All pretty much what Brom thought of Oxford' s Roofe - there is no substitute for game time and confidence. Training grounds are fine, but they are training grounds. Mind you, it would appear it is wrong of all of us - pundits, managers, viewers - to dare offer an opinion, when we have not actually attended the games and have got stubs to prove it.
A handful of academies have more than proved their worth, the bottom line is that you need a manager brave enough to play these kids, something that is missing in general terms from Bruceys CV.
Maybe they just aren't that good? These kids don't turn into first team players overnight just because the word "academy" has been put in the title instead of youth team!
Could well be, but Brucey isn't renowned for giving kids a chance. One thing is for sure, with Tony Pennock at the helm, and recent investment we are certainly heading in the right direction if its ever going to work. My lad's been at a couple of academies, one being Crewe which has a great reputation, but for that I'm sure Crewe would have gone down the tubes years ago
Oh me, oh my! What an unimaginative & tedious, badly written tirade! Really got under your skin, huh? You certainly took an extraordinarily long time to do your in-depth & inaccurate research. Were you consulting mummy? "A government survey has shown that 91% of illegal immigrants come to this country so that they can see their own doctor" Racist ****.
"Cambridge, definitely. Oxford, less so. Full of ***s" Homophobic **** (you'll try to justify it, but everyone knows what you meant & what you are ).
An interesting view but one I don't share. What is wrong in England and English football in general is the death of the proper reserve leagues. Clubs used the reserves in years gone by to play out of sorts players - players coming back from injury and the best of the youth. This is what is wrong. The U21 leagues are a joke and don't work. Boys need to play alongside and against grown men as it used to be. (Nothing to do with sex for those with warped/sick minds ). Bring back the proper reserve leagues and help the youth. That way you can soon see who will or wont make it. It used to work actually.
You are correct in ^^^^ this. From what I have seen so far both Matty Dixon and Max Clark should have been on the bench. If the score had been 3/4 - 0 to City like it should have been then the option to give both a go would have been available. Sadly neither happened.
I'm rather busy today, so I won't have time to play with you. Maybe your other stalker friends can come and look after you, if they're not too busy annoying everybody else on the board. Have fun! Bye!
"It probably explains your absence of any "likes" after EIGHT profound posts." "How to make a new member feel welcome and appreciated!" Hypocritical, two faced ****.
