Jonathan Acworth hasn't been heard of for some time, but he was always recommending non-league players when we were in the Premier League.
However, the gap between League 1 and the non-league is not that great. The top two tiers of the non-league system contains many talented players who were let go by top division academies.
Charlton could have had Colby Bishop for a song when he went to Accrington. Now he is a leading player at Portsmouth.
Having grown up with Sam Bartram, I always believed in building from the back. In my view neither of our current keepers meets the standards required.
I wasn't able to go to my non-league cup game last night as I was listening to the dross from The Valley. However,, our excellent keeper Callum 'The Hawk' Hawkins (signed from Burton Albion) was substituted just before the penalty shoot out. The Academy keeper then won the shoot out. Bring on Rochdale on Saturday.
Jas Singh at Tamworth is another non-league keeper I rate, but he has a good day job in insurance.
Rather than spending money on compensating Nathan Jones, I would splash out on a quality keeper.
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