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[BushBlade]

At 19 or 20 the best bit of coaching is playing against players who want to win every game, players who have mortgages to pay and supporters that will tell you have had a shit game even if that shit game was in the National North League on a shiny pitch.

Not by playing some Watford 16 year old at Vickerage Road. As nice as Vickerage Road is.

The problem with the u23s football is that it isn’t physical or competitive enough but you do get to play against a good quality of player. The national League is physical and competitive but lacks quality opposition. To play the championship you have to learn to deal with both the physicality and the quality. It’s swings and roundabouts.