Forever_Blue
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involved in a bad car crash on Wednesday. Get well soon Dom.
Will miss the next game on Tuesday. Lucky to have got away with what appears to be relatively minor injuries given that , according to Robins, the impact speed was around 100mph.
Very lucky to escape without serious injuries. Can’t see him being back for a while.
Yes. Perhaps it wasn't quite a head on collision . I can't see anyone walking away from one of those without some really serious injuries of worse. I hope he's okay but mentally it must be a real shock.Think that means two cars going in opposite directions hitting each other each doing 50
Hopefully he gets well soon. We missed him at the back today.
Thankfully it doesn't sound too serious
I wonder if he could just play in goal for a couple of weeks while he recovers
How great is that?! Not many bosses would. No wonder he’s pissed off with our so called supporters who don’t supportSounds serious, his family have posted on Twitter that he’s lucky to be alive.
Also said Robins went to the hospital and stayed with him until they got there.
How great is that?! Not many bosses would. No wonder he’s pissed off with our so called supporters who don’t support
Probably WASPs fans trying to wind things upDo you know what was being said to the players/staff from behind the dug out? From his interview on CWR it seemed they had been getting verbals over there? I know the ironic Burge cheering was going on (although Robins seemed to think that was Burton fans) but as I'm in the opposite stand I didn't pick up on anything happening over there.
Probably WASPs fans trying to wind things up
back in training Thursday according to Robins - good news, though seems we are well covered with the emergence of Williams and Davies getting back towards form last night
A few people were questioning Robins' approach to signing players for the U23s. Well, having players like Williams being able to step up into the first team and put in a solid performance from the U23s demonstrates that Robins is a manager who is switched on and is taking our club in the right direction.
That and instilling a footballing philosophy/style of play across all the age groups means they know what they're doing from the start and not trying to figure out the 1st team's tactics when they play their first few games
Precisely. A few posters criticised the example of signing players like Bosma instead of investing in the first team. But, as a League 1 team, supporting a squad of say, 25 senior professionals is not viable, for our budget or player happiness, look at how quickly Ogogo became unhappy and Brown too. It’s my belief that we need to invest in our U23s team, because it’s an opportunity to develop players to play in our 1st team one day. We have Thompson, JP, Hyam (now a 1st team starter), Shipley, Bayliss, Westbrook, McCallum and now Williams who have come into the first team over the last 2 season — nearly a starting eleven of those players.
Frankly, a club of our stature and situation needs to be in a position where we can develop our own talent.
poor comparisonIf we hadn’t signed players like Bosma the spare cash could have gone towards another decent player that will improve the first team, the signing of the under 23 players is quite hit or miss and some he seems to play to prove a point McCallum over Brown is baffling. Williams did ok but will he be consistent enough over five games let’s hope we don’t have to find out.
Five of the eight you name are former academy players that is very different than signing these other players Hyam is the exception
poor comparison
you could spend all of the extra money on another Chaplin - you are then worse off based on current season
On that point, what has happened to Chaplin?
If we hadn’t signed players like Bosma the spare cash could have gone towards another decent player that will improve the first team, the signing of the under 23 players is quite hit or miss and some he seems to play to prove a point McCallum over Brown is baffling. Williams did ok but will he be consistent enough over five games let’s hope we don’t have to find out.
Five of the eight you name are former academy players that is very different than signing these other players Hyam is the exception
Chaplin was on the radio last night has ankle ligament problems and was carrying it for weeks before which may explain his lack of pace.
If you fill a team with non league players you will most likely end up in the non league and bloody Bosma is now out for the season injured whilst at Salisbury City.
No one from our first team came from non-league. I don't think Bosma hasn't made a single appearance on the bench, and was very much signed for the development team as someone who MAY be able to make the step up to the EFL. It's probably fair to say he's not on track to earn a new contract with us anyway.
You could probably buy a Mars bar with the money saved from terminating Bosma's contract. So it is very, very unlikely that signing Bosma prevented us from signing anyone for the first team. Given the number of players we've signed this season, I'm inclined to say signing a few development players hasn't impacted on our wider recruitment strategy at all.
It hasn't been 'hit or miss', firstly, four of the listed players were signed for the development team, five if you include JP who was signed as a 17-year-old. Teenagers like most of the listed players and will go on to play a larger role as they develop. Williams probably will not have play 5 games in a row so their role is strictly come into the team and perform when they're needed, at least in this stage. Hyam made 17 appearances last season (in the league) and was a 4th choice option for most of last season, yet he's a 1st choice option this season. Players like McCallum, Williams and others could be in a position where they playing an active role in the first team in the next 1-2 seasons. In the preseason, I certainly didn't think Hyam would be a week in, week out starter this season.
Frankly, if you're judging this policy season by season, you probably will look at it negatively, because 18yr olds probably aren't going to be ready to play first team football off the bat. It's a policy that requires long-term planning from the club, and frankly, we're a club that has to look beyond the first team and look to develop talent. Producing players like Wilson, Maddison, Bayliss and so on has kept us afloat and we're not in a position where can spend the most money in the league.
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