Gruff wrote:Time to unveil Zayn Hakeem methinks... Must be 19-20 now. Get him playing... forget the rest.
Gruff wrote:Time to unveil Zayn Hakeem methinks... Must be 19-20 now. Get him playing... forget the rest.
Martin Shaw wrote:No Breaks Allowed wrote:
Sedgwick wrote:Martin Shaw wrote:No Breaks Allowed wrote:
As above, I think this is made up.
BH_Stag wrote:Gruff wrote:Time to unveil Zayn Hakeem methinks... Must be 19-20 now. Get him playing... forget the rest.
So by ‘forgetting the rest’ I presume you mean don’t bother with signing a striker? If that’s the case you’re basically saying you want us to go in to next season weaker than last year up front.
Zayn Hakeem May well turn out to be a good player, but to suggest we should ‘forget the rest’ would be madness in my opinion considering the objective is promotion!! By all means introduce him more to the squad and get him involved where we can, but we’re in a position where we’ve got to replace the 15 goals that Hemmings scored - putting your hopes on a youngster who’s barely played a minute of league 2 football won’t do us any favours.
We will definitely be signing a couple of strikers, but we will see more youth under Flitcroft I think, particularly in the Johnstones Paint or whatever it’s called now which will be a good way to see how they get on
Gruff wrote:Time to unveil Zayn Hakeem methinks... Must be 19-20 now. Get him playing... forget the rest.
PaulG wrote:If we are ever to reach the Championship, the long-term goal expressed by John Radford, it has to be as a selling club, along the lines of Crewe a decade ago. There are people on here who assume that the Radfords have a bottomless pit of money which they are prepared to speculate endlessly on that most uncertain of investments, the professional footballer. That's no way to run a business, and the Radfords' area of expertise is running businesses. Although the commercial side of the club appears to be run immeasurably better than ever before, our attendances will never match those of, say, County or Lincoln. They never have. The club has to derive it's income, therefore, from the transfer market, and that means giving youth a chance. That, in turn, means giving players an extended run in the first team (not just the occasional runout in a cup competition), and that means taking a risk. There isn't any other way of doing it. Last season's splurge of money was a gamble which didn't pay off, and shouldn't be repeated. Those who say it would have worked if Evans had stayed weren't watching the football; for a promotion-seeking side, we never looked dominant, or in control. From having seen Flitcroft's other teams in action, I think he may be just the man to blend young players into a successful team, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes, without any great expectations of immediate promotion. Instant gratification is what children crave. Long-term success is the real goal.
PaulG wrote:If we are ever to reach the Championship, the long-term goal expressed by John Radford, it has to be as a selling club, along the lines of Crewe a decade ago. There are people on here who assume that the Radfords have a bottomless pit of money which they are prepared to speculate endlessly on that most uncertain of investments, the professional footballer. That's no way to run a business, and the Radfords' area of expertise is running businesses. Although the commercial side of the club appears to be run immeasurably better than ever before, our attendances will never match those of, say, County or Lincoln. They never have. The club has to derive it's income, therefore, from the transfer market, and that means giving youth a chance. That, in turn, means giving players an extended run in the first team (not just the occasional runout in a cup competition), and that means taking a risk. There isn't any other way of doing it. Last season's splurge of money was a gamble which didn't pay off, and shouldn't be repeated. Those who say it would have worked if Evans had stayed weren't watching the football; for a promotion-seeking side, we never looked dominant, or in control. From having seen Flitcroft's other teams in action, I think he may be just the man to blend young players into a successful team, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes, without any great expectations of immediate promotion. Instant gratification is what children crave. Long-term success is the real goal.
Rigsby wrote:Yep. Spot on. Trying to buy success is simply unsustainable.
garlic wrote:Paul G you have got it spot on, and the only way to bring in the youth is to give them a run of three or four games, rest them, bring them back and see if they have developed. it has to be planned and deliberate. Lets hope Flitcroft is the manager to do it.
tillydog123 wrote:Yes good post from Paul G but only problem is that, on behalf of many our long serving fans like myself (been watching Stags since late 60's) and we are still waiting for that elusive rise in the pyramid so I think to say we are children craving sweets or looking for instant gratification after that amount of time is a little bit OTT but your points are valid and do make sense.
MutinyOnTheCounty wrote:tillydog123 wrote:Yes good post from Paul G but only problem is that, on behalf of many our long serving fans like myself (been watching Stags since late 60's) and we are still waiting for that elusive rise in the pyramid so I think to say we are children craving sweets or looking for instant gratification after that amount of time is a little bit OTT but your points are valid and do make sense.
I think he's talking about a small minority, Tilly. But, those he refers to are a bit blindingly obvious!
I'd love us to win the league next season, but if we add youth to the line-ups in any significant amount then we risk that till they're strong enough. It'd be interesting to set up a poll to see what fans think top priority is for next season: promotion, bringing on the youth team, or both
I bet i can guess how some would vote
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