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[WJ99mobile]

while Warnock was there nobody had a hope in hell of making a breakthrough.
these players are stalling because they aren't getting game time at the age of 18,19,20 rather than not getting game time because they aren't progressing well enough.

Semi Ajayi wasn’t good enough though

[Rjk]

Semi Ajayi wasn’t good enough though

At the time he wasn't first choice, especially after Warnock brought in Bamba, but he was definitely promising and still very young for a centre back. I doubt the wages were too high given that he went to Rotherham after us.
He had plenty to learn still, but you can't learn without playing.

Don't get me wrong, Bamba was excellent for us, but now we have a 35 year old with a couple of years to run on his contract and dodgy at best injury track record, whereas Ajayi will be playing premier league football next year and has his peak years still ahead of him.

[ccfc_is_my_life]

At the time he wasn't first choice, especially after Warnock brought in Bamba, but he was definitely promising and still very young for a centre back. I doubt the wages were too high given that he went to Rotherham after us.
He had plenty to learn still, but you can't learn without playing.

Don't get me wrong, Bamba was excellent for us, but now we have a 35 year old with a couple of years to run on his contract and dodgy at best injury track record, whereas Ajayi will be playing premier league football next year and has his peak years still ahead of him.

Ajayi is one of the very few I felt we should've persisted with BUT we had too many in front of him to justify keeping him on. I'd rather have had him than Bamba, Warnock left us with an aging backline.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Semi Ajayi wasn’t good enough though

Would you have played him over Morrison/Bamba/Manga in 17/18? Of course not. Well done to him but things like these happen.