gypsyowl Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 I’m looking forward to going to u23 game on Friday as should be quite a young team with 1st team playing Wednesday & Saturday, I hope to get a glimpse of some of the above for the 1st time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne_rat_of_s6 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Good that players are being brought through. Shudder to think of the wasted talent that would be doing nothing at the club or had gone elsewhere if CC was in charge still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibon Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 McIntyre, Treadmore, Davitt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treborowl Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Avon barksdale said: What's happening with Fraser Preston is he injured at the moment?? Out for 2 weeks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 (edited) Knowing our luck they will be all ineligible post brexit Edited September 19, 2018 by modboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 The embargo situation has forced our hand on young players. I think DC would’ve continued to buy experienced players otherwise. I don’t think it’s just down to Jos and CC being different although Jos has a track record of working with younger players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelowl Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I love positive threads like this very grateful for people who post stuff - Hope I get to see a lot more of them breaking through fantastic things have been happening virtually all the different youth teams are doing well hopefully throwing up stars of the future I need to get up and see more of their games after the 90s when we got hamstrung with ageing injury prone useless players that nobody wants on big money always been a wish of mine to grow our own team and hopefully keep the best *cough hirst That scummy outfit down the road have been far more successful at producing several young players It's great to be doing the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmut_rooster Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 13 hours ago, keefdave said: Itora Bolokov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shezzas left peg Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Bluesteel said: The embargo situation has forced our hand on young players. I think DC would’ve continued to buy experienced players otherwise. I don’t think it’s just down to Jos and CC being different although Jos has a track record of working with younger players. Old quote from the film the untouchables when Sean connery says to Costner. "if your afraid of getting a bad apple, go pick one straight from the tree". Maybe jos likes to use the younger players as they cause less disruption, have generally less egos and are easier to teach how he wants to play. Another old comment "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" which is maybe why the likes of Boyd, Jones & Abdi even if fit aren't getting a game?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 hour ago, steelowl said: I love positive threads like this very grateful for people who post stuff - Hope I get to see a lot more of them breaking through fantastic things have been happening virtually all the different youth teams are doing well hopefully throwing up stars of the future I need to get up and see more of their games after the 90s when we got hamstrung with ageing injury prone useless players that nobody wants on big money always been a wish of mine to grow our own team and hopefully keep the best *cough hirst That scummy outfit down the road have been far more successful at producing several young players It's great to be doing the same Indeed, the frustrating thing these days is that you can grow a team like we did when we had spied, Beevers, Wood, mcallister etc but if they are really good players you can’t refuse the money for them (unless we go up of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 minute ago, shezzas left peg said: Old quote from the film the untouchables when Sean connery says to Costner. "if your afraid of getting a bad apple, go pick one straight from the tree". Maybe jos likes to use the younger players as they cause less disruption, have generally less egos and are easier to teach how he wants to play. Another old comment "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" which is maybe why the likes of Boyd, Jones & Abdi even if fit aren't getting a game?? I think it’s more a case of it being clear last season we really needed fresh faces and in particular some energy and that comes with reducing the age of the squad. We had interest in the likes of Honeyman, Baldwin in the summer in order to achieve this whilst also benefitting from some experience but under the circumstances it’s been an ideal chance for our younger players to get their chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch McLovin Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 15 hours ago, lukestheman82 said: Which one of our kids was touted as Bulgarians next big thing when we signed him, Gavrilov? I think it was Hammood he was 15 and made his debut, being looked at by Big Big clubs and is a small tricky number 10. If we handle him right fingers x we have the Bulgarian Messi !!! What has happened to Gavrilov, is he still with us ? And does anyone know if we still have links in Bulgaria ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minton Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 (edited) 14 hours ago, airborne_rat_of_s6 said: Good that players are being brought through. Shudder to think of the wasted talent that would be doing nothing at the club or had gone elsewhere if CC was in charge still. Hate to burst that bubble, but weren't most of the current crop of U23s signed up on contracts (either from our academy or from other clubs) under Carlos? Nielsen, Thorniley, Penny, Preston, Baker, Dawson, Borukov, Lonchar and Hammoud were I'm pretty sure. But don't let the facts get in the way of a good Carlos bashing eh? Edited September 19, 2018 by Minton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malek Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 14 minutes ago, Minton said: Hate to burst that bubble, but weren't most of the current crop of U23s signed up on contracts (either from our academy or from other clubs) under Carlos? Nielsen, Thorniley, Penny, Preston, Baker, Dawson, Borukov, Lonchar and Hammoud were I'm pretty sure. But don't let the facts get in the way of a good Carlos bashing eh? Like Carlos had anything to do with signing them, or giving them pro deals. He only decided never to use any of them, apart from Wildsmith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 8 minutes ago, malek said: Like Carlos had anything to do with signing them, or giving them pro deals. He only decided never to use any of them, apart from Wildsmith. Did he have anything to do with signing them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookowl Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 25 minutes ago, Minton said: Hate to burst that bubble, but weren't most of the current crop of U23s signed up on contracts (either from our academy or from other clubs) under Carlos? Nielsen, Thorniley, Penny, Preston, Baker, Dawson, Borukov, Lonchar and Hammoud were I'm pretty sure. But don't let the facts get in the way of a good Carlos bashing eh? Not Carlos bashing but I wouldn't have thought he had anything to do with U23's contracts, although it may well have been his decision not to utilise them in the 1st team. I would have thought it would be recommendations from academy coaches to the commercial administration side of the club that decided the signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 37 minutes ago, Minton said: Hate to burst that bubble, but weren't most of the current crop of U23s signed up on contracts (either from our academy or from other clubs) under Carlos? Nielsen, Thorniley, Penny, Preston, Baker, Dawson, Borukov, Lonchar and Hammoud were I'm pretty sure. But don't let the facts get in the way of a good Carlos bashing eh? He had nothing to do with Academy signings. It was down to Ramsdale, Thompson and Haslam and another gentleman can not remember name of. Trying to give him credit for this is scraping the barrel for an excuse for a poor manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukestheman82 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 4 hours ago, Quist said: He had nothing to do with Academy signings. It was down to Ramsdale, Thompson and Haslam and another gentleman can not remember name of. Trying to give him credit for this is scraping the barrel for an excuse for a poor manager. Should the man that 'builds football clubs, it what he does', get a slice of the appreciation pie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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