By Aston
July 23 2005

Ipswich Town assistant manager Willie Donachie believes that Town new boy Sam Parkin could go on and play for Scotland.

Parkin joined Town from league one side Swindon for a fee believed to be £450,000 has yet to score for Town during pre-season but Willie believes he has seen enough of him to say he could go on to play for Scotland.

 

Willie: “I would really love Sam to go on and play for Scotland - and I think he can.

 

“It is still very early days, of course, but I am very encouraged by what I have seen so far.

 

“Sam's a great lad. He's technically very good and at the moment he just has to get sharper and develop a better understanding with the rest of the players.

 

“We have very high hopes for him. He's not fulfilled his potential yet and there is an awful lot more to come from him.

 

“I see him in training and he's just a very good footballer. It's hard to put into words, but he's not an athlete, a worker or a kicker - he is definitely a footballer.”

 

Source: Evening Star

 

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