Feeling good about our attacking options in the next few years  

Anto's Da.

Played for them at Under-16 already I remember

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Shortlisted for PL2 player of the month again and scoring goals on a regular basis.

Would be good to see him involved in our underage set up. Anyone know where he is regarding wearing the sweet sweet green of ireland? 

Agreed - doesnt look good. If he's not in the next ireland u21 squad then we should close the book on this one.

He is very keen to be called in and his form deserves it

Why do you think he's keen? 

I genuinely hope he is of course but where have you heard this?

His Dad is Tony Scully. Dublin player who played for Man City and QPR in the 90s. Capped up to B level back then. Anthony was born in England because his Da was playing over there. 

I don't think there's any danger of Scully jnr jumping ship. He should definitely be in the squad though. 

His dad is a dubliner and was capped 10 times for our u21 I believe.

On west hams website he's referenced as the Irishman. 

Cheers, not sure why I didn't know this.

I didn't want to get excited about Anthony because I assumed England would be in his ear. 

Promising signs from him this season.

Said in interview he had no intention of switching allegiance to England.

I work with a lad who knows Tony well and used to work with him after Tony hung up his boots. Apparently he settled in Cambridgeshire for a while, liked it while he played here, and used to drive the son to West Ham. Anyway, according to this fella, he is always saying my son will get the Irish senior cap I never got. 

I think Rice said the same thing but let’s hope this guy is truthful 

Different kettle of fish altogether 

I know the family well. 

After his goal today he has 5 goals in 20 appearances for Lincoln, half of which have come off the bench. 1 goal in every second start. He also notched another assist, which he seems to do quite often. Not bad going for a 21 year old. He's our only young forward who's scoring on a regular basis.

Lincoln top of the table approaching the midway point of the season so he could get a Championship platform next year.

Zack Elbouzedi came off the bench again so his prospects are looking a tiny bit healthier. Sean Roughan didn't make the match day squad but at 17 he looks like more of a long-term option, and he's impressed in his limited game time so far.

I was reasonably impressed with Scully in the Iceland game. I think he could fly under the radar a bit while most of the focus is on lads like Cassidy, Parrott, Obafemi, Connolly and Idah.

Impressive stuff. Idah Parrott Connolly Obafemi are considered the fab 4 as such and it’s been mixed for them this season to say the least. we do have plenty other young attackers like Scully Kayode Afolabi Cassidy Grant has signed for Huddersfield recently that are between 19-21 who you would hope a couple of them might progress into Championship level if not dare I say it top flight level attackers in the next 3-8 years let’s say. 

Scully is flying definitely leading the way at the moment.

Agreed even Idah I would have loved to see him drop to a promotion chasing League 1 team like Scully even for games every week to learn his trade. If Norwich go up next year I suspect Idah may have to go out on loan anyways.

Been on the bench for his last 5 in the League and they haven’t won their last 4. If they can win tonight with him scoring and performing he should get his place back I suspect. 

Brennan Johnson who’s also there and playing well less goals then Scully but more assists is in the Welsh squad.

Anthony Forde just made it 1-1

Tbh he can feel seriously hard done by not starting regularly. You can’t ask for more then that goal and assist practically changed the game. 

Often loan players come in on the basis that they're guaranteed a certain amount of first team game time. Probably the only reason we're continuing to see Parrott at all, but it works against Scully as Lincoln have a number of players in on loan that will likely be on similar loan contracts.

This is the only logical explanation as even the last game that he started he scored against Oxford but was the one dropped. It looks a hideous decision in hindsight. No excuse not to start him in every game after yesterday. 

He’s having a fine season 14 goals and 8 assists imagine if Parrott had that attacking output? 

Saying that, I'd like to see scully really push on now and play in the championship. His stats are really good in league 1 and I totally agree that manager doesn't give him a decent run of games 

Yes the hype around Parrott was so high he’s deflated plenty but like you say only turned 19. 

It really would be mentalist stuff if Scully isn’t starting for the rest of the year now and hopefully he can add to that goal tally. He’s promising and he knows where the net is instinctive finisher. Championship football can’t be far away for him the way he’s going.

Johnson will play for Forest next year and if Scully can keep the momentum going thats if Lincoln don’t go up themselves there’s every chance he will get a transfer himself next year. Decent numbers. 

He doesn't seem to get 90mins in games however, he seems to either start and come off or come on for the last 30 in games.

I wonder if there are fitness issues in this? 

His manager said lately he doesn't give 90 minute full match performances and needs to start doing that. Think the link was on this thread earlier. 

Now Lincoln have a 30 year old Cardiff loanee goalkeeper on the bench regularly but would he really be going twice in quick succession to watch him on the bench? 

Looking at the teams Brennan Johnson I suspect will play for Forest next year. Where they watching Scully?

Scully and Curtis both reach double figures in terms of league goals this afternoon.

12 goals in 24 league starts for Scully.

Curtis has 32 goals in 115 league appearances for Portsmouth, which is pretty impressive for someone who isn't an out-and-out striker.

Was linked with Championship moves in the recent past. He's picking the right time to go on a goalscoring run again with the summer transfer window on the horizon.

17 goals this season despite not starting nearly half their games and has only just turned 22. A definite prospect for us.

Brennan Johnson is going back to Notts Forest from what I see so every chance it may well be Scully he was going to watch. That’s if Lincoln don’t go up and every chance they will through the play offs the way they have played.

To be fair to him he's been one of their most important players in their run to promotion and I'd expect he will be a big player for them in the Championship next season so I wouldn't read too much into that.

Scully, like Cullen, seems to be benefitting from cutting ties with West Ham. Conor Coventry would be better doing the same rather than captaining their under 23s but never getting a look in with the first team. Go to a League 1 team, play games and develop as a senior footballer.

Sure he’ll be crying himself to sleep tonight knowing he’ll be playing in the championship next season

He has to be called up surely. He’s flying 17 goals and he mightn’t be done yet 2 games to go still. 

If Lincoln don’t go up do you think he gets a transfer? Has to be looked at surely considering his form. 

There's Sean Roughan at Lincoln as well , who's only 17 but has played in the first team. He looks a good prospect and might have more chance of breaking through next season if they don't get promoted.

They have some cracking attacking players too 4/5 of them. If he stayed and like you say started more games it would be very very interesting to see could he match or go beyond this seasons goal tally. 

To answer McG question with 17 I suspect he is. McGrath had 16 at St Mirren close behind. 

Doyle (18) (18)

Scully (17) (11)

McGrath (16) (9)

Wilkinson (15) (12)

Collins (14) (10)

Curtis (14) (10)

The latter two are in L1 but this is our level for now when it comes to goal-scoring forwards.

not quite sure i agree with that... just because some players are scoring more at a lower level than those playing at a much higher level doesnt make them a better player.

if you put robinson or connolly into league 1 im pretty sure they would be scoring loads of goals. you go with your best players

Definitely warrants a call up in June.

He was electric at times last night desperately unlucky not to score early. Has 17 goals and 9 assists this season 26 goal contributions. 

Has all the attributes to develop into a decent attacker the more young attacking prospects we have the better. Hopefully they go up they have a monumental chance of doing so. Would make them favourites against Blackpool. 

Appears early in the highlights here with a nice touch and shot. I think he also got an assist for the first goal

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Definitely although if he’s too busy getting promoted with Lincoln for selection it’s not the end of the world. 

Right sided attacker too they are non existent for us. He should have had an assist before they put the ball in the net the 1st time. Grant should have buried the one before it. 

Brennan Johnson looks a fine prospect also will go back to Nottingham Forest next season I suspect. 

Hes been an agent of hope in an otherwise supernaturally bad year. I would go as far as saying he's been Footballs Best Irishman.

I remember watching an interview with him as a young lad and he had an English accent. A year or two later and he has an Irish one. He must switch accents depending on which country he's representing.

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He told SunSport: “Sure me mam and dad are from Dublin, so I picked up the accent. A lot of people find it a bit mad.”

After all, he is London-born, a West Ham protege and played for England Under-16s in between representing Ireland’s Under-15s and 17s.

It would be interesting to hear his parents. 

Might have been a blessing in disguise for him Lincoln not going up they might have signed players and the manager might have had him on the bench. Scully is still young gets another season at a lower level guaranteed game time and hopefully will progress again. 

Appleton did say he had issues with his ability to finish out 90 minutes but in the finish I got the impression that was an Appleton problem and not a Scully one as he’d haul him off first everytime they weren’t winning. If he’s the tally’sman he will be finishing out games this season. 

Nialler wrote: Could end up being a very good player for us

He hasn’t but he’s 22. It might be 3 years time before he makes an appearance. He’s still a prospect that looks capable of certainly playing Championship football in time. Another season banging in the goals/a 25 plus goal contribution season like last season for him and he may will attract that interest. 

It'd be Kenny I'd be critical of in that respect rather than Scully who couldn't have done much more last season really and seems to be continuing that form into this season also.

I’m shocked 

Just looking forward to better days ahead under a new manager, hopefully sooner rather than later. 

If he keeps banging in the goals for them this season then he will eventually go up a division/get that call up. I like Scully he gets that Championship move eventually for me and after that who knows.