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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3469108, member: 9853"] Seems to be a disconnect between sales and product. They clearly wanted to retain this kid, but somehow were not able to deliver on their initial promises and/or effectively sell the club and its pathway. If it's purely about the club not being able to afford what a kid they need can pull on the open market, then they have to seriously up their game in sales. And that will require putting a picture in the kid's head where in two years' time, he's ahead of where he'd be if he went elsewhere. We don't know if the line about him wanting to play in one position and the club forcing him to play in another is genuine, but that would have to be the easiest persuasion of any obstacle. Like I said, bring someone like Wally and Locky into the room. Show him how you can start in one position, move to another and end up with statues of yourself outside the stadium. Surely, if they tell him the best way for him to break into the team is to come from the bench as a utility and that would require him mastering both dummy half and the halves, and preparing his body for defence (one of the main reasons he's in demand). Then it's just a matter of proving he should be the first pick. It's not that it's the "club's fault" but it looks like the club did a poor job of getting their dream to become his dream. [/QUOTE]

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