Clearly Lampard doesn’t agree. There is also the chance that he’s just not good enough full stop.
Clearly Lampard doesn’t agree. There is also the chance that he’s just not good enough full stop.Aye but he’d be an option off the bench rather just bringing on full backs or centre mids.
If he's going to make it here he really needs to be one of the best players in his position in league one. Same goes for others out on loan like Obikwu.Not really. He’s showing nothing to suggest he’s remotely capable yet at this level
Begs the question how a player like Jeremy Monga ended up at Leicesters academy and not at Allen Higgs.I think the lack of attacking back up players on both flanks is a concern, its not that he's injury prone its the fact that if we had cover for both him and Tats no one would be worried. It needs addressing either by spending or bringing a couple through from the prospects at the club. The lack of kids able to break through points to how urgently the club needs a grade 1 academy to attract a better level of Junior players.
They were PL and recent PL champions with top class facilities. We were in L1/2 and didn't even have a stadium to play in let alone a decent training ground.Begs the question how a player like Jeremy Monga ended up at Leicesters academy and not at Allen Higgs.
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Wright can’t head a ball , whereas Simms can , so our threat from open play is only Rudoni .Is it fairer to say our crosses aren't the best or is it more likely that Wright isn't great heading and prefers through balls and cut backs?
Sadly, it's looking less like Liam Walsh, and more like Tennai Watson.If he's going to make it here he really needs to be one of the best players in his position in league one.
Promising early signs for Obikwu so far.If he's going to make it here he really needs to be one of the best players in his position in league one. Same goes for others out on loan like Obikwu.
However, if they were still in the PL, there's not a chance he'd have come on as a sub on Saturday. He'd either still be in the U23s or out on loan at L1/L2.They were PL and recent PL champions with top class facilities. We were in L1/2 and didn't even have a stadium to play in let alone a decent training ground.
Made even worse by King not being prepared to stump up for a replacement. It's not fir on FL.FL thinks he is nowhere near ready and is happy to player strikers, full backs, and even potentially a back tree before give him serious minutes in an important match.
By this logic, Walsall’s academy would currently be more attractive than ours because it offers a clearer path to first team football.However, to suggest a youth player would shun us because we were in L1/L2, we had a high success rate of players coming through to the first team from our academy.
Does the Walsall academy have a clearer path? Or are you just using them as an example as they're in L2? Or have they bought through players to the first team?By this logic, Walsall’s academy would currently be more attractive than ours because it offers a clearer path to first team football.
Young players, quite naturally and understandably, want to play for the best team they can.
Well it kind of depends.Does the Walsall academy have a clearer path? Or are you just using them as an example as they're in L2? Or have they bought through players to the first team?
I dont think the pathway from our academy atm is to be sniffed at. Callum Perry and Kai Andrews are showing that.
Also, I agree, players naturally want to play for the best teams, but that's something only the top 5% achieve. A player can start at Man City youth amd work their way down to L1. Or, like Maddison and Wilson, start in L1 and work their way up. If youre a good footballer, you'll get to the right end either way. And surely a team that is going to offer you first team football early on in your career, is better than one that'll keep you in the U23s til your contract runs out then your begging L2 teams to take a chance on a 23yo with no first team football experience
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Take off the sky blue glasses and it was overwhelming clear it was in his own interests to go to Leicester at the time.However, if they were still in the PL, there's not a chance he'd have come on as a sub on Saturday. He'd either still be in the U23s or out on loan at L1/L2.
However, to suggest a youth player would shun us because we were in L1/L2, we had a high success rate of players coming through to the first team from our academy.
Callum Wilson.
James Maddison.
Lee Burge.
Jordan Shipley.
Ben Stevenson.
Josh Eccles.
Tom Bayliss.
Jordan Ponticelli.
Fabio Tavares.
Jordan Willis.
George Thomas.
Ryan Haynes.
There's probably some I've missed. But that is a very high percentage of players coming through our youth system and making the first team. Granted, Monga will no doubt go on to be better than the vast majority of those players. But in the same time frame, players from Leicesters youth turning out for their first team, I would say, are less than half that amount. We didnt have a PL training ground, but we did have a clear pathway for youth players to reach for the first team.
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The Championship will demand a lot more from him physically than the lower leagues.EMC just doesn't have a history of injuries. It's a non-starter, honestly.
The majority on that list (apart from the 2 big hitters) were thrust into the first team as more of a necessity at the time as there was nobody else.However, if they were still in the PL, there's not a chance he'd have come on as a sub on Saturday. He'd either still be in the U23s or out on loan at L1/L2.
However, to suggest a youth player would shun us because we were in L1/L2, we had a high success rate of players coming through to the first team from our academy.
Callum Wilson.
James Maddison.
Lee Burge.
Jordan Shipley.
Ben Stevenson.
Josh Eccles.
Tom Bayliss.
Jordan Ponticelli.
Fabio Tavares.
Jordan Willis.
George Thomas.
Ryan Haynes.
There's probably some I've missed. But that is a very high percentage of players coming through our youth system and making the first team. Granted, Monga will no doubt go on to be better than the vast majority of those players. But in the same time frame, players from Leicesters youth turning out for their first team, I would say, are less than half that amount. We didnt have a PL training ground, but we did have a clear pathway for youth players to reach for the first team.
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Most were "thrust" into the squad, though lack of choice. But most have also given us all some of the best memories as city fans. George Thomas v Oxford. Tom Bayliss v Notts County. The majority on that list played at Wembley in 1 of 2 games we won.The majority on that list (apart from the 2 big hitters) were thrust into the first team as more of a necessity at the time as there was nobody else.
The level we were at at that particular time is/was also a factor. Interestingly, most are still bumbling along at that level or lower still.
Maybe but there's no sign of that so far. People need to understand averages and distributions! Not everyone will play every game and it's probably undesirable anyway.The Championship will demand a lot more from him physically than the lower leagues.
And yet he can't get in the starting line up for Wigan in the league. Maybe he's one for the future but not for nowmakes the rapha loan out a weird one?
I heard he's neither in nor out, but he is, in fact, shaking it all about!Is EMC in or out on Saturday? Guss the press conference tomorrow will reveal all unless an ITK knows?
With the injury’s he picks up it makes you wonder even more why we sent the Ozzie lad out on loanThis is the real issue, wouldn't be so bad if we had more than 2 actual wingers in the squad.
BTA can be effective in the position in certain circumstances but he's not a winger by any means.
He still might of well kept him here as we only have a squad of 23 instead of 24not really, FL thinks he is nowhere near ready and is happy to player strikers, full backs, and even potentially a back tree before give him serious minutes in an important match.
https://giphy.com/3o7bucKhXCilZY6sTeI've been looking into this argument that it's easier in the lower leagues.
I was on about the fitness and physical demands rather than bad tackles.I've been looking into this argument that it's easier in the lower leagues. The numbers don't really support that, Last year suggests that the Championship is a little easier if anything. 32 appearances will almost get you into the top 200 in L1 and L2 (212 and 206 last year) compared with only 250 in the Championship (245 last year). I'm guessing that there are probably more badly timed challenges in the lower leagues.
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