He deserves his new contract. Although he came into the first team towards the end of the season , he proved that he can do the job at the top level. Hopefully King Kenny and all the caching staff will nurture him to be a top class player. I would not want the situation in the Benitez era to repeat. There are players who can develop further but seems like the then manager would not give them the chance at staking their place in the Liverpool. Surely there are one or two from these players who can be developed further.
Darren Potter
Neil Mellor
David Raven
Zak Whitbread
John Welsh
Mark Smyth
Richie Partridge
Just hope that King Kenny will expose more youngsters as I think the current batch is much better than the ones that I mentioned above.
Just My Thoughts
YNWA...
It's always exciting to see young lads coming through and being given a chance. I think the current crop (Flanagan, Kelly, Spearing - not so much Robinson YET) have already achieved more in the first team than any of those players. Mellor got a good few games, but was never given a proper run in the team like the lads i mentioned have got. I'm confident they'll all continue to improve, and excited to see how they do this season. The only one i'd worry about is Spearing. If we get a few injuries he may get into the team, but if our midfielders stay clear of injuries i can't see him getting much playing time, unfortunately.
