Rangers Football Club 0 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 WILSON hopes Andrew can fulfil his potential at Rangers in 2010/11 More... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flying Hippo Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Expect a lot of similar soundbites about our young players over the summer By mid August it'll be 'Shinnie and Bendiksen are like 2 new signings, that's why we didn't strengthen' 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 I'll be happy to see Shinnie getting some first team action next season. Sounds like he made a big impression out there. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flying Hippo Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 My obvious worry about Shinnie is that he played a few matches at the end of the 06/07 season but has never played for us since. Why has he gone 3 years since his last appearance for us if he's so good? Is it Stevie Lennon syndrome? Young players being given long contracts that they don't deserve? I hope he proves my doubt wrong 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 My obvious worry about Shinnie is that he played a few matches at the end of the 06/07 season but has never played for us since. Why has he gone 3 years since his last appearance for us if he's so good? . To be fair to the lad, he was only 17 when he made his debut for the first team. Dundee FC signed him on loan the following year and he made 20 appearances for them at the age of 19. They signed him on loan again last season and he only made 12 appearances, but presumably that was due to injuries. Not sure what the story is for next season though because his contract expires this summer. Has he signed a new deal or something? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flying Hippo Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 We never really hear about young players signing new contracts. Andy Little was supposedly out of contract this summer but was never mentioned on the list of players out of contract, nor was a new contract ever mentioned either 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Expect a lot of similar soundbites about our young players over the summer By mid August it'll be 'Shinnie and Bendiksen are like 2 new signings, that's why we didn't strengthen' this is what murray park is for is it not, why we invested a lot of money in the first place and to save us spending millions? just because they come through the ranks they are still new squad players are they not so why not say it? everyone wants to see young players brought through and if they are not given a chance then we will never know if they can step up a level just now. we have brought some good young players through with the likes of wilson and fleck and now hopefully others will follow. why so negative on this? we could spend millions on duds like we have in the past, would you rather have it that way 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flying Hippo Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Fleck was on the bench in a cup final aged 16. Wilson was playing in the Champions League aged 17. This is why i'm very, very sceptical about the quality of players who are 20 and still haven't broken into the team 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Fleck was on the bench in a cup final aged 16. Wilson was playing in the Champions League aged 17. This is why i'm very, very sceptical about the quality of players who are 20 and still haven't broken into the team But not all players become good players by the age of 20, quite a lot peak at a much higher age.... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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