Hope he makes a career of it. I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen him play, so can’t comment on his ability, style or attributes, just a shame he didn’t make the grade with us, especially being Bruce’s lad. Would have been great to have him be a first team regular.
How? Look how far down he's dropped to find a club. If we're going to get bitten you'd think one of the dozens of clubs between us and them in the pyramid would have took him.
Give over. The only thing that's going to bite us is the fact that the Academy only seem to take scholars based on who their Dad was.
I’ve got absolutely no idea if it’s true but 2 different people who have had a kid / a grandkid at Barnsley with no connection to each other have told me that they feel like it’s not been about who the best talents are when it comes to who gets kept on. Could just be bitter but plenty seem to hold that view. All of Dyer, McCann, Kozluk & Hassell’s lads have had contracts & none have particularly impressed (up to now with two of them) which will only fuel the conspiracy theorists. I know Bobby’s lad was incredibly unlucky with illness before anyone mentions it & they aren’t views of my own as I’ve not seen enough of any of them to judge them.
If they all came through at different ages would it be a problem? Look at how many players go through academies. Geographical location will obviously come into it. If they're good enough they'll be poached i.e Wilkinson. If they aren't good enough they'll be let go, I.e Dyer. Always gotta take folk who have grudges/comments against the academy with a pinch of salt when they have personal ties with it. One of my old work mates had a son in there who he thought was the best thing since sliced bread, when actually he just wasn't very good at all. Whats the going rates anyway? 90 quid a week up to 300 a week? Hardly something worth conspiring over bud.
