DAILY WRAP: 2/16/2016 - Bench Press

Not a whole lot of games today, and all but 1 of our US players were bench-bound. I was not even going to bother to wrap, but Matt Miazga is such an important story..so here goes

Blackburn played Fulham today - Adam Henley was in the 18, did not play, for Blackburn. Tim Ream and Eric Hyndman were both in the 18 for Fulham, Tim Ream came off the bench at the 57th minute, Eric did not play Final: Blackburn 3 - 0 Fulham

Gboly Ariyibi, started and played 90 for England League One Chesterfield as they visited bottom placed Colchester. Chesterfield hampered their chances with a first half red card and a 2nd half missed penalty. A promising season has now turned into a relegation battle, with only 1 point from their last 5 games. Final: Colchester 1 - 1 Chesterfield

The big news of the day was Matt Miazga inclusion in the 18 for Chelsea at PSG in their Champions League first leg match-up. Matt stayed on the bench, but this is significant for Matt and an opportunity to gain regular play. Final:  PSG 2 - 1 Chelsea

In Scotland, Gedion Zelalem saw Rangers win their away game over Kilmarnock 1 - 2 in the Scottish FA Cup, from the bench!
IMHO, it begs the question why did Rangers extend Gedion's loan contract? He has played less since signing than before!

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DAILY WRAP: 1/25/2016

Back to quietness.....only a few games again today, mostly U21. Let's just get straight to it

Daniel Barbir (left)

Daniel Barbir started on the bench today for West Bromwich U21 as they visited
Brighton U21 in the Premier League U21.

With Lynden Gooch loaned to Doncaster Rovers, no Sunderland U21 representative.

Robbie Kristo entered at 81st minute

Robbie Kristo came off the bench in the 81st minute as his team Andria visited Matera

in Italy's Lega Pro (Group C) game - that ended in a Goalless Draw

Cameron Carter-Vickers started for Tottenham U21 at Liverpool U21, in their Premier League U21 game that ended with a 2 - 0 loss for Tottenham

Gedion Zelalem started and went 58 minutes for Rangers in Scotland's Championship. Ranger's 0 - 2 win over hosts Morton put Rangers 5 points clear on top of the league.

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