Taylor tips Vuckic to reach the top!
Posted on May 17th, 2010 | 83 Comments |
As has been said, a lot of us are expecting great things from the young Slovenian midfielder who will undoubtedbly be looking forward to next season, with the prize of breaking into the first team being the reward for hard work and demonstrating ability on the training pitch. In fact, Chris Hughton has already dropped the hint that Vuckic will be more heavily involved in first team affairs next season, something we are all finally looking forward to seeing. I have been a bit disappointed that we haven’t seen more of the boy in The Championship, but in fairness he has only just returned from a horrendous injury, and at least we saw Vuckic make a cameo appearance at QPR on the final day of the season.
“Haris is a good example of the sort of lads who might get their chance next season and I definitely think they’ll get an opportunity,” Ryan Taylor told the Chronicle today. “When Haris came on it showed what ability he’s got – he nearly scored with his first touch. It looks promising for the club, there are a few coming through.”
“He’s already made a few appearances for the first team and he did well in the last game against Queens Park Rangers when he came on. It can only be good for the club to see them developing young talent and it’s something we can look forward to next season.”
I’m expecting the likes of Vuckic and Kadar to be involved mainly in the first team squad next year whilst being given a run out towards the end of games, or indeed the odd start in the event of injury to some of our more senior players. Playing one or two at a time is fine, but if we are forced to play more youngsters that that then we can expect a repeat of what happened at Peterborough earlier in the season, and probably on a worse scale in what is a very punishing Premier League environment.
What we have in Krul, Kadar and Vuckic is potentially a very strong spine of the team for the future, and those are the three players that have been the subject of praise from some of the senior professionals at various stages of the season. After all, they work with them in training so they would be better placed to comment on them than most.
If we could find the next Alan Shearer to play up front then the future could be very bright indeed for Newcastle. Nile Ranger has promise, but needs to sharpen his finishing skills if he is to make it as a Premier League striker. Hopefully a loan spell can give him the opportunity to improve that aspect of his game.
Howay the kids!
I’m never first….. am I???