Hurst starts his clear-out

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Lets face it, Hurst will offload every U19 pro at the club unless they are first team ready, back to the days of signing journeymen who if they have a good season will leave the club at the first hint of a better contract having no allegiance to anything but their wallet

yeah coz those released by him went on to have such good careers at clee town and GY boro didnt they


effig hell another Hurst Myth that he didnt give youth a chance, here's the answer, they wernt good enough!!!

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Lets face it, Hurst will offload every U19 pro at the club unless they are first team ready, back to the days of signing journeymen who if they have a good season will leave the club at the first hint of a better contract having no allegiance to anything but their wallet

Those days are here already.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Those days are here already.

Hopefully with the consortium we’ll be able to renew the good ones their contracts rather than get rid of them like we usually do under Fenty.

Quoted from BenBB

Hopefully with the consortium we’ll be able to renew the good ones their contracts rather than get rid of them like we usually do under Fenty.

Are there that many good ones?

Quoted from Tommy

Bit harsh on the young lad to label this as the start of a "clear-out"

But Hurst has obviously decided he is not of a good enough standard to play for 'us' team or he wouldnt have released him.

Hopefully Hurst has a list as long as his arm after this seasons fiasco.

Quoted from Hagrid

yeah coz those released by him went on to have such good careers at clee town and GY boro didnt they


effig hell another Hurst Myth that he didnt give youth a chance, here's the answer, they wernt good enough!!!

I sort of understand why you'd come to that conclusion but maybe the reason our youth players didn't amount to anything after leaving us was because they stopped getting professional coaching and weren't training full time?

I get it — those who really dig in can come back stronger. But at that age it's a huge knock to your confidence.

I'm of the firm opinion that if you train around good players you'll improve your game. You go from training with a League 2 side to (no disrespect at all) a side like Clee Town who play about 4 steps lower. I know they have some ex-pros but it's not the same.

The truth is, in a parallel universe, you could keep Hope for another season; he could step up and really impress in a couple of cup games, improve his development from there and have a modest career in professional football. Same person, same ability, just different time, different place.

Don't necessarily expect fans to agree with me on this, but I think about my profession and how, if they stopped me from working with like-minded people, whose skills I can learn from, I'd go backwards. Put me in a room with better people and I'll up my game.

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Lets face it, Hurst will offload every U19 pro at the club unless they are first team ready, back to the days of signing journeymen who if they have a good season will leave the club at the first hint of a better contract having no allegiance to anything but their wallet

Fill the team will local lads, Celtic won the European Cup with 11 players born within 6 yards of the ground, get scouting at Bradley pitches,  blah, blah, blah.

It isn't a charity. Good enough, old enough.

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

But Hurst has obviously decided he is not of a good enough standard to play for 'us' team or he wouldnt have released him.

Hopefully Hurst has a list as long as his arm after this seasons fiasco.

He signed Payne in January  for 'us' team and he is not good enough and has had years of experience, unlike youth who have only had reserve team football. How can you know if an 18 yr old is going to be good enough if he never plays or gets the extra couple of years to mature (ah like a good cheddar) and get to the required level. We needc to be keeping these lads till they are 20 to see if they will develop and get them loaned to just a level or 2 below. Hell we only need them to be at BananaRama level for the next few years.

Quoted from smokey111

Fill the team will local lads, Celtic won the European Cup with 11 players born within 6 yards of the ground, get scouting at Bradley pitches,  blah, blah, blah.

It isn't a charity. Good enough, old enough.

Really??  I find that very hard to believe.

Hahaha 6 yards from the club, where did they play in a car park of the flipping maternity ward