Saints Academy Thread

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fran-MLs little camera said:
It included all players who came through the relevant academy.
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http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/15421351.Saints__academy_production_among_the_world_s_best/
Not the minutes played for their own clubs, but minutes played in the top flight in 2016/17....so for instance, Lallana's time at Liverpool counts in our Academy success. So, as said before, United graduates are the most successful....remember their golden generation, but we come in at 4th in the world. Not bad for a tinky little club. :)
 
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fran-MLs little camera said:
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/15421351.Saints__academy_production_among_the_world_s_best/
Not the minutes played for their own clubs, but minutes played in the top flight in 2016/17....so for instance, Lallana's time at Liverpool counts in our Academy success. So, as said before, United graduates are the most successful....remember their golden generation, but we come in at 4th in the world. Not bad for a tinky little club. :)
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And thats without Bale who would boost those minutes up, and Tim Sparv.
 
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fran-MLs little camera said:
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/15421351.Saints__academy_production_among_the_world_s_best/
Not the minutes played for their own clubs, but minutes played in the top flight in 2016/17....so for instance, Lallana's time at Liverpool counts in our Academy success. So, as said before, United graduates are the most successful....remember their golden generation, but we come in at 4th in the world. Not bad for a tinky little club. :)
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Cheers Fran.

I'm still curious to how City got so many. Would have liked to see workings out.

Be interesting to see how they defined academy too, do they count Stephens for example?
 
Perceptions in football are that big clubs don't get beaten. They lose. This even filters down to academies. ManU U15s beat Co Fermanagh's U15 side last Monday. And they received due praise, even getting into the BBC Football video section: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40723855

Now let's see what happened when they lost 2-0 to Southampton's U15 side: http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=23944

You see.? They didn't get beaten, they merely lost. There's a difference. ;) And btw, they don't get to play for the Super Cup NI Junior title because of it. Can't imagine what the Saints youngsters are doing. Nobody is interested enough to say.
 
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Perceptions in football are that big clubs don't get beaten. They lose. This even filters down to academies. ManU U15s beat Co Fermanagh's U15 side last Monday. And they received due praise, even getting into the BBC Football video section: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40723855

Now let's see what happened when they lost 2-0 to Southampton's U15 side: http://allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=23944

You see.? They didn't get beaten, they merely lost. There's a difference. ;) And btw, they don't get to play for the Super Cup NI Junior title because of it. Can't imagine what the Saints youngsters are doing. Nobody is interested enough to say.
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And cant see it changing anytime soon either.
 
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