Tim W
Go ahead and play for keeps
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Time to meet the big boys, Stoke were men, virtually all with PL experience and to be honest it showed that the majority of our players were young lads with the odd exception. However, it still took Stoke well over an hour to find the net, much thanks to Rhys Taylor. It must be time to offload either Hiliaro or Carlo and move Rhys up the pecking order, played right he could be Cech's replacement down the line. The first half ended all square we had a couple of half chances Stoke had a couple of real chances which they failed to convert and probably explains why they were in the reserves in the first place. Chelsea's boys who came out the game with plus points: most really considering the opposition, special mention in dispatches to Ben Gordon, won a penalty in the second half that Stoch failed to convert which unfortunately marred an otherwise excellent performance from the wee one, only Big Phil standing in his way for a first team appearance now, Liam Bridcutt had to move to the back four tonight and done a great job, when you're only 5' 7" and the guy your marking is 6' 2" life ain't easy but Liam coped as he always does, a star in the making. As mentioned Rhys Taylor was sound could not be blamed for the goals and kept the score down. Michael Woods played well but a little below par, should have scored. And finally Scott Sinclair, to me Scott is a good player but makes too many wrong decisions, I know he's still young but the chances of becoming a first team player at the Bridge are slowly slipping away, I would not be surprised to see him move on in the summer. And that's more a reflection on the class needed to break into our first team than any criticism of Scott. A final word for "Maka-in-Disguise", 24 hours after making his first team debut Mineiro played a solid 90 minutes in the reserves, could give the hod carrier a scare.
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