30-04-2021, 18:43
Huddersfield need to learn from their success in grabbing Josh Koroma. Everyone in Non-League knew he'd got it. A lot in the EFL were sniffing about, nearly getting the message. You stepped in, made the move.
Every year really good players are told by Premier League teams they'll never make it. A bright club moving quickly could and would grab one or two they knew had the right attitude. Similarly the lower reaches of the EFL and Non-League have several players who could step up to the Championship, given a summer to make that transition.
Unfortunately when your club re-trenches and becomes conservative, given the choice of a player getting raves in EFL 2 or the National, and perhaps a name at the end of his Championship contract you'll always be getting the latter as his career fades. It's not that long ago Forest Green released Kieffer Moore. He was a free agent. Now he's Wales centre forward and only Toney and Armstrong outscored him this season. Che Adams was playing for Ilkeston.
You can get several shots at hitting the bull moving quick in the home market for the price of a modest foreign import, or a second-rater from your own division - a fact fans all know but Chairmen seem to miss.
Every year really good players are told by Premier League teams they'll never make it. A bright club moving quickly could and would grab one or two they knew had the right attitude. Similarly the lower reaches of the EFL and Non-League have several players who could step up to the Championship, given a summer to make that transition.
Unfortunately when your club re-trenches and becomes conservative, given the choice of a player getting raves in EFL 2 or the National, and perhaps a name at the end of his Championship contract you'll always be getting the latter as his career fades. It's not that long ago Forest Green released Kieffer Moore. He was a free agent. Now he's Wales centre forward and only Toney and Armstrong outscored him this season. Che Adams was playing for Ilkeston.
You can get several shots at hitting the bull moving quick in the home market for the price of a modest foreign import, or a second-rater from your own division - a fact fans all know but Chairmen seem to miss.