Town boss Paul Lambert felt Idris El Mizouni’s full debut was the one bright spark he could take from Good Friday’s 4-0 defeat at Preston North End.

The 18-year-old central midfielder, who had made three senior sub appearances prior to Friday, started on the right of the front three before being replaced in the 59th minute.

“I thought he did well,” Lambert said. “It’s not his natural position but we don’t have any wide players, with Gwion being out injured [with a groin problem] and obviously Freddie [Sears] and Wardy [Grant Ward] and Jack [Lankester] all injured.

“I played Andre there at Brentford. Andre’s got a good chance of playing on Monday, so I gave Idris a go and he never let us down, he was the one bright spark.”

Alan Judge, who played on the other side of the front three, added: “It will have been a good experience for him. He got one or two tackles left on him which will show he needs to quicken up from U23s football.

“But he's a good, bright lad and this will only be good for him in the end. He still took the ball in positions where some people might hide.”

France-born El Mizouni's full debut capped an impressive season which saw him start in the U18s, progress to the U23s and win two caps for Tunisia's Olymic side, who play at U23 level.

In December he signed his first professional contract which runs to the summer of 2021 with the club having an option for a further year.

El Mizouni, who was previously with AS Meudon and AC Boulogne-Billancourt, cost the Blues £6,000 when he joined the academy as a full-time scholar in the summer of 2017.

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Dissboyitfc added 15:49 - Apr 21 The facts are the facts! 3 wins in 6 months for us. Nobody would have done worse. I like Lambert, and I want him to do well and he should be given more time! But what has Paul done anywhere since he split with culverhouse ?
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ArnieM added 16:27 - Apr 21 Like you say facts are facts . This is still Hursts squad !!
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surgery added 16:44 - Apr 21 There can be very few clubs that have managed to assemble such a squad of dross. Has beens, never have beens, loanees who their parent clubs want shipped out, kids who are not yet ready.. this situation is disgraceful
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Orraman added 17:10 - Apr 21 ArnieM. - don't get disheartened by the amount of negative posts on these pages. It would seem that 75% of contributors are negative in thought and they are just a tiny minority of the true supporters we see every week home and especially away. When we get beat - admittedly too often this season - we see 5 - 6 pages of comment, but if we beat Swansea we'll be lucky to see 2 pages. Bad news sells newspapers and bad news motivates the negativity on here. Some people just cannot bear to happy or show a positive outlook. I personally am looking forward to next season.

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Dissboyitfc added 17:22 - Apr 21 Hardly paul hurst's team only 2 starting yesterday that were his signings! Dont get me wrong i like Paul Lambert and i want him to succeed. but it is very concerning that he has only won 3 games! Regarding our football team i would love nothing more than to be happy, its been missing a long time. Rooted to the bottom of the championship, norwich probably promoted as champions and we are heading for the third tier for the first time in over 60 years! whats to be happy about!

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