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Will Hayhurst

Will Hayhurst

Gromit said:
Will is the same age as me and I played against him a few times, once at Deepdale in the Preston schools final thing they do every year. Nobody could get near him and even though his team were terrible we drew that final, and I remember thinking how above everyone else he was in terms of pace, strength and skill. We had a lad playing at Preston on our side too but Hayhurst stood out a mile.

Fast forward a few years to watching him play professional football and it was staggering how ineffective he looked, I know it sounds ridiculous/obvious because it is professional football, but it really makes you appreciate the level of the game, and all those people who say 'I could have made it blah blah blah' are usually talking out their arse.
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Will suffered those 2 bad injuries whilst still a scholar and, having seen him at 15, I'd say the 2nd one robbed him of some of his natural pace and his fearlessness in taking people on.....

Still I will always remember him for breaking my daughters phone - sort of - when he ran away from the Port Vale defence late on to earn the Pen from which we won @ Vale Park with 10 men. Phone dropped whilst celebrating winning the Pen, his pace on the break had earnt us !

He used to look after Bailey Wright Dog at his parents whenever Bailey went back to Australia for the summer ..... so he could have a 3rd career if the property world goes flat !
 
Gromit said:
Will is the same age as me and I played against him a few times, once at Deepdale in the Preston schools final thing they do every year. Nobody could get near him and even though his team were terrible we drew that final, and I remember thinking how above everyone else he was in terms of pace, strength and skill. We had a lad playing at Preston on our side too but Hayhurst stood out a mile.

Fast forward a few years to watching him play professional football and it was staggering how ineffective he looked, I know it sounds ridiculous/obvious because it is professional football, but it really makes you appreciate the level of the game, and all those people who say 'I could have made it blah blah blah' are usually talking out their arse.
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I played against David Lucas, he was off-the-charts good compared with the rest of us.
 
PNEinGranby said:
Had he been a youth coming through now under AN I think he would have been able to learn his trade rather than being thrown in too early (same applies to a few inc Barton). You could see the talent but it needed honing
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If your good enough your old enough.....
 
HAPPY WHITE said:
If your good enough your old enough.....
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Right but very few Premiership players made their debut at age 16 even though they had bags of ability at that age. Ian Rush spent most of his first season at Liverpool playing in their reserves even though he cost a fair packet and was obviously going to make it. We're seeing Alex making sure Bayliss is ready for the Championship even though I'm sure the talent he's got means he will make it. We have seen similar patience with Ben Davies and Josh Harrop.
 
PNEJack said:
he's 28 now, went to plymouth in league 2 for the money after getting promoted with bury last season and being a player of the season contender, didn't go to a league one club for some reason
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Just to add some balance to this statement. He went to Plymouth because he hadn't been paid any wages for 4 months by Bury. He was a free agent and the Bury manager who was highly regarded by the players went to Plymouth. My understanding is that most of the lads who left Bury for Plymouth have taken pay cuts
 
sports rehab said:
Will suffered those 2 bad injuries whilst still a scholar and, having seen him at 15, I'd say the 2nd one robbed him of some of his natural pace and his fearlessness in taking people on.....

Still I will always remember him for breaking my daughters phone - sort of - when he ran away from the Port Vale defence late on to earn the Pen from which we won @ Vale Park with 10 men. Phone dropped whilst celebrating winning the Pen, his pace on the break had earnt us !

He used to look after Bailey Wright Dog at his parents whenever Bailey went back to Australia for the summer ..... so he could have a 3rd career if the property world goes flat !
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Ironically i purchased my puppy from Wills parents and called him Bailey lovely family and wish him all the best for the future.
 
pbc373 said:
Just to add some balance to this statement. He went to Plymouth because he hadn't been paid any wages for 4 months by Bury. He was a free agent and the Bury manager who was highly regarded by the players went to Plymouth. My understanding is that most of the lads who left Bury for Plymouth have taken pay cuts
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Taken pay cuts, but will actually get paid!!
 
pnenycx said:
Right but very few Premiership players made their debut at age 16 even though they had bags of ability at that age. Ian Rush spent most of his first season at Liverpool playing in their reserves even though he cost a fair packet and was obviously going to make it. We're seeing Alex making sure Bayliss is ready for the Championship even though I'm sure the talent he's got means he will make it. We have seen similar patience with Ben Davies and Josh Harrop.
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maybe your right but it was mostly div 1 and its a lower standard... but I catch your drift..
 
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