Ed Turns

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Nov 14, 2023 0:23:00 GMT allezlesrouges said:

Nov 13, 2023 23:22:52 GMT welshrover said:

Do we think Turns has turned?

Honestly I think we need to stop with these narratives as they never come true and just makes us look paranoid as a fanbase. I know you're just asking the question and I'm mostly referring to other people, but the question gets asked far too quickly in my opinion and rarely ever comes to anything

Jordan James
Charlie Savage
Luke Harris
Chris Popov
Charlie Crew

All of these lads have been questioned on their commitment at various times for a variety of reasons. Some of these rightly so e.g J.James when he played for England youth (although we know it's FAW policy to encourage this at times), but 99% of the time it's unnecessary, and it's better to wait situations out

I don't think in recent times there has been anyone we are excited about who we've actually lost to England, maybe Ash Phillips although he was never really with us. So I think we should be more confident in our approach to these lads decisions and what it actually means when they're out of squads

I'd largely agree with this.

The only thing I would add is that "his head has turned" may come true one day, but even then it's right to stop with this narrative as the quickest thing to helping a key young player turn is a couple of people abusing them for considering it.

The big difference between us and some other fanbases at the moment is that we support our players through rough patches. That will be a selling point in our favour.

[welshrover]

FFS I only asked the question because the previous poster had intimated that he wasn't available for selection any more!