Championship club in bid for J.J

[Sir X]

<DIV class=article><DIV class=articleText><DIV class=articleHeadlineAndBody id=articleHeadlineAndBody><H3 class=headline id=headline>As I have argued and shatta my esteemed colleague has joined the growing chorus .I have asked in the past is it the enviroment or is it the player? Shatta X has asked what is it that overseas clubs see in our RBYZ that we dont? </H3><H3 class=headline></H3><H3 class=headline>No Ram-raid for Jermaine Johnson </H3><DIV class=articleBody id=articleBody><P align=center><TABLE class=caption cellSpacing=0 width=140 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=captionImage style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"></TD></TR><TR><TD class=captionText><DIV class=innerCaptionText>Jermaine Johnson</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P align=justify>It has been confirmed that Bradford City have turned down an offer from Derby County for Jermaine Johnson.<P align=justify>The high-flying Rams were the Championship side who tabled a bid, thought to be in the region of £250,000, for the Jamaican winger.<P align=justify>But Derby were forced to switch targets after being rejected and instead snapped up Scottish international Gary Teale from Wigan Athletic.<P align=justify>City chairman Julian Rhodes confirmed that he had dismissed the bid - and rubbished national reports that Hull City and Ipswich Town were now chasing their star asset.<P align=justify>Talking to the Telegraph &amp; Argus Julian Rhodes said: "There has been a number of scouts watching Jermaine from the Championship, with the only official contact we have had so far coming from Derby, but they didn't meet the valuation we had of him.<P align=justify>"Hull and Ipswich weren't two of the clubs we were led to believe were interested."<P align=justify>City also laughed off that they had agreed a deal with Sheffield United defender Chris Lucketti.<P align=justify>Colin Todd said: "I have no idea where the story came from. I spoke to Sheffield United about Kevan Hurst, but nobody else.<P align=justify>"It is just another case of people putting what they want in papers. There is absolutely nothing in it at all."<P align=justify>Hull are the front-ruuners to snap up the 35-year old Lucketti and Tigers boss Phil Brown has opened talks with his agent.<P align=justify>City are well stocked for centre halves, with regular duo David Wetherall and Mark Bower backed up by Matthew Clarke and youngster Simon Ainge.<P align=justify>Todd was full of praise for Wetherall's performance at Port Vale last week as the skipper bounced back from the shock of his red card against Cheltenham Town.<P align=justify>Todd added: "I was thinking of giving him a breather over the Christmas period because the games were coming thick and fast and then he got sent off for the first time in his career. But the response David showed at Port Vale was magnificent."<P align=justify><P align=justify>Is it strange how a player can walk out of the NPL into Div 2 and inthe middle of a season , injured mind you attract bids for a championship club? a player ridiculed as not having any ball sense? isit the player or the enviroment?<P align=justify><P align=justify></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>

[Sir X]

RE: Championship club in bid for J.J

Obviously its the enviroment , these youths play in a semi professional league are judged by semi professional fans , coached by semi professional coaches, eat a semi - professional diet and written about by semi professional scribes .

Our Boyz will continue to walk into european clubs and shine.We need to give them all the support to make the transition. Verbal support goes along way in mental toughness , especially for our youth.

The problem that I am having is that these players are leaving too old. Once they have passed the age of 20 , the learning curve gets harder and old habits are hard to break.

Well J.J , Omar, Thompson etc I wishyou the best.A striker who has the potential but time has flew by him in my mind is N. Sterling.The saddest thing that I have ever seen is the waste of K.DEER .He is a pure striker butbad habits promoted by the NPL enviromenthas eaten away at this gem.

Jamaicas future in football will come from forgein clubs setting up academys, it is coming as the rich clubs get richer and these struggling clubs will search far and wide for that african gem to keep pace.Thank GOD for CHEL$KI