Motherwell v Celtic 02/02/2025

[Benson]

5 hours ago, johnstone said:

Eh? Over the last few years we have had Johnston, Turnbull, Campbell, Hastie and now Miller and Wilson all playing for the first team and getting good moves to bigger clubs.

We do a hell of a lot better than most teams in the league in promoting 

I should have made myself a lot more clearer, we have a squad of over 30 and brought in how many loans and apart from Miller and Wilson no one at present from the academy can make the bench.

[Onthefringes]

2 minutes ago, Benson said:

I should have made myself a lot more clearer, we have a squad of over 30 and brought in how many loans and apart from Miller and Wilson no one at present from the academy can make the bench.

Kind of difficult when you’ve loaned them out to aid their development.

[Benson]

10 hours ago, Richie said:

Not to mention a load of them are out on loan.

So they're not good enough for our bench.

[Spiderpig]

56 minutes ago, Benson said:

So they're not good enough for our bench.

Yes thats why they are out on loan to hopefully develop and improve.

[Benson]

11 hours ago, Spiderpig said:

Yes thats why they are out on loan to hopefully develop and improve.

If you're not good enough to break into this squad at this time it doesn't look great for future,age should be no barrier to first team involvement,name me one player to look out for?

[joewarkfanclub]

1 hour ago, Benson said:

If you're not good enough to break into this squad at this time it doesn't look great for future,age should be no barrier to first team involvement,name me one player to look out for?

Thats a bit simplistic 

We no longer have reserve football to get young boys used to playing against senior players.

They just go from youth football straight into first team squads.

Physical development can play a big part at that age as all boys mature at different rates.

Not everyone is a generational talent like Lennon Miller, and even he was a fairly big boy at 16.

Of course some wont make it, at least not with us. But a lot of our boys go on to play senior football at a decent level.

I think we do ok.

[wellfan]

1 hour ago, Benson said:

If you're not good enough to break into this squad at this time it doesn't look great for future,age should be no barrier to first team involvement,name me one player to look out for?

 

19 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said:

Thats a bit simplistic 

We no longer have reserve football to get young boys used to playing against senior players.

They just go from youth football straight into first team squads.

Physical development can play a big part at that age as all boys mature at different rates.

Not everyone is a generational talent like Lennon Miller, and even he was a fairly big boy at 16.

Of course some wont make it, at least not with us. But a lot of our boys go on to play senior football at a decent level.

I think we do ok.

I think we should look out for Dylan Wells and Luca Ross next season, although that’s not to say that the other boys currently out on loan won’t have developed further. 

[joewarkfanclub]

42 minutes ago, wellfan said:

 

I think we should look out for Dylan Wells and Luca Ross next season, although that’s not to say that the other boys currently out on loan won’t have developed further. 

Certainly farming out Wilson to the juniors helped his development. Although I think he could still work on his fitness / diet and his body positioning. Both Wells and Ross still looked like wee boys in a mans world this season. Hopefully they will come back men.

[texanwellfan]

7 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said:

Certainly farming out Wilson to the juniors helped his development. Although I think he could still work on his fitness / diet and his body positioning. Both Wells and Ross still looked like wee boys in a mans world this season. Hopefully they will come back men.

So did Ian Clinging and he wasn’t half bad