Pollock

Quoted from Paris Mariner

True but we haven't been midtable and Jolley has been including young players all season in match day squads. I don't think Hurst was either brave enough to back them or didn't think they were good enough.

I think there are a combination of factors. We implemented a number of changes once we gained promotion and you could argue that Clifton and Wright aren't even beneficiaries of these changes.

Pollock joined in the summer so he can certainly be considered a beneficiary of picking young, released talent up similar to what happened with Bennett.

The local lads currently on the cusp such as Battersby and Buckley are probably the first real benefits of these changes. You need to have patience with youth policies as it takes time. In another 3 or 4 years we will have kids coming through that have benefited right from the beginning of their time at Grimsby Town.

The whole thing is ' unbelievable ' ( listen t the video and count the unbelievables'!

Quoted from forza ivano

The whole thing is ' unbelievable ' ( listen t the video and count the unbelievables'!

And your comment is unbelievable too. Do you think that mocking a 17 year old for the way he speaks willl benefit him in some way?

I think with Hurst it was easy to get a loan player in them days in the con, instead bringing a youth player in, he go out and players like Alan Goodall, Danny Parslow, Nathan Pond versitile experience players instead of playing youth like Josh Sunter, Ellis Hudson and Paul Walker at the time.

I also think the likes of Josh Fuller, Normington didn't get a look in because you could get a loan anytime you wanted back then in the league.

That's why the rules have changed for the better and the youth now are getting a chance. I bet Jolley would have got a CB in if the loan market was available all the time.

He would have struggled to get a loanee in half way through the game 😂

Quoted from Gaffer58

Hope he carries on and is successful so that in a couple of years the big boys start sniffing round, then he would be a big fish in a little pond.

By all accounts the big clubs are already looking at him.

At the recent youth cup game against Mansfield, a large number of scouts from clubs far bigger than ours were sent to watch him.

Quoted from diehardmariner

By all accounts the big clubs are already looking at him.

At the recent youth cup game against Mansfield, a large number of scouts from clubs far bigger than ours were sent to watch him.

Lets get him tied down on a 3 year deal atleast then before the big clubs nick him for peanuts

Quoted from Cloudy

Yep, was that his only first team appearance?

It was his first and only appearance for the first team, but hey at least he can tell his Grandchildren he was a proffesional footballer!

Quoted from Davec

Lets get him tied down on a 3 year deal atleast then before the big clubs nick him for peanuts

its a two way thing, he, or his father, may not want him to sign a pro deal here if he thinks there is a better offer on the table. By 'better'I dont just mean money.

Prior to taking up his 2 year YT here his dad had him at several clubs. He may prefer to sit on his YT deal which although peanuts, still has 18 months or so to run

Quoted from Davec

Lets get him tied down on a 3 year deal atleast then before the big clubs nick him for peanuts

Thought his response to Matt Dean’s question re signing professional forms for town was “telling” as he said his dad was dealing with that. I would have hoped for a more positive response along the lines of I would love to stay with the club and hopefully my dad will get this sorted shortly...

May be being pessimistic but so many players move now before even making clubs first teams for peppercorn fees it makes it increasingly difficult for clubs like town to hold on to good prospects and probably more difficult if they are not local lads.

Would expect he will be playing tomorrow and even on Saturday in the Cup game so good performances will be double edged as the vultures from the top clubs will be circling around.