...Calvert-Lewin and Holgate fall into the category of players bought for U23s, so I suppose the answer to that is yes. Galloway is another who came through. Lookman and Stones probably went straight in. Lewis Gibson is only 17 but looks a prospect at U23, whilst Bowler and Adeniran haven’t pushed on to date.
I suppose they are very low risk and high reward purchases.
Reality is we’ve generally had two poor intakes prior to last season and while some individuals have come through , Feeney, Evans, Beni in one year Hornby, Denny , Ouzounidis the next we’ve needed to plug gaps . Markelo for instance though touted as potentially midfield seems to be our only decent right back at U23s . If you don’t keep up then you end up like United, U21 Champions two years ago , looking like relegation this season last time I looked.
Looking at yesterday’s lineup we really need to move Henen , Grant and Jose Baxter on in the summer. In fairness they do contribute with experience but time to be harsh , help find them other clubs and let younger players take their place.
We also seem to be recruiting at u16 level for next season, we’ve signed Max Thompson from United and there’s an unconfirmed rumour of a Fulham kid joining us. George Hirst from Sheffield Wed is still being rumoured, and he’s returned to their teams after some kind of dispute with the club. It would be good to get one or two exciting prospects in at U23s , but having said that , given the loans, injuries and the young age of our players we should have a competitive team next season with our own exciting prospects coming through.
