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I'm gonna be pedantic here, sorry...
Signing 18 year olds is nothing to do with the academy really, if anything it's an indication of the failings of our academy, as we wouldn't need to be signing players of this age if it were doing it's job.
An 18 year old signing would count as club trained on paper, but the age range for that is 15-21, and when I think of academy products I tend to think of the 15-18 part being more pertinent. By the age of 18 another academy has already done most of the work.
You pedantry missed the point spectacularly, no worries.
I meant signing players who will go into the academy.
How does that relate to this kid?You pedantry missed the point spectacularly, no worries.
I meant signing players who will go into the academy.
It doesn’t show the academy is failing, we have a-lot of 18-20-year olds on loan, and as such the U21s suffered in terms of competitiveness this season. There’s no real downside in taking these projects off of other clubs. Most likely we flip them for a modest profit like Soonsup-Bell.
all academies sign players. Not every player signed at 6 develops in to a PL level player, some need moving on, some get poached and the academy needs topping up.
In the Mason Melia thread though, so it's not really that shocking that one would assume you were relating his signing to the academy is it?It doesn't, I was making a point about our strategy
OK, well I'm always interested in the exciting future of the club, what exactly has been going on with the overhaul of the academy then?Yes, yes it is
Been thinking this over, surely with certain cases we could create a job for his parent(s). Say “Project coordinator” for the Hotel Build, or other abstract position.
Given the fees involved, say a £50k a year three year contract for his Dad, wouldn’t that enable a minor to come over as well? Might need some jiggery pokery.
Signed players from Chelsea, Liverpool and City who will go straight into the academy.
DONE DEAL: Spurs confirm trio of new academy signings
Spurs are restocking their academy after losing players to Ange’s first team.
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In which case I refer back to my original point, signing 18 year olds isn't overhauling the academy, it's poaching the work of other academies...Signed players from Chelsea, Liverpool and City who will go straight into the academy.
DONE DEAL: Spurs confirm trio of new academy signings
Spurs are restocking their academy after losing players to Ange’s first team.
***while we’re on that PSA
Shsmrock Rovers are NEVER and should never be referred to as ‘Shamrock’
Either Rovers or shamrock rovers!
It’s like calling Aston Villa ‘Aston’
The British media does it and it’s fucking infuriating.
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And overhauling our academy at the same time.
And so what? That’s the world we live in. It’s what other top clubs are also doing.
All in the game bro.
I'm not complaining about making these signings, I just don't see it as anything to do with "overhauling" the academy...
Suppose it’s how you define “overhaul”. It’s a change in strategy perhaps, in keeping with the way other clubs operate. I’m all in favour of targeting the best 16-18 year olds from anywhere in the world.
It’s good business sense and maybe something we weren’t doing so well previously.
Sounds like a lot.
I didn't think the tarmac around the stadium was in need of doing really anyway.
I didn't think the tarmac around the stadium was in need of doing really anyway.
Tom Barclay who broke the story said he played Gaelic football to a really high standard too. You can absolutely tell that from his playstyle. Those GF players are double-hard bastards.