Mattie Pollock

Quoted from ska face

Given he was picked up after leaving Leeds’ academy, it makes you wonder how many quality young players are wasting their careers after being hoarded in u18, u20, u23 squads at Prem & Championship teams.

The problem with that is the damage done to a youngsters fragile confidence after rejection by the parent club . Most youngsters who break into the better sides have bags of confidence and they exude that in the way they play like Brooks,Gray,Sterling,Arnold,Foden in the top flight . The problem is for every one of them who breakthrough 20 get shown the door and never recover look at Adam Drury from here who was on City`s books. The ability isn`t really in question for them to play it`s the physical and mental toughness I have been disgusted in previous Season`s with Town constantly bringing in loaness whilst youngsters never got a chance thankfully under Jolley this seems to have been addressed. Home grown youngsters are the way forward they care the fans give them that bit more leeway and you get a Ryan Bennett it can balance the books for a year or more and allow the Manager to bring in 2-3 quality players for that division.

Can we just enjoy having a good player on our books for a bit, without speculating how many millions we might get for him?

Swear some get more excited about potential price tags than the prospect of actually seeing them play well in the black and white.

Quoted from sam gy

Can we just enjoy having a good player on our books for a bit, without speculating how many millions we might get for him?

Swear some get more excited about potential price tags than the prospect of actually seeing them play well in the black and white.

We can but history tells us blink and you`ll miss it. John Oster was my favourite young player he oozed class at 16 and had the talent to be every bit as good as any of the top players of the past 20 years. He never fulfilled his potential but made a good career not sure but think he played around 20 games for Town before we flogged him he would be in my all time Town 11.

Yeah, fair. Just reminds me a bit of when Bogle was tearing it up in LG 2 and post match people would just bang on about how much he was gonna make us soon rather than talking about how great he’d just played.

Quoted from sam gy

Yeah, fair. Just reminds me a bit of when Bogle was tearing it up in LG 2 and post match people would just bang on about how much he was gonna make us soon rather than talking about how great he’d just played.

I want to enjoy watching them play for Town and if like Ryan Bennett they move on and do well to me it`s a pat on the back for this Club putting them on the right path . Dean Henderson benefitted from coming here even with good and bad experiences it probably matured him a bit and hopefully Embleton will go on to do well afterw we gave him his breakthrough. I want this football club to get a good reputation in the game for championing youngsters weve spent far too much money on journeymen wasters after the one last payday. For every Danny Collins you get 10 Barry Conlons.

Quoted from sam gy

Can we just enjoy having a good player on our books for a bit, without speculating how many millions we might get for him?

Swear some get more excited about potential price tags than the prospect of actually seeing them play well in the black and white.

The trouble is sam, that that's the reality of where we are. I'm as guilty as anyone.not seen Pollack play but am already hoping he's as good as everyone says he is because his sale either keeps us afloat for several years under Fenty's regime Or hopefully gets 're invested intelligently under a new forward thinking set of owners.

Clifton, Pollock, Wright and Rose are all fantastic youngsters. Clifton is an energetic, tenacious and enthusiastic midfield engine. Pollock is a no nonsense, physical but skilful-on-the-ball, Wright is quick and can beat a man, and Rose is strong (still goes down too easy) and quick, and most certainly can beat a man.

Credit to the GTFC academy. If Clifton can add a bit more either defensive or offensive play to his game; Wright and Rose add more finished product consistently and Pollock's experience of league football, we will really have a brilliant young - Grimsby youth - squad.
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Been told today that Luke Waterfall is signing by someone close at Lincoln. Can’t see it myself but we’ll see. Hope it is true.

Quoted from Nutsy

Clifton, Pollock, Wright and Rose are all fantastic youngsters. Clifton is an energetic, tenacious and enthusiastic midfield engine. Pollock is a no nonsense, physical but skilful-on-the-ball, Wright is quick and can beat a man, and Rose is strong (still goes down too easy) and quick, and most certainly can beat a man.

Credit to the GTFC academy. If Clifton can add a bit more either defensive or offensive play to his game; Wright and Rose add more finished product consistently and Pollock's experience of league football, we will really have a brilliant young - Grimsby youth - squad.
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Rose and Wright could be great options from the bench this season. After an hour of tussling with Hanson and Green, defenders will hate seeing either of them coming towards them.

Quoted from quebec38

Been told today that Luke Waterfall is signing by someone close at Lincoln. Can’t see it myself but we’ll see. Hope it is true.

Got 2 years left on a 3 year contract with L1 Shrewsbury. Just saying.