MJP_Exeter
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Fair shout. Either way it is funny to think he is only 22 even now.just over 5 years. He was 16 in August 2017, due to turn 17 the following month, for that Swindon game.
Fair shout. Either way it is funny to think he is only 22 even now.just over 5 years. He was 16 in August 2017, due to turn 17 the following month, for that Swindon game.
Archie is the one that gets me he seems to have been around forever and he's only just turned 23Fair shout. Either way it is funny to think he is only 22 even now.
Jack is closing in on 100 league appearances and Archie is closing in on 150 league starts and yet, for some reason, in my mind I still think of all that group of players who came through together as young kids.Archie is the one that gets me he seems to have been around forever and he's only just turned 23
Yes, also very true. Shows how we have bedded in these players to turn them into really good footballers and capable of playing at league one imho.Archie is the one that gets me he seems to have been around forever and he's only just turned 23
I think that it's called 'old age', it comes about when you see your club Captain leading the team out and you think that he's the Match Mascot! Mind you, you can take nearly 2 years out of the equation for Covid when most of the World stood still.Jack is closing in on 100 league appearances and Archie is closing in on 150 league starts and yet, for some reason, in my mind I still think of all that group of players who came through together as young kids.
He's far too one footed to progress much further and I would imagine a career in Leagues 1 and 2 or Scotland are pretty much all he can hope for. I do also wonder how far Jake Caprice could have gone if he could play with both feet.So what now for Jack Sparkes? Things have turned down significantly since the end of January. Before then City were unbeaten in Jack's 5 previous games (4 starts,1 sub). Being picked regularly by Caldwell and City doing well.
Then both Mitchell arrived and also Jack got subbed on 26 minutes -v- Charlton. Mitchell has been great, especially yesterday. The subbing -v- Charlton came after Jack not defending well for one of their goals. His behaviour showed public frustration, whether at being subbed or his own performance.
Since then only one appearance and that as a late sub. Sometimes not even in the 18 when fit.
Out of contract in the summer. I think it would be a shame/waste if he left. Overall his defending may not be up to League One standard but how about a more forward role, such as one of the number 10s? His trickery and strong shooting may be worth a try there.
I’m not sure being predominantly one footed comes into it.He's far too one footed to progress much further and I would imagine a career in Leagues 1 and 2 or Scotland are pretty much all he can hope for. I do also wonder how far Jake Caprice could have gone if he could play with both feet.
I have been thinking the same, and did say that when Key was being tried in that role. I think Jack has the close technical ability and threat with that left foot around the penalty area to be considered. Pace doesn't come into as much in that position, see how well Archie did it against Cambridge, and also when you have a left foot capable of coming up with that goal against Harrogate when chopping inside from the left...So what now for Jack Sparkes? Things have turned down significantly since the end of January. Before then City were unbeaten in Jack's 5 previous games (4 starts,1 sub). Being picked regularly by Caldwell and City doing well.
Then both Mitchell arrived and also Jack got subbed on 26 minutes -v- Charlton. Mitchell has been great, especially yesterday. The subbing -v- Charlton came after Jack not defending well for one of their goals. His behaviour showed public frustration, whether at being subbed or his own performance.
Since then only one appearance and that as a late sub. Sometimes not even in the 18 when fit.
Out of contract in the summer. I think it would be a shame/waste if he left. Overall his defending may not be up to League One standard but how about a more forward role, such as one of the number 10s? His trickery and strong shooting may be worth a try there.