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Town's reserves meet Nottingham Forest's reserves at the Playford Road training ground on Thursday afternoon (KO 2pm). The squad is largely made up of youngsters with a smattering of the more experienced players. Thomas Gaardsøe is included after his ankle problem sustained on New Year's Day at Charlton. | Ipswich Town Reserves 2-1 Arsenal Reserves Tue 13th Nov 2001 23:27
by your Official Reporter, ColdGit@Reserves.
I have promised to be more direct. Here goes:
Darren Bent is an absolute gem. I've been saying all season that he should be in the first team and a really gamey brace tonight, leaving the winning goal till the 90th minute, will surely have clinched that exciting, fully justified reality.
A promising young Arsenal team had led, at the interval, via their dainty young centre-forward, Jermaine Brown, begloved and with corn-row hair (is that what you call it?) who took advantage of the temporary absence upfield of attack-minded Thomas Gaardsoe, to beat man-in-black Andy Marshall with a breakaway goal after 35 mins.
As crowd favourite Darren would have said afterwards, had I been able to speak to him, "I should have had at least a hat-trick, Old Git, with two half-chances just before the half hour mark, the second of which I tapped into the goalie's ample bosom - was it Richard Wright? And then, five minutes into the second half, Brian, I gently, deftly, accurately, oh no, tickled one over the bar. So far, this season, I should have scored an Axeldahl of reserve match goals."
It took an hour for Bent to strike, but it was worth waiting for. In the area, he was moving left, but flicked the ball inside his man, then curled it round the goalie and inside the right post. You beauty. 1-1.
At the death, his second goal was another peachy plum, partly because of the pin-point quality of excellent Darren Ambrose's cross from the right; all Bent had to do was control it and tuck it away, again inside the right post. He looks like Finidi George, but it's time for Finidi to take his hat off to Darren; both Darrens, for that matter: Ambrose is of the same school: eager, direct, a winner. 2-1.
Don't let's get too warmed up, though; it wasn't that sort of night for all of us. The Darrens were beacons in the mist. Urgent Yoof Ambrose replaced anonymous Nicholls after an hour, allowing begloved Nabil Abbadabba to come in from the cold on the wing into central midfield, where he continued to show delightful touch but ineffective overall impact.
Yet, in an uncertain, bump-into-things world, it was re-assuring to lie back and accept the freezing embrace - an average FPR temperature tonight of 7 degrees Celsius, whatever celcius is, but, as your Official Reporter, I have to accept that I have a worldwide audience and mustn't mention good old Fahrenheit. Mother said it was cold in Sydney today but I promise you that a couple of hours at damp Portman Road tonight would have reminded her why she emigrated 36 years ago, (and, with a worldwide audience, it is nice for them that I should make an international reference)...and yet I still cannot say, 'in Sydney' without pangs of Carry On double entendre...whoops, digressionamundo...the freezing embrace of a November evening at the Reserves, with the bizarre guarantee of safety created by a report on the BBC saying that Osama Bin Laden is an Arsenal fan. We're watching Arsenal Reserves (though this is only the official title of this team. The term has come to mean, in general conversation, something quite different: 'the team you put out against teams like Ipswich or Worthington Cup opponents.' I doubt that any of Arsenal's team tonight will ever play in the Premiership for them. Surreal. Their Yoof winger, Jerome Thomas - all their Yoof's forward line has 'J' first names - was their gem. Fabian found him to be 'unstoppable'. Umm, that doesn't make Thomas unique, though, does it? Come on Fab, shave that carpet sample off the top of your head, and play a bit. You're only up against Chris Makin.)
I'm not really digressing. It was a match without passion, without much meaning. Without Bent actually winning the match, it would have been very ho-hum, but he was this week's 'Mumo' Peralta, who was the emerging star of my last Reserves Report, and who, so soon after, is October's Third Best Player Of The Month.
In the absence of Mumo, Tommy Miller was given the opportunity to audition for Jim Magilton's shirt, but he took an early knock and that perhaps stunted his growth. Miller was derisory about Sir George's audacity, in playing 'the best midfielder in the Nationwide' on the wing; it's because Our Tom shares Our Jim's fear of wide open spaces. He feels that that circle around the centre of the pitch is there for a reason, and, tonight, he never left it. In fairness, he can sweep the ball about, though it's a little laboured, as are all his movements, as if he's a middleweight boxer with heavy legs (like Reuser, who we're coming to.)
Our team was:
Marshall
Wilnis — Gaardsoe - Justin Miller (c) - 'Gary'
Abbadabba - Tommy Miller - Ashley Nicholls - REUSER!!!!!!
Bent - 'Log' Logan | Reserves Squad Tue 13th Nov 2001 10:52
Town's reserves meet Arsenal at Portman Road this evening (KO 7pm). The Blues side ses both Martijn Reuser and Fabian Wilnis as well as Gary Croft. Also included is Richard Logan who was issued with a challenge at the weekend by George Burley. | Reserves Squad Mon 05th Nov 2001 11:48
Town's reserves meet Leicester's reserves this evening (KO 7.30) in the East Midlands. Helsingborg debutant Darren Bent is in the squad along with a number of other U19 colleagues of his. Gary Croft continues his recovery from his groin operation. | Reserve News for Wimbledon Mon 22nd Oct 2001 15:21
Town's reserves line-up at Kingstonian's ground tonight (KO 7pm) as they face Wimbledon's second string. We imagine that inclusion in this squad will mean lack of inclusion at Southampton on Wednesday. Tommy Miller and Pablo Counago will be the most disappointed players included today. | Reserves 3-2 West Ham Thu 04th Oct 2001 00:15
TWTD's Reserves Reports are brought to you by Old Git. | Reserves Squad for West Ham Tue 02nd Oct 2001 16:18
Town have announced the reserve squad for tomorrow's game with West Ham at Portman Road. Several of the players on the fringe of the first team will be in action. There may also be chances to see Tommy Miller, Andy Marshall and Sixto Peralta who have rarely been in even reserve action since coming to Town. | Ipswich Reserves 3 - 3 Fulham Reserves Wed 05th Sep 2001 23:24
Author: Old Git | WBA to Bag Croft Kids go Free at Reserves Tonight Wed 05th Sep 2001 15:45
Out of favour Gary Croft may well be subject of a bid from West Bromwich Albion. The West Midlands club are said to have made enquiries about his availability, and should a bid come in George Burley is unlikely to stand in the way of the former Blackburn player. | Andy Marshall Misses Reserve GamePeralta Home Debu Tue 04th Sep 2001 10:57
Andy Marshall misses out on the squad to face Fulham Reserves tomorrow at Portman Road, kick off 7pm. Instead both Branagan and Salmon make the 16, with a chance to see Peralta in his home debut. |
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