Sean Roberts' Sheffield Wednesday career wasn't a long one, but he can still say that he turned out for the Owls as a teenager - achieving his dream of playing in England after leaving his native South Africa behind. He talks Kevin Pressman, facing Gerald Sibon in training, and getting his wrists slapped whilst in the youth setup.
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00:00When you're that age and you're taking that step up,
00:03I know you trained with Spurts and people like that,
00:05but when you're then in first team training
00:08and you're working with these guys every day,
00:10did you look at, I remember Gerald Saban when I was a kid
00:14and looking, the way he struck a ball was just unbelievable.
00:17And did you ever find yourself in training as a teenager
00:21just going, yeah, these guys are quite good?
00:25No, for sure.
00:25I mean, don't forget Colton Palmer was there as well,
00:28you know, when I arrived.
00:29He left shortly afterwards.
00:31Andy Hinchcliffe was there as well.
00:33You know, I'm a big City fan and he was, you know,
00:36obviously a City player.
00:38But yeah, you do sort of stand there,
00:40but you also realise, Joe, that they're just human, right?
00:42They're just, they're obviously very good at what they do.
00:44They've just obviously been dramatised on TV,
00:49but yeah, they're there for a reason
00:51because they're properly good.
00:52Gerald Saban would stay after training with me
00:54and just take shots.
00:56It's absolutely frightening the power and direction
00:59and accuracy that he had.
01:02Yeah, I'm not too sure what happened to him after Wednesday,
01:05but he was a top player.
01:06Difficult man, but top player.