Quote Originally Posted by soulman101 View Post
Morgan Rogers is from a family of Albion fans,who had season tickets in the Smethwick .
He did good for us signining a contract , which enabled us to get ?4m from man city . I sure villa were sniffing around before he signed our contract .
Morrison has worked with a lot of our younsters he must know them inside out , he should know they are ready.
If think because of pressure to stay up , it was probably to keep them involved and on the bench.
I think if we had been safe in mid table, he would have took more risks .
Tom Fellows was in and out the Southend side and he suprised me when he got in our Ist team .
Watching him in the 18s and 21s there was others above him that stood out .
Cleary was one of the best finisher's I've seen for a long time , but to me was lazy and they said his attitude wasn't the best , but he has gone on to be a hard working wing back .
Can see Sule breaking through next season .
I still think the old system was better, with old central league , when the young uns played with a against pro's .
I remember Bomber and Bobby Hope as 16 years, getting battered by big old pro's .
Football was brutal in those days.
Yeah I read that about Rogers. The money we gained from the sale paid for Bilics heavy contract and the rest is history.

I used to think Edwards was going to be the real deal. He had everything you wanted from a winger. He has just drifted as a footballer unfortunately. Harper was also really talented but playing league 2 now. If you would have told me both would have been lower league players, at the time I would have been shocked.

I suppose you imagine every player will naturally get better because they are young but it doesnt always work out like that.

Villa have poached a couple of lads by offering them really high wages for their age. Finn Azaz and Irongebum come to mind. Both are good players but left for money not footballing reasons and they have done ok.

Loans are fantastic development. The chance to play regularly against adults at a slightly lower level and grow. Fellows was a shadow of the player we have now before that loan to league 2. I thought Whitwell would have had more games since returning but it hasnt worked out yet. A loan to league 1 next season is on the cards I reckon.