yeah that is obvious, and by six goals as well, what was the raison de'tre of the reserve team?
What have the young lads learnt tonight? It could only have damaged them. The CSC is an open age competition, as a club we should be protecting young players instead of just throwing them to the wolves to fufill a fixture
Disgusted for a second year on a row
As someone who has been "thrown to the wolves", so to speak, several times over the course of my (admittedly limited!) footballing career, they have been the times I've learnt the most and which have led to step increases in my game - whether that's been a tournament in Denmark where all other sides but us were academies (representatives from UK - Norwich City and Wilmslow Pumas! Our best result - a 6-1 defeat), a 9-0 drubbing by Oldham U16s or even training with Alty's youth team (not the wolves in any shape or form, but certainly a massive step up from any team I'd been involved in on a consistent basis).
The only time it damaged was the one time when the manager criticised in a frustrated manner rather than building me up. With a manager fully behind, encouraging, giving pointers, giving the space to learn, the benefits of facing players of a much higher calibre can be invaluable. With Lee Sinnott's record with players, I fully trust that he's done that.