Smores
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I went back and looked at the old threads the other day and it was quite a cautionary tale of overhyping young talent.I agree, which is why at the time I cautioned against getting too excited about Adnan after his initial string of performances. There were people here evoking CR7 and Zidane and you could tell that they were setting themselves up for a massive thud as soon as things went pair shaped. That's why its important to temper expectations and allow the player to surpass them as opposed to the other way around. I'm sure Adnan will have a decent career wherever he plays, I just don't think it will be here.
Lets be honest we've had so many come through who everyone thought was going to make it who then went into obscurity. If they can dribble a bit even more so.
Its why i don't like the idea of us perpetually signing these young talents from other clubs. Most of the time for whatever reason they don't live up to expectations. By 23-24 you can tell where they're truly at.