“Of course they failed him”
Fri Dec 24, 2021 1:59 pm
Interview by Scott Johnson
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Thursday 24th December 2021
CRAIG BELLAMY:
“Take Mark Harris, as an example. He has bounced around for a while and has finally broken through, but is that because he’s
significantly improved, or just that a pathway has now been established and there’s less competition? “
“Cardiff have lacked pace for so long and he’s helping resolve that, but could he have helped a year or two earlier? I also often ponder Rhys Healey, who is now doing so well at Toulouse. He came on for you to make his debut and was at Cardiff so long. I feel like they failed him and had they shown any faith in him, maybe they would now have the Healey that scored four the other week.”
“Of course they failed him. What does mismanagement, spending loads of money and giving older players longer contracts get you? What is your goal? You’re living year to year, but you need to recruit smartly. Young players start with a value of zero, so their value only goes up. You’ve created value and profit. Managers will get what they want in the short term and do it for now because they’re only interested in themselves. They do not care for the welfare of the football club. A lot of managers won’t play young players because they’re inconsistent. They might come good in a year’s time, but they could be sacked before that.”
“A manager will say that there are no young players coming through, but what they’re often really saying is that I want money to sign players they want instead.”
“ Alarm bells should ring because what happens then is that the age of the squad goes up and you’re wasting money really. If you’ve got a direction, a manager can have a say, but not the final say. Agents like to make you think that there are not enough players on the market to try and drive prices up, but it’s a load of rubbish. There are so many undervalued players out there, if you scout and recruit properly.”
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=225292
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=225292
Thursday 24th December 2021
CRAIG BELLAMY:
“Take Mark Harris, as an example. He has bounced around for a while and has finally broken through, but is that because he’s
significantly improved, or just that a pathway has now been established and there’s less competition? ““Cardiff have lacked pace for so long and he’s helping resolve that, but could he have helped a year or two earlier? I also often ponder Rhys Healey, who is now doing so well at Toulouse. He came on for you to make his debut and was at Cardiff so long. I feel like they failed him and had they shown any faith in him, maybe they would now have the Healey that scored four the other week.”
“Of course they failed him. What does mismanagement, spending loads of money and giving older players longer contracts get you? What is your goal? You’re living year to year, but you need to recruit smartly. Young players start with a value of zero, so their value only goes up. You’ve created value and profit. Managers will get what they want in the short term and do it for now because they’re only interested in themselves. They do not care for the welfare of the football club. A lot of managers won’t play young players because they’re inconsistent. They might come good in a year’s time, but they could be sacked before that.”
“A manager will say that there are no young players coming through, but what they’re often really saying is that I want money to sign players they want instead.”
“ Alarm bells should ring because what happens then is that the age of the squad goes up and you’re wasting money really. If you’ve got a direction, a manager can have a say, but not the final say. Agents like to make you think that there are not enough players on the market to try and drive prices up, but it’s a load of rubbish. There are so many undervalued players out there, if you scout and recruit properly.”
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