king canary 7,577 Posted February 28, 2021 Intrigued to know the story with him- seemed to be a relative unknown in the youth team (certainly not a name we were told to watch out for), spent the last season here on loan to a team in the Essex Senior League, now a regular in the championship. Fair play to the lad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
It's Character Forming 1,160 Posted February 28, 2021 Just now, king canary said: Intrigued to know the story with him- seemed to be a relative unknown in the youth team (certainly not a name we were told to watch out for), spent the last season here on loan to a team in the Essex Senior League, now a regular in the championship. Fair play to the lad. Yes I’d never heard of him but good to see him playing at this level. As context I think they said this is Wycombe’s first time in the Championship? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Hairy 3,759 Posted February 28, 2021 Not sure why the commentary team were making such a big deal of it, I'd never heard of him until today, and from what I saw its clear why we released him. Good luck to the lad, but I suspect after Wycombes last 13 games of the season, he'll never be seen at this level again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,674 Posted February 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, Ken Hairy said: Not sure why the commentary team were making such a big deal of it, I'd never heard of him until today, and from what I saw its clear why we released him. Good luck to the lad, but I suspect after Wycombes last 13 games of the season, he'll never be seen at this level again. The way they talked about him you would think he was some kind of player who had played here for years, soon as I heard his name all I could think was 'who?' 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said: The way they talked about him you would think he was some kind of player who had played here for years, soon as I heard his name all I could think was 'who?' The lads that come through our Academy have a huge affiliation to the club, they are I think mentioned in the "flown the nest"? Its huge for them if they are released and to get the chance to try and prove somebody wrong, whoever that somebody may be, is a mssive thing. I thought he did well and good luck to him. Edited February 28, 2021 by Van wink 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rock bus 850 Posted February 28, 2021 I thought he looked a decent player today, comfortable in championship but just not up to the level we have reached in last few years. good on him for surviving the disappointment of being released and working hard to get to Wycombe and now the championship 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Hairy 3,759 Posted February 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Van wink said: The lads that come through our Academy have a huge affiliation to the club, they are I think mentioned in the "flown the nest"? Its huge for them if they are released and to get the chance to try and prove somebody wrong, whoever that somebody may be, is a mssive thing. I thought he did well and good luck to him. Massive to him personally maybe, not sure why the commentary team thought their audience would hold more interest than them simply mentioning. You'd have thought it was someone like RvW coming back to try and prove a point the way they were banging on about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chelm Canary 404 Posted February 28, 2021 Not a bad player and probably should have scored with his chance in the first half. I think the Skipp push on him was just outside the box, but he was unluckly to get nothing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orly 277 Posted February 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Chelm Canary said: Not a bad player and probably should have scored with his chance in the first half. I think the Skipp push on him was just outside the box, but he was unluckly to get nothing. Left foot, ball dropping over the shoulder volley / half volley? Blimey, that's some high expectations for the championship. I scored one of them once, in a pub 5 side a team. Still talk about it to this day, much to everyone's annoyance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orly 277 Posted February 28, 2021 33 minutes ago, Ken Hairy said: Not sure why the commentary team were making such a big deal of it, I'd never heard of him until today, and from what I saw its clear why we released him. Good luck to the lad, but I suspect after Wycombes last 13 games of the season, he'll never be seen at this level again. Still young, could easily play in Championship again. Grant Holt joined us at 28 in L1, or something like that... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chelm Canary 404 Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) I didn't realise his agent was a member of the forum. Touchy. I did say he wasn't a bad player. Edited February 28, 2021 by Chelm Canary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orly 277 Posted February 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Chelm Canary said: I didn't realise his agent was a member of the forum. Touchy. Me? Disagreement automatically equals touchy? Okey dokey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Hairy 3,759 Posted February 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, Orly said: Still young, could easily play in Championship again. Grant Holt joined us at 28 in L1, or something like that... Good luck to him if he does, but there's not a single other squad in the Championship he'd get in based on what I saw today. I was amazed Holt had never played at a higher level years before we signed him, I'd be suggesting him as a signing for years before we actually did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chelm Canary 404 Posted February 28, 2021 12 minutes ago, Orly said: Me? Disagreement automatically equals touchy? Okey dokey. I still think he should have scored. His movement was decent and got himself in and behind on a few occasions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 3,924 Posted February 28, 2021 Not a bad game, playing for Wycombe at this level is decent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ekoku: The Ambassador Of The People 122 Posted February 28, 2021 I do remember him. Try to keep tabs on the academy players and was quite surprised he was released. He was technically good although was bullied off the ball a bit. Seems to have bulked up a bit more and maybe Non-league has helped toughen him up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites