The senior boys might not have given us much to shout about this season but the younger lads certainly have tried to change that.
Of course, you can never get as excited about the youth sides winning compared to the first team but it is still nice to see them doing well.
And that is exactly what we’ve seen from them this year with both the U18 and U23 sides excelling at times and putting in some great performances.
The future could be bright, then, and it looks as though the U23 coach Carlos Corberan is pleased with how things have gone:
Happy to finish the season with a great result and a great performance. I am pleased to see our players playing good football with a clear identity from all their hard work on the training pitch. 1/2
— Carlos Corberan (@CarlosCorberan) April 23, 2018
And thank you to the #LUFC supporters for your positive comments. Our job is to make you feel proud of your club. Success will arrive. Marching on together. 2/2
— Carlos Corberan (@CarlosCorberan) April 23, 2018
Let’s take a look at the reaction to this:
When are you taking the first team?
— #HeckingbottomOut (@Heckyout) April 23, 2018
thousands of us watched. Was a fabulous performance. Congrats and thanks to all. Safe trip back #alaw #mot
— Keep fighting (@sam51h) April 23, 2018
Played some superb football! Future looks really bright for these boys
— Darren Roberts (@DazR_lufc) April 23, 2018
Keep up the good work @CarlosCorberan well done this year MOT
— Daniel Gill (@DanielGleeds) April 23, 2018
Great performance last night, well done to all!
— Paul Howson (@howsonpaul) April 24, 2018
Clear identity…. what were we missing in the first team again?!?! Sign him up
— Tim banks (@TimJoeBanks) April 24, 2018
You’re doing a tremendous job Carlos and the futures looking bright for @LUFC keep it up ⚽️⚽️⚽️
— anthony thompson (@anthony80744765) April 24, 2018
Congratulations & well done you've got a team playing some exciting football MOT.
— Roger Cartwright (@rogercart57) April 23, 2018
Top work Carlos
— Matt (@mattlufc_) April 23, 2018
The Verdict
Clearly, Heckingbottom could do with taking a few lessons out of Carlos’ book!
It’s nice to see that there is success going on around at the club right now and, hopefully, that will bleed into the first team before too long.
Let’s see if more of the kids get to play between now and the end of the campaign.
Thoughts, Whites? Let me know!