It seems Ken Bates' bag boy (see picture below if you don't know what I mean) didn't even produce a quote of his own during his brief moment of fame when banning the Supporters Trust board and telling them 'supporters are there to support'. Check it out: In fact, it's not even a quote from Mr Chairman, his master. It's from Freddy Shepherd, the former Newcastle United Chairman who once took the piss out of his own fans for happily paying his rip-off prices for merchandise... while in a brothel with an undercover journalist who was reporting his every word. Great choice of your role model to quote, Bates and Harvey. Yet another insight into a what a pair of conniving scumbag ****ers you are. Oh yeah, and here's the picture I was on about. "Where would you like your bag putting, Mr Chairman?" please log in to view this image BATES OUT, HARVEY OUT!
Picking out another quote in the article from Bates: "A lot of what we’re doing is about the long term. I’ll be dead by the time half of the kids in the academy come into the first team so it would be easy to say ‘b***** the academy’. But many years down the line it’s something that the club will benefit from, just as it’s benefiting now. The squad’s got a lot of home-grown players in it – Jonny Howson, Ben Parker and Aidan White. We had another debutant (17-year-old left-back Charlie Taylor) playing against Bradford in the Carling Cup on Tuesday night. So the investment is clearly paying off.” I beg to differ Ken. As Arsenal have shown in the Premier League trying to build a team with the youth players is very risky and won't work unless you can retain them until they are in their prime. For starters the youth players will make mistakes whilst learning the game and adjusting to the pressure of playing at this club and level of football. Then if you sell the likes of Howson and Delph and possibly lose others for just compensation like White the football side of the club isn't benefiting, just the bank balance. In conclusion all the youth system is about for Ken is an excuse not to bring players in because these positions are occupied by youth (low wages also a benefit) and something to boast about, plus a successful way to make huge profits should a talented player come through
