It was a general comment really that I applied to all outfielders apart from Dobbin and Metcalfe, not just Welch. There are players that we’ve seen had promise, like Whitaker, Dixon , Onyango who , for various reasons particularly injury, have just not stepped up . Others including Warrington, Kouyate , Butterfied for me have never shown enough consistency to say they could step up.
The u18s are a bit puzzling. It seems like the 1st years have some potential with the likes of Armstrong, Catesby, Morgan, Pickford but the 2nd years like Sherif, Apter, Bates, Patterson and Ebere who have impressed at times , have mostly been injured and certainly not being playing regularly at u21 as you’d expect if they showed promise. It’s hard to see how the u21s can improve next season without an influx of players and changes to the coaching staff.
