Quote Originally Posted by Jammy89 View Post
That is a solid listing Rag. . .

You a scout somewhere
lol I wish!

Just someone who's either sat in Airports with lots of time to waste, I spend a lot of time watching videos and reading scouting reports.

Also building TV studios and working in sports broadcasting for 20 yrs I have a lot of contacts across South America, Europe and parts of Africa who I chat to regularly about young players who pop up with links to NUFC.

Sometimes I hear about young prospects who aren't linked but would be excellent acquisitions to the squad.

Wilson has a pretty decent rep and signed some very decent young talent 'hidden gems' whilst at Forest.

I have high hopes about incomings this summer.

Retention of players is a different matter, however, that speaks more to the attitude, personality of the players and their relationship to the manager. Eddie has been, probably too good, to the current squad. Developed the likes of Gordon from raw chancer into a regular England international.

The likes of the Tino wouldn't be in the picture for the England squad had he not had the benefit of development and exposure at NUFC.

It's a bitter pill for Eddie to swallow but he needs to get used to players moving on and not put so much stock in those relationships as it's clear that very few will show the loyalty and respect that the coaching staff, the lovely backroom club staff & the manager lavish upon the talent.