Originally Posted by
Eirambler
I don't necessarily disagree with a lot of what you're saying Sam. But it's way too early to start calling this a golden generation when - at this point - not a single one of our emerging players has yet nailed down a starting place for a Premier League team or other top European league side (this will hopefully change next season).
To put this into context, John Egan is 29. He turns 30 later this year. Once he does there will not be a single Ireland player under 30 with 50+ EPL appearances. I doubt that's ever happened before.
So, while things are looking up, we're starting from a very low base here. This group, while undoubtedly exciting and with huge potential, are coming into a situation where there's really only about four good senior players there that they can expect to play along side for any significant length of time - Doherty, Egan, Duffy or Hendrick if they can keep their places, maybe Cullen but I don't know if he's any more senior than the young lads, just older. So they're going to have to do this mostly on their own.
I do think the younger group have made a big step forward in the last 6 months after a period where things had seemed to stall a bit for a year or so. There's finally some hope after a few bleak years, and Bazunu and Collins in particular look destined for the top, but it's still way too early to be using the G----- G--------- phrase.
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