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Were West Ham right to let these youngsters go?

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There is a common question that is heard around Upton Park, where is the next Trevor Brooking, Rio Ferdinand or Joe Cole coming from?

It’s thought that in recent years that the management are too quick to bring in their own players and move on the next crop of promising youngsters, but how many of them are actually good enough?

Do the fans really believe they are good enough or are those cries of disappointment more to the fact that it’s another crop of promising youngsters gone without the next gem?

I have taken look at some of the departures over the last few years to see if their careers have the potential to blossom since finding a new club.

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Freddie Sears (left 2012)

Since leaving Freddie has joined Colchester United but after a prolific pre-season for them he has failed to find the net in the league, although sad he left West Ham it was the right time to go in search of regular first team football.

Zavon Hines (left 2011)

When he burst on the scene with a scintillating performance against Liverpool in which Jamie Carragher was chasing shadows I really thought he was going to be the real deal. But it’s a shame he never reached those heights again

Junior Stanislas (left 2011)

This is the one player I actually wish we kept, he has a wide player of some potential who did score goals, I think this will be known as the one who got away and he is one to watch this year in the Npower Championship having already scored this season.

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Jordan Brown (left 2012)

For the last few years the voices from Upton Park always said watch out for this kid he is a full back of some potential but in reality he never got near the first team and it is probably the best thing for his career to go and play some football in the league

Marek Stech (left 2012)

I think Yeovil have got a gem here even though again I think it was right to leave West Ham, He already has 2 MOM performances under his belt this year including a vital penalty save so good luck to one of Ludo’s imports.

Matt Fry – Bradford / Olly Lee – Barnet /Callum Mcnaughton – AFC Wimbledon / Josh Payne – Aldershot

I will be keeping an eye on these players also but again were they given an opportunity or as is often thought are the next crop of youngsters behind them better so it’s the right time to leave. As with the youth teams there is always another age group ready to jump on the conveyor belt and play in the development squad

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  • The Cat says:

    The truth is no club has the right to unearth players of the ability and potential that we have in the recent past. As a club we can only provide the environment for talented youngsters to flourish. These young talented players simply don’t exist in the numbers that they once did due to computers, electronic games and the like. So it becomes a scramble for the pool of talented youngsters that exist and they are scouted at such a young age it’s unbelievable! Hence the fact that to compete with Chelsea, Arsenal and the spuds for these youngsters becomes more and more difficult. Crystal Palace and Watford seem to benefit from this situation by being able to give these youngsters early first team opportunities…. At the Academy’s expense.

    Out of the youngsters above that are mentioned Stanislas and Stech have the potential to do well in the future and possibly Montano who has also been released. But I still believe it was right to release them all as top potential and true ability reveals itself much earlier than the players mentioned, Rooney, Owen and Fowler are examples of real ability being unmistakable at an early age.

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