[NORTHERNSOUL]

Originally Posted by choirboy

Andy. John and Jimmy have a deserved reputation for improving young players. If we get some good results and our new and newish youngsters start scoring goals then they will get noticed for sure. Colby Bishop, Dion Charles and Joe Pritchard clearly have the potential to develop into great players capable of playing at a higher level. The two new young lads signed recently, Ryan Cassidy and Tom Allan could well fit the mould too. The important thing is to keep them signed on longer contracts so that if any other club comes in with a bid then we would get compensation for them if they leave. I think that we managed to keep Jordan Clarke and Callum Johnson longer than we would have had they not been under longer contracts. So we have done well out of both of them even if Callum follows Jordan in leaving for nothing. We benefit either way by getting a fee if they are still under contract when they leave or they stay that bit longer and we benefit from having good players for longer! We don’t want to go back to players on just one year contracts and lose out like we did with Windass and Crooks! The club under the guidance of Andy Holt and with all the improvements made in infrastructure is in a much better position to get players to sign up for two or even three year contracts than just a few years ago.
ON STANLEY ON.

Once we leave the EU with a few tweeks and liberal interpretation of UEFA/FIFA rules combined with the Covid effect on the market British clubs should be able to revert to an almost pre Bosman regime where you can offer a player a contract with a rolling option which means he always has a value to the club and cant simply walk away at the end of a contract.