28-03-2021, 12:58 PM
(27-03-2021, 12:13 PM)Sniffer Dog Wrote:(27-03-2021, 11:42 AM)stirred Wrote:(27-03-2021, 07:47 AM)Shagmi Lamouchi Wrote: Can the likes of McGuane, Swan, Johnson, Fornah and Gabriel regularly be involved in our match day squad next season.
Are they good enough to be involved if we want to be challenging at the top end. Really interested to get some opinions on this.
Due to Hughton’s negative play there was nothing to play for this season and still he doesn’t play youth.
Take away his excuse of missing 4 matches and only having a top half squad, and EM expecting a promotion push, there’s no chance he’ll develop youth next season.
Wrong manager for that.
Yes but McGuane is injured and the other 4 are out on loan so how can he play them?
To be fair to Hughton he's played Mighten, Swan and Soh.
It is good to get players out on loan experiencing first team football, albeit in the lower leagues, but it is not absolutely vital for all players.
It can be good for players to experience the speed and physicality of playing in L1 and L2 but that has to be balanced against losing elements of control were development is concerned.
It is interesting that Johnson was sent out on loan and Mighten was not; Mighten has blistering pace - you can imagine that a L1 manager would be tempted to get players to constantly hit balls over the top for him to use his pace.
That is the exact opposite to what he is experiencing at first team level, where he is learning what his other responsibilities are.
It may be that Swann would benefit more from what Mighten is experiencing.
Getting the right experience is more important than any experience.