U23s & Academy

[Optimistic Nut]

Just more driftwood from the academy leaving without making an impact. 

[GeordieDazzler]

Not every player is going to make it

[Rabster]

No snooker, no darts, no bookies.  What kind of Academy is this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwlAvS7MeTI

[Pilko]

7 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Just more driftwood from the academy leaving without making an impact. 

 

At least we got a fee and he's gone to a club in the Dutch top flight, ten years ago he'd have been down the road at Jarrow Roofing on a free. Progress of a sort 

[Viana]

7 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Just more driftwood from the academy leaving without making an impact. 

That's how it's going to be for a while though. 

 

At the minute we're trying to raise the overall level of our academy. It's brutal, but to @Pilko's point, we need to get to a point where our failed academy lads have EFL careers—whether that's after leaving us at 12-13 or 19-20. 

 

The fact we've managed to produce Lewis Miley during this period is a miracle. Now imagine Lewis in a much better team from 10 or 11-years-old. It changes things. The player(s) who make a big impact from our academy are currently in primary school. The ones we bring in from other clubs are likely not much older. 

[Optimistic Nut]

It was just a joke.