I think Draper should be resigned
My reasoning is that we have invested 2 years of time, money, salary and resources to make him a better player and we have no idea what the kid can do because we haven't seen him. To not resign him would be basically saying 'you've peaked, you can't go any further' and without game time to prove that, thats a very hard statement to justify. If the nix release him, I doubt he would end up at another A League club.
He is a youth player, he is a project and he is not an expensive commodity (I'm guessing) in terms of cap hold. If he was 35, sure, scrap it, but the lad is 20. Keep perserving since he has had 2 years exposure to the nix where as a new youth player, you'd have to start over again in terms of molding him. He is also basically the 23rd squad player so why ditch him to bring in another kid whom would most likely be the 23rd player....
I think Draper should be resigned
My reasoning is that we have invested 2 years of time, money, salary and resources to make him a better player and we have no idea what the kid can do because we haven't seen him. To not resign him would be basically saying 'you've peaked, you can't go any further' and without game time to prove that, thats a very hard statement to justify. If the nix release him, I doubt he would end up at another A League club.
He is a youth player, he is a project and he is not an expensive commodity (I'm guessing) in terms of cap hold. If he was 35, sure, scrap it, but the lad is 20. Keep perserving since he has had 2 years exposure to the nix where as a new youth player, you'd have to start over again in terms of molding him. He is also basically the 23rd squad player so why ditch him to bring in another kid whom would most likely be the 23rd player....