LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2012/10/06/newcastle-united-academy-in-line-for-top-status-61634-31977545/ Newcastle United Academy in line for top status by Mark Douglas, The Journal Oct 6 2012 NEWCASTLE United are confident of belatedly clinching Category One status for their Academy before the turn of the year, in a development that is viewed as critical for continued success of the club under Mike Ashley. A major overhaul of Academies is currently being pushed through by the Premier League as part of the Elite Player Performance Plan, which will see clubs graded to one of four levels. Newcastle’s Academy was initially assessed below the grade required to earn the sought-after Category One mark, which brings a minimum of £775,000 of annual funding and makes it easier for clubs to scout and transfer the best players from all over the country. That was a sizeable blow for a club that has placed youth development at the heart of its attempts to become sustainable, but The Journal has learned that United are hopeful of confirmation of their Category One status in the next few months, having proven to the Premier League that they have made the improvements raised by the original audit. Making the grade is of huge importance to United, who would stand to lose nearly £300,000 of annual Academy funding and run the risk of neighbours Middlesbrough and Sunderland – who have both already been given Category One status – potentially poaching their players for a knock-down fee if they were in the Category Two bracket. The status of their Academy has been shrouded in mystery ever since the first tranche of clubs to be awarded Category One status began to announce that they had been given the top tier of funding. Unlike Sunderland – who made a swift announcement that they had been given Category One status – Newcastle made no comment, but seem to have worked hard with the Premier League and independent auditors Foot Pass England to try to make the adjustments needed. The club have also been able to point to the increased number of Academy graduates being used in high-profile games this season, with the emergence of Shane Ferguson and James Tavernier particularly pleasing for manager Alan Pardew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 would be good news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binnsy Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Would be tremendous news and it is really vital for the future development of the club that we get category one status. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 The eight year plan is making more and more sense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Better late than never. Would be good news when we finally get Category One status. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20121008/spanish-striker-to-face-villa_2281670_2942890?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Has it been said why we we failed to get category 1 status originally? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Has it been said why we we failed to get category 1 status originally? Yes. a lot. Including just above you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I can see it now. Five goal haul from the Xisc machine against Villa reserves. Place on the bench against the Mackems. Makes an 85th minute entry for an ailing Shola who has bagged our goal, which has since been equalised. Xisco scores a backheel from 20 yards and then runs out of the ground celebrating, never to be seen again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Winning 1-0 Campbell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Winning 1-0 Campbell 2-1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 2-1 now, Abeid has scored. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Campbell seems to score every game, shame his development will stop immediately when he's introduced to hoofball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2012/10/09/shane-ferguson-proof-of-a-laudable-policy-61634-31994548/ Main bit of note being... The Journal learned on Friday that United’s Academy has made the necessary improvements that the club hope will earn it Category One status under the new Elite Player Performance Plan to be imposed by the Premier League in the near future. Yesterday it emerged that Newcastle have told agents they have decided not to sign players under the age of 18 any more – a reaction to the failure of the likes of Aaron Spear and Ben Tozer to blossom after cash was spent on them. The signing of Gaël Bigirimana, who will soon turn 19, is about as young as Newcastle will go when it comes to spending big bucks. It is an understandable policy given the uncertainty that comes with player development, but it also reflects United’s belief that they have been too quick to write off certain players who are in their early twenties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2012/10/09/shane-ferguson-proof-of-a-laudable-policy-61634-31994548/ Main bit of note being... The Journal learned on Friday that United’s Academy has made the necessary improvements that the club hope will earn it Category One status under the new Elite Player Performance Plan to be imposed by the Premier League in the near future. Yesterday it emerged that Newcastle have told agents they have decided not to sign players under the age of 18 any more – a reaction to the failure of the likes of Aaron Spear and Ben Tozer to blossom after cash was spent on them. The signing of Gaël Bigirimana, who will soon turn 19, is about as young as Newcastle will go when it comes to spending big bucks. It is an understandable policy given the uncertainty that comes with player development, but it also reflects United’s belief that they have been too quick to write off certain players who are in their early twenties. I find this a bit odd - surely the problem with those players were the fact that they were recruited by Wise who bought badly and overpaid for youngsters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Personally i don't like clubs spending big money on under 18s across the board, i cringe when i see some clubs spending over a million on players that are not even 16 years old. That's not just us but any club, i don't think it's fair on anyone involved and that kid has massive pressure to succeed from the get go. like Chelsea with Kakuta for example. Bigi was different, he had played over 20 professional games in the championship so he had experience of what professional football is all about some of these kids have huge amounts spent on them without kicking a ball professionally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stozo Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2012/10/09/shane-ferguson-proof-of-a-laudable-policy-61634-31994548/ Main bit of note being... The Journal learned on Friday that United’s Academy has made the necessary improvements that the club hope will earn it Category One status under the new Elite Player Performance Plan to be imposed by the Premier League in the near future. Yesterday it emerged that Newcastle have told agents they have decided not to sign players under the age of 18 any more – a reaction to the failure of the likes of Aaron Spear and Ben Tozer to blossom after cash was spent on them. The signing of Gaël Bigirimana, who will soon turn 19, is about as young as Newcastle will go when it comes to spending big bucks. It is an understandable policy given the uncertainty that comes with player development, but it also reflects United’s belief that they have been too quick to write off certain players who are in their early twenties. I find this a bit odd - surely the problem with those players were the fact that they were recruited by Wise who bought badly and overpaid for youngsters. To be fair I don't think it's that bad of a move for a club with a constrained budget like ours. Chelsea have spent millions (£5m for Michael Woods and Tom Taiwo in particular sticks out) in recent years and got virtually no return from their investment. Plenty of other examples at Man. City, Man U, Arsenal and Liverpool as well. I think with players that young to be successful you really have to adopting a bit of a scattergun approach which will involve investing several million per season and accepting that some of them will fall by the wayside. I think at our club where we're going to be spending a net of about £10m per season on our entire squad it's a tad unrealistic to spend several million of that on players who the majority of will come to nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Talk of actually paying teams for fielding eligible under-21s: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/premier-clubs-may-be-paid-for-playing-young-british-talent-8210359.html Seems faintly insane, and is certainly a little sad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 not sure how legal by EU law that would be. Sounds more like spitballing an idea and hoping it takes without actually thinking it through Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Alex Gilliead selected for England U17. Also, the U18s played some cup at St Georges' at the weekend according . Pretty poor results overall, Adam Armstrong scored a hattrick against Aston Villa and won us a game against Southampton with the only goal of the game though. He sounds promising, was impressed with him when I watched that game in the Milk Cup as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 We were pretty damn mint tonight, could have been any score. Dominated from start to finish playing some lovely stuff along the way. Xisco put in a very, very good shift and actually looked like he has a bit of talent. Hope he's rewarded with a place on the bench on Thursday alongside Campbell who ran his bollocks off and created a lot of chances for himself and his teammates. Although we didn't have much defending to do, Good and Satka played well when they became a pair at CB, as did Tavernier who looked very classy at both CB and RB. Good in particular was really impressive. Only slight negative for me was Amalfitano. At fault for the goal with an awful back pass that went straight to their striker, something he'd almost done earlier on too. He looks a million miles away from the first team at the minute, unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 We were pretty damn mint tonight, could have been any score. Dominated from start to finish playing some lovely stuff along the way. Xisco put in a very, very good shift and actually looked like he has a bit of talent. Hope he's rewarded with a place on the bench on Thursday alongside Campbell who ran his bollocks off and created a lot of chances for himself and his teammates. Although we didn't have much defending to do, Good and Satka played well when they became a pair at CB, as did Tavernier who looked very classy at both CB and RB. Good in particular was really impressive. Only slight negative for me was Amalfitano. At fault for the goal with an awful back pass that went straight to their striker, something he'd almost done earlier on too. He looks a million miles away from the first team at the minute, unfortunately. Good stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 We were pretty damn mint tonight, could have been any score. Dominated from start to finish playing some lovely stuff along the way. Xisco put in a very, very good shift and actually looked like he has a bit of talent. Hope he's rewarded with a place on the bench on Thursday alongside Campbell who ran his bollocks off and created a lot of chances for himself and his teammates. Although we didn't have much defending to do, Good and Satka played well when they became a pair at CB, as did Tavernier who looked very classy at both CB and RB. Good in particular was really impressive. Only slight negative for me was Amalfitano. At fault for the goal with an awful back pass that went straight to their striker, something he'd almost done earlier on too. He looks a million miles away from the first team at the minute, unfortunately. Cheers Ash, disappointing about Amalfitano, was literally just thinking why he didn't seem to be getting much of a chance as he has looked like he has something about him on the limited viewings Definitely happy about Good, thought he would be getting more of a sniff. What was Abeid's goal like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Have to say too, it was slightly infuriating watching us play tonight. We looked to always pass it out from Alnwick and play it out from there, whether it be to any of the back four or Abeid dropping in deep. We really did play some fast-flowing, exciting football (loads of men breaking forward when we nicked it off them, good link-up play, running the ball at the opposition, 1-2's, etc). Even when we played it long which wasn't a great deal, the balls had purpose and the diagonals caused Stoke so many problems. Beardsley was encouraging the lads to keep it on the ground as much as possible which was refreshing to hear. This is how the first team should be playing though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Great to hear we are playing so well, hopefully the first team can follow suit sooner or later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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