TheBronzeBummer
Midfield
WHat happened to leaving school at 16 fuckin hellHe’s still at school.
I’m gonna order a chicken curryWe mackem, you tackem
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WHat happened to leaving school at 16 fuckin hellHe’s still at school.
I’m gonna order a chicken curryWe mackem, you tackem
And also have a good history and current record of youth players hitting the first team.If they're too young to sign a professional contract (which i believe this lad was), then no, theres not a lot you can do. He's free to move where he wants.
It's all well and good selling our vision of getting into the first team at League one Sunderland, but Man U are the best academy in the country. Of course he will go.
WHat happened to leaving school at 16 fuckin hell
He’s 19 MumbaWhat’s that got to do with it. Couldn’t have gone on loan last season at 14 could he.
Its total nonsense to believe that. It wouldnt go up by 3 million. Not having an academy does not increase the value of a club. It'll be one of their major selling points when trying to get shot of the club.Yeah it would go up because it's cashflow would improve by £3m per year. That's a hell of a lot easier to value than 'we might produce another Jordan Pickford'
The way it was handled gave us no confidence at all that the right thing to do was stay..
I find it all pretty frustrating that these young players are not given a subs role with the first team....Sessengnon Fulham and Bellingham at Brum regularly played as 16 yr olds .... surely if the likes of Man U are after these players then they are good enough to be involved.
Agents and their parents probably see £££££ and ultimately don't care which club they play for....it looks like the draw of a hometown club doesn't exist anymore or loyalty ....ah well watch this space
Was that just the running of academy in general? Or was it also linked to their apparent willingness to offload young kids? They could have denied you permission to speak to liverpool though couldn't they?The way it was handled gave us no confidence at all that the right thing to do was stay..
My bad. Didn’t follow the thread. Apologies.He’s 19 Mumba
Well what are we meant to do ? The lad is too young to be offered a contract. He is free to move wherever he wants.
Hes not free to move. Regardless we can withhold and demand top compensationIf they're too young to sign a professional contract (which i believe this lad was), then no, theres not a lot you can do. He's free to move where he wants.
It's all well and good selling our vision of getting into the first team at League one Sunderland, but Man U are the best academy in the country. Of course he will go.
We were told of the contact from a secretary. The fact we were contacted at all rang alarm bells. Although it’s common practice now, allowing the contact was unheard of then. I’m lead to believe no one (who actually coached or knew Luca) had been consulted. By the time the Academy director contacted us we had already met with Liverpool, visited what we needed to & flew off on holiday.Who handled it badly out of interest ? Was it just the academy or higher up like Hill or even higher than that ? Or did they all have a part to play ?
The new manager (& higher management) had just arrived. My son never even met the academy director. He was still there when Reid arrived but we had no dealing with him. Yes they could have denied permission.Was that just the running of academy in general? Or was it also linked to their apparent willingness to offload young kids? They could have denied you permission to speak to liverpool though couldn't they?
As long as we're stuck in this division it'll keep happening
We were told of the contact from a secretary. The fact we were contacted at all rang alarm bells. Although it’s common practice now, allowing the contact was unheard of then. I’m lead to believe no one (who actually coached or knew Luca) had been consulted. By the time the Academy director contacted us we had already met with Liverpool, visited what we needed to & flew off on holiday.
Something just didn’t seem right if this was the mentality of the new regime, who had just taken over at the time.
The new manager (& higher management) had just arrived. My son never even met the academy director. He was still there when Reid arrived but we had no dealing with him. Yes they could have denied permission.
I know of two young lads that played in my lads school team back in the late 80's who went to Manure. One lad,a winger, signed early doors for them and went for a couple of years before being released. I believe he went ,then to Spurs Academy/set up, by this time just turned 20 or so and tried there. Again, he moved on to I think it was Norwich City before he returned home having not made it and began playing locally... Another one, who I thought would really make it big on his skill set, who was at Sunderlands fledgling Academy was turfed out and signed for Southampton. He then moved on to Aston Villa and he to returned home because he missed his family setting. Not everyone makes it , the lad that I thought would ,didn't and the other lad who went to Manure I knew from watching him play and talking with him just didn't have ,imo, the heart or passion to make it big as he could have. Just another statistic that flies the nest is young Pye.
All going swimmingly In the youth set up. Cheers Paul Reid