Not much of a bet.
we have a poor recent track record of bringing academy players through and playing regularly for the first team.
Aside from Eccles it’s hard to think of the last one who really made an impact in the last few years.
Shipley, Thomas etc were all really lg1 or below players …
Every supporter would have accepted our current position at the start of the season. Simms and Hadji may not be in Vik’s league but you can’t argue they are not making a very material contribution:
The point is it was a long time ago. This is elite sport. Robins will choose the best candidate not someone because he once worked with them for a couple of years 20 years ago.
If you could sign Hamer back for £9m would you ?
I wouldn’t…..
Not making an impact in Premier league and may have already achieved his maximum transfer value.
No one is suggesting the content is unusual. The story is that was leaked due to carelessness on Austin’s part. That is unusual. You don’t see leaked dialogue between a scout and a manager very often. In fact I can’t ever recall seeing it.