BATE Boys
Last updated : 17 December 2009 By Les Roberts
Tonight's team contains 5 teenagers and has an average age just 22 and this is due in no small part to 36-year-old Carlo Nash finally getting the chance to pull on the gloves in a competitive game.
Only Tony Hibbert and Jack Rodwell retain their place in the starting XI that drew with Chelsea at the weekend whilst Yakubu and Leon Osman are the only other player with any real first team experience.
Seamus Coleman slots in at right back and 16-year-old Jake Bidwell makes his debut at left back.
Tony Hibbert will captain the side and will be joined in the heart of the defence by Shane Duffy.
Leon Osman, Jose Baxter, Jack Rodwell make up the midfield along with 18-year-old debutant Adam Forshaw.
Saturday's last minute substitue Kieran Agard joins Yakubu up front.
Although the game is essentially meaningless, as the group placings have already been decided, it is still a bold move from David Moyes against a side we struggled against a few weeks ago.
Although a defeat would mean nothing in terms of the comeptition, the Blues can't seem to buy a win at the moment so one wouldn't go amiss tonight.
Now what can we shout instead of "Get the kids on Moyes!"?
Tonight's team contains 5 teenagers and has an average age just 22 and this is due in no small part to 36-year-old Carlo Nash finally getting the chance to pull on the gloves in a competitive game.
Only Tony Hibbert and Jack Rodwell retain their place in the starting XI that drew with Chelsea at the weekend whilst Yakubu and Leon Osman are the only other player with any real first team experience.
Seamus Coleman slots in at right back and 16-year-old Jake Bidwell makes his debut at left back.
Tony Hibbert will captain the side and will be joined in the heart of the defence by Shane Duffy.
Leon Osman, Jose Baxter, Jack Rodwell make up the midfield along with 18-year-old debutant Adam Forshaw.
Saturday's last minute substitue Kieran Agard joins Yakubu up front.
Although the game is essentially meaningless, as the group placings have already been decided, it is still a bold move from David Moyes against a side we struggled against a few weeks ago.
Although a defeat would mean nothing in terms of the comeptition, the Blues can't seem to buy a win at the moment so one wouldn't go amiss tonight.
Now what can can all the moaners shout instead of "Get the kids on Moyes!"?
