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Maybe we should sell all the older players to generate cash to get Eddie Howe as Director of Sport and put the U23s in en masse- players and manager. Maybe we drop down but with a good basis for rebuilding. Swansea seem to do very well out of their academy. Where are we going wrong? Is it the difference between the two setups.......I think Swans have a highest grade academy (or at least did)? So do/did they attract better youngsters?
 
Maybe we should sell all the older players to generate cash to get Eddie Howe as Director of Sport and put the U23s in en masse- players and manager. Maybe we drop down but with a good basis for rebuilding. Swansea seem to do very well out of their academy. Where are we going wrong? Is it the difference between the two setups.......I think Swans have a highest grade academy (or at least did)? So do/did they attract better youngsters?
An excellent plan with only one tiny drawback: who in their right mind is going to part with money to buy any of our older guys?
Not sure about the academy comparison. Is it more likely that our youth system is as good but the connect to senior level is the problem. Taught one thing and then asked to perform quite differently.
 
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Looks like a breakdown of the power base.
Paints Tan as the bad guy.
Could explain the disconnect between the 23s and first team.
If Tan is the prime mover with regard tactics, its not going to get better any time soon.<yikes>

We say Dalman and Choo don't know much about football but compared to VT they are Pep and Klopp.

I don't get how such a successful businessman can be a so absolutely clueless regarding an investment north of £150 million. If he has such implicit faith in all of his decisions he is well on the way to writing off that money and possibly incurring much higher further costs being the very major shareholder.
 
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