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There’s a very interesting current episode of the Elis James podcast in which Osion Roberts talks about the Welsh team - he says Emyr Huws was the big hope coming through for the Welsh midfield a few years ago - I thought he was going to be a great signing for us.
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Does he say why they thought he was the next big thing and why they felt he’s dropped off so badly?
Now playing his prime years in League 2. He was rubbish. -
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He didn't go into detail but I remember Huws being very highly rated as a youngster. Off the top of my head he was poached by Man City as a teenager and was the captain of their under 21s, Man City fought off Man Utd and Arsenal to get him as a teenager. Big, strong playmaking type, did well on loans as a youngster, played once or twice for Man City. 29 now and I don't think he even has a club, he was released by Colchester this summerOriginally posted by WJ99mobile View PostComment
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Did show promise only to see his development halt , must be tough as an individual to mentality manage a fall from a highly rated individual to where he is now.
I'd stop short of saying he was rubbish an feel sympathy for Emyr ??Comment
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Sounds like he's unlucky boehly wasn't involved in football at the time. Could have had an 8yr contract on megabucks before anyone noticed he was rubbishComment
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He looked the real deal in a few of his internationals as a kid, I remember him having a very good game and scoring in a game against the Netherlands at Cardiff City Stadium not too long before the 2016 Euros..Originally posted by City123 View PostComment
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He joined Ipswich from us and played very few games for them due to prolonged injuries, midfield is a tough gig physically, and if your injury prone its even tougher , ask Rambo.Comment
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first saw him play at the elba sports ground in swansea when he was around 9/10 years old against the cardiff city academy and the first thing I noticed he was heads and shoulders above the rest of all the players in terms of height and size for that age group . At that very early stage you could he was going to have a very good chance of making it at pro level a sweet left peg and lovely balance
some say he never reached his full potential but you could say that about thousands of youngsters in the gameComment
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Doesn't that just mean he had an earlier growth spurt?Originally posted by MOZZER2 View PostComment
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He played a few times in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.Originally posted by the other bob wilson View Post
He's arguably the poster boy for that group of players that came just after Bale, Ramsey etc that never reached their potential. You had Huws, Ward, Lawrence, George Williams, Kieron Freeman and more quite highly rated but none ever came anywhere near their potential, except maybe Lawrence. That groups failure to kick really forced Giggs' hand with flooding the squad with youngstersComment
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of course but things like that stand out . At that time didn't even know who he was but everyone was saying he was going to make it in the game at such a young age and they were right ! but did he reach his full potential ?Originally posted by lardy View PostComment
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Talking of not reaching their full potential, I see Taz Mayembe has just joined Garw SBGC in the Welsh 5th tier..Originally posted by MOZZER2 View PostComment
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I still believe in Colwill but some of the similarities here are striking... stood out at an early age due to obvious quality and size, then injuries (and maybe a few whispers about effort if I recall fairly about Huws) take a toll and never really came close to fulfilling his early potential.
Let's hope Ruben can turn it around and it's more of a cautionary tale than a prophecy.
The Mayembe thing is absolutely bizarre... I genuinely don't understand how you can go from doing well at academy level for a tier 2 Championship club and being one of the better players in every age group to ending up at that level right after - surely he can play a few levels higher?Comment
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I was told that he had sustained a serious back injury which was close to ending his career while with us. I posted this in 2019- Chatted briefly to his father this evening at Taffs Well, his younger brother is already at Man City and they want him, with Burnley and Southampton interested as well. City would want £5m for him. Good to see the club keeping onto their assets, especially after losing Matondo for peanutsComment
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He was electric when he came on, and seemed to have all the skills requiredComment
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