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Player Jamie Donley
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Or Davies at Brum?
Now Mikey Moore has gone to Rangers, it may be both our former coaches have made bids for Donley.
So seems like he's going on loan again. So frustrating. He's so much in the mold of a playmaker, a position we are so sorely lacking and yet we don't play and develop him there.
Neither of them are good enough for the first team right now. Palhinha is just what we need.
Devine to Luton ?
How do you know? Both have superb touches
They may have but neither of them would be playing for Bayern Munich. Not even a prayer of getting close to it. It’s not comparing like for like and it won’t hurt them going on loan for a year.
Because the club is desperate to integrate homegrowns into the squad, they hired an excellent youth development coach in Frank with a mandate to make use of the youth and still there's no need for these guys.
Jamie Donley probably is not good enough to help us ever, but if he's going to reach that level, it's playing regular football that's going to elevate him. He took a big step in his career at Orient last year, being central to a team's plans suited him. Push that up a level and see what happens.
Agree
My point is some players do step up when they get a chance with better players - yes they might not score twenty goals but they can do a sold team role. Agree Donley probably needs a loan but we need to start giving players a chance to shine in out side.
We have no threat of relegation, and no ambition to challenge for top trophies so it’s the perfect situation to develop them until ENIC F off.
He needs to stay now. Cancel the loan. He'll get minutes that will aid his development here.
Why ?
Like Donley nowhere near good enough yet, whereas if he goes to a lower Championship side, he might get some game time.
Why do you say Alfie is "nowhere near good enough"? What are you basing that on?
Correct, at least at this stage.
Probably the fact that at the age of 21 he’s never kicked a ball at PL level and couldn’t get into this or any other PL team which is why he needs a loan to a lower level league.
I think that might be it.
The assessment of the coaching staff!
Again, this whole line of argument strengthens MASSIVELY if we ever have a SINGLE player, ONE guy, who blossoms into a Top 6 worthy player after we've given up on them.
Hasn't happened since Peter Crouch in 2000, pre-Levy.
Nope- we’re just going to play a lot more 4-3-3 than people were hoping for. I think at this point Frank will not be insisting on another CAM signing until at least the winter window, and that makes sense- with Pahlinha in we have a full set of CMs and CDMs for the purpose.
It may not make us worse at all- it may make us tougher to beat than shoehorning in an average or worse CAM.