Surely instead of always buying lower league players all the time we need to be looking at our u19s
These players from the lower leagues are arriving with a good amount of game time for their age. Our younger players should get out on loan in the lower leagues
Think this is the big difference, and crucial difference. We've signed battle hardened young players with first team games under there belts. Compare them to the likes of delfouneso who, imo has all the talent and skill to be a top player. But if he's got used to earning decent money turning up at plush bodymoor heath every day and scoring a few for the reserves he's not going to have the same motivation as a Jordan bowery, who's got his chance the hard way. I'd put money on bowery getting further in his football career than delf. So, back on topic, this guy wilkinson....definitely worth a shout!
This first team experience at any level is massive in a young players development. It is were a lot of our younger players have struggled, none of them have had that experience of playing every week in a competitive environment before being thrown in the Premier League.