Such a shame we have yet again let go somebody as talented as Ishmael 
Miller.  When we are crying out for good strikers we have let go a 
young striker who has proven himself at Championship level and could 
well have done a good job for us at Premiership level.  Now we will 
never know.

  Strong, Athletic, fast,  good in the air, what else do you want from 
a centre-forward.  Playing alongside an established striker to learn 
and polish his already reasonably impressive goal tally who knows what 
he could have acheived if he had been given a chance in his preferred 
position.  Instead we played Samras or Corradi last season or our 
under-acheiving non prolific strike force of this season.

I hate seeing good young talent wasted in the search for overseas 
talent who may, or may not be better than what we already have.

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"The Web-Editor"  wrote in message 
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> Such a shame we have yet again let go somebody as talented as Ishmael 
> Miller.  When we are crying out for good strikers we have let go a young 
> striker who has proven himself at Championship level and could well have 
> done a good job for us at Premiership level.  Now we will never know.
>
>  Strong, Athletic, fast,  good in the air, what else do you want from a 
> centre-forward.  Playing alongside an established striker to learn and 
> polish his already reasonably impressive goal tally who knows what he 
> could have acheived if he had been given a chance in his preferred 
> position.  Instead we played Samras or Corradi last season or our 
> under-acheiving non prolific strike force of this season.
>
> I hate seeing good young talent wasted in the search for overseas talent 
> who may, or may not be better than what we already have.
>
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I could agree more. Really frustrating, and all for a poxy £1.5m that I 
assume we don't need. He was never given a proper chance at City, few things 
can be more difficult for a young footballer than moving up from the 
reserves to being played out of position in the first team. Look what crap 
wingers Vassell and Ireland are, even experienced players struggle. Possibly 
a victim of the ridiculous striker glut we have at the moment, but a short 
sighted decision nonetheless. A bought in player never gels like an academy 
player.

I feel sorry for the lad that he wasn't given a fair go last season but 
i'm also confident that Sven has made a fair assessment of his abilities 
with regard to the level of ability that City need now.
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"The Web-Editor"  wrote in message 
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> Such a shame we have yet again let go somebody as talented as Ishmael 
> Miller.  When we are crying out for good strikers we have let go a young 
> striker who has proven himself at Championship level and could well have 
> done a good job for us at Premiership level.  Now we will never know.
>
>  Strong, Athletic, fast,  good in the air, what else do you want from a 
> centre-forward.  Playing alongside an established striker to learn and 
> polish his already reasonably impressive goal tally who knows what he 
> could have acheived if he had been given a chance in his preferred 
> position.  Instead we played Samras or Corradi last season or our 
> under-acheiving non prolific strike force of this season.
>
> I hate seeing good young talent wasted in the search for overseas talent 
> who may, or may not be better than what we already have.
>

He's a journeyman.  Not good enough for the Prem.  Mark my words.  Monster!

+mrcakey

This sort of comment happens a lot when a young player is released, in fact 
I cant remember the last time one of our 'up and coming players' actually 
made the grade Premiership wise after we released them. Etuthu, Michael 
Brown Willo Flood the young striker who went to Sunderland (whos name 
escapes for the moment) to name but a few.

Steven Elliot, he's now at Wolves.
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"Tony"  wrote in message 
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> This sort of comment happens a lot when a young player is released, in 
> fact I cant remember the last time one of our 'up and coming players' 
> actually made the grade Premiership wise after we released them. Etuthu, 
> Michael Brown Willo Flood the young striker who went to Sunderland (whos 
> name escapes for the moment) to name but a few.

And Gary Mason who went to Dunfermline (I think).

Bradley Wright-Phillips - is he still getting a game at Soton?

Who was the other midfielder/winger who went to Norwich and seems to have 
sunk without trace?

Lee Croft
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That's the one. Memory ain't what it used to be.

"madMental"  wrote in message 
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> Lee Croft
> -- 
>   I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like.
>   It's got a basket, a bell that rings and
>   Things to make it look good.
>   I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it.

"Henry Crun"  wrote in message
> That's the one. Memory ain't what it used to be.

Why not plug in a DDR2 memory upgrade? £34 for 1GB   ;-)

Spot on analysis boys.

Jimbo


"Chas"  wrote in message 
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> "The Web-Editor"  wrote in message 
> news:mn.fcd97d8163ccd393.71978@freightaid.co.uk...
>> Such a shame we have yet again let go somebody as talented as Ishmael 
>> Miller.  When we are crying out for good strikers we have let go a young 
>> striker who has proven himself at Championship level and could well have 
>> done a good job for us at Premiership level.  Now we will never know.
>>
>>  Strong, Athletic, fast,  good in the air, what else do you want from a 
>> centre-forward.  Playing alongside an established striker to learn and 
>> polish his already reasonably impressive goal tally who knows what he 
>> could have acheived if he had been given a chance in his preferred 
>> position.  Instead we played Samras or Corradi last season or our 
>> under-acheiving non prolific strike force of this season.
>>
>> I hate seeing good young talent wasted in the search for overseas talent 
>> who may, or may not be better than what we already have.
>>
>> -- 
>> www.fowp.org -  Support your local community park.
>
> I could agree more. Really frustrating, and all for a poxy £1.5m that I 
> assume we don't need. He was never given a proper chance at City, few 
> things can be more difficult for a young footballer than moving up from 
> the reserves to being played out of position in the first team. Look what 
> crap wingers Vassell and Ireland are, even experienced players struggle. 
> Possibly a victim of the ridiculous striker glut we have at the moment, 
> but a short sighted decision nonetheless. A bought in player never gels 
> like an academy player.
>

Tony used his keyboard to write :
> This sort of comment happens a lot when a young player is released, in fact I 
> cant remember the last time one of our 'up and coming players' actually made 
> the grade Premiership wise after we released them. Etuthu, Michael Brown 
> Willo Flood the young striker who went to Sunderland (whos name escapes for 
> the moment) to name but a few.

It does happen a lot but I watched Miller play in a number of games and 
he has the talent to progress and is certainly worth 1.5mill of 
anybody's money.  I look at what he could offer up front compared with 
what we have and in this instance I really think we have missed a trick 
with this lad.

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