Rob Apter

If he stays there for the rest of season he’ll do well & become a better player. But my heart says bring him back in January, I think he’s ready but Critchley must play him he could offer more than Dale or CJ.
 
mull said:
Hopefully keeps on ripping it up for Tranmere and we see him back here and utilised. Clever player, quick feet and seems able to spot a pass , shoot for goal. Love the freedom he plays with
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Critch will soon knock that out of him
 
Grayth said:
Was half-following the game via County Twitter on Saturday and noticed Apter's name a lot. Not often club accounts comment on opposition individuals like this.View attachment 17052
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My mate was there and said he was a class above. And Tranmere were away to Stockport, who are on 11 consecutive wins. We would find it tough away to them ourselves, at the moment.

The worry is that Apter will decide he is better off at another club and not sign another contract for us. He needs to know we value him and believe he is good enough.
 
I definitely think it is time to bring him home in January , he has been out on loan long enough to gain the required experience. I think given the chance he will take it , just like Casey has.
 
What Voy says above.

It would be criminal for us to miss out on him altogether. At the very least we need him here with a run of games to assess it and see where he fits in.

The longer it goes on though.... Hopefully he still feels like a Blackpool player and knows the reasons why he's elsewhere. But he's not a kid any more and we have to make sure he knows he's wanted here, and has a heavily involved future - not just EFL appearances.
 
we_are_Superior said:
"I don't have a clue to be honest with you," responded Apter in post-match interview with BBC on Saturday when quizzed over his long-term future with the Birkenhead outfit.
"I'm just keeping going game-by-game and see what happens."
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All loan players who are doing well are asked that question, they always answer the same, they aren't going to say, I'm only at a tin pot club and I'd rather stay here than get back to Blackpool and get into the first team! 😂 Let him have a full season, play regularly and end up as player of the season, get him back and he plays first team football for us next season with a new contract.
 
We should stop getting excited about ‘our own’ youngsters. The Tinkerman won’t play them, they’ll end up elsewhere.
 
tangerine_neil said:
Good for him. No way Critchley would be playing him even if he was still here.
For an ex-youth coach, he seems very reluctant to bring any of our younger players through. It’s all a bit odd.
Wouldn‘t be the same with Dobbie in charge. 😉
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Critchley wasn't here when he left...
 
voyeur said:
My mate was there and said he was a class above. And Tranmere were away to Stockport, who are on 11 consecutive wins. We would find it tough away to them ourselves, at the moment.

The worry is that Apter will decide he is better off at another club and not sign another contract for us. He needs to know we value him and believe he is good enough.
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Who gives a shit we want players who want it. Good luck to the lad in the future.
 
Chunkylad said:
No point bringing him back. Leave him there and let him build a long season of appearances into his legs. Like Casey last season, Rob needs games.

We’ve got Lyons and Gabriel to find a spot for and they’d be ahead of Apter in this formation
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Agree with you, no chance he should be brought back. He's learning more there playing week in week out than he will do here being sat on the bench or in the development squad.
 
January window is some time off and a lot can change, but let’s hope he keeps playing and playing well. Keep options open
 
Chunkylad said:
No point bringing him back. Leave him there and let him build a long season of appearances into his legs. Like Casey last season, Rob needs games.

We’ve got Lyons and Gabriel to find a spot for and they’d be ahead of Apter in this formation
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Rob is Dembele's replacement. He's a free role No.10. He's not a WB.
I pointed this out about 2 years ago but was frequently ridiculed.
 
Extremely promising.

He's been one of their best players over the past few weeks and at 20, really has a chance to kick on. I would keep him there until the season is over.

I know a lot of people on here get frustrated at the lack of youth players breaking through, but I think it's also important to note just how bad our academy system had been run. Even our most promising players over the years (Mark Waddington and Dom Telford) could barely cut it in League 2 and that's because there was no structure to properly develop them.

It's not as simple as just throwing our youth players into league games, they need to be coached along with proper structure to ensure they develop within their means and that structure has taken a loooong time to create since Sadler took over. Before when we had youth teams there was hardly any guidance or path and we've essentially had to create that from scratch with Dobbie, Eardley, and Donnelly leading the way.

As that structure is continually improved and refined (with the pinnacle being the new academy in the new training ground) we will start to see more and more players, starting with Apter, break through.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
Extremely promising.

He's been one of their best players over the past few weeks and at 20, really has a chance to kick on. I would keep him there until the season is over.

I know a lot of people on here get frustrated at the lack of youth players breaking through, but I think it's also important to note just how bad our academy system had been run. Even our most promising players over the years (Mark Waddington and Dom Telford) could barely cut it in League 2 and that's because there was no structure to properly develop them.

It's not as simple as just throwing our youth players into league games, they need to be coached along with proper structure to ensure they develop within their means and that structure has taken a loooong time to create since Sadler took over. Before when we had youth teams there was hardly any guidance or path and we've essentially had to create that from scratch with Dobbie, Eardley, and Donnelly leading the way.

As that structure is continually improved and refined (with the pinnacle being the new academy in the new training ground) we will start to see more and more players, starting with Apter, break through.
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That's the plan. 👍
 
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