all of this is obvious, but I'll type it anyway
As transfer prices go up the value of a good youth system grows and grows as the cost of running an academy are roughly constant (vs transfer inflation which is a bit mental)
1) we don't have to pay ridiculous transfer fees
2) anyone we do develop we can sell for good money
We need to focus on the academy and making it work, as this is the long term solution for a club like us which has fuck lots of debt. We won't succeed by spending and spending and spending as we can't compete financially, and we have proven we are crap at selecting players (albeit we could get better at this)
Henderson and Pickford are two excellent examples, will make £40m or so for "zero" outlay.
Whilst the u23s got a bit of a battering in the final, it's at least positive that we have something coming through.
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As transfer prices go up the value of a good youth system grows and grows as the cost of running an academy are roughly constant (vs transfer inflation which is a bit mental)
1) we don't have to pay ridiculous transfer fees
2) anyone we do develop we can sell for good money
We need to focus on the academy and making it work, as this is the long term solution for a club like us which has fuck lots of debt. We won't succeed by spending and spending and spending as we can't compete financially, and we have proven we are crap at selecting players (albeit we could get better at this)
Henderson and Pickford are two excellent examples, will make £40m or so for "zero" outlay.
Whilst the u23s got a bit of a battering in the final, it's at least positive that we have something coming through.
Speculate to accumulate in this area....