Not sure if its still the case due to the managerial merry-go-round in recent years, but we had AJ not so long ago who was coaching the strikers. He would be ideal to help develop and mould a young forward in movement, finishing and all round forward play.

I have never understood why we splash millions on some players, when the money could be spent on the training ground and academy. I mean, we have just signed Kirby up for another four years (which is great news) but if we are not going to invest in him, and play him then why bother?

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I for one wanted him when he was here on Loan , But he plays a high risk game . When it comes off it looks class but when it doesn’t then it looks sh@@t .He has a mistake in him and makes quite a few the way he plays .Now I would rather have a fit Dann or similar who is steady .

Exactly, Nya Kirby is a huge prospect. Why cant he be tried out? Look what happened when Harry Kane was thrown in as a young man at Spurs when they were short up top, or even someone like Dele Alli or Harry Winks.
On Nya's interview he said the boss has told him hes likely to be going out on loan in January to get some game time.

Thats probably the main thing i miss about being in the championship.. seeing our youngsters coming through like, Wilf, Clyne, Scannell, Bostock, Moses even as far back as Routledge and Ben Watson. Now we only see them when theyre 23-24 and sometimes we never see them at all.
The Academy cant have changed that much, we must still be producing similar calibre players, its just giving them a chance. Those listed above never seemed out of their depth when given their moment.
I know premier league survival is objective number 1, but someone like kirby could really be the real deal, and us fans at Selhurst love nothing more than to see one of our own at Selhurst.

Have you ever seen a player who can not cut in the "Micky Mouse" Dutch league made it to a decent level? Lots of Scandinavian players use the League here as successful stepping stone to great things but Sorloth failed at a mid table team. He simply lacks the quality and we were silly to spend the money we did on him.

As for a chance: you have to earn your chance and what I have seen so far he does exactly the opposite.

We will be lucky to recoup 3 or 4 million for him.

And how I hope this message comes back to haunt me in the future.

My sentiments exactly. To be fair, I can see the difficulties in midfield,but Roy has gone 90 minutes without using his subs so I don’t see why we can’t throw Kirby on for 5 minutes to see how he does.

I remember Lee Hills scoring against Bristol City and Grant Watts scoring against Chelsea. I am sure it is rose tinted glasses, but we seem to rate youngsters we can buy over ones we can grow.

Jach over Innes is an example.