The Academy.....

[carheex]

A) Liverpool Football Club is a very important institution in the local community and it's Academy is a big plus factor, inspiring many youngsters to stay of the streets and work towards a positive lifestyle.

B) Then you can also look at the players on the next rung down, such as Hutchinson, Wright, Warnock, Guthrie, Matteo and others who also played games with Liverpool or made a nice profit.

C) And just think, if it did all go belly up for us financially, being able to bring through a bright crop of youngsters would probably save us from disaster.

A) Let the council fund it then...we're not exactly flush with financial resources

B) I'm not so sure those players you mentioned would have made us a profit when you add up their costs over the years spent with us

C) It would only save us if the youngsters were any good. Clearly they aren't as the majority don't get a sniff of the first team and those that do, look woefully out of their depth.

[CJ]

so you advocate no academy then?

what about the under 18s? the reserves? if they dont produce lots of players for the first team should we stop them to?

am not convinced that the academy does great things but it is hard to dsiplace players like alonso mash gerrard torres riena carra

obviously rafa has overhauled it with the bloke from barca coming in. i do wonder if barca have a larger captive market of youngsters than we do though?

[Gray]

I see someone (can't remember who - Villa perhaps?) is linked with buying him from Blackburn, but they are demanding more than the £8m offered... interesting to know if we get anything of the sell on fee.

Sell on fee!!! Under Parry, joker