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I guess with any junior sports theres no guarantees.Read an article on the 2010 youth fa cup winners. Only Gohkan Tore and that defender Bruma playing at a decent level
Got to do more with your pathways out of the youth academy. Barely even a championship player in that squad. More playing non league than championship or aboveI guess with any junior sports theres no guarantees.
Or maybe they just aren't good enough?Got to do more with your pathways out of the youth academy. Barely even a championship player in that squad. More playing non league than championship or above
Think there's something to do with them believing they were better than they are because they won so much at a young age.Or maybe they just aren't good enough?
The loan system is actually pretty good at sending them to clubs where they'll play.
United a year later provided Michael Keane, Lingard, Pogba and quite a few championship players. And Arsenal a year earlier Kyle Bartley, Wilshere, Coq & Ozyakup who is at Besiktas.Look at any youth cup side and you'll be lucky to find more than two or three that properly break through at senior level.
Chelsea would be happy with that. They'll make some money off load information others. But most of their kids will have a decent career in the game.
Yep. Its a huge step up from being an academy kid to being 'Chelsea quality'. But the kids dont need to be this good to be successful. Its about developing the kids to their best potential no matter what that level is.Look at any youth cup side and you'll be lucky to find more than two or three that properly break through at senior level.
Chelsea would be happy with that. They'll make some money off load information others. But most of their kids will have a decent career in the game.
Plenty of Chelsea youth finding their way into the top flight. Ake, Chaloboah, Loftus Cheek, Christenson, Abraham, Solanke etc.United a year later provided Michael Keane, Lingard, Pogba and quite a few championship players. And Arsenal a year earlier Kyle Bartley, Wilshere, Coq & Ozyakup who is at Besiktas.
Some clubs are better at providing a pathway to the top flight than others
That's true. Question for chef have there been changes down there since then with approach or staff. Or is it just a better batch of kids?Plenty of Chelsea youth finding their way into the top flight. Ake, Chaloboah, Loftus Cheek, Christenson, Abraham, Solanke etc.
And having seen a lot of them over the past few years I reckon we'll be seeing plenty more.
That's true. Question for chef have there been changes down there since then with approach or staff. Or is it just a better batch of kids?
Makes sense why the 2010 kids who achieved similar success to the more recent ones didn't kick on. Some of those 2010 kids were the ones who let off firecrackers at the training base I think I read with a few sacked before turning 18. Most of it is above the shoulders for them to not make it & some of it is the support network around them (family & club)Michael Emenalo becoming Techinal Director in 2010 is probably the single biggest influence.
Apparently he overhauled the academy and thats a huge part of why we are now the best in the land. Sadly hes now at Monaco.
Wut? Man United had 28 players play in the PL last year... are they saying that 20 of them are Academy players because I call BS... for starters I can name more than 8 that aren't academy players: Ibrahimovic, De Gea, Rojo, Bailly, Smalling, Jones, Lindelof, Mata, Fellaini, Lukaku...
Graduates that came through the academy, they can either be still at the club, loaned or sold. Not only still at the club.Wut? Man United had 28 players play in the PL last year... are they saying that 20 of them are Academy players because I call BS... for starters I can name more than 8 that aren't academy players: Ibrahimovic, De Gea, Rojo, Bailly, Smalling, Jones, Lindelof, Mata, Fellaini, Lukaku...
Oh right. Makes more sense now. Some of them can barely be called academy players anyway..Graduates that came through the academy, they can either be still at the club, loaned or sold. Not only still at the club.
You have one of them...Oh right. Makes more sense now. Some of them can barely be called academy players anyway..
hes s**t tooYou have one of them...
Your best CB...hes s**t too
No, no he isn't. Jagielka is out performing him despite being 36.Your best CB...