Quote Originally Posted by dml1954 View Post
You go back 30 odd years and pick on a hopeless player who hardly played any games and use that as an example against my argument. There are many, many players who could be used as examples of players with no Premier League experience like Madine, that have been taken from lower league football and made a success of it at the top level. On that basis no one would ever sign anybody from the lower leagues. You base your opinion of Madine on seeing him make six starts (in two of which he was kicked off the pitch) and seven substitute appearances for us last year. Thats an unreasonable snap opinion in my view because you probably didn't rate him when we bought him.
Grant Holt springs to mind. Having been a lower league journeyman, he excelled in the Premier League against expectations. I accept such scenarios aren't regular by any means, but yes, I think it's absolutely wrong to write of Madine completely.