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Next player to breakthrough?

  • Conor McAleney

    Votes: 42 16.5%

  • Conor Grant

    Votes: 15 5.9%

  • Tyias Browning

    Votes: 87 34.3%

  • Jonjo Kenny

    Votes: 14 5.5%

  • Ryan Ledson

    Votes: 135 53.1%

  • John Lundstram

    Votes: 27 10.6%

  • Luke Garbutt

    Votes: 65 25.6%

  • Matthew Kennedy

    Votes: 9 3.5%

  • Hallam Hope

    Votes: 7 2.8%

  • Matthew Pennington

    Votes: 2 0.8%

  • Chris Long

    Votes: 13 5.1%
  • Total voters
    254
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Without posting a link to a different site (think coulored fish) there is a superb series of interviews - four in total with Boberto about the individual plan for each of those players - for next season and his expecations for each.
 

Specimen said:
I think Matt Kennedy will be superb, seen him play a few times and always really impressed me. I reckon he is still a couple years off though
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I remember watching him when he first signed and he seemed a couple of levels above the rest..... If he keeps progressing he should make it...
 

Can you copy and paste? Would be interesting to read.

Neiler said:
Without posting a link to a different site (think coulored fish) there is a superb series of interviews - four in total with Boberto about the individual plan for each of those players - for next season and his expecations for each.
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I dont think its a case of who will breakthrough next as a few are on the verge already. Its more of a case of who is good enough to dislodge the player ahead of them.

Browning and garbutt are unlikely to get ahead of stones or baines for example. Id go for ledson sinply because centre mid is so weak with only Mccarthy osman and gibson there and only mccarthy is a guaranteed starter.
 
Zatara said:
Can you copy and paste? Would be interesting to read.
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We've seen the young players like Ross Barkley and John Stones come into the first team and do well. Are you surprised with the quality of the youngsters and are there any more ready to come into the first team?

Roberto: Yes. Yes 100%. When I say young players, I don't mean young players in age I mean by the number of games they have played. I have been very surprised with Seamus Coleman. I think he has gone to the next level. Ross Barkley. I felt that he was a bit cagey in preseason, thinking he was a bit afraid to make mistakes. John Stones, obviously I tried to sign him when I was at Wigan and I knew he would be a top centre half. I'm looking at players even in the Under 21's now that we are sending out on loan. Today we sent another two out on loan. So we have a total of 9 players sent out into the professional game. The work we do in the academy. With Alan Irvine He has the right ideas in the game, how to develop the players. We are doing a terrific job to carry on developing the youngsters. When you have a young player ready to perform in the manor that Ross Barkley does, its down to the senior boys. In many dressing rooms you have an environment where the young boys are blamed for making mistakes. Here it is the opposite. You make mistakes but take responsibility and. That's down to the Phil Jagielka, Tim Howard, Sylvain Distin, Gareth Barry and Leighton Baines. Those players allow you to produce good youngsters. So I'm excited to keep that culture of the senior players setting direction. As a football club we can create an easy conveyor belt from the Academy through.



I think George Green is at what I call stage one of the development. He needs to go through stage two and then just underneath the first team. I love George Green because he is a player that relies on his talent. We need to help him a little bit, because to get into the first team he needs to master a position. At the moment he is a player who will win you the game for the Under 18's but he is a bit of a free spirit. That's with the talent he has. So he's in stage one. We have other players. I would Say Ty Browning is a centre half who is ready to play in the first team and he is going to go out on loan to the Championship. We have a talented winger, Matthew Kennedy who needs to go out on loan and get good opportunities. Chris Long is a number 10, second striker, is developing really well. We have the two boys at Yeovil - Shayne Duffy who has done really well and John Lundstrum, who again is a very talented midfielder. Conor Grant is injured at the moment, but he has a great future ahead of him. All these players are going to be professionals. Now its down to them really. We give them the right environment and see if they can get into the first team. That's what we are going to create. If players do the right things, they will get opportunities. They are going to be challenged step by step. Now they are going out on loan and if they do well, they get an opportunity in the first team and its up to them. Also we have Matthew Pennington at Tranmere who did very well as a right back and did well as a centre half on his debut. Hallam Hope went to Northampton and he scored on his debut. So we have a beautiful group that is flourishing well.



I think the structure up to Under 18's I think the development is the best in the world, but when they get to 19 and above. I think the Under 21's is not competitive. Its not a league, which will develop players. The players just below the first team need to go out on loan. When you send a player out on loan they are out of your control. Some will work others won't. So that gap has been a killer for the British game. I think the Premier league is getting better. It allows the players to develop for 6 months as a group and I think we have been fortunate in that we work with that group for six months, technically, tactically. Now they can go out and I guarantee out of those will become professionals. I don't know if they will get in the first team. Now we have bridged that gap. Before was such a gamble. The British game is catching up and getting stronger. I don't think It's got anything to do with us as a club. We, as a club should be able to produce two players to get in the first team every two years. We are well on the way to achieving
 
Zatara said:
Can you copy and paste? Would be interesting to read.
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What BK have done is split the 2nd hour long interview with Followtonians that Roberto did at the end of the season into four separate downloads. He talks about the players that have returned from loan in the third one. This is the transcript:-

Question: We talked before about young players who've stayed at the club. There's been a considerable number who have gone out on loan. How have they developed and what can they bring back to the club?

Roberto: The way we work it with Alan Irvine and Alan Stubbs and David Unsworth, is very much to individualise a programme for the player. Once they get to the under 21s - that's where the B teams would be perfect for their development - but all individuals go through a process, where after playing for the under 21s they need to go out and get experience. Then we get them back, and we reassess and send them back out again. Then when they come back if they've been successful, the decision is - are they ready for the first team? Or do we need to just promote the new generation underneath? All the stories have been successful. Hallam Hope - he's found an incredible level at Bury, he's been a good goalscorer and he's taken responsibility, when he arrived at Bury it was a difficult time - they had to get results. With Matthew Kennedy we had a very interesting situation where he's gone to Tranmere, he did really well. When he came back he needed to work on other aspects of his game, and we sent him out to MK Dons, and now he's coming back with a really good positive report. Matthew Pennington - I know in the end we've ended up with a negative feeling because of the relegation of Tranmere, but in terms of experience its been incredible. Even scoring as a right back, scoring in the last game of the season. So all these three players that I mention, they've gone from young players with potential, to players. Tyias Browning went away and he had a bad experience, which became a good experience to use him back in the first team. Luke Garbutt is a player that is in the first team because he had a great time at Colchester. Tolos Vellios went out to Blackpool and he found it very difficult, and it didn't work out. Every time a player goes out on loan, its very helpful to see where the players are and how we can direct them and help them in their development. That's why I would hope that one day we don't have to send anyone on loan, that we can do it in house, and the only way to do that is with the B teams. But all the loan stories have been a real success this season, even Francisco Junior who is away now in Norway.
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Evertonia said:
We've seen the young players like Ross Barkley and John Stones come into the first team and do well. Are you surprised with the quality of the youngsters and are there any more ready to come into the first team?

Roberto: Yes. Yes 100%. When I say young players, I don't mean young players in age I mean by the number of games they have played. I have been very surprised with Seamus Coleman. I think he has gone to the next level. Ross Barkley. I felt that he was a bit cagey in preseason, thinking he was a bit afraid to make mistakes. John Stones, obviously I tried to sign him when I was at Wigan and I knew he would be a top centre half. I'm looking at players even in the Under 21's now that we are sending out on loan. Today we sent another two out on loan. So we have a total of 9 players sent out into the professional game. The work we do in the academy. With Alan Irvine He has the right ideas in the game, how to develop the players. We are doing a terrific job to carry on developing the youngsters. When you have a young player ready to perform in the manor that Ross Barkley does, its down to the senior boys. In many dressing rooms you have an environment where the young boys are blamed for making mistakes. Here it is the opposite. You make mistakes but take responsibility and. That's down to the Phil Jagielka, Tim Howard, Sylvain Distin, Gareth Barry and Leighton Baines. Those players allow you to produce good youngsters. So I'm excited to keep that culture of the senior players setting direction. As a football club we can create an easy conveyor belt from the Academy through.



I think George Green is at what I call stage one of the development. He needs to go through stage two and then just underneath the first team. I love George Green because he is a player that relies on his talent. We need to help him a little bit, because to get into the first team he needs to master a position. At the moment he is a player who will win you the game for the Under 18's but he is a bit of a free spirit. That's with the talent he has. So he's in stage one. We have other players. I would Say Ty Browning is a centre half who is ready to play in the first team and he is going to go out on loan to the Championship. We have a talented winger, Matthew Kennedy who needs to go out on loan and get good opportunities. Chris Long is a number 10, second striker, is developing really well. We have the two boys at Yeovil - Shayne Duffy who has done really well and John Lundstrum, who again is a very talented midfielder. Conor Grant is injured at the moment, but he has a great future ahead of him. All these players are going to be professionals. Now its down to them really. We give them the right environment and see if they can get into the first team. That's what we are going to create. If players do the right things, they will get opportunities. They are going to be challenged step by step. Now they are going out on loan and if they do well, they get an opportunity in the first team and its up to them. Also we have Matthew Pennington at Tranmere who did very well as a right back and did well as a centre half on his debut. Hallam Hope went to Northampton and he scored on his debut. So we have a beautiful group that is flourishing well.



I think the structure up to Under 18's I think the development is the best in the world, but when they get to 19 and above. I think the Under 21's is not competitive. Its not a league, which will develop players. The players just below the first team need to go out on loan. When you send a player out on loan they are out of your control. Some will work others won't. So that gap has been a killer for the British game. I think the Premier league is getting better. It allows the players to develop for 6 months as a group and I think we have been fortunate in that we work with that group for six months, technically, tactically. Now they can go out and I guarantee out of those will become professionals. I don't know if they will get in the first team. Now we have bridged that gap. Before was such a gamble. The British game is catching up and getting stronger. I don't think It's got anything to do with us as a club. We, as a club should be able to produce two players to get in the first team every two years. We are well on the way to achieving
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Sharpy doesn't think Green has the temperament to make it.
 

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