Exactly on the same page here. Yorkie, not always as simple as what you're saying mate sadly. Too many politics in football.
Westlake - if there was impropriety Evans would sue the FA / Premier League. People who makes excuses and blame everyone else generally cant manage their way out of a paper bag. The thing that youre missing is that these processes - the criteria and audit - are not subjective and they are all down on paper.
Losing academy products to top premier league sides is neither surprising or concerning, frustrating yes, but until we get promoted we'll be very lucky to keep the cream of our crop whatever age they happen to be. I choose to look at it as evidence our academy production line is working well. Current noises suggest that Hurst is more likely to trust the products then McCarthey was.
