A genuine striking hope for the future – Thursday, 12th Mar 2015 09:56 by Jordan James Foster Following Reece Grego-Cox's QPR debut towards the end of the Spurs match on Saturday, Jordan James Foster reports on his progress through the ranks and what Rangers fans can expect from the young striker. I first noticed him on a freezing cold Tuesday night in November 2013. The QPR Under-21’s, then managed by Marc Bircham, were playing AFC Wimbledon in the Under-21 Premier League Cup. As agreed with the owner of West London Sport – David McIntyre – if I was going to cover them, I would have to cover them properly and for every game. This meant getting two trains and buses to Woking FC’s Kingfield Stadium after a long day of pointless lectures. Tom Hitchcock stole the show that night, as he so often did at that level, with a stunning hat-trick. One of the goals was an absolute peach: popping the ball up in the air first-time with his chest before spinning 180 degrees and bicycle kicking the it past the beleaguered AFC Wimbledon keeper. Hitchcock was hauled off with about ten minutes remaining and replaced by a diminutive figure with a young face who, judging by his body language, was a little nervous. Within minutes of coming on a big, bullish centre-half had taken a bit of the substitute when going for the ball. That was to be expected though as the defender had been embarrassed by the class and guile of Hitchcock all night and he certainly wasn’t going to be made a fool by his young replacement. A few moments later the ball was punted away from the Rangers goal and was being collected by the brute of a defender. Out of nowhere, at 100mph, the pint-size forward smashed him sending him sprawling across the floor with a fair but whole-hearted shoulder barge. I remember sitting up thinking “I like that, I like that a lot." Read the rest here.......... http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/queensparkrangers/news/38112/?
That's a great read. It must be a real challenge not to blood these young players too early thus risking a knock in confidence when it does not go well for them. Definitely one for the future if he does not do a Stirling on us.
First saw him playing for the U21's in Limerick last Summer. His Granny was on the sideline. She was jumping up and down with pride watching her grandson playing. Ciarrai was there too.
Most people judged him on a tap in on debut that my mum could have scored. Went out on loan and bar a hattrick was slated by their fans.
