Vader:
I don't think he is going to crack it and being loaned to 6th tier England outfit which would be well below HAL level and starting in one midweek game with the youth scrubs in Whogivesashark Cup round 3 is not an indicator of his talent. He has done zero for me in an AW shirt. He likes to play left flank and run at the right back ball at feet. He tends to keep his head down in the 1v1s 1v2s and lose possession a lot with refusal to pass out of the coverage - has elements of Fenton in not getting his head up.
I think I have a fair idea of how he will go.
Conan:
Was thinking the same thing JV. There's a bunch of kiwi kids who've been youth players at a similar level in the UK and I think Musa might be the only one for quite a while who has reached a decent level as a senior. Payne, Howieson, Lindsay - there's a couple of others whose names I can't remember of the top of my head.
Long story short - youth football for a Championship side means squat
Coohciee:
Adams, Butler....
So, Musa aside who has a MLS gig, no-one really since Chris Wood who went when he was 15 - 11 years ago.
I reckon Woud is a chance of developing.
Tighter restrictions around EU passport limits the Kiwi pool able to go; and most have struggled. Without that passport, recent opinion suggest USA is the preferred path. Not many other options out there; lower Scandinavian leagues? Where will the likes of McGarry, Rogerson go if released? Follow Fenton to Oz?
Sorry, this is off topic, but could be carried on elsewhere.
