Quote: Northernrelic "Nice to see he can finally be honest 12,000 miles away?
Did he think FC was going to drop Kearney to make room for him?'"
Kearney missed quite a few games last season and FC played Foster at fullback. Obviously FC did not think Naughton was ready for the first team, and I agree. Look at Jamie Shaul over at Hull - only just breaking into the first team setup and he is 3 years older than Curtis.
But despite that, Naughton claims he had no idea why he wasn't being picked, which as someone else has suggested this is a bit of a concern. Unless he's making stuff up, which I wouldn't rule out tbh.
At the end of the day we've lost a cracking prospect at least two years earlier than we contractually should have done. I can see us eventually playing Kear at FB once Brett moves on, which can't be that far away in all honesty. It's a shame Naughton couldn't see further than his immediate future, I suspect he would have been our first choice fullback within the next 2 or 3 years and now instead he will be playing in the aussie reserves with pretty much zero chance of making the first team. I will be amazed if we see Curtis in the first team even once during his current 2 year contract with them.