But it’s not just the home-growns it’s any young player joining the club.
Look at the loans from “bigger” clubs. For every Ivan Toney there’s a George Thomas, an Ike Ugbo, a Stephen Humphrys and a George Miller. They more often than not start off looking the part then go backwards as the season progresses.
And don’t get me started on Clayton Lewis, Dom Vose, Johnny Margetts, Yasin Ben El Mhanni and Andrew Crofts.
We have signed players and been told they are going to be the dog’s bollocks, but more often than not they end up being completely bollocks!
What’s happened to the club that used to turn raw talent like Andy Keogh, Billy Sharp and Gary Hooper into class acts?
Seriously worried about the whole setup at the moment.
We need Swann because without him we wouldn’t be established in the Championship playing exciting attacking football in our brand new all-seater stadium!
Agree we should put our hands in our pockets, but I’m not sure that they should be described as “lovely” and “looks really good”.
Poppy badges & brooches in various guises have become more like a fashion accessory of late. The direct opposite of what they were first designed for – to remember the futility and suffering of a whole generation. The old paper poppy was unassuming and fragile like life itself.
However, anything that gets folk to contribute to the appeal has to be a good thing. Just don’t wear it all year like some people I know!
