James ward-prowse

[Seagulls1984]

17 yr Southampton midfielder played today against man city. But our own young midfielder jfc who has played for England and shown when he has played he is up to the championship. Anyone on this site who thinks sparrow dicker and Harley offer more than him are mad. I could understand sending him on loan if we actually had 3 or 4 players with better ability in front of him in the squad.

 

[leigull]

Have to agree with you about him being a better bet than Dicker at the moment. In Gus we trust though

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Agree. If you are good enough - you are old enough.

 

[The Brighton Buzz]

17 yr Southampton midfielder played today against man city. But our own young midfielder jfc who has played for England and shown when he has played he is up to the championship. Anyone on this site who thinks sparrow dicker and Harley offer more than him are mad. I could understand sending him on loan if we actually had 3 or 4 players with better ability in front of him in the squad.

Agree with this, when JFC played last year he proved he could score goals and play at that level. Given more games instead of Dicker towards the end of the season I believe we would have won more games and who knows where we would have finished in the league. Loaning him out seemed strange to me. Let us hope he comes back after Christmas and straight into the team.

 

[Seagulls1984]

Agree with this, when JFC played last year he proved he could score goals and play at that level. Given more games instead of Dicker towards the end of the season I believe we would have won more games and who knows where we would have finished in the league. Loaning him out seemed strange to me. Let us hope he comes back after Christmas and straight into the team.

hope it's not to late by Xmas .

 

[Seagulls1984]

Have to agree with you about him being a better bet than Dicker at the moment. In Gus we trust though

Just think gus is making a few very simple mistakes .

 

[BensGrandad]

May be good enough, we shall see, but is he strong enough. Some players like Rooney and Whiteside ex Man were as big as full grown men at 18, JFC isn't a big strong lad

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Owen suffered a lot of injury problems because he was played too much when he was young.

 

[7:18]

Have to agree with you about him being a better bet than Dicker at the moment. In Gus we trust though

You were not at the match yesterday, Dicker was brilliant and created lots...time for everyone on here to get off his back!

 

[Seagulls1984]

May be good enough, we shall see, but is he strong enough. Some players like Rooney and Whiteside ex Man were as big as full grown men at 18, JFC isn't a big strong lad

But did he hold his own last season.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

So you've taken two completely different players and two different clubs under 2 completely different situations and 2 different squads but have made a comparison because they are the same age?

Romelu Lukaku is a Belgian international and has been loaned out by Chelsea despite them only having 2 other strikers. Were they also wrong because Saints played a 17 year old?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

But did he hold his own last season.

He went off with an injury which took him out of several development squad games.

 

[Seagulls1984]

He got injured that doesn't mean he isn't strong enough.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

He got injured that doesn't mean he isn't strong enough.

Are you a doctor or sports scientist? Are you qualified to make that decision?

 

[BensGrandad]

But did he hold his own last season.

He did well in one of the games and looked the business but was forced out of the next by brute strength and couldn't get into the game . Hopefully he will come back from Oxford a stronger player.

Age is not the major criteria between failure and success.

 

[albionalex]

I think that by playing in league 2 there will be less pressure on him, possibly a better environment to learn in. I also seem to remember one of his conditions of signing his new contract was going out on loan.

 

[Seagulls1984]

That's right they don't tackle in league two so he should be ok!!!

 

[leigull]

You were not at the match yesterday, Dicker was brilliant and created lots...time for everyone on here to get off his back!

He needs Crofts and Bridcutt in the side to cover his defensive liabilities though, as evidenced at Swindon. There's no real pressure on him with Crofts in the side. JFC could flourish in the same position