Quote Originally Posted by Alfonso Perez View Post
After last night's game Warnock talked about getting to 50 points & then trying one or two things. Based on that I can certainly see a number of our youngsters being given a chance to impress in the first team. Mark Harris is clearly in pole position & Bellamy mentioned that there is another youngster who is nearly ready. As you say it could also represent a chance for Rhys Healey & Declan John to play some regular football & hopefully prove themselves. We also have Kennedy, Ajayi & Huws doing well on loan so all of a sudden the future is looking a lot brighter
I agree with you, but I would also add that the recent Under 23 team home games with Ipswich and Burnley have offered very encouraging signs as, on both occasion, sides made up almost entirely of teenagers have played an effective, winning, brand of football which is based on ball retention and building from the back - when Warnock says that getting to fifty points will allow him to try a few things before the end of the season, I hope this includes giving some of these players an early taste of first team action.

Also agree with Spedger about Richie Morgan. A much under rated City manager who managed to deliver a year and more during the period 1972 to 1985 when, the 75/76 promotion campaign apart, supporters weren't worrying about relegation from the old Second Division - no other City manager during that period could do that.

One last thing, I watched the whole of the Derby win on Cardiff City player yesterday afternoon and, for the second time in four games, our opponents were unable to deal with the pace of our attacking players - just as at Leeds, Ralls and Gunnarsson made their contributions going forward, but someone providing a bit more drive, ball carrying ability and pace from those behind the front three and I think criticism about the speed we attack at could become a thing of the past.