Quote Originally Posted by Loramski View Post
I agree with the sentiment entirely but the point I was making (I think) was that none of the players we've released recently are playing at a higher level than we're at now and until that happens we can hardly criticise the club for not playing them here and then releasing them. I didn't want to go back as far as Lockyer, Wildig, Wes Burns etc but they back up my argument, for now at least. We released Lockyer seven years ago and he's still a League One player, so is Oshilaja and so is Ajayi. All might make it but how long do we hold on to these type of players in case they make it in the Championship eventually? Do we keep giving them new contracts and hope someone takes them on loan till they're 25 or older?

You can say that if we play them then that will help them become better players but we played Nugent, Wildig and Declan John and it still didn't work out for them here. Sending them out on loan helped Healey, Ralls and Harris but not O'Sullivan, Tutonda and Barnum-Bobb. I don't think there's a right or wrong way to bring all youngsters on, each individual is different. Until an Oshilaja or a Lockyer start playing at a higher level than us then it's hard to avoid the conclusion that the problem is more down to a lack of talent being recruited rather than what we're doing with them while they're here, although I'm certainly not pretending we've been blameless when it comes to that.

Good to see Ashley Baker doing well, I agree.

You need new sources, by the way.
So are you saying that I'm wrong when I say that managers go out and spend fortunes on average players these days, rather than look to promote from within at far less expense to their clubs?