#player-development

#player-development

"I think there comes a stage where you have to test yourself week in and week out against the best in the world," the 22-year-old told BBC Sport.

"I'm happy to find myself at Monaco and enjoying myself in life and in football and everything is working really well."

Brandon is a hugely talented and hard-working player who has shown consistent improvement during his time with us. His performances in the Championship and in our senior environment have underlined his potential.

The Championship is being rebranded as Champ Rugby with a new 14-team structure, featuring play-offs for the title and promotion to the Premiership.

"It's a grind every day. It's super competitive. It's not like college, it's your job to be a hockey player."

The next step for Gomez is a typical one for inexperienced pitchers: Throw more strikes. He issued 10 walks in his 13 innings in St. Lucie.

Damien Duff expressed a desire to move beyond his public disagreements with Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley, referring to it as 'nonsense' and focusing instead on his players.

I chose to be here in Libya and start this project because from my very first meeting with the board members of the Libyan Football Federation I felt the willingness and how much they believed in me as a person and as a coach.

I've seen him in training lots, but training and games are different. This is the first time I've seen him play in a game and I was like, 'f**king hell' - sorry about that! - I didn't realise how good he actually was. Training is training and you can't judge too much on what you see in training.