I think a few have already said it he needs to go on loan and get some games under his belt!
I know he has been injured, but is he any good, I never seen him play , barring i think v Man united 2011-12
I used to watch him play a fair bit in the u21's and always thought he had a lot of ability and a great attitude on the field too, I really didn't think his Villa future would be playing out like this ... I understand he's had a torrid time with injuries which can obviously really stunt his development, but does anyone really trust Lambert to develop our young home grown players? Since he has taken over, I don't believe he has promoted a single youth player to the first team? I know Donacien got near when Ron was out a few weeks ago but he still chose to go with Lowton/Herd (the former of who clearly can't play that position) instead. What I'm trying to say is that I don't think it's a case of "must not be doing it in training" and more so a case of Lambert choosing to stick with players who he likes even if they don't have much of a future at VP (i.e. KEA, Sylla). I really don't trust PL to spot quality in the youth, gamble on it and man manage them effectively - didn't Grealish kick up a fuss after being called a baby or whatever a month ago? Makes no sense that he hasn't given him ANY game time. My prediction is he'll step down a level, establish himself as a goal scoring midfielder and eventually carve out a decent career in the Prem. Best of luck to the lad.
Quote from: yaliekins on February 05, 2014, 01:01:27 PMI used to watch him play a fair bit in the u21's and always thought he had a lot of ability and a great attitude on the field too, I really didn't think his Villa future would be playing out like this ... I understand he's had a torrid time with injuries which can obviously really stunt his development, but does anyone really trust Lambert to develop our young home grown players? Since he has taken over, I don't believe he has promoted a single youth player to the first team? I know Donacien got near when Ron was out a few weeks ago but he still chose to go with Lowton/Herd (the former of who clearly can't play that position) instead. What I'm trying to say is that I don't think it's a case of "must not be doing it in training" and more so a case of Lambert choosing to stick with players who he likes even if they don't have much of a future at VP (i.e. KEA, Sylla). I really don't trust PL to spot quality in the youth, gamble on it and man manage them effectively - didn't Grealish kick up a fuss after being called a baby or whatever a month ago? Makes no sense that he hasn't given him ANY game time. My prediction is he'll step down a level, establish himself as a goal scoring midfielder and eventually carve out a decent career in the Prem. Best of luck to the lad.I fully expect Lambert to develop our homegrown talent, more so than any manager we've previously had, but if they're not up to it then what can he do?
Quote from: LeeB on February 05, 2014, 01:06:42 PMQuote from: yaliekins on February 05, 2014, 01:01:27 PMI used to watch him play a fair bit in the u21's and always thought he had a lot of ability and a great attitude on the field too, I really didn't think his Villa future would be playing out like this ... I understand he's had a torrid time with injuries which can obviously really stunt his development, but does anyone really trust Lambert to develop our young home grown players? Since he has taken over, I don't believe he has promoted a single youth player to the first team? I know Donacien got near when Ron was out a few weeks ago but he still chose to go with Lowton/Herd (the former of who clearly can't play that position) instead. What I'm trying to say is that I don't think it's a case of "must not be doing it in training" and more so a case of Lambert choosing to stick with players who he likes even if they don't have much of a future at VP (i.e. KEA, Sylla). I really don't trust PL to spot quality in the youth, gamble on it and man manage them effectively - didn't Grealish kick up a fuss after being called a baby or whatever a month ago? Makes no sense that he hasn't given him ANY game time. My prediction is he'll step down a level, establish himself as a goal scoring midfielder and eventually carve out a decent career in the Prem. Best of luck to the lad.I fully expect Lambert to develop our homegrown talent, more so than any manager we've previously had, but if they're not up to it then what can he do?I don't really see why everyone thinks they must not be good enough when our u19's were crowned champions of Europe a year ago and we've got one of the worst footballing squads in a long time. I'm not expecting them to be regulars but I would be expecting a handful of them to get opportunities, and he hasn't given them that.
Quote from: yaliekins on February 05, 2014, 02:17:22 PMQuote from: LeeB on February 05, 2014, 01:06:42 PMQuote from: yaliekins on February 05, 2014, 01:01:27 PMI used to watch him play a fair bit in the u21's and always thought he had a lot of ability and a great attitude on the field too, I really didn't think his Villa future would be playing out like this ... I understand he's had a torrid time with injuries which can obviously really stunt his development, but does anyone really trust Lambert to develop our young home grown players? Since he has taken over, I don't believe he has promoted a single youth player to the first team? I know Donacien got near when Ron was out a few weeks ago but he still chose to go with Lowton/Herd (the former of who clearly can't play that position) instead. What I'm trying to say is that I don't think it's a case of "must not be doing it in training" and more so a case of Lambert choosing to stick with players who he likes even if they don't have much of a future at VP (i.e. KEA, Sylla). I really don't trust PL to spot quality in the youth, gamble on it and man manage them effectively - didn't Grealish kick up a fuss after being called a baby or whatever a month ago? Makes no sense that he hasn't given him ANY game time. My prediction is he'll step down a level, establish himself as a goal scoring midfielder and eventually carve out a decent career in the Prem. Best of luck to the lad.I fully expect Lambert to develop our homegrown talent, more so than any manager we've previously had, but if they're not up to it then what can he do?I don't really see why everyone thinks they must not be good enough when our u19's were crowned champions of Europe a year ago and we've got one of the worst footballing squads in a long time. I'm not expecting them to be regulars but I would be expecting a handful of them to get opportunities, and he hasn't given them that. There's clearly a massive gulf between playing at that level and playing in the Premier League, and the brightest talent from the group you mention is cutting his teeth at Notts County as it stands.From the earlier group of wonder kids, Bannan, Baker, Clarke and to a lesser extent largely due to injury Albrighton have all been given plenty of opportunity and the jury's still out on all of them as to if they're up to it.
It's difficult to look at anything he did at Norwich because they played in three different divisions in three seasons, but I suppose fielding the youngest Villa side in living memory is one of the things that make me feel he'll be more likely to develop our own youth.
What happened to Drennan?