Adver News: Di Canio keen to keep goalscorer Storey in check

[Peter Venkman]

It's something you need as well as ability.....think Dicky Plumb, was on the Town's books back in the early 60's, had  scored shed loads for Swindon schools, when they always used to go well in the national cup.  Couldn't get a game at the CG as we were stocked with strikers, so went to Rovers, scored a few for them but then a backward step to Yeovil, becoming their record signing, scored loads for them and became their record sale to Charlton where he did OK, a spell at Exeter, then back to Yeovil, finished at 32 which isn't bad....Yeovil's second highest post war goal scorer.

Dick Plumb went on to score a shed load of goals for my local side Chard Town in the late 80's and still lives locally.

There are several players in our history that are said to be "the next big thing" then they fall away after a handful of games for us into non-league oblivion.

A fair few of them had great ability, or great application but so few had both of those which you need to be successful.

I have seen Storey a few times and he seems to be physically strong with bags of pace and energy, needs to work a little on his close ball control and his finishing.....but who better than PdC to help bring him on with those parts that need the work.

[Reg Smeeton]

Dick Plumb went on to score a shed load of goals for my local side Chard Town in the late 80's and still lives locally.

There are several players in our history that are said to be "the next big thing" then they fall away after a handful of games for us into non-league oblivion.

A fair few of them had great ability, or great application but so few had both of those which you need to be successful.

I have seen Storey a few times and he seems to be physically strong with bags of pace and energy, needs to work a little on his close ball control and his finishing.....but who better than PdC to help bring him on with those parts that need the work.

True about Plumb...I'm struggling with "the next big thing" comment though, beyond Jamie Reynolds, have you any other names to chuck into the debate?

[Peter Venkman]

I remeber Mark Gardiner was labelled as a big thing back under Macari who said he was one of the best prospects he had seen and went on to have a good career with Crewe, don't forget the Chippenham Bomber Charlie Griffin who promised a lot and delivered fuck all, there were a couple more but I will try and remember them but memory fails me currently

I do remember Mark Gardiner was a striker with us and only became a solid pro when converted to midfielder at Crewe. He scored 25 goals in 30 reserve games back in the late 80s and scored shed loads for the youths and schoolboys because I played with him when he was 14 and 15.

[Reg Smeeton]

I remeber Mark Gardiner was labelled as a big thing back under Macari who said he was one of the best prospects he had seen and went on to have a good career with Crewe, don't forget the Chippenham Bomber Charlie Griffin who promised a lot and delivered fuck all, there were a couple more but I will try and remember them but memory fails me currently

Don't remember Gardiner getting the big hype....although I do remember him playing a few games.  Kids who play for England schools or U 16's, like Alex Henshall, are the ones who get the treatment, but now they just get taken by bigger clubs up the food chain, like Walcott. 

[Peter Venkman]

We have had a few England/Wales/Scotland/N Ireland schoolboy internationals but they never ever seem to come through to make it even with other clubs.

It is very difficult to make the jump from a good level of youth/schoolboy to make it big, as you say Henshall is the most recent but we also had the massive hype of Rideout and he had a good career at a good level and then we had Leigh Mills.....not a striker of course....but captain of England schoolboys then sold on to Spurs and is now playing for Eastleigh at the age of 24, apparently had a very bad attitude and thought he had "made it" when he got to Spurs.

[Reg Smeeton]

We have had a few England/Wales/Scotland/N Ireland schoolboy internationals but they never ever seem to come through to make it even with other clubs.

It is very difficult to make the jump from a good level of youth/schoolboy to make it big, as you say Henshall is the most recent but we also had the massive hype of Rideout and he had a good career at a good level and then we had Leigh Mills.....not a striker of course....but captain of England schoolboys then sold on to Spurs and is now playing for Eastleigh at the age of 24, apparently had a very bad attitude and thought he had "made it" when he got to Spurs.

It's scary to think Mills is only 24, as it seems such a long time ago, well 8 years since he left us for Spurs.

[Peter Venkman]

On the other side of the coin.....we had an ex England youth international who was released by Man Utd after being hugely prolific at youth and reserve level for them and scored 2 hattricks for England schoolboys in 74.....Peter Coyne.

He had a good scoring record with us and Crewe but never made it as big as he was hoped to.

[leefer]

And now works at Manchester International Airport.

[Peter Venkman]

And now works at Manchester International Airport.

Good goalscorer and not a bad player but was always a little too lightweight for the lower leagues I think.

[sonicyouth]

i refuse to believe Dick Plumb is a real name

[Reg Smeeton]

Another lad from the early noughties, was Matty Collins, Welsh lad, who never got a game for us but we flogged to Fulham for 200K.  Never made it there, and then Swansea took a punt...played a few for Martinez, but moved down to League of Wales stuff, currently at Aberystwyth Town, still only 26.

[leefer]

And the lad who was the bollox and played v Ipswich at home on the TV.....got ripped to shreds and that was that.
Cannot even remember his name............Williams maybe?

[Peter Venkman]

Another lad from the early noughties, was Matty Collins, Welsh lad, who never got a game for us but we flogged to Fulham for 200K.  Never made it there, and then Swansea took a punt...played a few for Martinez, but moved down to League of Wales stuff, currently at Aberystwyth Town, still only 26.

Yeah I remember him, he was tipped to make the Wales team at about 21 then fell away to nothing, in comparison, in the LoW.

[LucienSanchez]

Yeah, James Williams... I thought he was good, but that Ipswich game destroyed him

[Peter Venkman]

And the lad who was the bollox and played v Ipswich at home on the TV.....got ripped to shreds and that was that.
Cannot even remember his name............Williams maybe?

James Williams? the centre back/right back?

Beaten by LS yes he had promise but he drifted out to non league with Southport.