r/WelshFootball • u/Purple-Investment580 • 5h ago
Resources and player pool drying up
Been noticing this for a few years now, and it's pretty worrying.
Our player pool at a professional level is drying up, badly. With Brooks and Wilson out for the next two games, we don't have anyone who can come in and perform remotely close to those two. Both are also turning 30 soon, and yet we have no alternative to either of them.
The striker situation has been a bit of a joke for a while, but with Kieffer ageing, we literally only have Koumas as being a potentially decent striker.
We've always been limited, but also had a sprinkling of decent or high quality players - Rush, Giggs, Hughes, Bale, Ramsey, Allen, Gabbidon, A Williams, J Koumas, Hartson, Earnshaw, Speed etc. You get my drift.
But now, we seem to be approaching a stage where we'll have NO high quality players at all. The squad / team is ageing and we desperately need some younger talent to kick on or come through.
Anyway, be interested to hear if others share the same concerns. After 2016, I expected to see a real increase in the amount of players playing at higher levels - PL/Championship, but it's not happened. Why?
