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Father Jack Hackett said:
I guessed at a decade as, it takes that long from getting them at 8 until they're anywhere near the first team.
The u15s who were arguably the best in the country and had just beaten Chelsea in a European final would have been u18 level now and starting to think of first team involvement. Sadly, we'll never see any of them.
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Is that the main age group that’s been picked apart?
The age groups below that were all strong and performing well too. Has a lot of talent there left too?
 
Shirley Shammel said:
The “cost cutting” is the biggest smokescreen ever and the fact that Donald has used it to pat himself on the back is vomit inducing. Literally anyone can go into a business and say “don’t spend that and don’t spend that”. And the only genuinely major issues - Rodwell, Papy and N’Dong - were pretty much sorted themselves. Two of the daft bastards got themselves the sack (have we seen a penny of the compensation Donald bragged about getting) and Rodwell was leaving anyway.
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Don’t forget the club doctor we sued for 13 million or something.
 
Shirley Shammel said:
The “cost cutting” is the biggest smokescreen ever and the fact that Donald has used it to pat himself on the back is vomit inducing. Literally anyone can go into a business and say “don’t spend that and don’t spend that”. And the only genuinely major issues - Rodwell, Papy and N’Dong - were pretty much sorted themselves. Two of the daft bastards got themselves the sack (have we seen a penny of the compensation Donald bragged about getting) and Rodwell was leaving anyway.
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Totally agree. There's necessary cost-cutting and there's being a right tight twat that doesn't help the product he's bought. I read a story somewhere that apparently when he took over at Eastleigh he stopped providing bottles of water for the players during training because they weren't drinking the full bottle.
 
arthursboy said:
OMG the Danny Graham interest is true, do we never learn
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Other options being looked at though. From that article LWB, CB, CF are areas he’s definitely seeking to add to which would only really leave central midfield as an obvious area to improve, perhaps Embleton and Neil are being seen as options there? I’d still love to see us get Fraser but wouldn’t complain if Scowen and a young lad got the central midfield slots.
 
Crayola-Kid said:
This is not necessarily my opinion, but to play Devil’s Advocate, you could look at that and argue we had gone into free fall with Short, after him putting his money where his mouth is, and the two years the academy have been set back badly were as a direct result of that and the cost cutting that had to happen to stop us going under. I don’t know if that’s true but I could see it being argued (I’m not an SD supporter by any stretch)
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The academy was fairly intact and untouched before Short left the building..Just before the sale to the chancer's, I had a call to visit and it was a hive of activity. What has went on these past two years has been criminal from people I know who work or worked there
Pepe said:
Don’t forget the club doctor we sued for 13 million or something.
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Alvarez wasn't it?
 
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molthemackem said:
The academy was fairly intact and untouched before Short left the building..Just before the sale to the chancer's, I had a call to visit and it was a hive of activity. What has went on these past two years has been criminal from people I know who work or worked there

Alvarez wasn't it?
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I think was related to that. A nonsense either way.
 
molthemackem said:
The academy was fairly intact and untouched before Short left the building..Just before the sale to the chancer's, I had a call to visit and it was a hive of activity. What has went on these past two years has been criminal from people I know who work or worked there
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They cashed in on children to save them putting their own money in. Corrosive, long term damage. That they completely wasted the potential short term benefit only cements their incompetence. Can't wait till Donald is completely removed from this club.
 
The Cabbage said:
They cashed in on children to save them putting their own money in. Corrosive, long term damage. That they completely wasted the potential short term benefit only cements their incompetence. Can't wait till Donald is completely removed from this club.
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You could say that these owners knowingly have raped the academy players to save them putting their hands in their own pockets.
 
Football Dinosaur said:
So you'd rather sign a never has been than a player with pace and potential. We'll done
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Didn't say that, just Semenyo is shite, probably does have bags of ability but is thick as mince
Upthere said:
I’ve counted 7 people in this thread who claim to know something about FPP or their people.

Amazing to think that these American finance billionaires find enough time to talk to all of theses people. Fair play to them

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Or maybe they all know the same person who has been told something or other
 
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