I watched it on Chelsea TV, of course the commentators were biased and many of us disappointed with result might be tempted to wonder if the Club actually coaches a weak mentality and a soft-underbelly from the Youth teams up, but that would be unfair.
If we had taken our chances in the first half then we would have won this. It was more about some luck in front of goal. Both teams seemed stronger going forward with some excellent play. They looked bigger than us, possibly older as we played a couple of younger lads. Both teams were shockingly weak defensively and of the 3 keepers on show over the two legs, only our young Aussie keeper who played in the first leg didn't drop a howler and looked the best. However, it has to be said they ' Managed' the game better than us, diving, feigning injury or cramp, kicking the ball away and the ref let them off.
Our heads dropped around half time, but we kept going and could have equalised at the end.
The players I liked were: Onomah, nearest to first team debut and if the senior players have already put their towels down on the deck chairs, then I would like to see him given a chance; Shayon Harrison looks like a goalscorer; as does the younger Kaziah Sterling, I liked his two-footed technique; Carter-Vickers will develop at CB and Walker -Peters + Amos have potential.
This team will be stronger next year due the younger players having experience.
If we had taken our chances in the first half then we would have won this. It was more about some luck in front of goal. Both teams seemed stronger going forward with some excellent play. They looked bigger than us, possibly older as we played a couple of younger lads. Both teams were shockingly weak defensively and of the 3 keepers on show over the two legs, only our young Aussie keeper who played in the first leg didn't drop a howler and looked the best. However, it has to be said they ' Managed' the game better than us, diving, feigning injury or cramp, kicking the ball away and the ref let them off.
Our heads dropped around half time, but we kept going and could have equalised at the end.
The players I liked were: Onomah, nearest to first team debut and if the senior players have already put their towels down on the deck chairs, then I would like to see him given a chance; Shayon Harrison looks like a goalscorer; as does the younger Kaziah Sterling, I liked his two-footed technique; Carter-Vickers will develop at CB and Walker -Peters + Amos have potential.
This team will be stronger next year due the younger players having experience.
