Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
It's not a case of me being right or wrong. To me, it's plain that the club had one plan for Spence's development at the end of last season and now they have a completely different one - as the two approaches are so different, I believe it's impossible to argue that what are seeing is some smoothly operating plan that was mapped out months in advance.
It was very strange indeed. Maybe it was just a simple cock up with insurance? You'd know more than me I'm sure.

Hopefully the player will benefit long term by having the carrot dangled. It's a young age to be chucked into the limelight. That said, it is good to raise the profile of our youngsters so that they attract loan clubs when they're ready.