James Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 May start off with an innocent comment about hoping he makes the grade nice and early, but you just know that six months down the line an army of posters led by Sir Harold of Norway will be demanding his instant placement into the first team ahead of Alan Smith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 May start off with an innocent comment about hoping he makes the grade nice and early, but you just know that six months down the line an army of posters led by Sir Harold of Norway will be demanding his instant placement into the first team ahead of Alan Smith. I'd sign up to that tbf! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Lets be fair to harold, anyone in their right mind would have aaron spears 7year old brother in the team ahead of smith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 May start off with an innocent comment about hoping he makes the grade nice and early, but you just know that six months down the line an army of posters led by Sir Harold of Norway will be demanding his instant placement into the first team ahead of Alan Smith. I'd sign up to that tbf! Someone else in ahead of Alan Smith, yes. Piling all the expectation on a 16 year old, no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 May start off with an innocent comment about hoping he makes the grade nice and early, but you just know that six months down the line an army of posters led by Sir Harold of Norway will be demanding his instant placement into the first team ahead of Alan Smith. I'd sign up to that tbf! Someone else in ahead of Alan Smith, yes. Piling all the expectation on a 16 year old, no. You could have picked a much better example though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Mongo Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Someone else in ahead of Alan Smith, yes. Piling all the expectation on a 16 year old, no. The expectation of not being a completely useless twat, you mean? You're right, though, the boy might find it a bit unambitious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I'm glad we're building a youth team with some highly rated players from across Europe. Even if only one ends up making the first team for us, it's worth it overall. The rest will probably earn back their costs if they move elsewhere. I don't see why anyone would have a problem with this policy, provided of course we do what needs doing with the first team right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 May start off with an innocent comment about hoping he makes the grade nice and early, but you just know that six months down the line an army of posters led by Sir Harold of Norway will be demanding his instant placement into the first team ahead of Alan Smith. I'd sign up to that tbf! Someone else in ahead of Alan Smith, yes. Piling all the expectation on a 16 year old, no. what if he's a total rooney-esque genius when he turns up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 May start off with an innocent comment about hoping he makes the grade nice and early, but you just know that six months down the line an army of posters led by Sir Harold of Norway will be demanding his instant placement into the first team ahead of Alan Smith. I'd sign up to that tbf! Someone else in ahead of Alan Smith, yes. Piling all the expectation on a 16 year old, no. what if he's a total rooney-esque genius when he turns up? Then we won the lottery, but otherwise, I wouldn't expect to see him in the first team for another four~five years at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 May start off with an innocent comment about hoping he makes the grade nice and early, but you just know that six months down the line an army of posters led by Sir Harold of Norway will be demanding his instant placement into the first team ahead of Alan Smith. I'd sign up to that tbf! Someone else in ahead of Alan Smith, yes. Piling all the expectation on a 16 year old, no. what if he's a total rooney-esque genius when he turns up? Then we won the lottery, but otherwise, I wouldn't expect to see him in the first team for another four~five years at least. agreed, just saying like...if he's shit hot throw the little tinker in from time to time, couldn't be worse than smith or duff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 May start off with an innocent comment about hoping he makes the grade nice and early, but you just know that six months down the line an army of posters led by Sir Harold of Norway will be demanding his instant placement into the first team ahead of Alan Smith. I'd sign up to that tbf! Someone else in ahead of Alan Smith, yes. Piling all the expectation on a 16 year old, no. what if he's a total rooney-esque genius when he turns up? Then we won the lottery, but otherwise, I wouldn't expect to see him in the first team for another four~five years at least. agreed, just saying like...if he's shit hot throw the little tinker in from time to time, couldn't be worse than smith or duff The trouble is though that we wouldn't know whether he is shit hot or not, and that is where the problem lies. I've seen it before on here, people clamouring for an untried youngster against the manager's judgement as an alternative to dross currently being served up on to the pitch. Hasn't signed yet and people are already talking about him making the team in one year. Fact is that with all this clamour, should he come on as a 19 year old sub and merely show a few good touches, people will write him off. I wouldn't want to be trying to develop as a player in this pressure cooker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 May start off with an innocent comment about hoping he makes the grade nice and early, but you just know that six months down the line an army of posters led by Sir Harold of Norway will be demanding his instant placement into the first team ahead of Alan Smith. I'd sign up to that tbf! Someone else in ahead of Alan Smith, yes. Piling all the expectation on a 16 year old, no. what if he's a total rooney-esque genius when he turns up? Then we won the lottery, but otherwise, I wouldn't expect to see him in the first team for another four~five years at least. agreed, just saying like...if he's shit hot throw the little tinker in from time to time, couldn't be worse than smith or duff The trouble is though that we wouldn't know whether he is shit hot or not, and that is where the problem lies. I've seen it before on here, people clamouring for an untried youngster against the manager's judgement as an alternative to dross currently being served up on to the pitch. Hasn't signed yet and people are already talking about him making the team in one year. Fact is that with all this clamour, should he come on as a 19 year old sub and merely show a few good touches, people will write him off. I wouldn't want to be trying to develop as a player in this pressure cooker. age old question though isn't it in football? do you throw them in and risk destroying their confidence or do you keep them out of the firing line and risk stunting their development? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dev Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 May start off with an innocent comment about hoping he makes the grade nice and early, but you just know that six months down the line an army of posters led by Sir Harold of Norway will be demanding his instant placement into the first team ahead of Alan Smith. I'd sign up to that tbf! Someone else in ahead of Alan Smith, yes. Piling all the expectation on a 16 year old, no. what if he's a total rooney-esque genius when he turns up? Then we won the lottery, but otherwise, I wouldn't expect to see him in the first team for another four~five years at least. agreed, just saying like...if he's s*** hot throw the little tinker in from time to time, couldn't be worse than smith or duff The trouble is though that we wouldn't know whether he is s*** hot or not, and that is where the problem lies. I've seen it before on here, people clamouring for an untried youngster against the manager's judgement as an alternative to dross currently being served up on to the pitch. Hasn't signed yet and people are already talking about him making the team in one year. Fact is that with all this clamour, should he come on as a 19 year old sub and merely show a few good touches, people will write him off. I wouldn't want to be trying to develop as a player in this pressure cooker. age old question though isn't it in football? do you throw them in and risk destroying their confidence or do you keep them out of the firing line and risk stunting their development? whatever happened to old enough if good enough? didn't seem to hurt owen or rooney very much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I'm glad we're building a youth team with some highly rated players from across Europe. Even if only one ends up making the first team for us, it's worth it overall. The rest will probably earn back their costs if they move elsewhere. I don't see why anyone would have a problem with this policy, provided of course we do what needs doing with the first team right now. I agree, I think it's an excellent thing that we're signing youth players, but the first ream really needs some work. I expect to see people coming in, I just hope it isn't an anticlimax after all the Modric/Arshavin/Gomis/Turan talk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jawesome Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Sir Harold of Norway! On the floor! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 He has signed for us, i have him on msn Don't want to spill too much like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 He has signed for us, i have him on msn :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deep456 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Has he signed? Good prepartion for 6+5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 My mate from Plymouth said its a done deal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 My mate from Plymouth said its a done deal My mate from Plymouth says it isn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Now im confused. Surely they would both know so how can both bits of info be different? Does your mates dad own a stall outside the ground? Mine doesn't so if yours does you are probably right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Now im confused. Surely they would both know so how can both bits of info be different? Does your mates dad own a stall outside the ground? Mine doesn't so if yours does you are probably right He does, but its outside Exeter's ground. Will that make a difference? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Not sure mate. Will keep my fingers crossed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deep456 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Now im confused. Surely they would both know so how can both bits of info be different? Does your mates dad own a stall outside the ground? Mine doesn't so if yours does you are probably right He does, but its outside Exeter's ground. Will that make a difference? 160 days+ online sheesh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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