The sooner we get to 38 points, the sooner they get their chance.

And Ayew was in that provisional squad as one of the forwards.

Of course I surmising it, but it is by looking at what is available and coming to a conclusion based on what seems most likely
Most likely he would have followed the same route as Tyrick, when we got injuries around the Brighton game , Reidwald played left back and Tyrick was sub. 6 months later after the covid break and by the time we were safe Tyrick was the alternative to PVA and took his opportunity.

15-20 minutes will only benefit them and the team if they are close to the required level, the results in Papa John doesn’t exactly show that they are at the right level.That is not just for us most U23s were pretty poor historically in that tournament. It will be interesting to see what would happen if a half decent League 1 or championship team come in for a loan for Rak-Sakyi.
Again surmising but with the investment in the academy and with so many good players from South London there is a huge willingness for the Academy to get players into the first team as a statement of intent and attract others. We might attract the next Sancho, Smith-Rowe, Guehi or Gallagher to our youths if we can show you have a path to the first team.
If an opportunity present itself to get some of them debuts by the end of season I’d assume Parish would be making that point to Vieira. If I was Vieira I’d be making the point if they are good enough they will get the opportunities

One supporter of hacking argued that without it "you will do away with the courage and pluck of the game, and I will be bound to bring over a lot of Frenchmen who would beat you with a week's practice -Blackheath secretary at first meeting of the F.A

Isnt it obvious to everyone yet, that they do not want to mix the senior and u23 squads because of covid cases.....otherwise there surely would be a couple on the bench....

We had an academy player on the bench for the Spurs match, Ollie Webber the U23's GK.

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Yet again surmising, you don't know until you try. they are 6th in the league so they must be pretty decent

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