Tom Cannon

I smell a saga developing with this one. Also just looking at the squad it means it is likely Keane, Hogan or Collins are getting picked.

I am not at all confident in tomorrows squad selection.

Of course there is a chance Kenny called him up. questions from media should be interesting.

He is def not a flavour of the month. He is a 20 year old striker that has a lot of strings to his bow. He is strong and quick good in the air and box and not sure you have seen but a brilliant ball striker. There is absolutely no way we should watch this lad develop from the sidelines. He should be in the senior squad this week.  Preston aren't worlds away from the playoffs and he has been brilliant for them. I don't think anyone was screaming for Hodge either. 

He is performing better than at least 2 if not 3 players you list. He is also younger than them.. i meant one of Hogan, Keane and Collins not all 3

The Cannon thread is far more scathing towards him as they draw comparisons between the two.

Probably our most in-form striker at present, playing with obvious confidence and a real presence up-front.  Pick the lads who are doing well NOW, not two years ago.  Cannon has done enough on merit to be involved at this stage, in a position that is hardly crying out with quality.

So what's the craic here - if he turns out to be really good, he'll go with England, but if he's just bang-average he'll stick with us?

Or is Kenny deliberately not picking him for a squad (despite keeping our actual striker out of their club team)?

Three weeks ago not one person would have been calling for his inclusion.

Relax yourself, Parrott is ahead of him due to doing well for us.

Believe Festy & Okoflex are the only other two not to mark it either

Cannon has played less than 10 senior games in his entire career. The absolute state of these forums. Cannon will be the main man for the U21s, Hodge will be the captain, Ebosele will be a starter. If and when they progress in their club careers, they can be promoted. I dont get the constant carping tbh. 

Time enough for them sure ye'd all be at their throats if they came in and played averagely. None are close to the senior team yet on merit, when they get there fine, for now I'd like to see a strong U21 side. Once Cannon and Hodge have 30 senior games under their belt, maybe then you start to see if you can make room in the senior squad for them.

I hate to say it, but I think there is a pivot in focus towards Ferguson, Hodge, Smallbone, and Cannon due to the relative stasis that has taken place in the careers of a number of the young players that we placed our hope in around the time Kenny took the job, and within the first 18 months of Kenny starting the job. The alternative is the lads whose careers are mid-table Championship, and are aged in their mid-late 20s. Thats not the warm fuzzy safety blanket of what might be, its the harsh reality of what is now, and what could be if these batches of youngsters dont make the grade.