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Eliot Embleton's story really sums up Sunderland doesn't it?

Indeed. Shame the way it ended, when he first started winding down here AV took him under his wing & Doyle couldn't speak highly enough of him then. Wonder what changed?

Started them a few years back but not sure what level he's up to. Definitely won't have UEFA Pro or have worked in a Cat 1 Academy though which was in the job requirements - wonder if that is actually essential?

George Burroughs & Harrison Nee signed pro deals. Expect a few more to follow.

Now joined by Harrison Nee.

Lafferty already had a pro deal but he's come to the end of it. Sorry, my post might have made it more confusing - amended.

Agree. Think it's the way most clubs will go now. If you think about it, our first team has the 2nd lowest average age in the Championship at just 25, so you'd expect once they reach their early 20s they need to be impacting the first team. Do feel for Dan Lafferty though - hopefully he can...

Dan Lafferty released. Alex Costa, Keelan Fallows, Kai Forsyth, Matthew Harland, Joe Nightingale, Sam Pitts-Eckersall, Hayden Purves and Adam Taylor have not been offered professional contracts. https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2021/may/news-coventry-city-confirm-academy-release-list/

Ogbeta looks a real talent, my concerns over him are his inexperience & mentality. He was let go by Man City over his attitude, stating he didn't like how structured the team was & felt he was being pigeon holed as a LB/LM & wanted to play in Central Midfield & be one of the most creative...

Which is fine, a perfectly valid opinion & one shared by many I would suspect. To claim that the "footballing brains" agree with you to try to give you some kind of credibility, when all the evidence suggests otherwise though, is daft. Fwiw, I have never said he'd always be in my strongest XI...

No, not at all. It's the fact that they've got to this stage before tackling the issue. Now they're in a position where they can't start their best player in their biggest game of the season as he'll trigger another contract that they can't afford. As @SleepyGinger says, there were some dead...

This is absolutely absurd. How on earth have they got themselves into this position!?🤦🏼‍♂️🤣

1. I was comparing similar positions. Of CM's only Hamer played more. Even he had a spell out of the team - do the "football brains" not rate him either? 2. Because Sheaf was injured 3. In your opinion. Sheaf also missed games injured. 4. No, Walker & Godden got injured. 5. No he wasn't, he...

Eh? He played 2nd most minutes of any Midfielder?

Right?

Because he's 20 & they have Adam Davies who is also a very good goalkeeper. He'll likely be challenging him next season.

Bursik is already miles better than what we have & will be a Premier League & England goalkeeper in a few years.

Better than what we have? Heaton, Walton, Ruddy Realistic? Walton

Not really, teams don't often release good keepers, hence why Christian Walton is so sought after. I'd like to avoid a loanee keeper but might be only way.

No chance they'll sell. If they did it would be to a Premier League team for 8 figures.