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http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/spor...newcastle-united-stats-magpies-fourth-8260484
Read this article earlier on one of the local Newcastle news sites and it linked into something I've been thinking about this past week following the opening of Man City's $200m new academy.
- Man Utd, Spurs and Arsenal top 3 for games played by academy gradutates (the mighty Toon coming in at 4th!).
- Sunderland, Hull, QPR, Burnley all on 0 apparently.
At the other end of the spectrum, you have QPR and Burnley (2 promoted sides), Hull (looking to consolidate themselves in the top flight) and Scumberland (who flirted with relegation for most of last season) who are all yet to have any games played by academy graduates - is that perhaps an indication that in such pivotal seasons for those teams, they don't rate their youth coming through or have any players up to the required standard?
Just curious to get people's thoughts on how much value they think their club's put on their academies. With FFP and home grown squad registration requirements, seemingly it will only become more important for club's to have quality academies and junior development.
Some club's may see their academies as producing players for the first team whilst others may develop them with an eye on selling them later as a means to make money.

