Bandit, my hesitation is that he's playing (very well) at League one level. Some players in his situation take to a step up like a duck to water, while others - probably most - take time to adapt. I think 23 is a good age for someone to move up to our level, and he's one who might make the transition. I wouldn't go as far as to say that he's a cert to make it, but he's got a chance - which is what I meant by a prospect.
Not necessarily, ros. There are examples of top players - a minority, admittedly, but a significant one - who make it at the top level without playing for a league club until the age Arter joined Bournemouth. Stuart Pearce and Ian Wright are two high profile ones, and closer to home Geoff Horsfield and Barry Hayles. When Hayles was Harry Arter's age, he was only a year into his spell at Stevenage Borough, so he was even further back that Arter and he did all right for us, didn't he? My point is it's easy to dismiss players who start in non-league or who play in the lower divisions, but some of them are more than capable of higher things. If Arter was 29, I'd say his time to step up had passed him b,y but at 23 he's got a chance.roscafre said:
