Ram a lamb a ding dong Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 We have blown it big time so now is the time to plan for next season. Blood the youngsters to see who has the ability and hunger. Great to see Bennett back in the side and sounded like he made an impact. Guy is doing well at Port Vale so he should return with bit between his teeth. Lowe will be a better player next year for his experience this season. To back up a decent nucleus of youngsters who imo will be knocking at the door should be a Eustace like enforcer. Step forward Leadbitter. Available at £3M. Bargain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We'll be back in 81 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Hope Mitchell and Timi Max Elsnick can get a run of games before the end of the season now that there is nothing to play for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexydadbod Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I said this before and you are spot on. Someone posted that mulumbu from Norwich is out of contract in the summer. He'd be in the eustace mold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jourdan Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Honest question, do we have any youngsters good enough to bring through? And if so, why have we waited until now to give them a chance? The season has been a free hit since October... Lowe will be the only mainstay. In other positions, we are just going to flex our financial muscle and bring in someone more polished than an Elsnik, Rawson or Zanzala. Sad but true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgford Ram Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I'd go the other way and bring some of the exciting Jim Smith squad back. I think a spine of Russell Hoult, Spencer Prior, Daryll Powell and Ashley Ward would take us to a different level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maydrakin Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 2 hours ago, Ram a lamb a ding dong said: Step forward Leadbitter. Available at £3M. Bargain Isn't he out of contract in the summer? (According to Transfermarkt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papahet Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Leadbitter out of contract, get him signed up for that DM role asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McMinn Football Genius Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Jourdan said: Honest question, do we have any youngsters good enough to bring through? And if so, why have we waited until now to give them a chance? The season has been a free hit since October... Lowe will be the only mainstay. In other positions, we are just going to flex our financial muscle and bring in someone more polished than an Elsnik, Rawson or Zanzala. Sad but true. Don't know if they would be much good, but if we don't give them the opportunity to shine we will never know. With this season coming to a premature end, why not throw them in and see how they respond. Theres nothing to lose but all to gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Ram Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 2 minutes ago, Ted McMinn Football Genius said: Don't know if they would be much good, but if we don't give them the opportunity to shine we will never know. With this season coming to a premature end, why not throw them in and see how they respond. Theres nothing to lose but all to gain. I disagree Ted. Don't get me wrong, there's a few need to lose their place if only to get them out of the comfort zone they appear to be in but I think blooding youngsters when morale and confidence is low is counter productive. Another **** result and it would be 'they ain't up to it'. Bring one or two in when we're in better form by all means for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McMinn Football Genius Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 23 minutes ago, EastHertsRam said: I disagree Ted. Don't get me wrong, there's a few need to lose their place if only to get them out of the comfort zone they appear to be in but I think blooding youngsters when morale and confidence is low is counter productive. Another **** result and it would be 'they ain't up to it'. Bring one or two in when we're in better form by all means for me. I think if we were to put one in at a time it may help bring them on and I also agree with you the odd two or three in this side need their worlds rocking a little. Too comfortable out there for some and it could be argued they are all too keen to hide whilst out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jourdan Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 49 minutes ago, Ted McMinn Football Genius said: Don't know if they would be much good, but if we don't give them the opportunity to shine we will never know. With this season coming to a premature end, why not throw them in and see how they respond. Theres nothing to lose but all to gain. I agree that there is the element of the unknown and mimimal harm to be done by giving them a chance, especially when we have so many established players underperforming. But a lot of these players have made fleeting appearances and nothing more which is quite telling. Hughes and Hendrick couldn't be denied. By comparison, many others just haven't made enough of a case. The fact we have only brought through two first team regulars of note for almost 10 years suggests that we are not perhaps as laudable when it comes to youth development as it may appear. When Wassall was in charge, did any of the prospects even get a look-in then? If we are going to find good young players, we'll be cherry-picking the lower leagues' most impressive, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I think growing the academy is a long term thing, its been something like 8 years since we started treating it seriously and it'll probably be another ten of unstinting commitment to really establish it, even then, its only going to produce some first team regulars. After Huddleston there was nothing of note for years, Then we had Hendrick, Hughes, Lowe and if we get another three over the next three seasons I'll consider it to be OK return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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