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Club seem to be making lots of seemingly positive ’changes’ around the academy lately in terms of personnel, those facilities though....

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No SD signs in sight tonight inside the actual ‘tent’ or whatever it’s called, unlike last time.

 

The players’ gym though man, the kids’ gym at the AOL puts it to shame. :lol:

 

My boy and his team played against two NUFC academy sides and although they lost both games (1-0 and 2-1), our boys dominated both games and were much the better side. In the first game against their 1st team they couldn’t handle my own son, resorting to kicking him and drawing fouls. Of his 3 long range free kicks he hit the bar/top corner of the post with one, drew a save with the other and smashed one over.

 

In the second game he was in goal and had nowt to do for most of it, their second team was much better than their first team with more even players ability wise. The first team has one outstanding player who is also at SAFC with my son. That team would smash both NUFC teams.

 

The club staff were top notch and for the club they ended the evening taping up a fair few players by the looks of it which is what these tournaments are all about. There is lots of talent in the region, but unless the club improves its set up to match them though, club and talent may both lose out!

 

Seems at NUFC the majority of kids in there are to make up the numbers. Two would get into my son’s club team and one of them plays for them anyway and the other used to.

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I don't understand why the setup is still so poor for identifying and bringing through young players. Pretty shocking stuff.

 

It's the first thing you want to get right at a club, and in the grand scheme of things doesn't need that much of an outlay and could potentially save and make you loads of money down the road.

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I don't understand why the setup is still so poor for identifying and bringing through young players. Pretty shocking stuff.

 

It's the first thing you want to get right at a club, and in the grand scheme of things doesn't need that much of an outlay and could potentially save and make you loads of money down the road.

 

But Ashley just doesn't care. It's a bonus for him to neglect areas of the club.

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  • 6 months later...

So we've totally given up and chosen the makem route to the championship

 

Not sure there's any problem signing an 18 year old on a free from Liverpool.  Nearly every club does it

 

Say that again 10 games in to next season when he's started every game and done the square root of f**k all

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