James Ward Prowse

I agree with you on the group theory. Especially as they will be coming into a Premiership team. Even with our rigidly controlled purse strings they will be earning good money and the camaraderie will be an added bonus.

I can almost smell the scent of glorious success in anticipation.

 

Add to that where we were when Chamberlain's head was turned. A newly promoted side from L1, probably to spend 2-3 years at least gradually improving until we reached the promised land and maybe 10-20 years to catch Arsenal.

A little different now where we could be in the Prem, we have a manager who has the whole squad with him and has shown what he can do with that team. By the time these kids come through I would expect that if Adkins continues his magic we would be somewhere around the UEFA qualifying spots. Maybe even the dream of trying to get into that Top 4!!! Much less of a draw than it was when moving to a 'top4 prem club' from a 'newly promted from L1 club'.

We'kll lose a few but we'll also keep a few. Not all of the Beckham, Scholes, Neville generation made it. Others moved on through choice (Phil Neville) others just didn't make the transistion and ended up 'lower teams'.

We just need a mix of 5-6 first teamers that are 'linked' t each other by familiarity, coupled with 5-6 'outsiders' that have the right spirit plus a squad with a similar ratio and we are onto a winner.

I can't see many leaving. Why would they. They know that Saints is going to give them every chance to make it and that Saints/chairman have the ambition to reach the heights. This lot may be able to do what Le Tissier did and achieve what he would have loved to do.....take the team he played for, had grown up with to the very top.

Let us all dream of a nice future. It's nice to have hope

 

Worth a bump.
Go get 'em James........

 

Good shout. It’s also interesting to see how the other saints academy players named in the first few posts have gotten on.

 

JWP, He will never make it, at least that's what I have read on December posts.

Not creative enough, doesn't score enough goals, 3 managers can't be wrong for not regularly playing him, no team will pay more than 15m for him, been around for years and had plenty of chances, career stalled etc etc etc

To be fair many stuck up for him

JWP - 2nd top scorer and England international. Well done son.

 

Hear, hear.

 

Forgotten some of the posters on page 1 even existed......shame some are gone and don't appear to be coming back soon.

 

So much optimism in 2012.

I was 7 years younger then too.

 

I wasn’t.

 

I only posted 3 times on page 1....I must have been poorly.

 

When I used to run a kids football team, I liked kids with a brain who worked hard and listened to advice (not from me, but people who knew what they were talking about). I could get more talented kids who thought they knew it all who stayed as exciting kids who were quite likely to run down blind alleys. The hard working bright kids improved.

I've always seen James like that. He has always had ability, but what he now seems to have is belief in that ability and he has responded to a manager who is clear in his expectations. The rise in our expectation now when he lines up a free kick - we no longer prepare to duck if we're sitting behind the goal - tells us what we need to know about his progress. Likening him to MLT is absurd. He is more like his hero, Beckham. Another player with less natural ability than some of his contemporaries who worked hard for the team.

 

@ImpSaint used to talk about football!

 

I used to enjoy Imps' views on Saints, Lincoln and football in general, he should post more IMO.

 

Can someone buy Klopp a hessian sack? He can put it on every time JWP is on the pitch, so that he doesn't get tempted to steal him away from us.

 

Becks was more of a right sided specialist, I see JWP as a box to box centre mid although he can play anywhere in midfield (except the left)

 

Out of interest, going on present form, who if any would you swap JWP for from the midfield of the English squad?

 

Sell Prowse now

 

He's from Skateland...nuff said

 

Good question. And trying to answer it highlights the fact that, despite a recent upturn in fortunes, England doesn't really have a huge amount of midfield talent.

Dele Alli or Ross Barkley, possibly. That's it. And I'd probably rather keep JWP because he's "one of our own" and I'm sentimental like that.

 

Hang on...Rice is ****ing Irish isn't he?