How will being hammered by an experienced Chelsea give the kids confidence …Don’t exercise them as pawns to stick two fingers up at the FA Cup of the TV peopleYou can only disclose yourself for so long that despite all the hundreds of millions,your football club is still normal, still grassroots, or still one of us. But eventually the reality slaps you hard in the face.
My reality slap came on Sunday at Chelsea. It was an hour before kick-off and the team had just been named. Five of the team (plus two substitutes) had a combined experience of no full games,there were six teenagers in the team, and the club had to give out a crib sheet to the press to wait on them with the who’s who. As for the fans, or we didn’t even get the crib sheet.
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Source: theguardian.com