Progressfan
Well-known member
Firstly the way I understand the policy , is a similar structure to Crystal Palace where we bring quality young players into the Development Squad , develop them bring them through to the first team and sell them on for big profit . Now that’s all well and good for our long term existence if it was working , this philosophy has been running for a number of years but not one of the youngsters has become a regular in the first team so it’s flawed.
Secondly the only decent signings we made for the first team this season are loan players and we can’t get our half decent players to sign new contracts . We let decent players go , Dale is putting in man of the match performances at Oxford ! not to mention Hardie who I know was a couple of years ago but he was never given a run of games just poor management decisions. Sadly next season looks bleak unless we change and start recruiting decent players as well as bringing through the youngsters to fill the gaps in the squad made by loan returns and players leaving .
Secondly the only decent signings we made for the first team this season are loan players and we can’t get our half decent players to sign new contracts . We let decent players go , Dale is putting in man of the match performances at Oxford ! not to mention Hardie who I know was a couple of years ago but he was never given a run of games just poor management decisions. Sadly next season looks bleak unless we change and start recruiting decent players as well as bringing through the youngsters to fill the gaps in the squad made by loan returns and players leaving .