Glennon potentially to depart?

Glennon isn't Paul Dixon slow, but he's the slower of our two full-backs and Amos isn't a quick player. As I commented during the season, I don't recall any problems with pace during his loan spell a few years back, so I can only imagine injury of some sort has taken a toll since then as you don't usually get slower after your teens.

If Glennon's pace is an issue, he definitely won't be going to a championship club.

Glennon had covid early season and sometimes it takes months to get back to how you were before.

This season he hopefully will be feeling back to his best.

I hope it is with us if not we want as much money as we can get seeing there are several clubs interested.

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Glennon isn't Paul Dixon slow, but he's the slower of our two full-backs and Amos isn't a quick player. As I commented during the season, I don't recall any problems with pace during his loan spell a few years back, so I can only imagine injury of some sort has taken a toll since then as you don't usually get slower after your teens.

When he was on loan, we played quite good football and the games that I saw, we were controlling them. That meant he wasn't getting exposed and it also coincided with Vernam's purple patch which would have pinned fullbacks away from overloading down there.

I don't recall him looking slow, but he wasn't getting exposed the same way as this season.

This speculation makes me wonder what the clubs plan is now for talented young players heading into the last year of their contracts. I’d like us to always be in a position where our best assets are exactly that and they’re not allowed to dwindle down their contracts as has happened in the past. A part of a real successful business model at this level is bringing in young players, developing them and moving them on for profit. I’m hoping we’re now proactive, and looking at offering new, improved terms to the likes of Glennon, Clifton and Khouri now rather than at the end of the season.

Alternatively, this type of speculation can actually come from the selling club, if they know that player has no intention of staying beyond their current deal, they’d rather cash in. Peterborough have been masters of this for decades now.

I think Glennon is class but I would be surprised to see him in the Championship. The biggest difference the higher up the divisions you go for me is the physical attributes of players, they’re all so bloody quick & strong at that level, he’d get eaten alive by some of them.

He’s worth a lot to us though and he’s a very good L2 defender.

If Glennon does go could Evan Khouri be the answer. Hollow head played him at left back when he was in my opinion too young. Evan's now matured, is sharp in the tackle and is relatively quick. With a bit of positional sense training could be the answer, especially as will be competing with 5 or 6 players for 1 of 2 or 3 spots in centre midfield if he stays central and / or doesn't get loaned out for game time?

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If Glennon does go could Evan Khouri be the answer. Hollow head played him at left back when he was in my opinion too young. Evan's now matured, is sharp in the tackle and is relatively quick. With a bit of positional sense training could be the answer, especially as will be competing with 5 or 6 players for 1 of 2 or 3 spots in centre midfield if he stays central and / or doesn't get loaned out for game time?

He’s a midfielder? Keep it simple.

If we need one just bring in a left back, we are no longer in a position to have to play square pegs.

Think it was PH who played Khouri at LB once he'd realised Habergham and Bunney were knackered/shit.

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He’s a midfielder? Keep it simple.

If we need one just bring in a left back, we are no longer in a position to have to play square pegs.

Whilst I agree that playing footballers out of position tends not to work out, in the case of Evan Khouri I'm not sure he's had
enough game time for anyone to be sure what his best position is in a L2 side.

Midfield is a tough ask for a young player - it took Harry more than a season to establish himself - and I'm hoping that PH
is looking to sign a quality midfielder for next season. That would add to the midfield competition that EK already faces.

Abdul has pointed out that Hurst has played EK at left-back (perhaps reluctantly), and El General certainly knows what
the position demands. So I wouldn't be inclined to dismiss this idea out of hand.

(But everything changes if Glennon doesn't depart or Harry does.)