available for selection in this new team.
In the circumstances, in time the title 'Argyle Reserves' may be seen to be a bit of a misnomer.
Yes gordon, i would expect the team to be a mish/mash of available players depending on game dates and ko times etc. Very little chance of a settled side i would have thought.
As for the title "argyle reserves" thats what they have entered as, so thats why i used the term.
As you know lots about yoof stuff I would be very interested in your views as to why argyle youth have seemingly stopped producing players of the required calibre these last few years?
I really fear for the future of producing our own players if this carries on indeed it is one of the reasons stated
for us entering this team into the SWPL.
