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saints have acadamy in guinea-bissau?

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  1. saintscj

    saintscj New Member

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    Qwerty Well-Known Member

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    Not quite. We brought him in from the Academy in Guinea, I think.
     
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  3. North Hants Saint

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    We don't have an academy there, just one of the youngsters signed on a few months ago is from Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese based) - Alberto Seidi.
     
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    Do we still have the academy centre near Bristol? Seem to remember that's where Gareth Bale and Nathan Dyer were discovered and signed before they came to the main academy set up.
     
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    the satellite centre in bath is still there.
     
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  6. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    The Times mentioned a satellite academy (possibly Bristol) that Saints had set up to give them a wider catchment area. As the journalist put it, half our catchment area is in the sea!
     
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    I thought it was only P*mpey that recruited youth players from the sea <laugh>
     
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  8. Itchen North Matt

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    This Seidi lad is 18 and born 1n 1992, so won't be a part of the U18s. He must be pretty good though because no-one would come all the way from Portugal to play in our reserves.
     
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  9. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    No, only their mates.
     
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  10. OddRiverOakWizards

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    I don't think it is likely and if we did it would be rather pointless as none of the players would be eligible for a work permit as Guinea Bissau are ranked too low in the IFFA rankings.
     
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  11. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Think something was lost in translation.
     
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