Young Blues win seven-goal thriller

Bit of an unfair suggestion there as well.

On the whole thought the team played well, very much in the style of the first team. Ledson stood out in midfield before tiring. I was again impressed by Gethin Jones the right back, some of his crossing was excellent. Dyson the wide right midfielder shows some promise. Courtney Dufus had a great game, strong, fast, excellent work rate he was a constant thorn in the side of Birmingham's defenders. Scored a good goal and should have had a penalty.

George Green stood out though when he came on. He has a lot of self belief and what Martinez calls arrogance in his play. He scored two great goals and he looked a different class to the rest of the players on the pitch. Donohue came on for the last 6 minutes on the right wing. He looks rapid and caused the Birmingham defence a few problems, he also laid a great chance on for George Green right at the death and he really should have had his hat-trick.

All-in-all I think we have a number of really promising players in this team and it was a great team performance. I liked the fact that when Williams made a mistake for the 3rd goal, a lot of the players went over to tell him not to worry and gave him a pat on the back. Seems like good team morale as well. Sheedy & Ferguson doing a great job. Lets hope they have another home draw so I can get down to Goodison to watch them again.

Not sure if the draw's been made, but if they are at home in the next round, they are well worth seeing. (In fact, even if they're away!)

Courtney had a blinder of a game tonight and I think he has made massive leaps in his progress this season, and as already said he was a real hand full to Birmingham tonight.

George however looks in a different class when he is on the field the whole team seem to play better, he makes things look so easy when he is on the ball.

I would love to see him get a chance against Stevenage in the FA cup.

Great win lads, you all did well, proud of you all.

We must let Bobby assess him and if he is good enough he will no doubt put him in.

The thing is Messi is a small bloke. He was small at 18 and he is small now.

George Green may be small now, but he may fill out as he matures. He may be better bursting onto the scene in a year or two rather than right now. But anyway I agree with your point, if he's good enough then he's old enough. With Barkley being out Green could actually be given 20 minutes in his role against Stevenage. He carries the ball really well through the middle which is something we will miss in the coming weeks.

Your comments are hugely appreciated particularly for those of us who cannot get to GP these days. Thanks again.

George Green sounds an exciting prospect and would be nice to see him on the bench for Stevenage maybe along with Courtney Duffus (whose mother used to be a regular reader on this site).

Quite commendable in this greedy industry.

Cracking goals from Green, especially the free kick.

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