Agree Ramps, not sure why people are so hung up on the reserves results especially this early on? Coaches will want certain players playing and developing a particular role that will suit the senior team should they get the call up - which wont always suit or serve the reserves with the best chance of getting the result.
When young players are dropped from the seniors to reserves they are given a list of things to work on, - at Coburg with the limited numbers it wasn't always possible for our players to play the specific role our coaches wanted - now they can and that's more important than results for mine