The reserves aren't kept off the pitch because they are young, the hey are kept off because they're well below par. Has anyone watched them at all over the last few seasons? They aren't even North West Counties standard
I believe this is partially our fault. The reserves play in the Cheshire League which as I understand it means none of our contracted players can turn out for them. Not only does this mean that we can't give first teamers match fitness, it also deprives younger players of the benefit of playing alongside say Mike Williams etc over the last couple of seasons.
As for the coaching, I've not been in on amy of the training sessions but I do know for a fact that a current Conference North team's assistant manager was rejected for the job, and the chairman's son is manager...
The reserves as they are are a joke. It should be a great way to bring through players like Sam Heathcote, sadly that will be rare due to it's poor general quality