Sick Boy
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Yeah I reckon that’s the plan.
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Wilson will still be here. I think Allen will be too
Tommo1993
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you got a bee on your hat
Sick Boy
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Stupida fa-cking game
TomRad85
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King seems quite smart, even if he can get a small amount of money for them he'll see the extension as worth doing. Makes sense to me, it all adds up.
Hobo
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We know that list, the whole squad. Every player has their price.
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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So basically we've lost None of the first team squad from last Season. 
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Hobo
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I expect them all to stay, bar maybe BTA.
Really?
Gint11
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Howleys got a host of L1 and L2 clubs interested.
In reality Eccles needs to be starting regularly at his age
On your point I agree, but to suggest you can’t find anyone better as a backup shows a lack of ambition/imagination imo. If the rumours are true that the team are planning to move him on then it would seem they agree.
MalcSB
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YetSo basically with lost None of the first team squad from last Season.
Not all necessarily a good thing.
That’s a question for Dean Austin, but if the team ends up moving Allen on then clearly they think they can do better.
larry_david
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Cian Tylers instagram post reads pretty tough. Essentially 2.5 years of the same wrist injury that by the looks of it will never heal, and that'll be his career over.
Pretty sure he was due a season long league 1 loan a few years back before this happened and now he's probably gonna have to find a new job.
We had Tom Billson too a few years back who's now a football agent. Life can be tough, being a young footballer requires a fuck load of luck.
Another one is Batwani who was on verge of first team squad and got two footed away at Nuneaton in preseason and missed the entire season and some...very much doubt he'll make it now either.
Then there's Isaacs Moore who's had 2 acls I think and was being heavily linked with Villa at 16
Pretty sure he was due a season long league 1 loan a few years back before this happened and now he's probably gonna have to find a new job.
We had Tom Billson too a few years back who's now a football agent. Life can be tough, being a young footballer requires a fuck load of luck.
Another one is Batwani who was on verge of first team squad and got two footed away at Nuneaton in preseason and missed the entire season and some...very much doubt he'll make it now either.
Then there's Isaacs Moore who's had 2 acls I think and was being heavily linked with Villa at 16
Colin Steins Smile
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I've seen it within my work at football clubs. I agree that it is a really tough sector to be working in. Many of those players will have been connected with a club from the age of 7 or 8 years of age.
They'll envisage a career of professional football and just one bad injury, their whole career has gone.
That's why it's vital they pursue academic qualifications to the best of their ability. Unfortunately, too many don't!
They'll envisage a career of professional football and just one bad injury, their whole career has gone.
That's why it's vital they pursue academic qualifications to the best of their ability. Unfortunately, too many don't!
It doesn't have to be on the same wages.
Obviously we're not going to pay silly wages for someone to sit on the bench, but we're consistently signing players on higher wages and that includes backup/squad players.
mrfang1987
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Shame for Cian Tyler who was very highly rated. Luke Bell is well thought of.
I’d heard that Isaac Moore has impressed and will be around pre season if he can stay fit. Tough to come back from two ACLs though.
I’d heard that Isaac Moore has impressed and will be around pre season if he can stay fit. Tough to come back from two ACLs though.
Shannerz
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I agree, but at this stage in his career, is he going to settle for that?
He could be a regular for a decent Championship team.
shepardo01
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It's always sad releasing a young player who has been with the club since whenever, in this case, u7 I think.
Howley was never ever anywhere good enough for Championship Coventry City.
If you look at the list of players who won the same award he did three years ago, you have to be disappointed with how his development has gone in comparison
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Apart from Will Truman that now plays for Buxton lolIf you look at the list of players who won the same award he did three years ago, you have to be disappointed with how his development has gone in comparison
Football League Apprentice of the Year - Wikipedia
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Terry Gibson's perm
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Poor loan choices haven’t helped Burroughs and Howley they would have been better off playing in league two than going to Scotland and barely playing.
Mucca Mad Boys
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You’ve got some good midfielders in the group; Sheaf, Grimes, Eccles and Torp before getting to Allen.
One of those could be sold but to get a better player, we’d need to be spending a lot of money and there’s areas where we need to spend more money. How many players would be happy to join to potentially be 4-5th choice?
That said, if we could get some cash for Allen, I wouldn’t be against that. If we bring in a consummate pro like Grimes in the changing room, that would make up for the positives he brings to the squad.
Mr Panda
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Victim of our success. Had he been of the Bayliss/Shipley age we’d have probably given him opportunity in leagues two and one.