History for Mainland FC

I have seen by now pages and pages of people (myself included) agonising over a performance of an 18-year old newbie keeper that our coaches had faith in enough to play in a season opener. So when would you like the coaches to "blood" him? In the finals, when one keeper is for example injured and another for example unavailable 'for personal reasons'? Talk about putting pressure on a young kid.  Yes it was nervy to watch but the first game of the season is not a matter of life and death and I am happy to cut him some slack.

However, this was also first game for Kadlujerovic who is surely more pricey than Smith and is expected to deliver goals for us this season.  I have not seen much from him apart from maybe one good shot on the goal or another one or two deft touches. Yet nobody has so far said a word about his largely MIA performance. We could calculate his weekly wages and then compare it to Smith's wages.  So is it OK to cut him this much slack based on this game compared to how little slack are people ready to give Smith based on this game?  

I am not saying Smith should be our first choice keeper. He is still very much in a development stage and I hope this experience will have helped him. Also, I would like to think that Kadjulerovic will deliver as season unfolds. So all I would like to see here is some sense of balance and perspective in analysing our first outing. Yes playing Smith was a potential banana skin, but he was not necessarily the worst one on the park. 

I have seen by now pages and pages of people (myself included) agonising over a performance of an 18-year old newbie keeper that our coaches had faith in enough to play in a season opener. So when would you like the coaches to "blood" him? In the finals, when one keeper is for example injured and another for example unavailable 'for personal reasons'? Talk about putting pressure on a young kid.  Yes it was nervy to watch but the first game of the season is not a matter of life and death and I am happy to cut him some slack.

However, this was also first game for Kadlujerovic who is (likely) more pricey than Smith and is expected to deliver goals for us this season. Yet nobody has so far said a word about his largely MIA performance. I have not seen much apart from maybe one good shot on the goal or another one or two deft touches. We could calculate his weekly wages and then compare it to Smith's wages.  Is it OK to cut him this much slack based on this game compared to how little slack are people ready to give Smith based on this game?  

I am not saying Smith should be our first choice keeper, he is still very much in a development stage and I hope this experience will have helped him. Also, I would like to think that Kadjulerovic will deliver as season unfolds. So all I would like to see here is some sense of balance and perspective in analysing our first outing. Yes playing Smith was  a potential banana skin, but he was not necessarily the worst one on the park. 

I have seen by now pages and pages of people (myself included) agonising over a performance of an 18-year old newbie keeper that our coaches had faith in enough to play in a season opener. So when would you like the coaches to "blood" him? In the finals, when one keeper is for example injured and another for example unavailable 'for personal reasons'? Talk about putting pressure on a young kid.  Yes it was nervy to watch but the first game of the season is not a matter of life and death and I am happy to cut him some slack.

However, this was also first game for Kadlujerovic who is (likely) more pricey than Smith and is expected to deliver goals for us this season. Yet nobody has so far said a word about his largely MIA performance. I have not seen much apart from maybe one good shot on the goal or another one or two deft touches. We could calculate his weekly wages and then compare it to Smith's wages.  Is it OK to cut him this much slack based on this game compared to how little slack are people ready to give Smith based on this game?  

I am not saying Smith should be our first choice keeper, he is still very much in a development stage and I hope this experience will have helped him. Also, I would like to think that Kadjulerovic will deliver as season unfolds. So all I would like to see here is some sense of balance and perspective in analysing our first outing. Yes playing Smith was  a potential banana skin, but he was not necessarily the worst one on the park in the end.

I have seen by now pages and pages of people (myself included) agonising over a performance of an 18-year old newbie keeper that our coaches had faith in enough to play in a season opener. So when would you like the coaches to "blood" him? In the finals, when one keeper is for example injured and another for example unavailable 'for personal reasons'? Talk about putting pressure on a young kid.  Yes it was nervy to watch but the first game of the season is not a matter of life and death and I am happy to cut him some slack.

However, this was also first game for Kadlujerovic who is (likely) more pricey than Smith and is expected to deliver goals for us this season. Yet nobody has so far said a word about his largely MIA performance. I have not seen much apart from maybe one good shot on the goal or another one or two deft touches. We could calculate his weekly wages and then compare it to Smith's wages.  Is it OK to cut him this much slack compared to how little slack are people ready to give Smith?  

I am not saying Smith should be our first choice keeper, and I hope Kadjulerovic will deliver as season unfolds. At this point I would like to see some sense of balance and perspective here.

I have seen by now pages and pages of people (myself included) agonising over a performance of an 18-year old newbie keeper that our coaches had faith in enough to play in a season opener. So when would you like the coaches to "blood" him? In the finals, when one keeper is for example injured and another for example unavailable 'for personal reasons'? Talk about putting pressure on a young kid.  Yes it was nervy to watch but the first game of the season is not a matter of life and death and I am happy to cut him some slack.

However, this was also first game for Kadlujerovic who is (likely) more pricey than Smith and is expected to deliver goals for us this season. Yet nobody has so far said a word about his largely MIA performance. I have not seen much apart from maybe one good shot on the goal or another one or two deft touches. We could calculate his weekly wages and then compare it to Smith's wages.  Is it OK to cut him this much slack compared to how little slack are people ready to give Smith?  

I am not exactly in favour of Smith being our first choice keeper, but I would like to see some sense of balance and perspective here.

I have seen by now pages and pages of people agonising over a performance of an 18-year old newbie keeper that our coaches had faith in enough to play in a season opener. When would you like us to "blood" him? In the finals when one keeper is for example injured and another for example unavailable 'for personal reasons'? Talk about putting pressure on a young kid.  Yes it was nervy to watch but the first game of the season is not a matter of life and death. 

This was also first game for Kadlujerovic who is (likely) more pricey than Smith and expects to deliver for us this season. Yet nobody has so far said a word about his largely MIA performance apart from maybe a shot on the goal or another touch. We could calculate his weekly wages and then compare it to Smith's wages.  Is it OK to cut him this much slack compared to how little slack are people ready to not give to Smith?  

I am not exactly in favour of Smith being our first choice keeper, but would like some sense of balance and perspective.