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Short term defensive cover
I don't think there's anything there to suggest that he doesn't want to fight for the shirt; arguably he's been doing that for a couple of seasons now with his performances in the U23s without reward.
Could be that he's just not good enough, but for Newcastle - with their resources - to be interested suggests that he has something about him.
Next think he'll know he'll be 22/23 like Coventry still getting farmed out on loan which is absolute waste of time
This appears to be David Moyes views on the topic pre Ashby leaving.
It's not the managers job to create a club policy about youth development. That decision is taken at a higher level. If the board want youth to play in the 1st team then they should tell the manager that and he will implement it.
Although, I'm not sure any manager would be happy with a board telling him who to select.
and getting a large pay off ;-)
I get the idea of saying they would play if they’re good enough or looking at those who have moved on and saying that if they haven’t done anything they weren’t good enough but I’m not sure it works like that. Playing with better players and against better players probably helps your development quite a lot and there’s probably a big mental aspect to being let go by a club you’ve been with for a lot of your life.
We see so many players bought and have no impact on the team or maybe a fleeting good stint but I would really enjoy a manager who could do more to incorporate our young players. I’ve always said they don’t have to be superstars, they don’t have to Declan Rices but they can be James Tomkins or Ben Johnson, players who will regularly play and be valuable to the overall squad instead of all these filler players we’ve bought over the years.
Ngakia was a highly rated at RB but left WHU for Watford and hasn't set the RB position on fire. Nathan Holland was good at U-23 level but didn't make the grade. Of course, all clubs have a history of releasing excellent players young players who later make the grade, but in this result oriented businesses managers have to make a judgement.
I'll see if I can find it again...check if I remembered it accurately.
But if that's the case, then I don't think we can blame Moyes 😂
Will be interesting to see what happens over the next couple of days. With Ings and Scamacca already injured I think it would be risky not to bring in another forward, and with Zouma out for a while, we could be short at the back.
There's room in the squad for 2 or 3 more I think, but I'm not convinced we'll use those spaces. Think it'll be a quiet 48 hours.
And to be fair, Sunderland looked really good for their draw against Fulham and fully played their part to a spirted game.