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| Gorman - Ten caps for Northern Ireland |
We've seen the likes of Matt Doherty, David Davis, Anthony Forde and Johnny Gorman all make their Premier League debuts, it doesn't stop there either. There are plenty of others, such as Zeli Ismail, Jack Price and Liam McLinden.
What caused me to write this article today were these quotes from Scunthorpe manager Alan Knill, where Jamie Reckord is on loan.
“I think he’s got the potential to go all the way,” enthused Knill. “When Mick McCarthy was at Wolves, he said they were thinking about putting Jamie in the team, to play in the Premier League.It got me quite excited, not just about him but for that fact that next season, we really should be seeing a lot of our younger players getting a chance.
“Then he got an injury which knocked him back, but fortunately it meant he could come to us."
Is it unrealistic to think that Danny Batth could be one of our first choice centre backs next season? Or that Matt Doherty, who has impressed whenever I've watched him, could stake a claim. Personally, I think he's better than Zubar already!
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| David Davis - Ready made replacement for Karl Henry |
It would be silly to expect all of them to become first team players, but with the sheer amount of good young players we seem to have it's not out of the question to see three, four or five players coming through. How I'd love us to be that team who have a team full of young players brought through our youth system. Least of all, it would be quite exciting to see players playing without fear and giving it their all.
Morgan and Moxey have come in for a lot of criticism lately (rightly so) but maybe, just maybe they are on the right track on this one.
The likes of Ikeme, Doherty, Mouyokolo, Batth, Elokobi, Hammill, Guediora, Hemmings, Griffiiths, Vokes, Winnall, Rekord and Cassidy are all out on loan presently. Add these to the ones you listed above, plus Mendez Laing and we seem to have a glut of talented youngsters. The appointment of the next coach is a massive responsibility for Morgan. Not all the names listed above will make it as PL, NPC players but let the judge of them be a football man and not a builder a bean counter!
ReplyDeleteSpot on! but will our "fans"? like N Evans please get a brain, Jez is doing his job has a CEO smack on the button, do you really think any other CO would do it different! has for Morgan he is a very successful business man? do our fans really think he doesn't care? because to do so would/could lead to him going out of business, he wants to make money - so of course he cares.
ReplyDeleteThe two Ms came in for a lot of criticism about their handling of the search for a new manager? mainly from the press! my question to those of the press and other who are doing the knocking - were they on the interview panel? were they privy to what was said at these interviews? do they know what was offered to the prospective candidates? my guess is NO! so how the bloody hell do they know it wasn't handled right?
I was convinced that we were due to be relegated after the home defeat to Stoke before Christmas. Sometimes you get that feeling, luck, etc......
ReplyDeleteHowever, it struck me that one potential benefit of (what I hope would be only) one season in the Championship is that we CAN bring on the youngsters and see which of them come up to the mark.
The problem with staying in the Premier League (and this applies to a lot of lower half clubs) is that the club is so frightened of relegation that they dare not take a chance with their youngsters and bring in old/ foreign players on high wages who then block the way of the youngsters,
We should not look to blood all the youngsters at once but given the crop of promising players coming through, we should give some of them their head. Otherwise why spend all the money on having an Academy?