…absolutely, you can’t really blame any youngster and his advisors looking after their best interest, especially if they’re not already in or around a PL first team.
Clubs are ruthless getting rid of kids, it has to be a two-way street.
…absolutely, you can’t really blame any youngster and his advisors looking after their best interest, especially if they’re not already in or around a PL first team.
Clubs are ruthless getting rid of kids, it has to be a two-way street.
kiss the crest
Player Valuation: £35m
from what I seen the other day at the test event, the lads he brought on in the 2nd half had more energy about them than the team he picked in the 1st half, also Dixon is way off the 1st team, certainly not his best game.
Raino85
Player Valuation: £40m
Makes you wonder what the actual point is as well.
Especially with the track record of Palace with young players ( i know not necessarily from academy)
Maybe his agent wrote the piece !!
Alan Whittle
Player Valuation: £60m
I’m afraid that’s true. Another prospect who has had some first team experience this season, Caleb Kporha, a talented RB has also refused a contract offer. Agents get into them and fill their heads with cack. As long as they get their cut, who cares?
Alan Whittle
Player Valuation: £60m
Money Zat. I think Derry could do well. He is a very confident lad and as long as he listens to his Dad (ex Palace) who is sensible and experienced. Kporha as a RB is stuck behind Munoz in the pecking order and will not displace him. He sees himself as a first team player, good luck to him.
Noble Savage
Player Valuation: £20m
I think there should be a Thierry Small picture in every PL youth changing room .
Nice one tracking it down. Feels pretty click baity but it's mostly accurate. It's all about opinions and this one is just as valid as mine but I'd be surprised if Wren became a first teamer. And if he does, it certainly won't be this summer to replace Lindstrom, he hasn't had a minute of u21 football yet.
In other news, Aled Thomas played the 90 last night as Wales u19s beat Turkey 3-1. George Morgan didn't get off the bench this time.
Jack Tierney
…got to see Paul Tait aplenty when he was a youngster in our Academy, came down from the North East with the likes of Keith Southern and staying in houses on Croxteth Park Estate with plenty of young Irish contingent. Never have thought the big gangly striker would be still part of our set-up over 20 years later.
Make him captain
Raino85
Player Valuation: £40m
We have experienced something similar but with the likes of Emiliano Lawrence & Ishe Samuels Smith in recent years.
The two of them would of probably made there first team debut's by now if they stayed with ourselves, even if it was just an appearance or 2
(In Samuels Smith's case, probably only a Mykolenko injury away from a real chance of playing week in week out.)
They will probably get some excellent loan moves at some point due to the contacts the likes of City & Chelsea have, but sometimes that isn't best for a young player and they get caught up in the system.
I think over the next 5 years we will see a lot more movement of players from 14-18 across al sorts of PL sides.
Ah so it was about Wren, I couldn’t be arsed setting up the app etc . That’s a fair summary on Wren , I was kind of hoping it was about a wonder kid I’d missed. It’s nice that our mindset has shifted to seeing if they’re “u21 ready” as a first year Scholar, it wasn’t long ago ( Gordon /Simms days) where they only moved up in their 2nd year. I’d love to see Olayiwola getting a few u21 mins this season, he’s not far off it.
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