24 Jun 2017 12:06:09
With Rangers now apparently preparing to bid £1 million for Kenny McLean, can't we learn lessons about our youth players? I didn't realise he was one of our youth players. Perhaps if he had been given a chance to come through the ranks we would have had him in the first team anyway without having to pay £1 million to the Sheep for him! I've said before on here about giving the like of Hardie and Burt a chance to push through wouldn't be a bad thing. It would be galling if three years down the line we buy Hardie from another team for £2 or £3 million!
24 Jun 2017 13:30:28
It's down to different managers and different taste in players. Would he ever have became an accomplished player with us? Probs wouldn't have been given the chance.
24 Jun 2017 14:41:14
Good point and you often post supporting youth development. Burt deserves a chance to prove himself, Hardie I'm not so sure he'll stake a claim like a Parlane or Johnstone. Can't see it. I do think we should be putting in decent offers for Scottish players and reading about their signings instead of bids being rejected. Didn't hear a single one of those about a Portuguese, Colombian or Mexican.
24 Jun 2017 15:33:55
From what I'm told Pedro has lots of the 19s training with first team for pre season and he hopes some will step up. if not he hopes to loan them out to spl clubs and get them game time and have the younger kids play in new development games
24 Jun 2017 16:05:44
Doiger. Its not as simple as that. Boys develop at different rates and times. Look at Jamie Vardy for instance. Some boys talent won't sprout till later on and some boys physically won't grow until later too. The youth teams have to decide who might be a good prospect to keep, prospect being the operative word. Nobody has a crystal ball to know how a 15 year old etc will turn out when he's 21, 23 or 25 etc.
24 Jun 2017 20:57:53
It happens so often you'd think clubs would learn their lesson.
Pogba and Matic are just two of the names that spring to mind. Let go for peanuts and ended up costing United and Chelsea a fortune to get them back.
Pedro has shown faith in lads such as Bates, Beerman and Barjonas. Hopefully he'll continue to gradually include other youngsters in the first team throughout next season.