Quote Originally Posted by Tuerto View Post
Young welsh players get talked up massively, way above their ability, that's probably why there are more counter arguments. If people were balanced on their views and opinions on young players coming through, then there wouldn't be so much criticism, and there isn't really. Welsh home grown players are always going to be treated differently to those who aren't from the local area, i get that, but there has to be balance, and these players can't just be defended because of where they were born, which happens a lot. Oddly enough, Ashford hasn't had the same treatment, much more balanced approach on all sides.
I think a couple of them have, but I wouldn't call the stick that Harris got and Colwill gets (increasingly) as counter arguments to be honest, some of it gets quite nasty on social media in particular

I think its natural that younger players get talked up a bit, but I also think a large part of why they're talked up is that no one has ever actually seen them play aside from a few snippets. Look at the treatment Reindorf got and Simic is getting, neither of those are Welsh or have come through our system but they're the saviours apparently, we see the same thing with players being out injured, nothing is better for a player's perceived ability than some time out of the side