And, of course, three or four games is more than sufficient to write off a player?
Those of a certain vintage may recall a good number of years ago John King introducing a young player who was also condemned as not good enough after very few appearances in a higher league than he had been used to
That players name - Nicky Daws
Don;t be so swift to condemn / write off a player please?
Phil,
Whilst I can see the point that you are trying to make, I don't think that using Nicky Daws constitutes a like-for-like comparison in this particular instance.
If I recall correctly, Nicky Daws was just 18 years old when he made his Alty debut, having joined us from Flixton.
The likes of James Lawrie (aged 23) and Simon Richman (aged 24) both played at a higher level of football (Port Vale) prior to their arrival at Moss Lane.
Plus both of those characters are now in their fourth season with the Robins and have three campaigns in the Conference North under their belt.
For my part, I wasn't writing either of those players off but rather merely observing that, to my mind, neither of them had performed well against Gateshead.
In Lawrie's defence, I would point out that playing him on the left wing hasn't worked for three seasons.....and, lo and behold, it didn't succeed yet again yesterday.
In Richman's defence, I believe that his best performances for Alty have come as a central midfielder and he simply isn't anywhere near as effective when he's played out on the right wing.