As the Allams have shown they have a different way of interpreting things (well everything) you may not get what you expect.
Not that I'm defending it but they had someone from the club on the radio at the weekend explaining their reasoning. Basically he said that from the Foundation (Under-9 to Under-11) and Youth Development (U12 to U16) groups they'd only ever managed to develop 3 players who'd made it as footballers and two of those had dropped down to lower clubs. (I've no idea if that's correct I'm just repeating what was said) He said all the decent youngsters in the area were hoovered up by big established PL teams at the younger levels as they could afford to play the numbers game. He said they had a much better record with the Professional Development (U17 to U21) group, many of whom had been released from big clubs at 16, and bringing them on so that was they were going to make all of their investments in the future. He said it wasn't about saving money but spending it where they had the best chance of building a pipeline of players good enough for the first team. I suppose it could make sense from a business point of view but it is crap from a football in the community perspective.
No it's good from a community perspective. Huddersfield can now host an extra trampoline class in the disused facilities. Hats off to their owner.
