raven_5
Striker
I think it does. They used to stay because they didn't need to move around the country, they played for a good academy and had more chances of getting in a side like Sunderland and become PL players rather than fighting with all the wonderkids at top clubs and getting loaned for years in the lower leagues.Don't think it would make any difference if we were in the Prem TBH mate.
Now the academy is a shambles and the best they can do is getting into a League 1 squad, so still into obscurity.