I was happy to see a few players from our academy starting one of the most important matches of the season (could've been another one on the field too but oh well...). I would love to see more younger players being sent to Championship sides or relegation-battling sides in the PL. If they're good enough to get game time, the experience is tremendous.
For a first loan spell, L1/L2 is fine. I should have said that for the few players we have that are on the cusp of the first team, a loan in the Championship seems to be a good place to get experience.Unfortunately they do not seem to be good enough for that level. Skipp was the exception. Only other player who interested Championship sides was Parrott and his Milwall stint was a bit of a disaster... Other than that its League 1 or 2 that seem to be their standard and even there they struggle...
For a first loan spell, L1/L2 is fine. I should have said that for the few players we have that are on the cusp of the first team, a loan in the Championship seems to be a good place to get experience.
Thought Skipp played really well and at only 20 lets hope he keeps it going because if he can/does we will have a very good player. They will be times when he struggles but that happens to all young players.
One that played for Nuno at Wolves?I'd prefer a carrick/alonso type. Can defend but can pick a pass. Or a modric that can dictate the tempo.
Dele and lo celso are the box to box types.
I'd prefer a carrick/alonso type. Can defend but can pick a pass. Or a modric that can dictate the tempo.
Dele and lo celso are the box to box types.
Carrick and Modric types are a little scarce to find mate ..
Think we need to not die on the hill of like for like, we won't get another Eriksen, we have a few good midfielders, we need to get the balance right, we may need to add one more to make it work (right side example)
One that played for Nuno at Wolves?
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I would say you're right, probably no one currently... Parrott should be playing Championship level at this point but hopefully he does really well at MK. Dane and Nile are still a bit too young, hoping they get some good loans eventually when they're old enough.Who did you have in mind?
That was Rabiot's mom, no?Do you really want to be putting up with his Mom’s tantrums....
I would say you're right, probably no one currently... Parrott should be playing Championship level at this point but hopefully he does really well at MK. Dane and Nile are still a bit too young, hoping they get some good loans eventually when they're old enough.
And that is the greatest indictment of our youth policy. Chel$ki have virtually paid Lukaku's transfer fee from the sale of their reserve / youth rejects; a f****** 80 million in a single year. And we do not have a single player coming through who we can realistically loan out to a Championship team!!
Strangely a Spurs related youth player is now the hotly tipped next big young buy in Europe in MadukiThat's partly because we've decided to keep Japhet here for this season, and Skipp would be the other player that's in our first team now. The question is though, would you rather produce a Tammy Abraham every few years or a Harry Kane once a decade? Even Harry Winks can fulfill at least a squad role in the team.
And to be fair, it's hard to compare us to Chelsea since they have a whole shadow team of players out on loan. At the end of the day, we could always do better though so I can't argue against that. We'll just have to see how Dane Scarlett and Nile John do once they mature a bit more.
And that is the greatest indictment of our youth policy. Chel$ki have virtually paid Lukaku's transfer fee from the sale of their reserve / youth rejects; a f****** 80 million in a single year. And we do not have a single player coming through who we can realistically loan out to a Championship team!!