by Gulliball » 23 Nov 2015, 23:28
A lot also depends on the character of the player. Especially with goalkeepers, who don't always get a chance if the number one stays fit, there are players willing to sit on the bench or in the stand for years on end. Carlo Nash and numerous others have done this for decades.
At the other end, youth players often prefer staying in their youth environments rather than going down the divisions. Tom Lawrence (then Man Utd, now Leicester and just made his Wales debut) turned down a loan move here a few years ago to stay in the Man Utd U20 team. Even with contacts, nothing is secure.
Most of the names in this thread are way beyond what we have a chance of getting. If you've heard of them, then their own clubs won't pay for them to play here or there will be bigger clubs wanting to take them if they are available. The players that end up at Plainmoor from the Premiership clubs are the Adam Smith, Bailey Cargill, Jak McCourt, Shaq Coulthirst, Andre Wright type players - that doesn't mean there aren't gems there but they're not players you know that you can realistically expect us to sign. Grimes is a £1.6m England international that's already played L2 games for years and Ankergren could easily play in the Championship, neither of them will ever come here in a million years.
A lot also depends on the character of the player. Especially with goalkeepers, who don't always get a chance if the number one stays fit, there are players willing to sit on the bench or in the stand for years on end. Carlo Nash and numerous others have done this for decades.
At the other end, youth players often prefer staying in their youth environments rather than going down the divisions. Tom Lawrence (then Man Utd, now Leicester and just made his Wales debut) turned down a loan move here a few years ago to stay in the Man Utd U20 team. Even with contacts, nothing is secure.
Most of the names in this thread are way beyond what we have a chance of getting. If you've heard of them, then their own clubs won't pay for them to play here or there will be bigger clubs wanting to take them if they are available. The players that end up at Plainmoor from the Premiership clubs are the Adam Smith, Bailey Cargill, Jak McCourt, Shaq Coulthirst, Andre Wright type players - that doesn't mean there aren't gems there but they're not players you know that you can realistically expect us to sign. Grimes is a £1.6m England international that's already played L2 games for years and Ankergren could easily play in the Championship, neither of them will ever come here in a million years.
