Wolves head coach Kenny Jackett today challenged Liam McAlinden to use his loan at Shrewsbury as a springboard to stardom like new England hero Andros Townsend. McAlinden had a dream start to his three-month spell at the Greenhous Meadow when he scored his first Football League goal within seven minutes of coming off the bench to seal a 2-0 win against Gillingham last Saturday. Tottenham winger Townsend burst onto the international scene by scoring one goal and setting another one up in Friday’s 4-1 win over Montenegro and starred in Tuesday’s 2-0 victory over Poland that clinched England’s place in next year’s World Cup finals in Brazil. Jackett took Townsend on loan to Millwall in March 2011 and the winger scored twice in 11 games at the New Den. Starting with Yeovil in March 2009, that was one of nine different clubs the 22-year-old has played for on loan, with Leyton Orient, MK Dons, Ipswich, Watford, Leeds, Birmingham and QPR all playing a part in his apprenticeship. Now Jackett wants McAlinden to seize his opportunity in similar fashion. “It’s very interesting to see Andros Townsend who’s the man of the moment for England but he’s had nine loan clubs and he’s 22,” said the boss. Read more: shropshirestar/sport/2013/10/17/wolves-loanee-liam-mcalinden-urged-to-follow-andros-townsends-example/
Posted on: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:54:30 +0000
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