2017/18 Ademola Lookman

CaliforniaBlue · January 29, 2018

Should start on Wednesday.

Deulofeumygod · January 29, 2018

CaliforniaBlue said:
Should start on Wednesday.

Won’t but should

He can watch gray do to us what he should be doing to them.

Nymzee · January 29, 2018

Steve Wigan said:
He's just said Lookman won't be loaned out this window! So much for a 'hint'.......

Well they were hinting at that before today weren't they?

Steve Wigan · January 29, 2018

Nymzee said:
Well they were hinting at that before today weren't they?

Only on the forums,I think. But I'm glad he's staying....not ready to be a regular yet but ha lots of promise.

electricblue · January 29, 2018

Good news that this one is staying at least.

AndyZ · January 30, 2018

electricblue said:
Good news that this one is staying at least.

Now if only we could think of a way to get him on the pitch...

bluestevon · January 30, 2018

jceverton said:
Not sure why people are trying to fool themselves that Allardyce is something that he isn't but it's as clear as day that he doesn't trust youth. As @bluestevon said about Koeman you don't just judge them over the course of a few months or even a single season, you have to look at their record over a couple of seasons before you can see if they really trust young players. We've got Allardyce's track record on the last twenty years to judge him on. It's not pretty reading.

Spot on, the single easiest way and one that works with fans is for a manager/any manager in fact to come in with a negative feeling amongst the fans and to start giving some kids a game initially, as it wins some over, Christ - a manager under pressure can sometimes cynically do it to try defuse the pressure on him, Martinez being a great example when then crowd had 100% turned on him, goes out next home game and gives two kids their début, immediately got the crowd back behind them and off his back for that home game if iI remember right.

No 'firefighter' manager regardless of what they spout out their gobs, will back kids, purely because they are always a short term fix for clubs and they know it, so they aren't arsed what comes later and building a better team going forwards, they are just about instant results.

Koeman for example - he never really trusted kids, he just had such an awful recruitment in charge that he had holes all over the squad which meant kids basically had to play as they had no other choices realistically, but he was in his mind never building 'a project' he just wanted to boost his rep with results for 2 years and then try to get the Barca job etc, Allardyce - short term 6 -18 months max, why is he arsed about bringing a player through who will have spells of inconsistency during that time before kicking on for another manager who follows on from him, same boat is Moyes, Pullis, Pardew etc.

ToffeeTim · January 31, 2018

mccole · January 31, 2018

NCLBlue · January 31, 2018

What is happening

This is ridiculous

II McColl II · January 31, 2018

I give up on this club now i really do.

This sums up our transfer system and manager to get rid of a talented attacking footballer in a position where we lack players, i don't doubt for a second he'll get games for Leipzig when they realize he's actually a useful first team player.