Really pleased Idah gets a first team contract, and to train with the first team. Certainly deserved and hopefully he can make an impact.
Am I reading too much into it, or is one of the changes under Webber the way in which being part of the first team squad is much more of an "official achievement" within the club? Going back a few years, I feel like we'd usually find 5-8 youngsters classed as "first team squad members" who got kit numbers but were never remotely near the squad. People like Adel Gafaiti spring to mind in that category. Now, it feels much more like being given a first team squad number is a bigger thing. You look at our announced squad numbers and it feels like only Oxborough is on the fringes.
It's impressive that all the youth players have mentioned a greater connection to the senior team, and yet the club have managed to make it so stepping up is a big deal.
On another note, just adds that little bit of pressure to Wednesday over Rhodes. Rhodes would now be a 5th striker, and is much less positionally flexible than Pukki, Drmic and Idah. No way we're paying significant money for him. We can assess Idah over the 5 weeks until the transfer deadline, and if needs be do some late work in the transfer market to bring Rhodes in cheap and loan Idah out - if it seems necessary.