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Shows how difficult it is/should be for us to compete with United and City.
English clubs often pay a premium too so comparisons with other leagues is slightly more difficult.Vive la FranceComment
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Palace!!!!Comment
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Half of PSGs is made up from 2 players!Comment
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Ousmane Dembele out for 4 months. Diddums Barca.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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Karma eh......
* The above is posted in my opinion. Feel free to disagree.Comment
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Ace
Hello mert.Comment
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Hahaha3rd place. Worst champions ever.
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I did the maths following our game with City and the average price of their starting 11 was 37.5m, i.e. higher than our record signing.Originally posted by Robbie-9-Fowler View PostComment
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DAVID WAGNER has backed the overhaul of Huddersfield Town’s Academy structure that will buck the trend of Premier League clubs by scrapping all age groups from Under-16s and below to focus solely on developing older players.
The Terriers, following a thorough evaluation of how their youth set-up has performed since the Academy was launched in 1999, have opted to downgrade from Category 2 to Category 4 status under the Elite Player Performance Plan that all 92 clubs must adhere to.
Huddersfield, The Yorkshire Post understands, spend around £20,000 per week on their existing scheme. That near £1m per year outlay will remain unchanged with any savings made by closing down the younger age groups being redirected to the Under-18s and Under-23s development squad.
Town’s change of direction follows a review of the past 18 years revealing that only Jon Stead of the youngsters brought through by the club had gone on to play regularly in the Premier League. Others to have established themselves in the Championship include Jack Hunt, Alex Smithies and Tom Clarke but the club hierarchy consider their biggest success stories to be older signings made with the development squad in mind.
Current captain Tommy Smith, for instance, arrived from Manchester City at 20 years old, a year younger than the age Harry Bunn made the same switch. Philip Billing also joined the Canalside set-up at 16 from Danish club Esbjerg.
“I cannot explain it in detail because I am not involved in the process,” said Wagner, a big advocate during his coaching career of promoting young players if good enough, when asked about changes that are partly influenced by EPPP rules that allow clubs with more resources such as Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Everton to cherry-pick the most talented youngsters from the Kirklees area.
“But I know it is very, very difficult for a club like ours to produce first-team players, especially now we are searching for Premier League players.
“This is because of the circumstances we have, with all the big competitors around us. There are great big Academies within 50 miles, our infrastructure compared to others is so, so different.
“I know that when our chairman, Dean Hoyle, makes every decision, he thinks about it very long and hard. Every decision he makes is in favour of this club.
“He thinks this is right to go back to Category 4, and I have so much trust that this is the right decision.
“What happens for a club of our size as Category 2 is Manchester City and Liverpool (get the players). This is why I say we are not competitive, Academy-wise, with these clubs. This is something we have to accept. I don’t think it makes sense to say it is anyone’s fault, it is just how it is.”
Around 100 youngsters attached to the squads for the respective age groups from Under-8s to Under-16s will be released along with a number of the Academy coaching staff following a decision that Hoyle has described as the “biggest” of his reign as chairman.
“We cannot be afraid of change,” he added. “This is a vital area to the long-term success of this club and we must make every effort to get this right.”
Richard Sutcliffe.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport...licy-1-8758606Comment
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The FA are comedic/embarrassing in equal measures.
Sampson Sacked despite being cleared in the recent investigation (which apparently never spoke to all parties with pertinent information).
Sacked on the basis of safeguarding allegations that he was cleared of and explicitly said not to have any safeguarding concerns.
Stinks of the FA ****ting their collective pants at the backlash to their story and looking for a way out of the mess they put themselves in.Football without Origi is nothingComment
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Sounds like a coach/player relationship at Bristol. No abuse/crime but against the ethos/code?
Clearly a cop out and timing couldn't be worse."that is my opinion and that is more important than what anyone else has to say about it" - Mr A.Fergusson, Oct 2011Comment
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Tranmere might want to rethink their nickname
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