The Bury manager Kevin Blackwell has said that he is extremely happy with the defensive performance of his players, were also singling out the young defence that he chose for the match against Scunthorpe United. It seemed like a long and hard season for Bury, as they were unable to win any match in the league until the middle of October. However, they have since gone for a run that has seen them pick up five victories in the last seven matches. This was also seen them rise from the bottom of the table to a position where we are in the relegation zone only on goal difference.
Kevin Blackwell resorted to using a lot of inexperienced players for the recent matches, and he continued in the same policy in the match against Scunthorpe United as well. Ethan Ebanks-Landell, who is just 19 years old and was making his second start of the career, has been one of the impressive performers for the club in the last two matches. He is on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers, and the managers singled out his performance by saying that he showed incredible maturity for his age. However, he has not excelled at the art of using his body in defence, but Blackwell maintains that it will come with experience.
“Ethan got man-handled a little bit, but then he showed times when to use his body well. That will come in time. Matt Doherty is 20, Joe Skarz is 23 and Mark Hughes is still only 25. There’s youth all over the place. I’m very pleased because it was a very good away performance. Someone said it looked as though we were the home team and I think that’s a compliment to the players. We feel disappointed when we don’t get results on the board,” said Blackwell.
