Tony Mowbray has been talking about Chris Rigg and Jobe Bellingham and what the plans are for the two youngsters moving into the new season.
JOBE
"Jobe has done well in pre-season, but I see a 17 year old boy, I see a 17 year old boy with lots of personality and lots of opinions on football, and he’s very driven to try and carve out his own career. I’m pretty sure he’ll get there, but at this moment, in my mind, unless he over excels, he’ll be sharing game time with Dack and Rigg. We will rotate around in that position, and I think we can afford to do it because of the players we’ve got there. We’ve got a really exciting 17 year old and a really exciting 16 year old, and then we’ve got a lad in Dack who’s missed two years because of two cruciate injuries. I think the young ones will learn massively off Dack, and yet Dack won’t play 46 games for us. Neither will Jobe or Chris. We’ll roll them around and rotate them about, and see if we can get the best out of them as we go."
RIGG
"Is he a full time member of the first team squad now? I guess that will depend on his performance level, if his performance level is as it was at Hartlepool on Tuesday night, then he’s probably struggling to get in anywhere around it, but if he shows what he did in San Antonio, when he was running in behind and playing nice passes, then that’s a different story and he’s got every chance. Listen, that’s probably a bit harsh on him because he is a young boy. He’s got wonderful qualities."
