Daily Mail this morning......Man Utd have joined the chase for Charlton's 19 year old highly rated Carl Jenkinson. Obviously he is lost to us, but I think we have missed a trick here and I trust that we are looking carefully at the situation in terms of our other good youngsters.
I was going to suggest that there is an injustice around this area which the FA should be looking at, but they are only interested in feathering their own nests. Perhaps we should lobby FIFA for some action.
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You are right about the football authorities though looking to feather their own nest, as they are looking at making youth development the bastion of the premier league clubs.
We supporters are the mugs in football these days, it's about time we were represented properly. The letter from Michael Slater at least gives me hope that our Club will keep us informed as much as possible, because I am aware that for many supporters the cost of attending games can be a difficulty.
The question is why wasn't he on a longer contract earlier if he has that kind of potential?
exactly........Arsenal and Man U fighting over him, I somehow doubt it, he's got a cracking agent that's all I can say.
Strange how we all see different things Dick, i've also seen him at all those levels and he always struck me as the one with the most chance of making it. Looking back on here, i see i spoke highly of him in 2008 and 2009. He seemed to have sharpness, good technical ability and read the game very well.
I don't think he is going to go on and be a superstar, but i do think he has a chance of being a very decent footballer.
But - and it's a big but - can he deliver one-touch passing and do it at pace? That would be a prerequiste for a top-four premiership team and probably for all the teams in that league other than those that know they are being relegated. I would suggest he hasn't got the out and out pace that's needed for that level.
Time will tell but Josh Wright is still not setting the world alight at Scunthorpe and he seemed to think he was going to be the next David Beckham didn't he?
Yes - rule is under 24, offered contract on equivalent terms by club and goes to a club in England. As long as the last box is ticked we will get a development fee.
I've only ever really seen him in the first team, but to my eyes he definitely has Premier League potential. He's physically big & strong enough, he has a turn of pace, is decent in the air, has a good touch, can get forward and as you say AFKA, he reads the game very well which indicates he is an intelligent footballer. He needs to work a little on some of his positioning imo, but all in all he looks a very well rounded footballer with no obvious flaws or weaknesses in his game. If you compare that to players like Waggy and Solly who, whilst having potential, have more obvious flaws despite being a little bit older than Jenkinson. Shelvey was younger and had more raw talent, but I don't think even he looked as effortlessly comfortable in the first team as Jenks has done in fact it's been a long time since we've had a youngster drop so seamlessly into the first team and stay there - had this contract thing not flared up he definitely would have started again on Tuesday.
He's probably not going to go on and be a star, so I'm perhaps a little surprised that the likes of Man U and Arsenal are potentially after him, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him playing regualrly for a mid to top half Premier League team eventually as he strikes me as a player who can be relied upon to put in a solid performance most weeks.
Personally I can't see him getting taken on by a Premiership side at all. Maybe the Hammers might be building a cheap side for a Championship push next year?