I agree. From what I've seen of him he could develop into a useful player.Steve Evans":23nuxzxe said:i hope he gets a contract.very good player.
He's contracted to us until the summer and has been told it won't be renewed. I hope Bolton take him on.willgreen78":3auck6w4 said:Isn't he still our player? I thought he was on loan at Dorchester. So we've allowed him go on trial at Bolton?
MarkMatthews":2jo5crh8 said:Good luck Cal, hope you smash it mate. Nothing to write home about yet, a lot of hard work and good luck needed yet but the interest is extremely positive and welcome. Hopefully an opportunity for others can arise at BWFC if they are watching our lads who aren’t getting a chance closely. Watch this space.
PlymOdi":32akpw2f said:MarkMatthews":32akpw2f said:Good luck Cal, hope you smash it mate. Nothing to write home about yet, a lot of hard work and good luck needed yet but the interest is extremely positive and welcome. Hopefully an opportunity for others can arise at BWFC if they are watching our lads who aren’t getting a chance closely. Watch this space.
Are you saying you hope Bolton take our better youngsters if they're not given game time on your expected schedule?
Quintrell_Green":1r3via23 said:We took Oscar T who they nurtured through their ranks. It might end up 'quid pro quo'. We shall soon discover. The North West, like the North East is a breeding ground for future pro footballers so it will be very competitive
Knibbsworth":hmb7n5pq said:A trial is only a trial Mark. If they say no thanks, the trialist moves on with their possessions in their kitbag.
Tyler Harvey trialled with Chelsea and Sunderland for example, and ended up in non-league after Argyle where he's been ever since.
TonyD":blc3xo4q said:Mark as the man with all the facts can you name 5 ex argyle academy players that have been released by the club that are now thriving and earning a living playing at a higher level than Argyle ?
I ask simply because you seem to constantly berate the club for releasing academy players instead of giving them long highly paid contracts
Could I also ask what qualifications / background you have that your obviously a better judge of players we should be giving contracts to as obviously the staff at Argyle don't know a good player capable of stepping up from u18 / reserve team level when they see one
We all know many thousands of youngsters are signed to clubs up and down the country, we also know not many of those thousands go on to become professional footballers playing for the club that developed them at a young age.
For example and I use this example liberally - the millions poured into the premier league and their academy's has only seen approx 30 players going on to play first team football over the last few seasons
Another stat is that only half of 1% of academy players go on to make a living in the game
And one final one - of the 1.5 million youngsters playing at youth team level approx 0.012% (180) will make it as a premier league footballer
Huddersfield who recently scrapped all their youth academies 8-16 yrs due to only 1 player progressing from academy to first team in almost 20 years ....
Your usually the first to condemn Argyle for not giving players contracts but again back to my opening question can you name 5 that came through the ranks at Argyle and are now playing at a higher level having been released ?