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I wish we had more ex-players we could look up at/to, rather than all these Balantas and Slades etc, who end up dropping so many rungs (if not actual ladders!) from where they were with us. How many players actually go onto better things after leaving us?
I wish we had more ex-players we could look up at/to, rather than all these Balantas and Slades etc, who end up dropping so many rungs (if not actual ladders!) from where they were with us. How many players actually go onto better things after leaving us?
In the last decade all of the following have played in the Premier League after leaving us:
- Charlie Austin - Eberechi Eze - Luke Freeman - Joe Lumley - Ryan Manning
Asmir Begovic and Alex Smithies were with Premier League clubs after us but didn't play in the PL.
And then there's Harvey Elliott and Raheem Sterling (bit more than a decade ago in Raheem's case) who were with us as youth players but got pinched before they could turn out for us.
In the last decade all of the following have played in the Premier League after leaving us:
- Charlie Austin - Eberechi Eze - Luke Freeman - Joe Lumley - Ryan Manning
Asmir Begovic and Alex Smithies were with Premier League clubs after us but didn't play in the PL.
And then there's Harvey Elliott and Raheem Sterling (bit more than a decade ago in Raheem's case) who were with us as youth players but got pinched before they could turn out for us.
I wish we had more ex-players we could look up at/to, rather than all these Balantas and Slades etc, who end up dropping so many rungs (if not actual ladders!) from where they were with us. How many players actually go onto better things after leaving us?
Have you ever considered reining it in? You are a blight on this message board.
It is a good point though - they are hardly any ex QPR players doing well or holding down a decent career
Eze doing well. That’s about it
A few exes knocking around the same level (Manning, BOS, Dykes, Armstrong, Robinson, Lowe)
It’s a metric that needs work
[Post edited 31 Dec 3:15]
You missed out Rob Dickie from that list at the same level.
And is captain at Bristol City who are consistently in the top ten.
Him and Dunne together were treated poorly by the fans back then and I could understand why he was keen to leave. But you could realistically look at the fact, they played together under Ainsworth.
In hindsight, it would have been better for us to keep him. He was aware he was leaving when he put in an absolutely immense display in a Burnley away win, who were in the top two, which was the difference between us being relegated or not.
At one stage with a couple of 25 yard hits to boot, we all thought he could be a premier league player. His lack of pace has probably been the reason why he never got that chance.
I wish we had more ex-players we could look up at/to, rather than all these Balantas and Slades etc, who end up dropping so many rungs (if not actual ladders!) from where they were with us. How many players actually go onto better things after leaving us?
some of that has to do with the ages of players we've mostly picked up until the last few years
like Geoff Cameron was never going to go and do anything better at his age. unless a tilt for a republican senator's seat comes up in the future.
apart from the players already mentioned above...
the much maligned Jake Bidwell played over 200 championship games since he left us
our mini German contingent in Leistner and Polter are still plugging away in 2. Bundesliga
Pawel may be in the awful Polish league but he's playing for his country, and has a chance of reaching the WC. so good for him
going back a bit further Tjaron Chery made a good career for himself.
Bright played a lot in Turkey and is back here, must have hit his head and had someone tell him he was a wing back though.
lots of other players went and played lots in League 1, like Josh Scowen, which says to me we got probably even got the best out of them.
In the last decade all of the following have played in the Premier League after leaving us:
- Charlie Austin - Eberechi Eze - Luke Freeman - Joe Lumley - Ryan Manning
Asmir Begovic and Alex Smithies were with Premier League clubs after us but didn't play in the PL.
And then there's Harvey Elliott and Raheem Sterling (bit more than a decade ago in Raheem's case) who were with us as youth players but got pinched before they could turn out for us.
Is that enough to be going on with!?
[Post edited 31 Dec 0:14]
Add on Darnell Furlong and Massimo Luongo I think too
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