U21s hammered by Fleetwood at Goodison Park

Baningime off injured, it wasn't his best game, but it's a blow for the first team there.

Hamstring, Steve?

He kept getting clobbered Brent. Not sure which tackle finished him off! Big Tyler on now.

Anyone else watching this? Thought we were poor but got better in the last 10 minutes. Best player is Oumar Niasse.

Fleetwood have two ex-blues in Peter Clarke and Conor McAleny. Ched Evans is up front for them.

Beni injured. so Schneiderlin a cert to start on Sunday?

Steve and Brent are you there in person, or is it on anywhere?

Tottenham getting beaten at home against Olympiacos 0-2. Man City being held by Shaktar 0-0.

Derek, it's on iFollow which costs you 㾶 for a day pass. Not really worth it for 45 minutes. I checked pre-game and there's no link to any streams. I was going to go the game but there was a smash on the m56 tonight.

Got Spurs on and just seen they scored so 1-2 now. Alli scored.

Derek, I'm at home and too tight to pay the £10 to watch a live stream. Get back to your graffiti!

Brent, that spray paint is a swine to get off your hands and clothes any tips?

When are we ever going to get a proper EFC TV?

Raith Rovers in Scotland even have their own TV Channel, and they are a very small Club based in Kirkcaldy!

DK - our media output is non-league.

Anthony Evans just went close with a free-kick. Other than this, we look second best this half.

Derek, don't wear clothes. And watch where you put your hands.

Unsworth needs to make some changes. We're second best and time is running out. Get Ellis Simms on.

Is Feeney injured?

You can listen To it live on the website.

Yes, he is Brent. Good to see Con Ouzounidis back in the side.

Con looked good when he came on as sub last week.

2-0 now. The game is over. We are well beaten in truth.

Ellis Simms is on too late (for Gordon - who did little). We've barely had a sniff this half over than Antony Evans' freekick that hit the post.

3-0. It's a rout now.

4-0 turned it off now! Barton is loving this too much.

After this result I doubt we will hear the age-old cry ‘play the kids they can't be any worse' any time soon. The step up from our Under-21s to League One standard is massive.

John, it should be noted that Gordon struggled to make any impact against league one opposition. Probably just an off day, but also indicative of him not quite being ready for Premier League football and needing a bit more time.

0-4 against League 1 opponents. Maybe the Unsy brigade would like to explain how such a performance and result speaks for appointing him first team manager right now, or even soon, or even next year or the year after that?

Derek (#10); Turn the can the other way round.

Barton had a lot to say about Unsworth when he was our interim manager, so neither would want to lose that one. Verdict: our under-21s not league 1 standard or Barton a better manager than DU?

Barton fielded a group of seasoned and, in many cases, well paid professionals against a group of kids. While the result was the most important thing to him and his players, development and experience were more important to ours.

At this stage, it's not even possible to say whether our youngsters will progress enough to play League One football.

Comparing the bosses after a match like this is comparing apples and oranges. Always will be. No club in their right mind would ever consider giving Barton the role of schooling their youngsters.

Players like Gordon with around 4 games competitive experience vs players like Peter Clarke with over 700 games competitive experience is how the games get lost. We've performed well up to this point and we were competitive for 65 minutes.

This is why I like this format, younger players will learn a lot about themselves and be better players because of it.

Also, by the sounds of it on the commentary, Baningime and Adenerin did well. This does bode well for the first team.

Giving one or two youngsters a chance surrounded by 9 or 10 experienced players is very different to putting out a team of youngsters against hardened pros. Last night was no barometer at all for judging either the youngsters or Unsworth and quite how people can criticise him after the last three seasons he has had is beyond me.

The stick Unsworth has got is warranted. Of course it's great to win a trophy, or in Unsworth case 3 U-23 trophies, but it now seems like the pursuit of trophies might be overshadowing what the U 23's is actually designed for - Getting the players ready for the first team. Playing Niasse over Ellis Simms is ridiculous! The guy should have been paid off and be playing for another club. With decisions like that it's no wonder Tom Davies and Kenny are the only 2 players who are in and around the first team squad. It looks like Anthony Gordon will make it, but he is an anomaly. In comparison Chelsea have lads coming through who would walk into our first team.

So in conclusion it's great that Unsworth won us some silver wear, but I'd rather lose games instead of a stifling a lads career.