I can remember him being touted as a hot prospect when he was with Exeter, so in future it would be good to be in a position (i.e. more established in the EPL) to pick-up similar players one step earlier and take the risk on their potential being fulfilled.
Quote from: paul_e on September 09, 2020, 12:17:56 PMQuote from: hilts_coolerking on September 09, 2020, 11:58:58 AM In fact, you really shouldn't be buying one without the other and I fully expect us to bring in a couple before the end of the window."If we sign older players it will be because they have an attitude that we want our young players to learn from, Heaton is a great example.That's exactly the point I'm making. In pretty much every end-of-season review I read over the summer, as well as on here, our lack of experience was mentioned as a reason we struggled. All I'm saying is that I wouldn't want us to make the same mistake this year.
Quote from: hilts_coolerking on September 09, 2020, 11:58:58 AM In fact, you really shouldn't be buying one without the other and I fully expect us to bring in a couple before the end of the window."If we sign older players it will be because they have an attitude that we want our young players to learn from, Heaton is a great example.
In fact, you really shouldn't be buying one without the other and I fully expect us to bring in a couple before the end of the window."
Quote from: FatSam on September 09, 2020, 12:36:26 PMI can remember him being touted as a hot prospect when he was with Exeter, so in future it would be good to be in a position (i.e. more established in the EPL) to pick-up similar players one step earlier and take the risk on their potential being fulfilled. Yes, it would be good to be in a position where we could hoover up some of the best young players and send them out on loan straight away for first team experience.
Quote from: OCD on September 09, 2020, 12:44:36 PMQuote from: FatSam on September 09, 2020, 12:36:26 PMI can remember him being touted as a hot prospect when he was with Exeter, so in future it would be good to be in a position (i.e. more established in the EPL) to pick-up similar players one step earlier and take the risk on their potential being fulfilled. Yes, it would be good to be in a position where we could hoover up some of the best young players and send them out on loan straight away for first team experience.I think the signings of Chrisene and Barry indicate that's the sort of plan we're heading for... though I think doing a bit of development in house first to get them understanding the style of the club is a good idea...